Before one became an Internet rock star and the other became a PC, Jonathan Coulton and John Hodgman traveled sunny California for E3 2005, where they filed a three-episode podcast for PopSci. This being E3 week all over again, we figured we'd pull these gems back up from the archives.
Download them here: Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 3
There's music, booth babes, interviews from the floor and antics galore. Grab them and take a trip back to a purer, more innocent time for gaming, when the Xbox 360 and PS3 were but a glimmer in their creators' eyes, and the Wii was still called the Revolution. All hosted by two of our favorite people in the whole wide world. Enjoy.

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