The Lee and Z Show

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Download Episode #5 – right-click to download

Hey, Lee here! After all the PC issues and the crazy convention schedules and the mania of the universe, the Lee & Z Show is back on track with Episode 5 – Lee & Z & E3!

We have a contest to find a new logo for the Lee & Z Show! So far the only non-obvious rules are ‘no copyright infringing stuff’ and ‘no plagiarism’. The prize? The King of Kong on DVD! Kids under 18 get your parents’ permission.. or something. Also limited to USA and Canada.

Episode 6 will be coming out some time next week, but in the mean time, let’s see what went down in Episode 5!

Show Notes
00:00 Success!
02:16 The official word on Captain S – Season 2
03:44 Little Miss Gamer and Still Gaming Updates
06:08 Project Natal & PS3 Motion Controller
13:58 New Super Mario Brothers Wii
15:21 Super Mario Galaxy 2
16:43 Steve Wiebe’s Donkey Kong World Record Attempt
20:23 Old School – Belle & Sebastian (1980s animated TV show)
25:35 Turbo Top Threes
27:55 Viewer Mail
31:20 CONTEST! Design a logo for the Lee & Z Show!

External Links
Belle & Sebastian
Episode 1 – Part 2
Episode 1 – Part 3

Project Natal
Project Natal for Xbox 360 (YouTube.com)
Microsoft’s Project Natal: What does it mean for game industry? (cnet.com)

PS3 Motion Control
Total Immersion’s Augmented Reality demo from 2004 (Google Video)
E3 2009 – PS3 Motion Controller (YouTube.com)

New Super Mario Brothers game for Wii, 2D 4-player co-op (Kotaku.com)
Super Mario Galaxy 2 Trailer (GameTrailers.com)
Steve Wiebe Fails to Break Donkey Kong World Record (G4TV.com)

Little Miss Gamer Stuff
Adam & Z
LittleMissGamer.com
Follow Z on Twitter!

Still Gaming Stuff
Top 10 Anime Openings and Endings

Update 07/07/09

Here is the release schedule of the Lee & Z Show for the next few weeks:
Episode #005 – Friday, July 10th
Episode #006 – Saturday, July 18th
Episode #007 – Final week of July/First week of August

We’ll be back on schedule in August! Thanks for your continued support!

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Hey, Lee here. We’ve been encountering a lot of technical difficulties lately. Episode 5 has been recorded, but afterward my area suffered a massive power outage. Once the power came back on about 30 hours later, my PC was dead. I was able to salvage the raw recording, but it will take some time to finish it since I will only have limited access to a PC that has the editing software I need to use.

There should still be two episodes this month, likely on back to back weeks. Keep on the lookout!

Thanks for all the support!

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Download Episode #4 – right-click to download

We told you it would happen, and sure enough, episode 4 of the Lee & Z Show is already here! This is a very special episode that completely deviates from the usual format of the show, talking about our experiences that we had in Chicago with the likes of the Nostalgia Critic, The Angry Video Game Nerd, and more!

We also have for you an exclusive interview with the Lindsay Ellis, the Nostalgia Chick talking about her future plans. You don’t want to miss this!

Show Notes
00:00 Chicago!
09:50 Interview: Nostalgia Chick
24:48 Turbo Top Threes
28:48 Catchphrase contest winner..?

Lee & Z Chicago Image Gallery!

External Links
The Nostalgia Chick on ThatGuyWithTheGlasses.com

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Download Episode #3 – right-click to download

Hey hey! This episode is a bit late. Z and I were pretty sick over the past week, and I couldn’t get this thing edited together by April 30th. BUT! Do you know what this means? You’ll likely be getting a second Lee & Z Show episode in less than a week! But enough about episode 4, let’s see what happened in episode 3!

Show Notes
00:00 iTunes has been fixed. Subscribe!
03:26 Z at ICON (Sci-Fi Convention) + Little Miss Gamer updates
05:33 Still Gaming updates
08:02 Has storytelling in video games surpassed film?
15:40 Old School: Secret Z Segment
20:53 Turbo Top Threes
24:53 Viewer Mail – Send in your questions to mailbag (aaaatttt) leeandz.com
29:20 Catchphrase contest continues
30:35 Star-studded podcast next time!

External Links
ICON Science Fiction

Video Games and Storytelling
Mad Max Director Thinks Games Are Surpassing Films In Storytelling
Still Gaming reviews Fallout 3
Video Games and Storytelling lecture by Daniel Floyd (YouTube.com)
Video Games and Sex lecture by Daniel Floyd (YouTube.com)

Get in Shape Girl (YouTube.com)

Slayers Full Streaming Episodes (FUNimation.com)
Serial Experiments Lain Trailer (YouTube.com)
Fantastic Adventures of Unico (Full Movie) (YouTube.com) – movie is Out Of Print

Little Miss Gamer Stuff
Adam & Z
LittleMissGamer.com

Still Gaming Stuff
Legends of WrestleMania
Gunsmith Cats

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Download Episode #2 – right-click to download

We haven’t been cancelled yet by THE MAN! ..though I don’t know why we would be… but yes! Episode 2 is out! Hope you all enjoy our 31-minute podcast of doom!

Show Notes
00:00 We’re on iTunes! + Merriam and Webster are tricksters
04:37 Playstation 2 price drop to $100
08:05 Tim Schafer: The Game
12:21 The Super Nintoaster
15:19 Old School: The Teeny Little Super Guy
19:22 Turbo Top Threes
23:37 Viewer Questions
28:47 The Ending Catchphrase Contest continues!

News Stories
UPDATE: Sony Cuts Price Of PS2 By 23%, Leaves PS3 Price Intact
Tim Scahfer: The Game (Host Master and the Conquest of Humor)
Super Nintoaster

External Links
‘biweekly’ at dictionary.com
Console modding site at benheck.com
PWG Sells Out – 3 DVD, 9-hour professional wrestling set for $20

Teeny Little Super Guy (YouTube)
1) Eggbeater
2) Sleeping
3) Owning a Pet

Hey fans!

Do you live in the New York City area? Have you ever wanted to meet Z!? Now’s your chance! Z will be a special guest at the Science Fiction convention ICON this weekend (April 3rd-5th) in Long Island, NY! If you’re going to be attending ICON, drop us a line at mailbag@leeandz.com

Information about the convention, hotels, and directions can be found at iconsf.org

Z will be on the following panels:

Saturday
The Best Games You’ve Never Heard Of
12-1PM – SCC Class 14

From Pac Man to Master Chief: The Evolution of the Mascot
1-2 PM – SCC Class 6

Hardcore vs Casual Gamers
3-4 PM – SCC Class 6

Sunday
The NEXT Next Generation of Consoles: What’s Next?
11- 12 noon – SCC Class 8

Video Games Are Art/Social Commentary/Pure Brain Rot/All Of The Above
2-3 PM – SCC Class 8

Wish Z luck so she can kick butt on these panels!

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Download Episode #1 – right-click to download

Show Notes
00:00 It’s a podcast!
01:07 Who we are and what we do
02:52 “The Wrestler” and the NES
10:05 A Boy And His Blob announced for Wii
13:27 Yuusha, the 30 Second RPG for PSP
15:56 Old School: Micro Machines
21:24 Turbo Top Threes!
25:19 Send us your comments to mailbag@leeandz.com
26:39 CONTEST: Ending Catchprhase

News Stories
WrestleJam ‘88, the custom NES-style game made for The Wrestler
The Making of Wrestle Jam: The Wrestler’s Unsung Hero
The Necro Butcher vs. Hollywood Chuck Hogan (Don’t click this link, Z!!!)
8-Bit Wrestler, music featured in “The Wrestler”

A Boy And His Blob Announced for Wii
Announcement
Screenshots
Gameplay video

Yuusha: The 30 Second RPG for PSP

External Links
Still Gaming
Lee on YouTube.com
Lee on ThatGuyWithTheGlasses.com

Little Miss Gamer
Z as Little Miss Gamer on YouTube.com
Z as Little Miss Gamer on ThatGuyWithTheGlasses.com
The NEW Adventures of Captain S!

A word from Lee
Lee here, and am I ever excited! We have our first episode of the Lee & Z Show in the books!

Yep, this was the big surprise. As many of you know, I’m a huge fan of PBC Productions and their major works, Little Miss Gamer and The NEW Adventures of Captain S. Lindsey Briggs and myself have great respect for each other, and the opportunity presented itself for us to collaborate on this extensive project together. Lee and Z have collided to form a brand new half-hour audio podcast once every two weeks, and folks, this is only the beginning!

The Lee & Z Show is going to cover a ton of things. We’re going to usually be heavy on retro gaming, but we’ll also cover the current gen stuff, as well as movies, television, cartoons, anime, and anything else that screams ‘geek’.

What do you think of the show? Let us know! We have an e-mail set up at mailbag@leeandz.com. Also, keep in mind that we have that contest going on! Send in your submissions for potential show-ending catchphrases to the mailbag! If we go with your catchphrase, you’ll win a DVD worth at least $10. Easiest contest in the world!

Not only can you listen to the show here, but you can also get our podcast on iTunes! We’ll also be crossposting our episodes to YouTube in the near future.

To accompany the show notes, we also have several links related to the subjects we talked about. Here’s what all goes down in our first show.