I'm still getting over that chest cold.

In the meantime we are here with the ShockCast and our reactions to Breaking Bad's series finale (1:40), a bone that I had to pick with Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto Online (8:40), our thoughts on the prospect of persistent open worlds in the next generation of video games (19:00), the Wii's cessation of production in Japan (27:00), and our reactions to the new round of Half-Life 3 rumors (38:05).

This week I was joined by Jorge Jimenez (Staff Writer) and Ryan Meitzler (Staff Writer). Many thanks to El Blanco Niño for our custom intro and outro.

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Download the MP3 HERE.