The folks at Kotaku invited me to be on their second podcast, which required me to play "Resistance 2" with them while trying to make intelligent conversation.

It wasn't easy! Watch and listen to me blather about whether being good at a game is required for it to be fun ... and why I disagree with Kotaku editor Brian Crecente about whether there 's a problem with "Resident Evil 5"'s supposedly conservative design.

A couple of days ago, I had the honor of being a guest on the official podcast of the unofficial "Gears of War" fansite GearHeadsOfWar.com. The site's Nick Wangler and Tyler Bleszinski (brother of you-know-who) kindly re-dubbed the show the "Totilocast" as they brought me on to talk about E3.

But we took an unexpected turn and wound up talking about what's good about video game violence.

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A couple of days ago I appeared on G4's X-Play show along with IGN's Tal Blevins to talk about the highs and lows of last week's E3. I've done sit-in-front-of-a-fake-skyline TV interviews before, but this was the first one in which I felt comfortable enough to criticize the answers of the other guest. That's what makes for good talking-head TV, right?

Last Thursday I stopped by the pool at Los Angeles' Hotel Figueroa and thought I'd "briefly" jump onto the E3-closing edition of the 1UpYours podcast. Photo proof right here. They kept me (and Klepek) for 50 minutes! That was after two hours of the 1UpYours crew talking to some talented game developers such as Denis Dyack and Randy Pitchford.

But only I could bring news on the graphics-free Wii remote sex game. (At least I hope only I did -- I haven't listened to the first two hours yet.) Essentially, two players shake Wii remotes to orchestrate the pre-recorded sounds of two people who are in the midst of feeling very passionate about each other. More info about the game at its official site.

On the podcast, I also talked about "Rhythm Heaven," "Flower." And I'm pretty sure I argued that "Resident Evil 4" is sometimes overrated. Is that allowed?

Listen to more E3 chatter from me, Klepek and others at the 1UpYours official site. ["MATURE" AUDIENCES ONLY: The podcast features lots of swearing and anatomical references, though not by me. I'm too classy for that. Even when describing "Dark Room Sex Game."]