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ehind all of the larger-than-life voices, brands, streams, and memes, the video game industry is made of people—it seems more folks in high places are forgetting that.

In an effort to deliver better content, at a more consistent pace, we'll be continuing the format we introduced last episode, and it's one that’s going to be different from the one we’ve done for the last ten years. Instead of catching up on all the news and games that have happened between shows before the chosen featured topic, we have decided to release each of these segments as a dedicated episode in their own right, including the featured topic, with a projected weekly schedule in mind—so this week, it’s a featured topic.

One that we felt was important to discuss—the ever-growing toxicity of the game industry in terms of its operation, and the harmful culture that’s been unavoidably seeping from it as a result. Between Jason Schreier’s recent coverage of the work environment of Nicalis behind the scenes, to the Nathalie Lawhead’s harrowing account of her time with Smoking Gun Interactive, and the traumatizing experience of working with Jeremy Soule—the industry has just been so shitty lately…

We share our thoughts and ideas for what kind of solutions that we, as a community, and a force (however humble) in the industry can serve to fight back against the ugliness shown this past months or so in video games. Just a heads up; we get pro-union real quick, and could give a shit less if you disagree, so save that energy for something more productive than a stupid comment yeah? Oh, and also, on a lighter note, if you were hypothetically involved in a tragic accident that mutilated your genitals in attendance to a TV broadcast of a game show, how much of a settlement would the studio need to pay out to you to resolve the whole thing?

This is the question that we leave with you for the nest show…enjoy the show!

Mail us at our new email Mailbag@presspauseradio.com, leave a voicemail at 469-PPR-TALK, and be sure to stop by at our Forums if you haven’t already registered and post your thoughts about the show. Finally, make sure to rate and subscribe to us on iTunes and YouTube, follow us on Twitch page and Twitter, and finally take part in our Facebook and Steam group!

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PPR 76: The MUZAK Special

he sounds and melodies of video games have never been better, and we’re here to prove it to y’all. We here at PPR are here to take you on a wild ride as we sound off (sigh, no pun intended) our picks from the seventh generation of video games before it’s officially put to rest. Joining our hijinks, are friends and way cooler dudes than us, The Megas as we present to you the longest show we’ve ever recorded. On the way, we rant about a whole ton of games, discover James’ disgusting penchant for the Juggalo culture, and everyone ragging on George for his new favorite Gatorade.

Rate and subscribe to us iTunes today, follow us on our new Twitch page, mail us at our new email Mailbag@presspauseradio.com, and be sure to stop by at our Forums and register as well! P.S. We did have some show notes in line to drop, but upon further review, they were fucking awful, so yeah, enjoy our long special and get ready for the upcoming Last of Us Games Club!

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PPR Anniversary episode voter poll

his Saturday is going to be a big day for us people; it’ll be 4 amazing fucking years since we launched Press Pause Radio. Last year, we chose to record commentary for the cinematic classic, The Wizard; with a drinking game on top—we’re going to make that very same mistake again this year, and this time, we’re giving you guys the choice. We’ve made it pretty easy, all you have to do is vote in this incredibly convenient poll, and determine which particular film will play as we record all the horrible choices we’re going to make watching it, and this is for your entertainment folks. We’ll be checking the results this Friday night so get at us!

Which Movie should be feature presentation for Press Pause Radio's four year anniversary special?
	Super Mario Bros.
	King of The Fighters
	Mortal Kombat Annhilation
	Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li

So the votes have it, we're going to be recording commentary for the notoriously awful 1993 film, Super Mario Bros.-The Movie. Directed by the fickle husband/wife duo Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel, the movie exists as a scar in everyone of our childhoods be it the terrible acting or the criminally liberal take on the lore of the Japanese video game icon, this movie is an abortion pure and simple. It gets better though folks because not only will we be recording commentary, we'll be playing the officially recognized drinking game for this dog turd of a film, here are the rules for you folks...

Every time that Mario and/or Luigi refer to each other by name or mention Daisy, take a drink.

Whenever “the rock” is mentioned (or meteorite), take a drink.

Anytime the bob-omb appears randomly, take a drink.

Every time there is a forced reference to the Super Mario games, take a drink.

Every time, the “fungus” is shown on screen (you know which one), take a drink.

Everytime the ‪Devo Machine‬ is used to make someone evolve or de-evolve, take a drink.

Whenever it is mentioned, or Mario and Luigi use their plumbing skills, take a drink.

Press Pause Radio presents The Golden Zonkey Awards of 2012

e are nearing the end of 2012, and with the end of this giant year for video gaming, we here at Press Pause Radio have decided to shake things up a bit. In the past, we normally just choose a personal Top 10 list for the games released within the year in which we talk to a certain degree as to why they made our list; we figured that this wasn’t going to work for us this time around. Therefore, this year, we’re going all out with our own game of the year award show that we’ll be recording instead; aptly titled, The Golden Zonkies!

Below is a list of the eligible titles that we have all nominated to win the particular Golden Zonkey awarded for the category displayed. We’ll be recording this weekend and updating this post with winners for the appropriate categories as we publish the podcast. Until that happens, be sure to check out what’s been nominated for the official 2012 Golden Zonkey Awards!

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The 2012 Annual Podcast Awards

The annual Podcast Awards are coming up with nominations being posted left and right and we need your help! You can go to www.podcastawards.com right now and nominate us under the “Gaming” category. Every nomination counts and it’s as easy as putting your name and email. Please do not cross nominate us though, we can only be nominated for one category and we’d like that to be the “Gaming” category being as…well you know, we’re a video game podcast. Thank you again and another thank you to everyone who has recently reviewed us on iTunes or Zune, fanned us on Facebook, or followed us on Twitter. You guys make this gig get sweeter and sweeter and for that we are eternally grateful.

Simply enter our name and then our URL, (that being http://www.presspauseradio.com/presspauseradio/rss.xml?categoryId=3671220) then enter you name and email at the bottom of the form and you're golden! Thanks again and we hope you nominate us!

PPR 53

Well we have finally returned from our long holiday break with our first episode of 2012, or as we would like to call it, "The Twenty-Dozen". The entire gang is along for the ride as we talk about some of our disappointments from 2011, as well as catch up with our listeners in Select Feedback. The crew will then devote the remainder of the episode catching up and discussing what everyone played during the break. Join us as we talk over each other excitedly and Ser breaks the internet with his "God Voice". Don't forget to rate and review us on iTunes and Zune so we can reach more and more listeners, and follow us on all our various social sites to catch the latest updates.

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The 2011 Annual Podcast Awards

The annual Podcast Awards are coming up with nominations being posted left and right and we need your help! You can go to www.podcastawards.com right now and nominate us under the “Gaming” category. Every nomination counts and it’s as easy as putting your name and email. Please do not cross nominate us though, we can only be nominated for one category and we’d like that to be the “Gaming” category being as…well you know, we’re a video game podcast. Thank you again and another thank you to everyone who has recently reviewed us on iTunes or Zune, fanned us on Facebook, or followed us on Twitter. You guys make this gig get sweeter and sweeter and for that we are eternally grateful.

PPR Two Year Anniversary Special

This is the moment you've all been waiting for; The Press Pause Radio Two Year Anniversary Extrazaganza™! (Not really trademarked, sorry).  For this episode, we pull out all the stops for you, our faithful listeners. We have a full room of PPR contributors along with Ignition Entertainment's Shane Bettenhausen to discuss the importance and evolution of video game podcasts. Having Shane on the show was a great experience for all of us, since he pioneered the  video game podcast during his time with 1up and we greatly appreciate him taking time out of his busy El Shaddai schedule to be on the show. 

Stay tuned after our normal show for a retrospective on all of our best moments during our two years in existence. Listeners past and present will really enjoy this trip down memory lane full of singing, cursing and Hadoukens! Thanks for two great years and we hope for many more in the future. The amazing artwork for this episode is courtesy of Wil Brendel, who is an amazing artist you should be checking out. Enjoy!

PPR 2 Year Anniversary