My friend and I have recently started a new podcast called Listen and Game, LaG for short. This podcast basically covers the past week's Xbox news from the point of view of modders. We're hoping that Xbox-Scene viewers will enjoy this, since their currently isn't a podcast covering the modding slant of things.

This podcast had been in the works for sometime and we finally got around to recording our first episode tonight. We're happy with the results and hope you are too.

You can visit our website at http://lag.cavemonkey50.com/ and subscribe to our feed at http://feeds.feedburner.com/LaG. We can also be found it most major podcast directories, except iTunes (we're still waiting for approval).

We have both been X-S enthusiasts since the beginning and are glad that we can finally give something back to X-S. We hope you enjoy this!

Not bad. Would be nice if you had another person to comment on the news. It would be great if we had an offical XS podcast with some of the mods, and special guests and interviews to talk about whats been going on with Xbox and whats new on the forums.

That would kick ass. We could like interview Team Xecuter and other companies like that too with the latest development and stuf!

And you know what? I just woke up this morning wishing I could listen to hacking groups diss on their competition! To break up the monotony, perhaps they could throw in some wonderful segments on "Calling people fags on XBL".

Don't let Howard Stern hear about this, he might try to steal the format.

I should mention, we're taking questions and comments for our following shows. If you have something to comment on a story we talked about or if you'd like a modding question answered you can send an email to lag [ a t ] cavemonkey50 [ // d0t // ] com. You can either record your question and attach it in the email or just type it and we'll read it.

Also, having some guests would be a great idea. We'll see if we can eventually get a setup where that's capable and the audio quality doesn't sound crap (if it doesn't already )

Oh, and thanks for the great comments so far. Also, if the official Xbox 360 details are revealed tomorrow, like some rumors have stated, expect a special edition LaG tomorrow. Thanks once again.

HS is working on a XS radio show and I'm sure they will put it into a podcast, It pretty much involves everything you guys said you wanted. Although he needed help with it and I'm not sure if enough people stepped forward. It may just be on the back burner since he's so busy, I'm sure he'll release one eventually unless he dropped the idea for some reason.

Just FYI, tonight we recorded a special edition episode dealing with the Xbox 360 price structure. You can get it at our website: http://lag.cavemonkey50.com/

i wish i could say the same. but with all of X-S gay crap ( i think we all know what it is... halo 2 closure, some gay moderator decisions as in closing down good topics and such) i dont think i would give much back but flying feces. although the dump is pretty enjoyable

We just launched episode 2 of Listen and Game. You can view the show notes and get the episode at http://lag.cavemonkey50.com/.

We have just released yet another episode of Listen and Game. If you have heard LaG before and didn't like our sound quality, etc., I recommend checking us out again and listen to episode 3. Both Necrobard and myself have purchased new mics and have really tried to improve our presentation.

If you interested in episode 3 you can check it out at our website, episode 3's show notes page, our subscription page, or download the MP3 directly.

This week's episode deals with the following topics: RadioShack Will Be Selling Xbox Stuff, Insane Xbox 360 Bundle Packs, MS’s New Xbox Live Pricing Structure, Xbox 360 May Have an HDMI Cable Option, Origenxbox360.com Has Been Updated, Team SmartXX Has Obtained Xbox 360 Dev Kits, Some Xbox 360 Games Will Only Work with the Full System, Major Nelson Clarifies Xbox 360 Wireless Battery Kits, More Information Regarding the Xbox 360 Hardware, Intec Launches First-to-Market Xbox 360 Accessories, Update Your Xbox Apps

Nice work guys, I enjoy listening to you on my ipod. Keep up the good work. If you ever need a third person to sit there and talk about whats been going on in the dump I'm here.

We just released another episode of LaG. This episode covers a very important topic about how the Xbox 360 may have a TCPA chip. Very scary stuff, for even non modders.

We also cover: HD-DVD Delay, Epic Receives Finalized 360 Dev Kits, PSP Emulator for Xbox?, Mimesis Content Downloader, 360 Controller for Windows, Origenxbox360.com Update, Unsigned 360 Dev Coding Documentation, No Credit Card Needed for Live, MMO Will Cost Extra, Unhackable 360

You can get the episode here: LaG Episode 4

This week I'm going to be working on getting us setup for interviews. If anybody has any connections, let us know, as we're trying to get some people lined up.

Well, we're finally setup for interviews, so if anyone has any contacts of people worth interviewing, or if you have a suggestion for an interview feel free to let us know.

We have just released episode 5. It can be downloaded here: LaG Episode 5

This Episode Covers: California Passes Violent Video Game Restriction, Xbox Media Center Enables DVD Player, Xbox Live Gets an Emmy, 35,000 Project Gotham Racing 3 Fans, Gears of War Only Using One Processor Core, Xbox 360 Launch Date, Bungie Denies OrigenXbox360.com Link, An Additional Person Sentenced in Pandora’s Cube Case, Dan Corrects Our Definition of TCPA, Tony Wants to Know If He Should Buy the 360 on Launch Day

Cool

We just released our latest episode, and a day early too! You can get it here: LaG Episode 6

This Episode Covers: Team UIX’s XBE Shortcut Maker, PGR3 Will Be Launch Title After All, Two Different 360 Remotes?, Annual 360 Price Cuts, Japan Won’t Get Core System, Will Live Be Backward Compatible on the Xbox 360?

Now like I send before, we're setup for interviews, so if anyone has any contacts let us know.

The download is ridiculously slow.
Im getting a whoping 0.2kb/s

Were you ever able to get it? We're aware that the download can be slow at times. We're currently using a Coral cache server and looking into alternatives, since a fair amount of people are having occasional problems.

yeah i came back the next day and dled, was fine.

Any chance you can make a page dedicated to the mp3s? I missed a couple and want to download them for my new mp3 player

Sorry I didn't see your reply chilin_dude. For some reason my X-scene subscription to this page isn't working. Anyway, we have a page already setup with back episodes. This page can be found at http://lag.cavemonkey50.com/category/podcasts/. Just click on the episode title and the following page will have the download link. We keep every episode up, so you'll always be able to download them.

Now for everyone else, we have just posted episode 7. This episode covers: Live Will Allow GamerTag Changes, The Meaning of OrigenXbox360.com, SpiderGX Modchip Released, Lack of HDD/DVD Speed to Affect 360 Games, X3IR Mod Update, Playing Live With Other Systems?, Perfect Dark Zero’s Online Player Reduction

You can get this episode here: LaG Episode 7

We also talk about in this episode that we'll be attending the Digital Life Convention in New York City on October 15th. If you’re not aware the Xbox 360 will be making an appearance there, and there will be an Xbox LAN party. Both Necrobard and myself will be wearing LaG t-shirts and taking modding question/interviews while we are at the convention. So if you can make it, let us know. We’d love to see you there.

Sweet I'm grabbing them all now
Thanks

Sweet. When I first read about this I figured it would be some cheap ass sounding 2 guys talking out of their ass type 5 min radio station. I just got epispode 3 and 7 and you guys are really pretty good at this. I would caution you guys on using the xbox startup sound becuase that could lead to legal issues with MS or whatever, just a heads up, but do as you wish.

Just gotta say you guys are really good at this. Any way for you guys to do a llive show and for people to call in? Ive got free long distance and Id love to contribute to your show!

Well with the Xbox startup sound, we have thought about that, but we figured we're relatively small at the moment and other podcast have other copyrighted things. So we're just hoping that we'll be low on the radar. If MS does send us something we're willing to comply and just remove the thing, which is usually the option they give you. So we're going to ride it out while we can.

At the moment a live show is out of the question. We don't really have the upload bandwidth to support more than two listeners.

About call in question, we plan on getting a voice mail box setup soon. At the moment you can record yourself with your question and email it to lag (at) cavemonkey50 d0t com.

EDIT: Oh and thanks for the comments. We're glad you enjoy the podcast.

Well there is a service that you probably have to pay for, but you can host your own online radio show and its live (about 3 mins of lag on most of them Ive listened to) and you just upload to a server and they upload it to the rest of the people. I dont know what its called but Im sure someone here can help you out more.

Ive listened to the show all day long lol. Its awesome! How often do you guys do a show? Once a week?

Yeah at least once a week. If something major happens we release a sub-episode, like we did for episode 1A because of the xbox live pricing.

Episode 8 is available for download now. Get it here: Episode 8.

This week we cover:

360 Launch Lineup to Be Finalized in the Coming Weeks
Robbie Bach and J. Allard Speak Out on Modding
Australia Legalizes Modchips

It's a great controversial episode, and I'm sure any scene member will enjoy it. We talk about what the scene has been trying to tell everyone forever. Well enjoy LaGing!