87 - Heralded By Many

This week: Tom's breasts, seating arrangements, university, solo albums, Analyse The Beatles, Sharknado, weird naps, standup comedy, Twincest, the Ouya, Surfer Blood, New Zealand Story, and scientific inaccuracies in Crash Bandicoot.
In SSST: Activision Blizzard seeks independence from Vivendi, Neil Gaiman's working on a game, there's a new Mortal Kombat game on its way, and Microsoft totally aren't selling our information to the government. Seriously. Also, a rly srs argument about 'acronyms' and 'initialisms'.
In Ask SSJ: Carly Rae Jepsen, Tom's dog, a rly srs argument about 'something stuck in my teeth', sideways colons, ghosts (and the secrets of the afterlife), Sideways Kolan, fluoride, SSJ Academy, our comedic inspiration, a little taste of my standup routine, and the relative merits of success vs. originality.

MUSIC USED:
SSJ Theme 2: Xavier Rubetzki Noonan

Aurora (Meet Me In The Stars) - Anamanaguchi / CC BY-NC-ND 3.0
Sole Brother: Born Ruffians

FEATURE TRACK:
The Rescue - Cherax Destructor
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86 - Packs!

This week, it's our PAX Australia special! And as such, this episode is pax-ed with content:

arm gestures, fiction, super-computers, sneaky-poo, salt, Humphrey Bogart, Superman, female actors, Caesar salad, standing, governmental mind control, an interview with Gaming Cult's Zac Innes, sneezing, The Legend Of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, Freedom Fall, Rayman Legends, Cloudberry Kingdom, Framed, Deck War, Saints Row IV, Collosatron: Massive World Threat, hand-holding in games, the Oculus Rift, Power Stone 2, Sensible Soccer, giraffes, my new Two-Moon Theory, naked women, puppies, an EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with Microsoft's new console, the Xbox One, giant Connect 4, Cards Against Humanity, flight mode, Facebook groups, 

MUSIC USED:

SSJ Theme 2: Xavier Rubetzki Noonan

FRRREEEEEEEEE BIIIIIIIRRRRRRD!!! FRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEE BIIIIIIIIIRRRD!!!!: Bomb The Music Industry!

Evolution: Astrid & The Asteroids

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85 - Exi-stench-ial Crisis

This week: Fantastic Voyage, human bodies, pasta, Connecticut, Julian Assange, PAX, the DualShock 4, firefighters, coffee, time travel, Breaking Bad, Mad Men, and The Last of Us.
In SSST: Microsoft's ever-changing Xbox One policies, the future of Mario, EA's next-gen pricing, the newly announced Ratchet & Clank: Into The Nexus, stellar sales for the stunning The Last of Us, and Xbox's newly appointed dear and glorious leader.
In Ask SSJ: we're joined by Cameron Juan as well as two more Prophets of Impending Doom, and we discuss thinking, esports, A Boy And His Blob, the attentions of a female lady, an EXCLUSIVE SSJ INTERVIEW WITH TIM HEIDECKER courtesy of David Gustavson Gustavson, and our first ever in-depth, in-person Ask SSJ with Cam!

MUSIC USED:
The Prophecy: Prophets of Impending Doom
SSJ Theme 2: Xavier Rubetzki Noonan

Shallow End: Nathan Meunier / CC BY-NC-ND 3.0

Backtrackin': Vhiiula / CC BY-NC-ND 3.0

FEATURE TRACK:
Naked Body: Fun Machine
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bonus pic! <3 ash

84 - Good Lucky

This week, we celebrate America, step on the Pope, get boners for tuna, and talk about PAX, funny humorous jokes, a tequila-fuelled dinner party, an update on the SSJ Video Game Book Club, The Last of Us, x-buster, and giving drugs to kids.
In SSST: Don Mattrick leaves Microsoft and joins Zynga, and the Xbox One will be able to scan QR codes. Yep, that's it! Oh, except the afterlife, M. Night Shyamalan, and more...
In Ask SSJ: throwing the baby out with the bathwater, strokes, doctor-doctor jokes, air-conditioning, penises, a General Pants & the Privates podcast, a prank involving a hooker, another prank involving Ashton Kutcher, Australian politics, backing vocals, sleep-pooping, the anatomy of a swear-word, thought-crime, prank calls, the Beatles, our girlfriends, and advice for someone who loves games but is terrible at them. Thanks to everyone who wrote in!

MUSIC USED:
SSJ Theme 2: Xavier Rubetzki Noonan
The rest of this week's music was taken from the Free Music Archive's 'New Happy Birthday Song Contest'.

Super Psyched for Your Birthday: The Danimals / CC BY 3.0

Happy-Birthday-Song: Angelika Fischer with friends / CC BY 3.0

h-a-p-p-y-b-i-r-t-h-d-a-y-t-o-y-o-u: gladioli ravioli / CC BY 3.0

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83 - State Of Decay

This week, we talk about time-wasting, illness, Avril Lavigne, The Last of Us, the SSJ Video Game Book Club, Chrono Trigger, and hand-crafted chip music.
In SSST: we talk about the changing landscape of Australia's video game ratings system, with reference to Saints Row IV and State of Decay. We also note a positive change at Microsoft.
In Ask SSJ: we talk about Xbox support, I accidentally steal one of Scott Aukerman's jokes, we discuss Back To The Future, Jon Stewart, Agamemnon, sushi, Mad Max, and Star Trek.

MUSIC USED:
SSJ Theme 2: Xavier Rubetzki Noonan
Good Time: X-Buster

gristle castle: Poke -1,170 / CC BY-NC-ND 3.0

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