This week we’ve got not just one but two interviews with Call of Duty bigwigs — John Linden, Studio Head of Beachhead Studio, and Tina Palacios, Senior Community Manager at Infinity Ward. They’re both on the show to discuss today’s announcements about Clans in Call of Duty: Ghosts — how they’re integrated into the game, how Elite is evolving, how to participate in Clan Wars, what you’ll find in the Call of Duty app…tons of stuff. Hugh is away, but Damsel of Dorkington Blythe Renay joins Kat and I to discuss the Skylanders launch event, Blythe’s appearance on Heroes of Cosplay, a urine-soaked abandoned zoo, COD Ghosts Avatar items, bending Facebook to your will, the latest Call of Duty Endowment fundraiser, forgotten licensed movie games, Dan’s new guitar toy, Chris Tucker, and someone named Father Times Square.

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Special Guest: Blythe Renay, Damsel of Dorkington and internet songstress

Host: Dan “OneOfSwords” Amrich, Activision Community Manager, author, musician, puzzle nerd, and fire juggler

Co-host: “The Lovely and Talented” Katrin Auch, photographer, graphic designer, bassist, Mechromancer, and inventor of Headshotmas

Absent Co-host: Hugh “DJ Darkhugh” Sterbakov, screenwriter, author, comic creator, Emmy-nominated writer/toy wrangler for Robot Chicken, and Governor of Somewhere

Soundtrack: Yameen - available on iTunes, Amazon MP3, and all online music stores

Relevant show links:

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• COD Ghosts Clans Information
  
• Skylanders SWAP Force launch event in NYC
  
• Black Ops II micro items sale for the Call of Duty Endowment
  
• COD Ghosts Avatar items
  
• Damsels of Dorkington merch clearance
  
• Blythe’s songs
  
• Kat’s photography DeviantArt page and Facebook page
  
• Vox AC4C1 (actually, Dan’s is purple)
  
• Kat and Hugh and Dan and Yameen on Twitter
  
• Kat’s DeviantArt page and Facebook page
  
• Dan’s book: Critical Path: How to Review Videogames for a Living
  
• Hugh’s book: City Under the Moon
  
• Enter your own question for Hugh Don’t Know Jack (or Stick It To The Dan)
  
• Write to the show’s Megamailbag