Akimbo Podcast

Akimbo Podcast or Akimbo is a weekly podcast series that is purely about video games from the point of view of the presenters; Dan Hindes, Joshua Hull, and Andrew Anherst.
History
Dan Hindes, a journalist for PC PowerPlay magazine was the host of a community podcast on the PC PowerPlay Forums. The PC PowerPlay Community Podcast was hugely successful on the PC PowerPlay forums. The 16 episodes recorded from October 2008 each ran around from 45 minutes to two hours. In February 2009 Dan decided to leave the PC PowerPlay podcast, with his co-host Max to become the new host, after Dan's departure the podcast, one more episode was recorded without him, before going on long-term hiatus.
After leaving the PC PowerPlay Community Podcast, Dan formed a new hosting team with Joshua Hull a fellow member of the PC PowerPlay forums and former PC PowerPlay contributor, to create the Akimbo Podcast. The first four episodes were touted as pre-release with Andrew Anherst appearing as a guest, and Josh and Dan alternating as hosts. By the time the podcast was out of its pre-release phase, Andrew had joined the team as a full time co-host. It was at this stage that Josh became the full time host, with Dan becoming a co-host along with Andrew.
Since then, the Akimbo Podcast has grown in popularity, with several regular and irregular segments being created.
In December 2009 the series went on temporary hiatus before relaunching in 2010 with "Season Two" of Akimbo.
Segments
What You've Been Playing
In this segment, the panel discusses, in-depth, the games they've been playing since the last podcast. This segment is usually the longest, and the only segment that is present in every episode (except Episode 23).
Game Birthdays
In this segment, the panel discusses games that have notable anniversaries in the week of the podcast's recording. This segment was a staple of the early episodes, but more recent episodes are lacking in this segment.
Mailbag
In this segment, a listener sends in an email to the show, and the panel answers questions, discusses topics, or replies to the letter. In earlier shows the listener who sent the letter received a prize of a free video game, in later shows not only has this segment become more irregular, but the prizes have been removed.
Game Soup
This segment revolves around randomly chosen terms. The panel uses these terms to propose a hypothetical video game based around the terms. This segment has been completely discontinued.
Retro Replay
In this segment, the panel discusses an older video game that they have all played more recently. Sometimes this game is chosen by listeners, and other times it is chosen by the team themselves. This segment replaced Birthdays and the mailbag in later episodes, but it too has become less common.

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