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Why not start off the new year with a healthy dose of some Gaming Steve? I’m back with the first podcast of 2006, enjoy!

Gaming Steve Episode 33 Program

• 00:02:17 Game News:
• Pokemon USA threatens to sue cancer researchers.
• World of Warcraft pop 5 million and counting.
• Monster WOW patch released.
• G4 takes on Trek.
• EA adjusts earnings downward.
• NHL checks EA exclusivity offer.
• Judge blocks California game law.
• Jack Thompson buys shares in Take-Two.
• Video games get commemorative postage stamps.
• Why was Take-Two’s Paul Eibeler the “Worst CEO of 2005″?
• 00:35:03 GameTalk: Too much mail! Moved this week to the Show Mail segment.
• 00:35:53 SporeTalk: A look at my third exclusive Spore artwork and important Spore-related dates.
• 00:42:19 Game Review: Condemned: Criminal Origins for the Xbox 360.
• 00:58:30 RetroReview: The Bard’s Tale for the IBM PC, Apple ][, Apple ][GS, Commodore 64, Atari ST, Amstrad CPC, Amiga, NES, Macintosh, and Sinclair ZX.
• 01:11:33 “Name That Game!” contest winner from last week, a new clip, and a very cool prize!
• 01:14:14 Show Mail: I answer your many email questions.
• 02:13:12 Final Thoughts on … does anyone listen to this section?

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Inside the Net with Amber MacArthur episode 6 has broken free.

Main feed - courtesy AOL Radio

Hosts: Amber MacArthur and Leo Laporte.

Topics:

Amber and Leo interview Tim Westergren from the Music Genome Project and Pandora, a streaming radio service that introduces you to new music based on your preferences.

Thanks to Ashley Witt for our lovely Inside the Net theme.

Running time: 34:57

Yes the site has been very slow for the last few days. The server was running, but traffic was slowing it down. I’m not sure why but we’re working on it.

It’s possible it was a DDoS attack. We experienced similar temporary slowdowns on the leo.am and townsquare server on Sunday. Most likely due to a run on Ilfak’s patch for the WMF vulnerability.

Meanwhile I’ve disabled BitTorrent on the site - that is another candidate for a cause. I’ll move the trackers to a third server today.

Everything seems ok now. Sorry for the disruption of service. The TWiT maintenance crews in their snazzy orange jackets are on the job.

UPDATE: Turning off the BitTorrent trackers seems to have fixed things. When I turned one back on things slowed down again - so I think it’s safe to say the trackers were the source of the problems. They’re all disabled now. I have ordered a new server and will be moving all the BitTorrent files over to there. That way even if it bogs down it won’t affect this site. I’m also buying a second GB of RAM for this server which should help when the traffic gets heavy. Thanks for your patience!