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Oxford Late Night is back! Though this show was recorded before the first horribly embarrassing football game of the season, we provide plenty of advice on grove etiquette and how to maximize your gameday fun. So in retrospect, you should have probably just stayed at home.

Also on this week's show we talk about the ubiquitous "rating" scale, lessons we wish we could have learned sooner in life, and listen to Tim detail the finer points of non-verbal seduction.

If you have any feedback leave it either on our Facebook Page, here in the forums, or send us an email via our Contact Page.

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College can be a tough part of anyone's life - you've just moved away from your friends and family, everyone seems obsessed with drinking and partying, and your roommate can't seem to stop talking about the new World of Warcraft Cataclysm expansion.

But not all is lost! The Big Hot Sho is proud to present our first episode of Oxford Late Night, the podcast for people who like to party in Oxford. Each week we'll be your guide to what's going on around town as well as what separates a Savant of the Square from that girl with a solo cup stuck in her heel.

This week, classes start as students move back into Oxford, which can only mean three things:

• Traffic sucks. Somehow worse than before.
• You're again reminded that you haven't graduated.
• Tons of new students feel lonely and dead inside.

But we've got one of those covered! Oxford Late Night is talking all this week about how to make new friends and integrate into Oxford society. So basically, go buy a polo shirt or a new pair of heels and start making caddy racist comments.

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Like a sorority sister that just got dumped after the Tiki swap, Big Hot Sho is all about trying new things. Becoming a new woman: a different haircut, a cute dress we borrowed from Kayley, and trip to the bars after drinking enough Boone's Farm to fill even the emptiest of hearts.

That's right world, Big Hot Sho has a new, more experimental podcast format, and she just doesn't care what you think!

But enough with the metaphors - it's getting really tough to get the regular BDPE crew together. So we now present you with Big Hot Sho Late Night. It's a more open-ended show with a few funny friends of mine.

There is a loose structure to it covering a variety of topics: celebrity gossip, things you should hate, and of course breasts. Be warned - the content on the show is also more explicit than normal.

Let me know what you guys think here in the forums. But be sensitive - I think this dress might make me look fat.

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-BLAKEBUCK

Yeah, so things have been sorta slow here at BHS as of late. But at least those of you subscribed to the feed have been getting new content every now and then.

Today we've got a new episode of BDPE I posted a few weeks ago, and I'll be getting more stuff in the pipe soon.

On this week's show Apple and Adobe continue their unending feud about the future of the mobile web, William gives us a quick look at the iPad, we take a giant dump on Final Fantasy 13's terrible plot, level design, and progression issues.

Finally, if you'd like to discuss this week's episode, hit us up on the forums.

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THIS JUST IN. MAC GAMING IS NOT DEAD.

I know it's hard to believe. Just ask Tuncer Deniz. But seriously, with Valve officially behind the Mac as a legitimate platform, maybe the Mac gaming industry won't be limited to Magic Vines and Diner Dash.

Sure, I know what you're saying. His Arabian Powers will quickly destroy BDPE and BHS. You're probably right, as I often dream of Tuncer when I picture armageddon.

Also this week we discover that GAKIGATE has finally come to a close, we judge Chime on XBLA and Viva Pinanta: Trouble in Paradise, reveal the relatively unknown treasure of Shoot 1UP, discuss Infinity Ward's designer shakeup, and finally get to some feedback.

Finally, if you'd like to discuss this week's episode, hit us up on the forums.

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Alright, so we've started to fall behind. Hey, so what? Who the hell are you? Demanding content when we are cleary busy with other things. Screw you man. You're an asshole. Click unsubscribe and do us all a favor.

Now that no one is left, we've got a holdover episode until BDPE Episode 62. It's just Miller and Buck, and we're keeping tabs on the the goins ons of the gaming industry. Fic may or may not be involved in a Superbowl induced coma.

This week we briefly touch on John Romero in the gaming industry (really?), and discuss releases and a quick wrapup.

Check out episode 62 for more hotness...

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-BLAKEBUCK

The iPad is officially out, but the BDPE crew is skeptical to give it a full endorsement. Except for Fic, who's paycheck is directly proportionate to the number of Apple products shipped per quarter.

Also on this week's show we continue to gush over Borderlands, Microsoft continues to for you buy your games over and over, and Martin Sheen commands you to play Mass Effect 2. And apparently, the clan is back - lock your doors.

"Best Damn Podcast Ever is excited about the development opportunities available on the iPad. Including where you may or may not be able to insert your penis"

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iPad - "Our most advanced technology in a magical and revolutionary device at an unbelievable price." - Apple

Magical? Revolutionary? Uh huh. Look at you. Thinkin' you all big now. Oh wait. It is basically just iPhone Grande...

On this week's show we discuss Apple's new tablet and it's ramifications for the gaming industry, even though technically it wasn't announced yet when we recorded this show. BDPE is just omniscient and knows about everything before it happens. You're almost out of milk.

Also on this week's show we talk releases, gush over gaming director Neill Blomkamp, go back to 2001 slash 1993 (looking at you Doom) with Serious Sam HD, and encourage Gordon Freeman to stop hanging out with Duke Nukem - he's a bad influence.

"Her number was 555-245-7864. You typed FUCK YOU BITCH"

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BDPE IS BACK! If I had a dollar every time I said that, I'd be making a living in a very unusual way.

In all seriousness, because of travel and all that family bullshit, the holidays alway seem to be a difficult time for us to record shows. Thankfully the annual alcohol induced haze from Thanksgiving to New Years has past, and more heat is warming up them pipes.

We talk about so much garbage this week I don't even want to list it all. EA, the NFL, DJ Hero, Activision, and the responsibilities of being a large publisher. We also discuss good games MW2 showed back into first quarter 2010, and give an overview of today's most influential titles in porn gaming.

Also on this week's show we talk releases, micro-judgment Lego Indiana Jones 2, Dragon Age, Zelda Spirit Tracks, and Borderlands DLC.

"I'm gonna sign an exclusivity deal of my dick to your mouth"

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-BLAKEBUCK

Video games sure are a lot of fun. Shootin' guns, drivin' trucks, realtimin' strategies - there are so many ways to be entertained. But it's easy to forget the video games industry is a business. And not just a business - a multi-billion dollar, light my cuban cigar with a burning hundred dollar bill, global juggernaut of entertainment, business.

Bobby Kotick, current CEO of Activision, is one of those cigar-smoking, scotch-swilling barons that is stifling the creativity of the industry. Not only that, he's making an ASSLOAD of that paper along the way. So this week we discuss the role of business vs. creativity in the gaming industry.

Also on this week's show Miller EA tells Pandemic "It's not you, it's me", Modern Warfare 2 censored in Russia - Zangief upset, and triple A sequels sell like gangbusters while original IP's flounder (sorry Tim Schafer). We also review the new Xbox Live update with Facebook and Twitter, giving us something to do on Xbox Live besides waste money on avatars when we're drunk.

"Every person in Russia is Zangief"

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-BLAKEBUCK