Happy to announce that The Final Score will make a triumphant return after a couple months off, this Friday afternoon at 3pm PST / 6pm EST. The show still features the core players in Scott, Brian and Nicole, but in addition to other guests here and there, the one major new edition is YOU! That’s right, our plan is to involve listeners more than ever.

To start with, we will take live calls during the show, and let you in on the topics right along with the hosts. We have felt for a very long time that TFS listeners should have more of a voice on the show, and we meant that quite literally.

The format of the show moving forward will be more of an open forum rather than news recaps, or new releases. We’ll talk about he games we’re all playing, the big topics going on in the gaming industry week to week, and still squeeze an old-school pick in there. Of course the whole thing will continue to be on the podcast feed shortly after the show ends each week, so you can listen whenever you like. Here are the details you will need to get involved:

– Video / Audio Stream and IRC chat information
– Live call number: 801-770-4244
– Time: 3pm PST / 6pm EST (-7 GMT)

Topics tonight include: Valves incredible growth & what it means for the PC and other parts of the industry, video game designer sentenced to death for making a video game, can anyone do anything new with MMO’s post-Blizzard, and new consoles at E3 this year.

Have questions? Reply in this comment thread, or throw us an email at podcast@finalscoreshow.com

We’ve gone ahead and setup an official IRC channel for the network, and that includes all the shows, sites, comics, communities, etc. Please feel free to check it out and use it often! Lots of great people to hang with. Here are the details:

For those wanting to use an propper IRC client to connect: (ie Mirc, X-Chat Aqua, etc)
Host: irc.thinstack.net
Channel: #frogpants (type /join #frogpants)

For those who prefer to use the web client, it is now embedded below the video stream here:
CLICK HERE!

Not familiar with IRC? Here is some good info. Hope to see you there!

Thanks to Curt for the headsup!

A bunch of you asked for it, so now you have it: You can get your own 12×12 inch full color high quality print, signed by Scott, and delivered anywhere in the world. And for just $9.99 to boot.

Just head over to the store and click buy! Simple as that. Your support goes a long way in helping us keep the show happening each and every week. Thank you in advance!