TalkRadar 80 - Dan of the hour

Dan Amrich discusses his new gig at Activision, and we roast him crispy

Words: GamesRadarTylerWilde on December 4, 2009

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The Topics

Top 7... Blatantly sexist game advertisements
If by "sexist" you mean "sexy."

The roast of Dan Amrich
Haven't heard? Our good friend and former Official World of Warcraft Magazine, Official Xbox Magazine, GamesRadar, and Gamepro editor Dan Amrich is off to Activision...so we give him what for.

TalkRadar 20- Let's get critical
According to Executive Editor Brett Elston, this link should be here because "we bring up audio from this." See how organized we are?

Question of the Week
What do you name your characters? Tell us in the linked forum thread and we may read your answer on next week’s show.

New contests this week

WIN: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince DVD or Blu-ray – Just make up a Potter-esque spell for your favorite game, and we'll send a DVD-bearing owl your way. Note: we'll actually use the mail system.

CONTEST: Dan Amrich’s Farewell Rarities (Atte: DoA and WoW fans!) – As Dan Amrich departs Future's hallowed halls, he discovered a couple of items sure to appeal to the collector in some of you. Win them!

In the office

Above: Dan wreaking havoc in his famous Ghostbusters costume

Above: Dan's moving sale scored Chris a Power Glove! The shirt was just a coincidence...one that makes him look like a Wizard-obsessed freak

Above: Chris checking out Brett's junk Modern Warfare 2 style

Above: Lizzie's desk got Twilight: New MOWNED by Cheryll, who now better watch her back

Above: Charlie Barratt ran into a certain celebrity while hiking in Yosemite. He belongs in a museum!

Above: Brett giddily (somberly) shows off his noisy Spirit Tracks box

In the community

Above: JohnRabbit brought us some impressive retro RadarNauts joy

Above: KREATIVEAssassin delivered this sexy-ass album cover - check out the forums for the back, which features tracks like "Tinkle from the Stink Wrinkle"

Head to the forums and join the T-Dar community or die cold and alone.

THE INFO BOX
Post date: December 4, 2009
T-Dar 80 length: 2:45:02
Intro song by: Anamanaguchi
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IGiveUFunkButt - December 4, 2009 9:23 p.m.

Oven roasted Dan! That's a spicy meatball!
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hobojesse - December 4, 2009 9:28 p.m.

woot! my week has officially been made
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garnsr - December 4, 2009 9:30 p.m.

That Zelda box is terrific! And is Dan moving on from the WoW magazine he just started at? I'll have to listen to KOXM and TR to find out, I guess.
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thor0997 - December 4, 2009 9:30 p.m.

What is Brett frowning at so hard in the poonbase alpha? This cast makes me positivly spasm with happy eargasm!
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JackSkellingtonsSkin - December 4, 2009 9:39 p.m.

I can't believe it's not talkradar.
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mEgAzD - December 4, 2009 9:40 p.m.

Thank you dear sirs for this podcast I shall take.
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mastersword369 - December 4, 2009 9:48 p.m.

Sweet! A WINNER IS ME!
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DrRock - December 4, 2009 9:57 p.m.

Since the servers for the forums are apparently too busy I'll go ahead and post my spell for the Harry Pothead contest. My spell would be for the Torchlight game on the PC. This spell you would give your pet to cast on any nearby enemies. The spell would be called "GonosyphaherpalAIDS" Basically a lethal combination of gonorrhea, syphilis, herpes and AIDS. It's the gift that keeps on giving and giving. The spell would cause all nearby enemies to break out in rashes, uncontrollable crotch itching, nasty oozing. It spreads fast and there is no cure so it can quite possibly infect all whole dungeon in one fail swoop.
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GrenadeSpamAndSausages - December 4, 2009 10:11 p.m.

dans back! MY WEEKEND IS COMPLETE
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GrenadeSpamAndSausages - December 4, 2009 10:16 p.m.

oh no. i explain dans back! and then i actualy listen to the podcast and im told he is leaving... but who will make parodies of songs (like simply can't find a wii around christmas time, and such classics as if you like viva pinata... and who could forget you look like a fool if you can't spell?)
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CaptainSpatula - December 4, 2009 10:27 p.m.

I would like to formally thank the radarnauts for delivering me this delicious podcast. it will be consumed by my ears shortly.
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FantasticMrStarFox - December 4, 2009 10:51 p.m.

woo new tdar! my week is complete.
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camelfro - December 4, 2009 11:08 p.m.

good bye dan you will be missed
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Hurricrane - December 4, 2009 11:29 p.m.

NOOOOOOOOOOO DAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNN! DOOOOOOOON'T LEAAAAVVVVVVVEEEEE USSSSS!!!!!!!
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Samael - December 4, 2009 11:36 p.m.

*salutes Dan, in an orcish manner*. While I believe that WoW died when Cairne died and that Garrosh will never be my Warchief, I wish you luck sir. Now let's proceed with the roasting you Ghostbusters-loving freak!
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Splash - December 4, 2009 11:37 p.m.

Nooo Dan is gone! Now who will make Koxm more than one voice
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Samael - December 4, 2009 11:41 p.m.

Oh great I just read it more closely, you're leaving for Activision? One of my least favorite companies in the world? Wow...that's sad. See if you can viciously murder Bobby Ko-dick while you're there and become the new CEO. Then I'll support Activison. Captcha: visuals Orc Would've been more appropriate for my previous comment.
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Walrus2159 - December 5, 2009 12:16 a.m.

Thanks for the shout out Chris ^ ^
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TrIp13G - December 5, 2009 12:26 a.m.

TGITD
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DrDevious - December 5, 2009 1:32 a.m.

Lol. I went onto a name anagram generator and got Ha! Jerk on an ant
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