This show we (n00j, Briggy and Zune) talked about Wintereenmas (the gaming holiday) and of course the games we shall be playing during it. We also chatted a bit about movies, anime remakes, other general geekery and of course ALcon 2009. We also played a couple of tasty tunes from the PSMN.

Links

American McGee's Alice
nVidia 3D Goggles
Wintereenmas
Ghost in the Shell 2.0
Ready Brek Ad
Songsmith Ad

Music Credits

Tune 1: Ame One - Slow Down (feat. Raystar and Geneva B)

UKotaku is back after a million years of slackness and failure to produce... But we are back on form (despite some more bloody issues with Skype) to bring you a rip-roaring new ep!

Music Playlist: http://yukoplay.tumblr.com/post/133409461/ukotaku-s2-e5-playlist

Shortners

http://www.shortner.com/2oj - Phantasy Star Zero Press Release
http://www.shortner.com/2ok - Phantasy Star Zero Official Site (Jap)
http://www.shortner.com/2ol - SCHTHACK Server: PSO Private Server
http://www.shortner.com/2om - The Path
http://www.shortner.com/2ou - Wiki / Pretty Face
http://www.shortner.com/2ov - London Film and Comic Con
http://www.shortner.com/2os - Tertrong

Just n00j and Captain Briggles this week but just because we are short on staff doesn't mean we are short on content.
We chatted at great length about ALcon 2009, Elfen Lied (cos it's bloody brilliant), the Monkey Island remake and about lots of other cheeky geeky stuffs. Plus our usual round up of the latest anime releases, game releases and some great music and other chit chat too.

Warning! This podcast contains excessive use of the word "poo."

Enjoy!

Music Playlist: http://yukoplay.tumblr.com/post/155823993/ukotaku-s2-e6-playlist

Shortners

http://shortner.com/2re - ALcon 2009
http://shortner.com/2qr - Elfen Lied Wiki
http://shortner.com/2rb - Shintaro Kago Wiki
http://shortner.com/2rc - Abstraction by Shintaro Kago
http://shortner.com/2rd - Tales of Monkey Island

UKotaku back once again with some ill behaviour from myself (n00j), Monty and Captain Briggles. We talked this show about oh so many things, including Fallout 3, Harry Potter, iPhones, Banksy and of course our usual array of anime, manga and other Japanese flavoured goodies. Plus Briggy has managed to get his sweaty mits on Batman: Arkham Asylum and gives us the low down on this much anticipated game.

Music Playlist: http://yukoplay.tumblr.com/post//ukotaku-s2-e7-playlist

Shotners

http://www.shortner.com/2rm - Zenonia Demo for iPhone
http://www.shortner.com/2rn - Hōrō Musuko Wiki
http://www.shortner.com/2ro - Charlie Brooker on Banksy
http://www.shortner.com/2rp - Banksy Website
http://www.shortner.com/2rq - District 9

This show is special for oh so many reasons! And not just cos of our usual "special" cast, we had a brand new member in the form of Thom Sweeting! 
Plus this is the last podcast before our live show at ALcon and marks the official running out of Japanese podsafe music, seeing us move into the realms of some excellent British and American bands.
Not only that but this show is the first show since the new UKotaku website design and we talk about that too! Wow, so much special in just one download...
Don't worry about all this change though; we still have out usual mix of anime, manga, gaming and general geek-chat interspersed with nonsense and music for your listening pleasure.

This show was a super special report on the ALcon happening at this year's event. Myself (n00j), Briggy and Monty invited a whole load of people to chat with us including staff, gophers and attendees.
We hope that this show will be fun for those that attended and a call to all our no attending listeners to get themselves to ALcon next year, or pop down to AL Club London and see what all the fuss is about for yourselves.
Due to the clusterfucky nature of having so many ppl on Skype audio quality is a little lower than usual, with some glitchy bits (but hey, that's better than itchy tits!)

Thanks to Kanada, The Failed Ninja, Mex, Tsunade and Yukito for joining us!

Music Playlist: http://yukoplay.tumblr.com/post/190472485/ukotaku-s2-e9-playlist

Links

http://animeleague.net - AL
http://animeleague.net/london - AL Club London

This show Briggle, Monty and myself (n00j) talked about training wheel series; manga, anime and movies that we would recommend as a taster of Japanese media.
This topic really got us going and we talked at great length about essential anime, manga and movies we would recommend to our non-taku pals. We, of course, had a few disagreements and played some awesome tunes along the way.
We also covered the latest anime, manga, gaming and tech news plus I reviewed District 9 and threw in a few other bits and pieces too!

Music Playlist: http://yukoplay.tumblr.com/post/217078808/ukotaku-s2-e9-playlist

Links

http://www.shortner.com/2w9 - Touchable Holography
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6PDlMggROA - District 9 Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNReejO7Zu8 - Alive in Joburg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxdvGO1oOF0 - Halo: Landfall (short film)
http://www.shortner.com/2wb - Negative Happy Chain Saw Edge

Mentioned "Training Wheel" Anime, Manga, Games and Movie Wikis

This show was an RPG through the ages special. We talk at great length (for over two hours in fact) about everything from the dawn of the RPG era to present day and from East to West too.
Plus Briggy gave us a super in depth review of Dragon Age: Origins and we had our usual mix of awesome, quirky music and of course some down right silliness.

Music Playlist: http://yukoplay.tumblr.com/post/242994470/ukotaku-s2-e11-playlist

Mentioned RPG Wikis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrono_Trigger
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_Winter_Nights
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldur's_Gate
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout_(series)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_Knights_of_the_Old_Republic
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jade_Empire

This show was a creepy horror special! Myself (n00j) Briggy and Monty talked about the Japanese culture of horror: from ghosts of the past to the films, manga, anime and games of the present.
We also had our usual selection of dubious facts, stupidity and general tom-foolery plus some awesome tunes too!

Music Playlist: http://yukoplay.tumblr.com/post/258199789/ukotaku-s2-e12-playlist

n00j's List of Related Wikis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea_Pig_(film_series)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kairo_(film)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takashi_Miike
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noroi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Missed_Call_(2004_film)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grudge
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_(film)