It’s often been said that the popular TV sitcom “Seinfeld” was a “show about nothing.” With no guests lined up this week, we decided to see if that formula would work for us. Of course, we’re nowhere near as funny as George Costanza, so ... wish us luck.

In any case, we still found plenty to discuss, including:

• Having to stay in the car while playing “Burnout Paradise” makes Stephen feel claustrophobic.
• Stephen has anger management issues vis-a-vis soccer.
• Soon you can learn learn language and grammar by killing zombies! (And they say video games aren’t educational.)
• Activision predicts ‘08 console sales will be ... pretty much the same as in ‘07. Are they right?
• Blu-ray = John McCain; HD-DVD = Mike Huckabee. Digital distribution in ‘12!
• There’s going to be a movie based on a Sonic Youth album?!
• Stephen agrees: “The King of Kong” is a nice little documentary.
• Are virtual worlds a hotbed of terrorist activity? Or, as Stephen and I like to put it, “Is Second Life more dangerous than the Second Amendment?” We’re copyrighting that phrase, by the way. So if you repeat it, you owe us money.
• Actually, you’re welcome to go ahead and give us money anyway.
• We also have all the latest “Star Wars” news. Because we know you’ve been jonesin’ for a fix.

Check it out here:

Couch Potatoes, Episode 28 [link]

And be sure to check back for our next episode, when (if everything goes as planned—and doesn’t it always?) I’ll be calling in from the floor at GDC in San Francisco.