So we’re not going to delay this posting by staying up and writing show notes tonight. We’ll just cut to the chase.

Hawkes is out this week due to a pinched nerve, so instead, GamerEdie Sellers hosts this show with a special guest, Bobby Blackwolf of the Bobby Blackwolf Show.

In addition, due to a curious set of conditions that will most likely not repeat, they were able to live cast this episode on AllGames Radio. So, mentions of chat rooms and live chat comes from that. If you had a chance to listen, great. If not, you can enjoy the antics with this episode.

We’ll post show notes tomorrow afternoon.

Tonight’s GameHounds will be without Hawkes. Sorry, but he’s hurt his neck and can’t raise his arms. How can you expect a good rant when he’s only got one have waving?

So instead, Bobby Blackwolf of AllGames Radio’s Bobby Blackwolf Show will sub in for the evening.

However, and this is just an early maybe, GameHounds may also be streaming live on AllGames this evening at 6 p.m.-ish.

Details are still being ironed out, but I wanted to give you all an early heads-up in case streaming does happen. Check out AllGames.com for the stream.

However, if the live streaming doesn’t happen, you’ll still be getting the recorded podcast this evening just as usual.

In case you forgot, Platform Nation’s Playapalooza 08, the 50-hour gaming marathon charity event, is going on now. It started Friday at 2 p.m. Steve519 and a few others are playing a host of video games, streamed live on UStream.TV, for the entire event, and taking donations from viewers.

All proceeds will be given to Child’s Play, the children’s charity created by Tycho and Gabe of Penny Arcade.

If you haven’t donated, we ask you do so in order that we may out-donate the folks from The Married Gamers. If you can’t donate, then just check out the event and chat live with the participants. Hell, give em a few bucks and they’ll let you play multiplayer with them.

Check out the stream at this link or go to the Playapalooza page at Platform Nation.

Due to a crazy schedule this week with several gaming events happening, we won’t be able to do a Humpdate. We’ve put Simon in a corner to cry it off.

Look for us on Saturday with Cooper Hawkes. Besides, it gives you a couple extra days to call us up and ask a question for the show.

UPDATE: Okay, so we had this little radio box checked that we shouldn’t have, so if you’ve tried to call and you didn’t get a greeting or a beep, that was my fault. It should be fixed now. Thanks to Erwinanfire for the heads-up.

Tired of emailing Edie and Hawkes and not getting a reply?

Well, now you can grab their attention the old fashioned way: By yelling at them.

GameHounds has officially launched its very own voicemail line, where you can leave questions for Edie and Hawkes for them to answer during their show.

Yeah! We mean it! Your question, asked by you, in your voice, might be part of a future GameHounds podcast.

You can call us anytime, day or night, to leave your question. Our number is (530) 55GAME5.

Ask us anything. We can’t guarantee we’ll answer it, but you can ask it. But if we do, you and your voice will become a permanent part of the GameHounds archive.

In this very special episode of GameHounds, Edie Sellers and Cooper Hawkes welcome a guest host, Mrs. LeftyBrown of The Married Gamers podcast. They talk about dead celebrities and colored poo. No really. That part’s true.

Really. Stop laughing.

When not explaining exactly what blue food coloring does to your body and Mrs. LeftyBrown weakly attemping to assert that her listeners are better than our listeners, they also delve deep into the last week of gaming industry news.

Topics and links (and how YOU can make Mrs. LeftyBrown eat her words) after the jump…

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It’s a weird week. The post-E3 wave of information is tapering off to a gentle stream. Nothing that stirs up the bottom too much, but valuable nonetheless.

Topics and links (which you should check out if only for Kratos Sockboy images) after the jump…

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Engineer Kev sent me this link today. Rarely do I find myself laughing out loud at the Internet. But for this, laugh I did with a mixture of disbelief and desire.

Behold! The perfect gift for the man (or woman) who has everything. I suggest every GameHound pick this up, if only because it will make you the most popular kid on the block.

I give you: The Beer Belt. At $18, it’s a steal.

Brought to you by God himself and Urban Outfitters.

Buy one here, if you dare.