Skylanders SWAP Force is a hit, and I’ve got Vicarious Visions co-founder Guha Bala live from Times Square in honor of the game’s release. Kat and Hugh and I also chat about the already-hard-to-find Dark Edition, new Spider-Man games, how Activision celebrated the Skylanders launch, things that are “swee-fringing,” FIFA’s interesting milestone, a great charity opportunity, elemental trivia, sinkholes, the link between cookies and cocaine, automobile accidents, and of course, slander.

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Special Guest: Guha Bala, president & co-founder of Vicarious Visions, Skylanders SWAP Force

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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• Amazing Spider-Man 2 due Spring 2014
  
• Amazing Spider-Man coming to Vita
  
• Beenox’s Extra Life charity drive
  
• Nashville Tuning
  
• Marvel Puzzle Quest on iOS
  
• Avenue Q
  
• Kat’s photography DeviantArt page and Facebook page
  
• 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