I loved this podcast, I really did. Nice, normal people just chatting about any and everything that a geek wants to know about. Ryan Scott's gaming knowledge is very impressive and he is very critical where so many are happy to give a game a good review.
I found I had the same taste in movies, tv, music, well everything that these guys liked. Then about a month ago, it all started to changed. It became about their personal lives which to be honest, I wasnt really into. I couldnt care if Hitch was unable to meet a suitable partner due to his own neurotic behaviour or listen to little anecdotes about employees at 1Up.
I think I can pinpoint the exact moment I lost interest in this podcast, it came when I realised one of the team actually didnt give a flying frak anymore. Karen actually sat and read a comic (apparently some sort of badly drawn adult take on famous childrens stories). Her contribution was virtually null during the episode and you have to question someones intentions if they would rather read a trashy 18+ comic than discuss her views on the weeks movies/tv/games etc.
I guess the proof is in the pudding when Ryan spends the last two minutes of the show asking people to review/dig/tweet/facebook this podcast to gain support. I subscribe to ALOT of podcasts and it helps my daily commute go that little bit quicker and I am not aware of any other cast that does it. Maybe its a personal opinion but it just iritates me.
By all means, give it a try but if you want games I suggest the podcasts from the Sarcastic Gamer crew and if you want movie reviews try Spill.com (They also have an EXCELLENT comic book/general geekery podcast called League of Extraordinary Gentlemen).
Their forum is incredibly friendly and the guys who run it always interact with the forum members (Spillios is the term of endearment :) )
Thanks Geekbox but Im out....