I actually like the thought over a serious discussion with you guys, especially if Reiner and Jeff are in it.

I think the name for the Piston would be better if it were "The Steam Piston"

I think this is going to be the first time I'd skip a segment. I just don't think I could stand listening to most talk about the subject of the second part, but I'll try.

i love this show :3

Awesome topics with some of my favorite members of the GI family.

This is going to be a fun podcast.

Sweet.

I anticipate someone trying to pour water into that box at some point. 'Steam Powered'

Thought this week was going to be about the THQ bankruptcy. Still looks like it will be a good show as usual

I don't have time for a Serious discussion about violent games.....I have to go kill zombies on Dead Island, The Walking Dead, Left 4 Dead, and Dead Space.

Great show as always; however next week, I think its time for another Back Cover Blurb Trivia Challenge. (I'm lookin at you, Hanson)

I enjoy Jeff Cork's frankness (and sarcasm) in general and in the second half it really comes to its own. He brings up some great points and hypotheticals and Reiner and Matt make for good devil's advocate concerns.

Nice podcast guys, always a great listen.

I completely agree with them on the android consoles and steam box. Once I learned the Piston only works to stream a game that is running on my PC, I lost all interest in it.

Your gun stance was deplorable, stop blaming the tool and blame the people wielding it. Blame the crappy parents that use medications as a form of parenting instead of actually getting to know their kids. As for the love of violence; that's because we're an angry country, we're mad at everyone and everything and violent images/sounds/games are cathartic to use. I have asperger's and I don't want to kill anyone, also lets look at the facts and stop making connections where there are none to be made. He liked Dance Central and other non-violent games so how does that support video game/violence correlation? How do you explain the high number of video game players and gun owners that don't go on a mass murder spree?

As for Project SHIELD it's supposed to be Marvel sounding since their Tegra chips have comic (Marvel mostly) code names. Stark, Jean Grey (which is Tegra 4), Wayne, Kal-El (I want to say this was the code name for Tegra 2) , Logan, Thor (?) and so on. So it plays on that naming convention.

By far the best game informer show to date

As a PC only gamer and a having the majority of my game library on Steam, I am very invested in the future and success of the Steam Box (or whatever it'll be called). That being said I really enjoyed the first half of the podcast because you guys gave me a new perspective on the product. Reiner also raised a very good point about games making the system not the hardware, which honestly hadn't occurred to me until he said it.

Also I'm very interested in the whole media/violence situation, and I would like to commend all 3 of you guys for not being completely biased or irrational about any of that subject. It would be so easy for you guys to go on a rant about video games being wrongly accused and that they aren't the problem, but instead you guys had a very intelligent and level-headed discussion about all of it. And Jeff had some really great points about maybe it is a time as a community and industry that we need to rethink our priorities in entertainment, with games, TV and movies. Overall this was one of my favorite podcasts I have ever listened to, you guys are awesome!

Haven't got to listen to it yet, but I hop nobody is calling the Piston the steambox. It's not. The GabeN even confirmed that www.escapistmagazine.com/.../121423-Gabe-Newell-Clarifies-That-Piston-Is-Not-the-Steam-Box

What I hope for that big meeting is this. I want the representative of the gaming industry to walk in and tell everyone to stop. For some reason the form of media/entertainment we're passionate about is tired of getting crap from everyone. Yes our industry has become too violent, but that doesn't give people the right to accuse us of causing these horrendous events. TV and movies are constantly making fun of video games which makes gamers look crazy sitting in their parents basement playing COD 24/7. Our industry deserves to be treated just like other industries and dumb flash games people make on the internet are not part of them. Whyis it that we can never seem to be respected by other industries the stereotypes are everyone is an overweight 35myear old that lives in his parents basement or (note this next part is coming from a teenager) some guy that sits around screaming profanities and the words "noob, gay, homosexual, and rape." Why are we less respected than everyone else and seem to take the blame for everything?

Jeff Cork was a good choice as an additional guest host for the show. I appreciate your collective thoughtfulness on the subject.. it's hard to find on the internet.