* Tony Mast records with us, but the episode still comes out the next week

* You want to win D&D minis! We want to give them to you! Enter now!

* Literary devices that can be applied to role-playing games

* Fish out of water and system bias

* Matt wants to role-play the Gilmore Girls

* The prologue

* GMs breaking their own rules

* Misdirection

* In the Hodge (live), Joe talks about Taking Chance

* After the hilarity of getting everything together, we finally get underway to try and determine which is the funniest television series of all time. The winner will surprise you… or probably won’t.

* The video is forthcoming. I was seriously going to have it available early, but ran out of time. Maybe I’ll get to it tomorrow.

* I marked the episode as explicit, since David drops the F*bomb a few times. What an ass.

* Dave Arneson really did die and he is missed.

* Thank you to all those who donated to Luke Appreciation Week, even those whose last names we can’t pronounce

* Kal Penn, House, and Public Service

* Adam is sick of fighting (he also hates happiness)

* Castle Crashers is an awesome game

* We talk about things you might have missed

* System Shock 2

* Red Dwarf

* Black Adder

* Invader Zim

* Venture Bros.

* Failure to Launch

* Supernatural

* Greg the Bunny

* Jim Henson’s Storyteller

* Avatar: The Last Airbender

* O

* The Monster Squad

* Grim Fandango

* Arrested Development

* Steel-Cut Oatmeal

* Emiliana Torrini

* The Sugar Queen

* V3-2 is almost here. February 28th.

* Aron Head has a new blog, Ideology of Madness, and they’re hosting a contest.

* V3-3 is going to be June 6th.

* Support Adam walking up stairs (or support Phil). Details on the forums.

* Matt didn’t waste his money on his new boots

* Joss Whedon is our master now

* Feminism and Chauvinism in the Whedonverse

* Death and tragedy

* Technical skill and its influences

* Favorite moments, lines, and characters

* Adam and Luke are jealous of the awesome snow that Matt and Joe have enjoyed.

* The new Dr. Who, Avatar: The Last Airbender, and The Wire are fantastic. Go buy them and watch them. You won’t be disappointed.

* Dungeon and Dragon magazine back-issues can be gotten from the D&D Insider subscription.

* The actual gaming topic: GM Expectations of Players

* What is a sandbox? Check this out to find out.

*Luke’s beard is made of magnificence.

*The Penny Arcade we reference is here.

*A discussion of the games, movies, books, shows  we loved and hated in 2008

*Is Luke a grognard?  Does Adam even know how to pronounce that?  Does Matt’s face exude impartiality?

*Kansas: The Survivor State

*The Appeal of Post-Apocalyptic Settings

*Here Comes Dr. Tran (NSFW)

*Jungle Tales

*Keith Curtis’ Savage Earth

*HERO book ballistic test

*Under A Broken Moon

*Joe discusses Race for the Galaxy in the Hodge (Live)