Week-End Podcast Roundup -- The Wait Until GTAIV Edition

Today is April the 18th and hot damn if we're not getting psyched for the impending release of Grand Theft Auto IV. The unfortunate downside: the huge padding surrounding it's April 29th release date, filled with nothing but air. Lucky for us, the space is allowing catchup time on all those games we never got around to (expect a Mass Effect postmortem in the next few days, among other things.) In the meantime, well, here you've got a bevy of entertainment choices. In the sake of full disclosure, we're partial to Jeff Green's antics, but we can't help but suggest GFW Radio time and time again. Not only are the cast well educated and well spoken but they discuss a wide variety of interesting topics (from comic books to Lost.) Either way, your weekend is officially on.

GFW Radio (feat. Jeff Green, Shawn Elliott, Sean Malloy, and Ryan Scott)
The GiantBombcast (feat. Jeff Gerstmann and Ryan Davis)
Joystiq Podcast (feat. Chris Grant, Ludwig Kietzmann and Justic McElroy)
The CAGcast (feat Cheapy D and Wombat)
The 1UP Show and 1UP Yours Podcast (feat. Garnett Lee, Shane Bettenhausen, ???, and Shawn Elliott)

Hopefully Quartermann isn't dropping any bombshells in this week's 1UP Yours podcast, as last week's surprise was a bit too much for our fragile hearts. As per usual, you'll be kept solidly updated throughout the weekend, as our schedule permits. It's the f'ing weekend! We have to play videogames sometimes!