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This week’s Podtoid introduces The Piemasters’ Guild (by royal appointment). They are manly men who love pie and pie-related paraphenalia. We also talk about PAX, including Destructoid Live 2, hugging Michael Pachter, and drunken conversations about Haunted Star Wars. Oh, and Max gets punched in the face by his cat. In terms of videogame discussion, we chat aboutSkyrim,Aliens: InfestationandDead Island. Indeed, this is a hearty pie of inane chat, baked in a crust of fine gaming delights....

This week, Brad Nicholson replaced Aaron Linde. In case you don’t end up listening to the episode, just imagine a regular Podtoid episode and replace all uses of the word “boner” with “pecs.” As always, you can listen to the new episodehere. Highlights include: –Metal Gear Solid 2is bad, Jim is stupid – Console-exclusive DLC – Podtoid is recession-proof –Lego Rock Bandsounds ridiculous, no wait kinda cool, no wait ridiculous...

Sony’s miserable new PlayStation Portable, thePSPgo, has launched this past Sunday in Japan, a month after North America and Europe. The sales tally sees a launch that could be accurately described as … alright. According toreports, the PSPgo shifted 28,275 units on day one, which could be described as a moderately encouraging number. However, the numbers are far below launch day sales for the DSi, which stood at 170,000 and even the PSP-3000, which shifted over 140,000 units....

Doctors are big on relying on their pedigrees to weigh their opinions as somehow more significant than those of the general public, but there are occasions in which their thoughts can hold some merit, no matter how depressing that merit may be. In this case, Dr. Jerald Block, a Portland psychiatrist, raises the issue in a recent editorial in this month’s issue of The American Journal of Psychiatry, in which he says he feels online addictions such as gaming, the internet and MySpace should be treated seriously by the psychatric community....

Don’t question the meatman. The substantial Reggie Fils-Aime had plenty of commentary to offer in a recent interview withVenture Beat, most of it prattle on the new Nintendo DSi. When asked if Nintendo’s recent announcements would calm the complaints garnered due to their E3 press conference, Fils-Aime replied: The gaming enthusiast that buys a tremendous amount of games is truly insatiable. As an example, in March, we launched “Super Smash Bros....

FPS’ these days aren’t exactly known for massive, expansive gameplay. While there is plenty of longevity to be found in multiplayer, you will have seen everything that most shooters have to offer within eight hours. Not so withResistance 2,if Insomniac is to be believed. The developer is boldly claiming that you’ll need to put around 420 hours into this game to unlock everything. If you’re mad enough to want to unlock every level, find all the briefings and max out each class, then you will need to book some time off work, becauseResistance 2has a lot to be getting on with....

HappyFriday, listeners. This week we discussed all the things that pleased and displeased us about this year’s E3. We also laughed a lot and talked about pancakes, because that’s in our job description. Fun fact for the RFGO edition ofTrivial Pursuit. Highlights?

If there’s one good thing we can say about the criminally insane, it’s that the messed up stuff inside their head isn’t spilling out of their ears and into the real world. Unfortunately, we can’t even say that for heroic mentalcase William Redmoor. His inner demons have escaped, and now it’s up to him to cram them back into his broken brain. Nightmarish apparitions, twisted demons and backtracking FROM HELL abound as Redmoor tries to escape Bright Dawn Treatment Center with his life and what’s left of his sanity....

Another chapter in the Telltale Games’Tales ofMonkey Islandepisodic series was released yesterday afternoon. Chapter 3, or the “Lair of the Leviathan” kicks off as a powerful whale swallows the whole of theScreaming Narwhal. Mighty pirate Threepwood never has it easy, eh? The previous chapter was a bust, perhaps lingering too much on item collection and exploration on top of a confusing map. The latest chapter is nothing of the sort. Clear and confined, this downloadable treat captures theMIvibe once again and focuses on character interaction and simple item exploration....

Dan Teasdale, lead designer at Harmonix, has announced today that he’s leaving the Boston-based studio following having completed his design work onRock Band 3. Harmonix loss is Twisted Pixel’s gain — Teasdale is headed off to Austin, Texas where he’ll join the team responsible for‘Splosion ManandComic Jumperto work on a “ridiculously cool new project.” The reasoning, Teasdale explains in apost on his personal blog, is a desire to work on with a smaller team....

I am fast running out of words to describeSaints Row: The Third. The above trailer, which details the game’s intricate and philosophical plot (some bitch wants money and screw that bitch) reveals yet more utter, utter silliness that I’m starting to accept as normal. My biggest fear withThe Thirdis where videogames go from here. Clearly, this is going to be the most ludicrous, outrageous, utterly shameless game of the year. How is Volition ever going to top it?...

Germany hates videogames, is the message the German government seems to want to communicate. Every sensational crime committed in the country gets pinned on “killer games,” and a ridiculous amount of titles have been banned or censored thanks to the over-sensitive megalomaniacs in charge. With this in mind, Sega has simply decided itcan’t be botheredto deal with all that crap. Aliens vs. Predatorwon’t be released in Germany, because Sega thinks the game is too violent and doesn’t want to eventryand get it past the censors....

In another example of great British intelligence, a UK game store has beentaken to courtafter purchasing and then selling stolen copies ofFallout 3. Bethesda is understandably angry over hot copies of their game going on sale, and today has reached a monetary settlement with retailer Awesome Games. The owner of the indie store in Walthamstow, Ahnes Qureshi, admitted that he bought the games from an “unknown seller,” but maintains that he somehow was able to trust the source, believing it to be imported stock....