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EPISODE · Dec 31, 2005 · 35 MIN

Games Nerds Play (43)

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Dave Shepherd explains that the only reason this show is rated 'R' is because of the second song. (It would otherwise probably be PG.) (1:59) Howard Chang, Howard Shepherd and Dave Shepherd talk about the langauge of games and playing. (2:19) Song: 'Play My Game,' by Heidi McCurdy (6:35) More gaming language--'frolic,' 'cavort,' 'puzzle,' 'pun' (9:35) Music bumper from 'Games' by Shaun (15:30) Greetings from Simran in India. (15:53) Rude word of the week: 'player/playa' (16:16) Song: 'Playa's Fo Life,' by Gangsta Tea, the Oklahoma Realist (18:36) Games nerds play (23:05) Catchphrase (23:17) Taboo (24:40) Scattergories (25:53) Fictionary (27:17) You play Fictionary with us. Type your answers to the word 'melicrate' as comments here under this blog post. (Listen to the choices first.) (32:37) Music courtesy of GarageBand.com Theme music by Kick the Cat time: 35:42 size: 16.4 Mb rating: R (Our discussion is all pretty PG-mild, but our second song uses a racial epithet and rather rude street slang for women.)

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