http://www.couchmercenaries.com/index.htm en-us © TCM 2008 Gaming podcast as it should be. We are the only professional couch soldiers on the net TCM A weekly look at the world of gaming brought to you by Canada's 2 craziest gamers: Chops-Suey and BigSmooth8. A weekly look at the world of gaming brought to you by Canada's 2 craziest gamers: Chops-Suey and BigSmooth8. TCM feedback@couchmercenaries.com Yes TCM http://www.couchmercenaries.com/podcast.htm http://www.couchmercenaries.com/Podcasts/E25.mp3 Wow... what can I say? Already 25 episodes. I never thought 6 months ago when Smooth and I started TCM that wed have such an awesome time doing this everyweek. And never in a million years would I have guessed that wed have such an awesome community of gamers who listen to us and play games with us every week. TCM dedicates this show to you guys. You all Rock. Download and Enjoy. Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:00:00 -0500 02:40:42 couch, mercenaries, couchmercenaries, video, games, videogames, mercenary, couch mercenary TCM http://www.couchmercenaries.com/podcast.htm http://www.couchmercenaries.com/Podcasts/E24.mp3 Another awesome 4-man show. The Mercs were jonzin to give yall a great show and of course... we delivered as usual. B1gBadDaddy takes you way back in the retro corner this week with some old-school Zelda and Murphy has a beef with FPS developers in this weeks Murphy's Shot. We hit over 2 hours and 30 minutes this week folks... download and enjoy. Sat,09 Aug 2008 20:00:00 -0500 02:40:42 couch, mercenaries, couchmercenaries, video, games, videogames, mercenary, couch mercenary TCM http://www.couchmercenaries.com/podcast.htm http://www.couchmercenaries.com/Podcasts/E23.mp3 Great to be back!!! Chops has returned. Another awesome episode. Murphy gives a thumbs up to EA in this weeks Murphys Shot and B1gBadDaddy brings back the classic Duck Hunt. Download and Enjoy. Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:00:00 -0500 02:04:39 couch, mercenaries, couchmercenaries, video, games, videogames, mercenary, couch mercenary TCM http://www.couchmercenaries.com/podcast.htm http://www.couchmercenaries.com/Podcasts/E22.mp3 Well... Chops wasn't able to join the team this week. After getting all 4 wisdom teeth yanked out, TCM decided to give him the night off to recover. But don't worry, you know we won't leave you high and dry. BigSmooth, Highclass and Gothic got together on Saturday and knocked one out of the park. We got all your usuals, segments, emails, and the all the fun youve come to expect from a TCM podcast. Download and enjoy peeps. Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:00:00 -0500 02:04:24 couch, mercenaries, couchmercenaries, video, games, videogames, mercenary, couch mercenary TCM http://www.couchmercenaries.com/podcast.htm http://www.couchmercenaries.com/Podcasts/E21.mp3 E3 2008 is in the past... and it's funny how one event could make The Mercs return to fanboyism. The gloves came off for this week's episode folks... and many shots were taken. But like always... it ended in awesome fun. We had a great time doing this weeks episode. We also got a couple letters from the community and an awesome episode of Murphys Shot, where he sets down the law on this years E3. Amother awesome show everyone... download and enjoy. Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:00:00 -0500 02:44:48 couch, mercenaries, couchmercenaries, video, games, videogames, mercenary, couch mercenary TCM http://www.couchmercenaries.com/podcast.htm http://www.couchmercenaries.com/Podcasts/E20.mp3 TCM's very first pre E3 bash... and what a show it was. We wanted to give you guys a little something extra for such a momentus show... so we invited a fifth member to join in our verbal debauchery. Goats has worked with Smooth, Gothic and Chops for over 5 years and he is one of our closest mates. He probably knows more about gaming and trends then the other four of us together... especially handhelds. An open mind and a willing spirit... he was a great addition to our show this week. Hopefully he will join us more often... it was great to have him. The show is a couple seconds over 3 hours this week and we have tons of emails and laughs for you. Another world premier of a new segment from one of our recruits. Check it out peeps... you wont regret it. Sat, 12 Jul 2008 20:00:00 -0500 03:00:23 couch, mercenaries, couchmercenaries, video, games, videogames, mercenary, couch mercenary TCM http://www.couchmercenaries.com/podcast.htm http://www.couchmercenaries.com/Podcasts/E19.mp3 An ancient chinese proverb says Never give 4 Canadians beer and microphones... because only mayhem will come of it. Well... not really... but there should be one. Another Saturday night taping and another crazy show on the books. We clocked just over 3 hours once again. We have another awesome episode of Murphy's Shot and B1gBadDaddy's Retro Corner. We also have the debut segment from Yodathe3rd with the Collector's Corner. Another great one people... so download and enjoy. The winner of the "Easiest Microsoft Points Contest" is Micl0v1n (not announced on the show... sorry... did the draw after the show). You will get your code this week my friend. Sat, 5 Jul 2008 20:00:00 -0500 03:08:41 couch, mercenaries, couchmercenaries, video, games, videogames, mercenary, couch mercenary TCM http://www.couchmercenaries.com/podcast.htm http://www.couchmercenaries.com/Podcasts/E18.mp3 Another 4-man show is in the books. Awesome episode with another Murphys Shot segment and part 3 of The Solid Segment with F and A Eternal. We also chat about The Sony Press Conference and all the usual rumours surrounding E3 this year. Tons of games also got their official release dates this week... so download and enjoy it mates. We do this for you.... well... and the fame of course. Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:00:00 -0500 01:53:56 couch, mercenaries, couchmercenaries, video, games, videogames, mercenary, couch mercenary TCM http://www.couchmercenaries.com/podcast.htm http://www.couchmercenaries.com/Podcasts/E17.mp3 Four bodies is always better then three, so Im happy to say that Gothic was able to join us for this weeks taping... and I know I say this most weeks,but I think this was the best episode ever. The mood was great as we were all happy to welcome Gothic back to the mix. We chit chat about all the weekly gaming news you want. We have another great segment from Murphys Law and B1gBadDaddy. We announce the winners of our Aces of the Galaxy contest and... as an added bonus, we decided to ditch the Hot Seat segment of our show to introduce a new way to finish each week's episode. I laughed like a madman for most of it (Highclass... your a crazy nut)... download and enjoy mates. Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:00:00 -0500 02:16:18 couch, mercenaries, couchmercenaries, video, games, videogames, mercenary, couch mercenary TCM http://www.couchmercenaries.com/podcast.htm http://www.couchmercenaries.com/Podcasts/E16.mp3 Awesome show this week... Smooth, Chops and Highclass clocked in over 3 hours for another great show. 3 Segments this week... Murphy's Shot, The Solid Segment and a new segment from one of our recruits... but you gotta listen to it to find out what it is. Enjoy the show. Sun, 14 Jun 2008 24:00:00 -0500 02:53:27 couch, mercenaries, couchmercenaries, video, games, videogames, mercenary, couch mercenary TCM http://www.couchmercenaries.com/podcast.htm http://www.couchmercenaries.com/Podcasts/CS2.mp3 Hey gang... no full TCM show this week. Sorry mates but we couldn't nail down a time that we were all available. But no fear cause Smooth has your back. He got a few members of the community together again for our second Community Speaks episode. So check it out and enjoy. If your interested in being in our next CS episode... email us at feedback@couchmercenaries.com. We will be back to our usual 4-man show next week. We are taping on Saturday night so expect a couple hours of mayhem. Sun, 8 Jun 2008 13:00:00 -0500 01:20:36 couch, mercenaries, couchmercenaries, video, games, videogames, mercenary, couch mercenary TCM http://www.couchmercenaries.com/podcast.htm http://www.couchmercenaries.com/Podcasts/E15.mp3 The big one five... already episode number 15. Feels like time is zooming by. Last week's episode was tough to beat but we still had an awesome Sunday morning show. On top of Murphy's Shot this week (which he loads a round in the chamber pointed straight to the Couch Mercs... still got a tear from that one), we are intruducing the first part of a 3 part mini-series from F A Eternal called The Solid Segment. It's a before and after look at the killer PS3 app, MGS4. Another awesome week... enjoy mates. Sun, 1 Jun 2008 13:00:00 -0500 02:51:41 couch, mercenaries, couchmercenaries, video, games, videogames, mercenary, couch mercenary TCM http://www.couchmercenaries.com/podcast.htm http://www.couchmercenaries.com/Podcasts/E14.mp3 Beware!!! This is not the Couch Mercenaries you're used to... well... it is actually but under the influence of an evil demon known as Canadian beer. Gothic and Highclass we're not gonna be able to make it to Sunday's taping, so instead of having a 2-man show... we moved the taping up from Sunday morning to Saturday night... and man... all I can say is COMPLETE MAYHEM. Turns out after a few pints we become even more retarded then usual.... who would've thought? We of course touched upon the weekly news and answered all your questions (one viewer mail had Smooth laughing so much that he actually cried... no joke). The episode runs just under 3 hours and will have you cracking up the whole way through. No one was safe from our dazed debauchery this week.... well... enough explaining it.... download and enjoy it mates. Sat, 24 May 2008 20:00:00 -0500 02:43:18 couch, mercenaries, couchmercenaries, video, games, videogames, mercenary, couch mercenary TCM http://www.couchmercenaries.com/podcast.htm http://www.couchmercenaries.com/Podcasts/E13.mp3 Im honestly still shaking from all the laughs we had taping this week's show. The 4-man show was once again crazy mayhem with a little news infused to keep everyone happy. Shocker and beaver talk a plenty, this episode is by far the best we've ever done, and it was the funnest to record as well. We announce the 6 Merc Recruits and we even have our first recruit segment called Murphy's Shot by none other then the king of all men... Murphy's Law. Enjoy it people, cause God knows we did. Best Episode Ever. Another 3 hours of TCM greatness. Sun, 18 May 2008 13:00:00 -0500 03:09:21 couch, mercenaries, couchmercenaries, video, games, videogames, mercenary, couch mercenary TCM http://www.couchmercenaries.com/podcast.htm http://www.couchmercenaries.com/Podcasts/E12.mp3 Damn... how do you top a 3 hour, 4-man show like last weeks. You don't. You just come in with a huge smile on your face and talk shop with other peeps who love gaming as much as you do. Gothic wasn't able to make it this week (damn mother's day) but Highclass was nice enough to join us so we still had a 3 man bedlam. Gothic hit up 2 sweet games in his achievement corner and the Hot Seat was all about gaming trivia again... download and enjoy mates. Sun, 11 May 2008 13:00:00 -0500 01:32:07 couch, mercenaries, couchmercenaries, video, games, videogames, mercenary, couch mercenary TCM http://www.couchmercenaries.com/podcast.htm http://www.couchmercenaries.com/Podcasts/E11.mp3 Finally we get our first 4 man show. Gothic and Highclass joined us for our best episode ever. They both had their first taste of the PS3 and both seemed quite impressed. Chops picked up his 360 Elite this week to much happiness and cheers from the rest of the team. Also... since Gothic and Highclass have been so much help to the team... they've both been promoted to full Mercs. We are looking for members of the community to fill in for the recruits for the show... if your interested, drop us an email at feedback@couchmercenaries.com. This is by far the best episode yet... once all was said and done, we had recorded over 3 hours and 10 minutes. It was the usual TCM mayhem. Your gonna love it. Download and enjoy peeps. Sun, 04 May 2008 13:00:00 -0500 03:11:01 couch, mercenaries, couchmercenaries, video, games, videogames, mercenary, couch mercenary TCM http://www.couchmercenaries.com/podcast.htm http://www.couchmercenaries.com/Podcasts/CS1.mp3 Leave it to Smooth to go and have a great idea when I least expect it (truth is... he was due for one eventually). Saturday night, Smooth enjoyed an awesome community gaming night with over a dozen of our regular listeners and board posters. At the end of the night... only a few brave soldiers were remaining when he asked them if they would like to do a podcast over skype to talk about games... what they are playing... waiting for.... all that jazz. We started this podcast with one of our main goals was to get the community in on it. To know what they think about anything and everything gaming. Sadly... this is something most podcasts dont do and we felt it necessary. We wanna know what your doing as much as you wanna know about us. So expect this to be another regular occurence in our shows. We were thinking of doing one after every gaming night. If your interested in joining the next one, email us at feedback@couchmercenaries.com. So... enough explaining. Download and enjoy our first TCM Community Speaks featuring BigSmooth8, f and a eternal, Canuck102 and yodathe3rd. It runs about 30 minutes. Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:00:00 -0500 00:30:36 couch, mercenaries, couchmercenaries, video, games, videogames, mercenary, couch mercenary TCM http://www.couchmercenaries.com/podcast.htm http://www.couchmercenaries.com/Podcasts/E10.mp3 Damn... Episode 10 already. I remember when we were just a small gaming podcast with some crazy die-hard fans... oh wait... we still are. Well, episode 10 wasn't the 4-man bedlam we had wanted it to be, but you know Smooth and Chops still kept the laughs rolling for 2 hours of insane gaming nonsense. We hit up all the weekly news (which was kinda weak this week) and chit-chatted chatted about the big releases due out this coming week (GTA4, MarioKart Wii and Iron Man... not that's a gaming week). We actually recorded on Friday this week due to scheduling issues, but the show was still the best yet. Download and Enjoy Mi Amigos. Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:00:00 -0500 02:00:22 couch, mercenaries, couchmercenaries, video, games, videogames, mercenary, couch mercenary TCM http://www.couchmercenaries.com/podcast.htm http://www.couchmercenaries.com/Podcasts/E9.mp3 Shit... the TCM train can't be stopped by anyone. Episode #9 was done Sunday night, after a couple scheduling problems, me forgetting my shit at home, we finally got it done. E9 is over 2 hours and 10 minutes. Lots of news this week... most of it was small stuff, but you know Smooth and I made it all the much better. Awesome achievement corner this week, Gothic was at his best. You know the drill people... download and enjoy! Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:00:00 -0500 02:10:11 couch, mercenaries, couchmercenaries, video, games, videogames, mercenary, couch mercenary TCM http://www.couchmercenaries.com/podcast.htm http://www.couchmercenaries.com/Podcasts/E8.mp3 Well... back to just the 2 of us but we still knocked it out of the park bitches!!! 10 more minutes of mayhem and we would've had our second 2 hour show in 2 weeks. This week we touch on every rumour and tidbit of news released this past week. We got you covered for new releases this coming week (which are actually pretty weak) and the Hot Seat has us chatting about all your favorite gaming food. It's another great one people... so enjoy! Sat, 12 Apr 2008 13:00:00 -0500 01:49:33 couch, mercenaries, couchmercenaries, video, games, videogames, mercenary, couch mercenary TCM http://www.couchmercenaries.com/podcast.htm http://www.couchmercenaries.com/Podcasts/E7.mp3 Funnest show ever. We had fellow Merc Recruit HighClass 1979 join us for this week's episode, and after all was said and done, we had our first show over 2 hours (2:05 to be exact). It was fukin awesome. Being the only memer of the team with a Wii (which he loves), we had a great time poking fun... and of course... doing our best to bring the Wii down. But he did awesome none the less. Alot of videogame release dates were announced this week for summer and fall... and we got em all. Plus... in a special version of The Hot Seat, we chatted about all the games due out (or rumoured) for 2008. We had over 70 games listed. Enjoy. Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:00:00 -0500 02:04:09 couch, mercenaries, couchmercenaries, video, games, videogames, mercenary, couch mercenary TCM http://www.couchmercenaries.com/podcast.htm http://www.couchmercenaries.com/Podcasts/E6.mp3 Wow... what a shitty news week. Nothing happened this week in the great world of gaming but you know you can always count on The Mercs to bring you the news and the laughs none the less. From the little news we had to our opinions on the upcoming exclusives this year, this is the best episode so far. (They keep getting better and better baby!!!) The listener mail was fucking awesome as was the Hot Seat, so download the show, sit back, and enjoy it. Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:00:00 -0500 01:37:33 couch, mercenaries, couchmercenaries, video, games, videogames, mercenary, couch mercenary TCM http://www.couchmercenaries.com/podcast.htm http://www.couchmercenaries.com/Podcasts/E5.mp3 Episode 5 is in the bag. It was hard to make up the time that Gothic took in the show last week, but we still hit about an hour and a half... so a great episode for you all to enjoy. A lot of gaming news and rumours hit the net this week and we covered it all. Gothic also provided an easy 600+ achievements points for an old school game in his achievement corner this week. This is also our first episode since we hit iTunes... so be sure to sign up and rate us. (5 stars sounds about right to me... lol) Enjoy! Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:00:00 -0500 01:31:45 couch, mercenaries, couchmercenaries, video, games, videogames, mercenary, couch mercenary TCM http://www.couchmercenaries.com/podcast.htm http://www.couchmercenaries.com/Podcasts/E4.mp3 We got a hell of a show for you this week. Coming off a strong win in the 1st TCM Debate, GothicMike joined us in the basement for his first full show. We had to give him an old mic Smooth had, so his audio was a little below par, but the show chemistry was awesome. He will be dropping by to co-host every few weeks or so on top of his Achievement Corner. Having 3 opinions brought the show up to almost 2 hours (about 1h55m), but it's non-stop fun. Best show so far. Also... we should be on iTunes in the next week or so (they are currently reviewing the show) so check out the site for more on that later on this week. Sun, 16 Mar 2008 13:00:00 -0500 00:25:26 couch, mercenaries, couchmercenaries, video, games, videogames, mercenary, couch mercenary TCM http://www.couchmercenaries.com/podcast.htm http://www.couchmercenaries.com/Podcasts/D1.mp3 Alright... here's a new section to our podcasts we knew our listeners would love. Every month or so, 2 members of The Couch Mercenaries will drop the gloves and beat the living shit out of each other (verbally of course). It just made sense that our first debate should be PS3 vs 360. So Chops-Suey took up the black PS3 gloves and GothicMike took up the green 360's. Smooth was nice enough to referee the battle of the consoles. It was awesome... it was fun... check it out and let us know who you think won on our message boards. It's about 30 minutes and was done on skype, so the quality is a little lower then our usual podcast. Sun, 9 Mar 2008 20:00:00 -0500 00:25:26 couch, mercenaries, couchmercenaries, video, games, videogames, mercenary, couch mercenary TCM http://www.couchmercenaries.com/podcast.htm http://www.couchmercenaries.com/Podcasts/E3.mp3 Episode 3 is in the books. We decided to start recording the show on Sundays. We figured it would be a great way to end the week on a great note. Plus we all know Mondays suck... so now... you get to look forward to us instead. In this episode we talk about PS3 Entitlements, 360 rumours, Chains of Olympus and much much more. Simple insanity. Sun, 9 Mar 2008 18:00:00 -0500 01:06:46 couch, mercenaries, couchmercenaries, video, games, videogames, mercenary, couch mercenary TCM http://www.couchmercenaries.com/podcast.htm http://www.couchmercenaries.com/Podcasts/E2.mp3 Wow... already episode #2. The intro is up and running but we still didn't have our sexy female intro we wanted (Our voice model was a little sick and couldn't tape the lines). But it would take more then that to stop The Mercs Ifrom delivering our show. In this episode we talk about the onslaught of PS3 rumours we were hit with this week. From what's gonna be on Home to Crysis maybe making it's way to the PS3 as an exclusive. So click the link, sit back and enjoy the ride. The Mercs got you covered on all your weekly gaming news. Tue, 4 Mar 2008 19:00:00 -0500 01:06:46 couch, mercenaries, couchmercenaries, video, games, videogames, mercenary, couch mercenary TCM http://www.couchmercenaries.com/podcast.htm http://www.couchmercenaries.com/Podcasts/E1.mp3 The first ever Couch Mercenaries podcast. We didn't have our official intro ready yet due to technical difficulties but we figured that was small toast compared to all the gaming news this week so we launched anyway. In this episode we touch on everything from the new Sony bundles to Gears 2 being released in November 2008. This is history in the making people... our very first podcast. Listen... enjoy... and let us know what you think. Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:00:00 -0500 01:05:22 couch, mercenaries, couchmercenaries, video, games, videogames, mercenary, couch mercenary