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We bust out a new way of podcasting with this episode. JonnyNero, ClickPicTony, Jake Prime, and Oz K. Fodrotski discuss a bunch of site news, delve into what’s wrong with Sony, wonder if women in comics should be sex symbols, and play the newest drinking game sweeping the internets.

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(-Show Notes-)

What three things will make a major company fail? Fanboys have debated this question for years, and I intend, once and for all, to give a bit of logic to this argument. This little jaunt into the great fanboy wars is to be taken with a grain of salt, and remember, my opinions are exactly that, mine. You don’t have to agree with them, and that’s okay—they call it freedom.

This is where I’ll show you how to collapse your favorite/least favorite (please circle one) electronics company, in three easy steps!

First up: Sony.

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Dear Sony:

Thank you again for the lovely Playstation 3. I confess, you guys came up with a heck of a scheme to sell them. $250 Playstations? Even I couldn’t resist, and while I’ll be paying off and closing my Sony Card the moment the first bill arrives, you still have to be praised for a clever hook.

Now, I understand you folks have to drum up certain technologies, specifically Blu-Ray. You guys spent a lot of money on developing it, marketing it, and paying movie studios to drop HD-DVD (yeah, you claim otherwise, but it’s still pretty suspicious). It’s natural for you to call Blu-Ray releases to my attention — indeed, I am intrigued by the prospect of seeing some films in high-definition.

Just try to know your audience, okay? Mention Serenity, or The Dark Knight, or Sin City, or even Hackers, and I’ll probably be intrigued enough to pick up a Blu-Ray Disc. However, there are some films which I doubt really gain anything out of the 1080p, full-surround experience, indeed, it’s questionable that the directors considered these movies to be big-screen pictures.

Simply put, Step Brothers is not going to convince me to go Blu-Ray.

Just, you know, try a little harder. You’ll seperate me from more of my money one of these times, I’m sure.

Still not buying a PSP,
- Oz