I wasn't going to say anything, but I'm glad somebody did. I was confused by that too, I LOVE that scroll. You hear the music and you see the text and boom, I'm engaged 100%, excitement at max! Just wouldn't be Star Wars without it.

That's exactly what I'm talking about ! Oh well you know me by now, I always talk about the things no one wants to mention.

Is this episode on Zune cus its not updating in my podcast list?

My itunes also had problems with it - I discovered it was in the list, but wasn't downloaded automatically - I had to tell itunes to get it; perhaps it is the same sort of thing with Zune?

The great hunt begins!

You could always listen to it from the homepage, from the player as well...

I probably will in the end... I just usually listen on my windows phone on the way into work.

Its really bizzarre. I cant subscribe to the MER podcast through zune because 'its not available in your area'. (im in the uk)

They don't hate it per say... I think its more a comment on it being used as a narrative device thats somewhat outdated, more so now. But its become such a huge part of the Star Wars experience you really can't get rid of it without feeling like something is missing. Don't forget, Roxanne did say once she saw that scrawl come up in the update as she watched it, she got all excited for the Star Wars experience.

Really late to the party here, but I just wanted to say thanks again for having us on the show. We had a great time.

You know, we got sidetracked in our convo about the scroll, so I never did bring it around to say that yes, I do think the scroll is iconic and fantastic and I'm glad to see it beginning the game and I, too, got a little shiver, watching it in the Friday update. I do still think it's a bit lazy and unnecessary to convey so many plot points in an intro -- good writers know that too much exposition is usually a bad idea.

The main point I intended to make but never got around to, is that BioWare very cleverly designed their opening crawl to give you all the emotional punch you want -- the Star Wars logo, the amazing musical score, the yellow text -- without bogging you down with so much detail that you feel like you should take notes. Kudos, BioWare!

Zach, glad you included some of the other conversation in the blooper section at the end. The only thing missing was the part where we recited our favorite drink recipes by memory.