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By Lance Yerelian | September 22, 2007

Like “You Gotta Check This Out” hopefully this will be a regular feature that presents podcast recommendations to our readers. I am one of the lucky people who are allowed to listen to my Ipod while I work so in between music I always tune into videogame podcasts.

This week I will talk about the Cheap Ass Gamer podcast (CAGcast) of the site CheapAssGamer.com. This podcast doesn’t have the professional video game journalist types but still delivers on topics such as video game news, reviews, and previews from an average guy perspective along with a large dose of humor. This is the ONLY video game podcast my girlfriend will listen to with me, and she actually looks forward to it.

The hosts, CheapyD and Wombat, write and produce this weekly podcast even though they live across the world from each other (CheapyD in Japan and Wombat in New York). When they are not talking about video games, the hosts give insight into Japanese culture (some of the funniest stories you have heard due to CheapyD being a 6′ something white guy in Japan), video game advertising, and how to get free stuff from video game companies. The hosts have a great chemistry with each other and their sense of humor and jokes (like CheapyD or Wombat sometimes not knowing basic video game trivia) will keep you laughing through the entire podcast. Since creating CheapAssGamer.com CheapyD has appeared on Bloomberg TV, but is also well known for his popular PS3 unboxing video and his cameo in the Nintendo E3 Press conference during one of the video montages.

Listening to this podcast you feel that the fans on the forums have a great impact on the content and direction the podcast goes in. The fans have such a large impact on the show that CheapyD and Wombat have even had live “call in” shows and live chat room sessions and usually have a long list of CAGbag questions from their forums at the end of every show. This kind of attention to fan concerns and requests keep the show grounded to the plight of the average gamer.

Being so different from many of the other mainstream podcasts with its unique sense of humor and point of view, the CAGcast is a great podcast to listen to no matter what you are doing. While there is not as much talk about great deals as there was in the early podcasts, the content they use now is much more enjoyable. When my girlfriend looks forward to this show I can say with confidence that this is a show for the hardcore gamers, casual gamers, non-gamers, mothers, fathers, grandparents, firemen, etc. Just watch the kiddies ears cause it contains some vulgar and graphic content.

You should be able to find a recent podcast of the front page of CheapAssGamer.com.

Recent Memorable Quote:

Wombat: In Warhawk you don’t get new guns you get new outfits and let’s face it, I am an outfit whore when it comes to video games.

CheapyD: You’re a woman

Womabt: Yeah, I am a big woman when it comes to video games.

CheapyD: You’re a whorey slutty woman

Have Any podcast recommendations? E-mail me @ Lyerelian@videogameninja.com

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