Maybe one reason why we’re so keen on the idea of porn serials is because of that crushing sense of loss and abandonment we get when we reach the end of a dirty DVD or paysite scene: we’ve lived and laughed and splooged with these characters for anywhere from five to ninety minutes or so, and just like that they’re gone forever, never to return. So we’re happy that the boys at Dirty Boy Video have picked up where the fondly remembered “Wet Palms” left off (no surprise, since they’re both coproduced by the same company) with the brand new “Dirty Tricks”, a new episodic tale of life, laughter, and … yes, splooge in NYC’s East Village. And you thought the only place you could see Crazy James run around naked every week was in the Big Brother house?

Catch video previews of the first two episodes of “Dirty Tricks” after the jump.

OK, let’s see how many of you have been paying attention to what’s been going on in the gay porn world this season instead of just looking at all the pictures: The Sword is sponsoring this quiz to find out, and there’s some free porn in it for you if you know the answers.

We’re glad to see that one of our favorite sexy blogs is back in convenient book form, and while it’ll be great to take Alex’s cock hunting adventures to the beach with us this summer we’re a little worried already about getting the pages all sticky. (With suntan lotion, people.

On the one hand, we think it’s great that Galaxia Entertainment is giving scent its due: in porn, and in film generally, smell is the most underused of the five senses. It’s a hard thing to convey, much less to package, and apart from John Waters’ “Polyester” we can’t think of anyone who’s mined its potential. (No, Mary: Colt’s occasional inclusion of “leather cleaner” in its DVD screener packages doesn’t count.)