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Chris
Well, you know, once DRM gets involved, people are very, very serious about protecting their intellectual property from perceived threats.
Jonathan
Yeah, let’s not go there. That’s just gonna make me angry all over again.
Chris
Okay.
Jonathan
How about we – do you have anything else to say about cables?
Chris
No, not really.
Jonathan
All right, we’re all tied up on the cables thing. So Brian, I hope that answers your question. Matt, you can write to us later and tell us all the things we got wrong. Or, you can talk to us as soon as we stop recording. I mean, he is capable of speaking folks. He’s not a mime or a mute. But this brings us to our second bout of Listener Mail.
Chris
Thank you.
Jonathan
Now this listener mail, we actually have a duo. I have two listener mails, so strap yourselves in. The first one comes from Haydon who is 13 years old from Eastburg, Connecticut. And he says, “Hi guys, I was just listening to your augmented reality podcast and the Listener Mail and you guys were talking about first-person shooters. Personally, I like shooters on the Wii. I don’t know, just wanted to tell you guys what I think.” I actually think that the Wii is pretty cool for first person shooters too, mainly because you can use the Wii-mote – you can aim it like a little gun. And in fact there are plenty of add-ons out there where you can slip the Wii-mote into a gun casing and use it as a light gun. Here’s another one though. This one comes from Eric. “Jonathan Strickland and Chris Pollet” – I think he meant Paulette – “I would very much love to see a tech conspiracies podcast come out soon. Maybe you could bump that up the list? I would also like to say that I prefer the PS3 controller, but am fine with X-Box’s as well. The ones I have the most problems with are the Wii. They’re not very accurate and too oddly shaped. And the computer mouse for games. Have a nice day.” So we have one person who loves the Wii-mote and one person who doesn’t love the Wii-mote so much.
Chris
I don’t know, I’m a fan of all of them really. I don’t like really the fat old X-Box controller.
Jonathan
And I of course despise the Playstation controllers with a passion that burns brighter than 1,000 exploding suns.