I had an interesting conversation the other day about drugs and pro gaming with Liquilife and Vicious at UncleGamer.com. In case you're not familiar, UncleGamer Radio does a weekly podcast devoted to gaming. Well, Liquilife and Vicious caught the recent TwitchGuru story about the Cyberathlete Professional League making preparations for drug testing at its events next year.

If you missed it, the CPL will require all participating players in 2007 to consent to a potential drug test. CPL founder and president Angel Munoz told me he doesn't think the use of performance-enhancing drugs in CPL competitions is an issue yet, but he wants to be proactive before cheating via drugs becomes a problem. And with hundreds of thousands of dollars at stake - not to mention fame - Munoz and others in pro gaming have no doubt that people will use drugs to get an edge, if they haven't already.

Liquilife, Vicious and I chatted about everything from gamers taking Ritalin to NHL hockey players taking Sudafed and how the allure of money-making competitions in sports will always lead to cheating in some way or another. We also chatted about favorite games, the best consoles, and why I'm not a big fan of Halo or the Call of Duty sequels. Good stuff.

If you haven't tuned into to UncleGamer Radio already, here's a good interview with a guy who literally broke his knee while playing Guitar Hero.