Geek Shock

Roll for initiative!  CouchCast 46 is a seething, roaring mass of geekery.  We discuss Xbox Live's GameRoom, Chatroulette, Lucasfilm Animation's Star Wars TV Comedy series, E*Trade talking babies film, Stan Lee Media lawsuit dismissed, SiliFulin robotic tail, Comic-Con news: $753 million expansion of the San Diego Convention Center, Red Letter Media's Attack of the Clones Review, Joss Whedon directing Avengers movie, Ralph Baer inducted in to Inventors Hall of Fame, Craig Ferguson gets robot sidekick, rules of Scrabble are changing, Craig Rucka leaving DC, Capcom donating to charity for downloads of Lost Planet 2, Hot Coffee court settlement, FCC cannot stop comcast internet throttling, Asteroids world record beaten, DOSBox, XBox 360 ability to save data to USB drives, Tron Legacy sequels, XBox Live Arcade Award Winners, and the Big List: The 8 Most Common Ways D&D Characters Die (courtesy of toplessrobot.com).

CouchCast 45 is a serendipitous hootenanny of flagrant excess and geekotronic ineptitude.  I have no ideas what that means. We discuss April fools, Godzilla, Spy hunter, Burger King's 404 Marketing, Iron Man 2 cologne, edible gold food spray, anti-piracy internship from Warner Bros, Gamestop lawsuit over used games, James Cameron's disdain for DVDs, FearFest, 24 and Scrubs cancelled, Malificient from Sleeping Beauty, Amazon may launch a Steam-like service, farm animals, convenience store robbery with a bat'leth, hardcore gaming, RIAA litigation against pirates, Voqha the Klingon Warrior, Classic Gaming Expo in Las Vegas, things we learned from video games, Cloverfield, Pac-Man cartoon, Saturday Supercade, and the Big List: insane fan theories that actually make great movies better. Don't forget to subscribe to our newsletter on UglyCouchShow.com, and if you like what you're hearing, donate to the show!

It's CouchCast 44!  Apologies for it being delivered to you a couple days late, but even geeks get caught up doing real life stuff now and then.  We discuss the latest in geek news including Rear Gear, Brannon Braga, Blockbuster's bankruptcy, bhut jolokia ghost chili peppers, Chris Evans as Captain America, Jonah Piretti, NASA's office of planetary protection, Michael Atkinson, Green Lantern, Warner Bros, Battlestar Galactica: The Ride in Universal Singapore, Hogwarts set caught on fire, Nicholas Brandon arrested, Scream 4, Night of the Living Trekkies, Tim Burton and the Addams Family, Camelot on Starz, Indiana University and World of Warcraft, and the big list: undeniable similarites between nerds and sports fans.

CouchCast 43 is a sloppy drunken harlot crying in the bathroom because she didn't get a birthday cake.  We discuss Barry's whisky and wiener tour of England, London Expo, Batman: Arkham Asylum - Game of the Year Edition, 3D support for games, Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver, the Pokewalker, Avatar on DVD, He-Man booze, nocturnal emissions, Temuera Morrison as Abin Sur in Green Lantern, Peter Graves, Improv Comedy, Hugo Weaving as Red Skull in Captain America, Patton Oswalt's Serenity comic Float Out, Activision's War for Cybertron game, Comic-Con News, a new Battlestar Galactica project, world-ending asteroids, James Lipton and the Thundercats theme, Pac-Man Battle Royale, Xanadu Las Vegas, and the Big List: the 9 Real Life Levels of Hell.

Dave-erator joins the crew on the ugly couch as we discuss the week in geek: Lady Gaga track pack for Rock Band, Battlestar Galactica browser based MMO, Capcom Street Fighter IV for iPhone, In The Beginning by John Fusco and David Cunningham, Fright Night remake by Craig Gillespie and Marti Noxon, Marvel's ultimate comic fan's TV, a relaunched Police Academy movie, Reign of Fire, Pet Sematary remake, J. Michael Straczynski writing Superman and Wonder Woman, King Kong coming back to Universal Studios, new Futurama episodes on Comedy Central, Tron: Legacy, Tron animated series on Disney Channel, The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Felicia Day stars in Red on Syfy, Alice in Wonderland, Caprica, Rock Band 3, Chile earthquake moves the city of Concepcion 10 feet, Mcdonald's McDelivery service in Singapore, Sophia Heesch identifies Lego Star Wars figures with her mouth, William Shatner's myouterspace.com social network, LactoPharma's Recharge ice cream, 600 million tons of ice found on the moon, and the Big Lis

Bah Weep Granah Weep Ninni Bong!  Episode 41 is a slathering amphibious mass of bile and fecundity.  Let's talk some geek. We've got nerds vs jocks, the trem "hella" as a unit of measurement, taylor lautner, max steel, stretch armstrong, hasbro, mattel, club eternia, he-man, skeletor, lex luthor, robert kirkman, walking dead, sonic boycott, buy nothing day, showgirls 2, george r. r. martin, song of ice and fire, game of thrones, wheel of time, harry potter, dumbledore's homosexuality, max headroom, new superman script, the man of steel, abraham lincoln: vampire hunter, chile earthquake shifts earth's axis, playstation network glitched, y2k bug in ps3, craig ferguson, mythbusters, robot sidekick, imahara, twitter, 4 million of comics on ebay, my hair is a bird, your argument is invalid, apple sweatshop, apple child labor, iceberg breaks off antarctica, world ending, global catastrophe, lara croft way, derby street name, university of mississippi mascot, admiral ackbar, ole miss, ghoulies, earl's court tube st

A candid interview with Comic-Con's Director of Marketing & PR regarding the rumors about Comic-Con International's possible change of venue Barry Robb - www.uglycouchshow.com February 28, 2010 Every summer for over 40 years, geeks of all walks of life have descended upon San Diego by the tens of thousands to attend Comic-Con International, a non-stop 5-day mega-convention celebrating comics, movies, pop culture and the visual arts.  It's almost a required coming-of-age pilgrimage for any fan of pop culture.  And for 40 years, San Diego has proudly hosted Comic-Con and made welcome its 125,000+ visitors, but recent rumors and speculation about the host city of choice being subject to change have left long time convention attendees wondering where they will be going on their yearly vacation after 2012, when the convention's contract with the San Diego Convention Center expires. The San Diego Union Tribune reported that Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Anaheim have reached out to CCI in hopes of luring the con

Like a one legged monkey butler on a benzedrine high, it's CouchCast 40.  We're talking about a Doc Savage movie, a Missile Command movie, the A-Team comic, James' Cameron's Avatar prequel story, Willow novels, the possibility of Comic-Con moving away from San Diego, Joss Whedon & Morgan Spurlock's comic-con documentary, Dungeons and Dragons with Porn Stars, DC Entertainment, Shit My Dad Says starring William Shatner, Terra Nova, Doctor Superknives vs. Robot Dinosaurs, Wil Wright, iBoobs, Apple's iPhone App store, porn on the las vegas strip, "me who can't stop his right hand and childhood sister" (japanese masturbation video game), starcraft 2 beta keys for sale, civilization 5, the first games we ever bought for the pc, commodore 64 games, bill budge's pinball construction set, pinmame, star trek: the next generation, gates mcfadden, the naked now, and the big list: more things we learned from playing video games. Go to uglycouchshow.com and subscribe to our newsletter!

The Famous Paul interviews Mike Sacks, author of And Here's the Kicker: Conversations with 21 Top Humor Writers on their Craft.

Couchcast 39 is an obstinate, pretentious bitch, with a hints of oak and despair, and a black currant afterthought.   Vernon Wilmer and the Dave-erator join us on the ugly couch to discuss the Edward Cullen ManPillow, Jaws remake in 3d, Roland Emmerich taking on Isaac Asimov's Foundation series, Computer Engineer Barbie, girls with glasses, fang bangers, thought crimes and free speech on Xbox Live, upcoming Xbox 360 releases, Pac-Man, Blackstar, Natal, UK cinemas boycotting Alice in Wonderland, Dean Koontz, Kevin Smith vs. Southwest Airlines, Degrassi, Zombieland, Star Trek Online, Giles Aston, Doctor who's (re)Tardis, Robot Unicorn Attack, Top Reman Noodles, and the Big List: Things We've Learned From Video Games!

It's CouchCast 38: the Attack of the Sequels!  We talk Confessions of a Super Hero, costumed characters on the Las Vegas strip, generous donations from our wonderful fanbase, Neil Gaiman, Doctor Who, celebrity tarot lounge, Ghostbusters 3, Bill Murray, Zombieland, Dethklok's Mordhaus fountain from Metalocalpyse, the auction of props and costumes from Star Trek: the Experience, Daredevil reboot, Nick Fury, The Kingpin, Alan Moore, Watchmen, Zack Snyder, Sonic the Hedgehog, Gobots, Assassin's Creed, Batman porn from Vivid, an Olivia Munn comic, Swollar, and The Big List is all about upcoming movie sequels!

CouchCast 37 brings you the 20 Laws of Nerddom!  We also discuss George Lucas making an animated movie, an animated Joe Dirt, Gatchaman, upper deck lawsuit concerning counterfeit yu-gi-oh cards, the passing of Zelda Rubenstein and J.D. Salinger, Poltergeist, austrek 2, superman returns, superman 4: the quest for peace, Paul's fucked up childhood, He-man and The Masters of the Universe, She-Ra, Macbeth, neon genesis evangelion and of course, Felching.

Couchcast 36 welcomes back The Famous Paul from his exile to the ocean!  We discuss a Mortal Kombat movie remake, William Shatner to host RAW, Tony Hawk Ride 2, Baby and Me for Wii, Dungeons and Dragons taken away from prison inmate, Sonic the Hedgehog roller coaster, The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, Avatar is the #1 movie of all time, AMC's Walking Dead series, i maed a gam3 w1th z0mb1es 1nit!!!1, BBC video games, Cold Space, Lord of Ultima, video game science, gratuitous filth about Hermione Granger and the Juggernaut and more.

CouchCast 35 is a blathering, spiteful call for attention.  We discuss Avatar porn, stateside Torchwood in development from Fox, Spider-Man trilogy reboot, George Lucas ruining Star Wars again with 3-D, Push TV series, Jurassic Park 4, the end of Marvel's Siege and Marvel Avengers titles, Marvel's Siege #3 Deadpool variant offer, Hawaii Five-O reboot, Hellgate: London, Star Trek tie-in novels, Brian Bendis' Powers TV series, Game of Thrones on HBO, Top US game console titles, and more.

CouchCast 34 is a nerd-splosion of new years news!   We talk Frank Henenlotter's Bad Biology, a 5-disc Back to the Future Blu-Ray set with Jaws19 in 3D, the life and times of Lady GaGa in comics, Star Trek wetsuits, Near Death Studios' Meridian 59, Def Leppard cartoon and video game, Avatar and James Cameron, Wallet Pop price comparisons, Dragon Age: Awakening (a Dragon Age: Origins expansion), EA closing multiplayer servers for old sports games, drug dealer busted through World of Warcraft, Deadpool spin-off with Ryan Reynolds, Frogger world record, games to get cheaper, Planet Calypso MMO real estate, guitar hero controllers as domestic violence weapons, our varied interest in games soon to be released, and more!

Happy New Year from geekland!  For CouchCast33, lets talk about..eh...some best and worst lists for 2009, big bang theory, and a bunch of other stuff that is of interest to geeks like us.  Just go listen to it.

CouchCast 32?  Already?  Let's talk Dragon Age comics, Zachary Quinto in Star Trek Online, Assassin's Creed II DLC packs, Microsoft's user-health-generated avatars, Good Old Games sale, Magneto origin movie not happening, Dante's Inferno marketing, Lawrence Fishburne in Predators, Dan O'Bannon dead at 63, Red Letter Media's deconstruction of Star Wars Episode 1 the Phantom Menace, Spider-Man 4 halted, Captain EO, commonsense media's list of alternative games for christmas gifts, patrick stewart getting knighted by the queen, and a lot more geek news.

It's almost christmastime here at the the Ugly Couch Show, and CouchCast 31 delivers like a drunken Santa all hopped up on bennies and cough syrup!  We talk about Grant Morrison's biopic, one-more-turn-itis, geeky christmas ornaments, nintendo's next console, playstation network, age of conan and mmo subscriptions, paranormal activity's iphone comic, zombie roadkill on fearnet, paul reubens (pee-wee herman) and the pee-wee's playhouse movie, a sequel to batman: arkham asylum, the marvel universe, frank miller's xerxes, damn nation, sigorney weaver spilling the beans about ghostbusters 3, avatar, twilight moms, and more!

Couchcast 30!  Our 30th geek news podcast.  We speak of, Left 4 Dead 2, Deb, a Lego gun, video games exhibition at the Smithsonian, Silent Hill play in Sweden, Stat Trek Online exclusives, New England Imperial Stout Trooper beer, video game ban in Venezuela, John Malkovich as The Vulture in Spider-Man 4, Anne Hathaway as Black Cat in Spider-Man 4, McG and the Terminator franchise, and much more!

CouchCast 29, now available on iTunes as well as Podbean and of course uglycouchshow.com!  We talk Marvel Universe, The Punisher, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Direct2Drive, Activision, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2, the Battleship movie, Amityville Horror, Paranormal Activity, Paranormal Activity 2, Area 51, Stephen King Under the Dome, Nightmare on Elm Street, Freddy Kreuger, Archie's Riverdale Run, and a lot more I totally forgot to write down!