An unlikely series of events leads to Gnomewise having no co-hosts. Fortunately, this was the day that his students were visiting to see the production of an episode of Casually Hardcore, and they stepped up to the mics to save the day.

Links from this episode:

Man Deploys 'Madden Defense' to Beat Murder Rap:

http://kotaku.com/5818802/man-deploys-madden-defense-to-beat-murder-rap

SWTOR Was An Accomplice In Galaxies' Death:

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/07/12/swtor-was-an-accomplice-in-galaxies-death/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+RockPaperShotgun+%28Rock%2C+Paper%2C+Shotgun%29

Blizzard to talk licensing at San Diego Comic-Con:

http://wow.joystiq.com/2011/07/11/blizzard-to-talk-licensing-at-san-diego-comic-con/

Utah man will let you hunt him for $10,000. For an extra $2,000, he'll be naked:

http://blogs.ajc.com/news-to-me/2011/07/11/jobless-man-offers-hunters-human-prey/?cxntlid=cmg_cntnt_rss

Monkeys Don't Do Fair Use; News Agency Tells Techdirt To Remove Photos:

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110712/01182015052/monkeys-dont-do-fair-use-news-agency-tells-techdirt-to-remove-photos.shtml

StormTrooper walking across Australia for charity -- in Armor!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/15/storm-trooper-walks-across-australia_n_899664.html#s309309