Welcome to our Metroid Tribute show!

We’re super excited to present this awesome episode to you guys as Metroid Prime 3: Corruption hits the streets and makes it’s way into your sweaty little hands.

Topics include the amazing characters in the series, the incredibly intricate environments, the uniquely immersive gameplay and, of course, and the moving scores that have helped thread many adventures for us as Samus. Our discussion also spans all the way from the original Metroid through to the impressive Prime series, to the highly anticipated Metroid Dread.

So join us in this informative, entertaining, and fun tribute to Samus and her adventures.

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It’s our 50th Podcast and it’s time to announce the winners of our Haiku contest! Plus we talk Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War II, Killzone 2, more Fable 2, King’s Bounty: The Legend, and Mircosofts claim that games are healthy! 

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Episode 50 is on it’s way, but until then we’ve got this special God of War 3 episode for you! Mark is back from Sony’s God of War 3 press event with his impressions of the game, an interview with Design Director Todd Papy (sorry about the sound quality!) and pink lemonade all over his shirt. We also managed to squeeze in Chris’s impression of F.E.A.R. 2, so please do enjoy.

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In this episode we’ve got some crazy chatter! We discuss EA’s recent announcement to release several new Spore titles including Spore Galactic Adventures. Additionally we talk about Mass Effect DLC, Mirror’s Edge DLC, our friend Greg Laabs joins us to give his impressions of Sacred 2, Elizabeth talks about Lumines and a few iPhone games like SimCity, Chris talks about the Dawn of War 2 beta, Tomb Raider Underground, and Assassin’s Creed while Mark discusses his recent venture into WoW: Wrath of the Lich King.

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The crew is back with more tomfoolery and a new Haiku contest! We run through some listener comments and questions covering the likes of Fable 2, Diablo 3, iPhone gaming and Valve. Then we move on to some coop goodness with Left 4 Dead and first impressions of the new Prince of Persia.

Plus: There’s Beethoven, Liz’s “thank you” tale of despair, Remo’s befuddlement of multi-gigabyte microstorage devices and Mark’s diary entry from 7 years of age.

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This time on Played, the crew notices that there’s a demo for Left 4 Dead–but none of them have actually played it yet. Mark and Chris have been playing Fable 2, Fallout 3 (4.7 million units sold shipped!), and Far Cry 2, however, and there’s plenty of discussion about those titles, while Liz shares her thoughts on Dead Space.

Plus, Liz’s Gadgetry segment returns, Chris battles a lingering illness, and Played announces a prize-packed theme song contest.

References: ezEars and ezStand

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After a few weeks’ break and some technical difficulties, Played is back with a particularly bizarre episode. This week, the crew discusses Diablo III corpse runs, Wizard: The Movie: A Diablo III Tale, and the upcoming StarCraft II trilogy. Plus, we take a trip down memory lane with Prototype and the most pretentious developer video diary ever recorded. 

Finally, Liz has been playing Rock Band 2 and Spore, Chris is immersed in World of Goo, and Mark is playing through Dead Space and De Blob.

References: Blizzcon 2008 contest winner, some crazy guy and his hole, and Hinterlands. 

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Played is back again, making up for lost time with a beefy episode. First up is discussion of Ensemble’s disassembly, leading into whether Rare is actually living up to its astronomical price tag and how honest Microsoft is being about its commitment to Games for Windows. We have a bit of a disagreement about Bethesda’s reaction to Australia’s threats to ban Fallout 3, but no disagreement as to whether the iPhone is actually the best handheld gaming platform around (hint: it’s not).

As to what we’ve been playing, Liz has reenergized her dormant Viva Pinata addiction with the new Trouble in Paradise, and Chris has gone back to Call of Duty 4 and is both impressed and slightly dismayed. Mark found a lot to love in Spore if you stick with it, and was actually pleasantly surprised by Too Human–after initially being unpleasantly unsurprised.

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In the latest episode of Played, we kick off with discussion of Nintendo’s ban on designer Shigeru Miyamoto discussing his personal hobbies, then launch straight into what we’re playing.

Xbox Live Arcade is a big theme, with Chris and Mark playing Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 (and making unsolicited comparisons to Everyday Shooter) and Chris taking on Braid.  Liz has been into Soul Calibur IV, but less into its absurd achievements.

Finally, Mark has returned to Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune again, and he finally finished The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess almost two years after its release.

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Amazingly, we’re already back, the week after our previous episode.  This time, Chris covers the San Diego Comic-Con and tacks on a bit of residual E3 discussion, including High Voltage’s impressive Wii shooter The Conduit, Lionhead’s Fable 2, and Bethesda’s Fallout 3. 

As we move on to what we’ve been playing, Mark revisits Mass Effect and BioShock yet again, and seeths with anger over Siren: Blood Curse’s terrible installation.  Elizabeth admits to boss battle brutality in Space Invaders: Extreme, and Chris has been playing a trio of turn-based titles on Xbox 360: Civilization Revolution, Ticket to Ride, and Catan.   

Finally, we address the reactions of two successful musicians, Carrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinney and John Mayer of John Mayer, to Guitar Hero and Rock Band.  Chris rebuts.  Plus: Everday Shooter!  It’s still awesome! 

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We’ve got a lot to talk about now that E3 has come and gone, but first we revel in the excitement of Blizzard’s recent Diablo III announcement! Then Elizabeth forces Chris to explain how he got Nintendo to inadvertently announce Pikmin 3 at this years E3. Then we move on to the games, including: Left 4 Dead, Mirror’s Edge, Dragon Age: Origins, Rage, GTA:Chinatown Wars, Microsoft’s new Dashboard design, Too Human, and much more!

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The Played crew kicks off this episode with ill-advised conspiratorial rantings about what Blizzard will announce during its Paris Worldwide Invitational this Saturday.  We’re hoping and praying for Diablo III.  We expect to be crushingly disappointed.

After that, it’s straight on to what we’ve been playing, with the lion’s share of discussion devoted to Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots.  We follow up last week’s Demiurge Studios interview with some more discussion about the PC version of Mass Effect, then talk about Space Invaders Extreme and LEGO Indiana Jones.

Oh–there’s an introduction by David Hayter too!

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The bulk of this week’s show is spent with Albert Reed, studio manager of Massachusetts-based Demiurge Studios.  Demiurge just shipped its PC version of BioWare’s acclaimed Mass Effect–and polished out the game’s edges in the process.  Reed discusses his studio’s formation and experience, and its plans to launch its own original titles.

We wrap up the episode with Mark discussing GRID and Age of Conan–which Elizabeth has not played, to her dismay–while Chris touches on a recent visit to Valve, which saw the venerable developer make its case for the PC platform.

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As the Played crew slowly approaches something more closely resembling a regular schedule, we discuss the announcement of Guitar Hero World Tour and three games from the ex-Clover folks at PlatinumGames.  Elsewhere in the news is a raising of the Xbox Live Arcade game size cap to 350MB, LucasArts dropping out of the ESA, and Microsoft getting a little overzealous in its attempt to cleanse Live of signs of homosexuality.

Mark speaks about Boom Blox on Wii and Echochrome on PlayStation Network, while Chris and Liz have mainly (and shamefully) been playing Scrabulous.   Chris, however, has also checked out some real games: Rock Rock Revolution, Alone in the Dark, and N-Gage relaunch flagship title Reset Generation.

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We’re back, and only a week late this time! This episode kicks off with discussion of Playstation 3’s impressive install base in Europe, several publishers pulling out of this year’s E3 and one out of the ESA trade organization, and the controversial DRM solution announced for Spore and the upcoming PC version of Mass Effect.

We follow up those news briefs with a lengthy discussion of what we’ve been playing, the game that we haven’t been able to stop playing for days on end: Catan.

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For some reason, Mark kicks off this week’s month’s episode with a protracted story about his recent laser eye surgery. That strange escapade is followed by discussion of the recent Nintendo-dominated NPD sales figures for the US, the closure of long-time PC gaming mag Games for Windows (formerly Computer Gaming World), and the latest delay of PlayStation 3’s upcoming Home virtual world.

Chris reports on a recent Nintendo summit; Mark discusses God of War: Chains of Olympus (PSP), Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword (NDS), and Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds (PS3); and Elizabeth has only been playing web games.

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This week’s trimmed and lean episode of Played kicks off with discussion of Grand Theft Auto IV and its just-announced multiplayer modes, with a bit of a detour to discuss Chris’ lack of Counter-Strike prowess–Liz also chimes in to discuss her lack of gaming prowess all around. The crew is also surprised to learn that Criterion’s new Burnout: Paradise island content will be free.

Liz has been playing quite a lot of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, while Chris has continued to spend his time on Advance Wars: Days of Ruin as well as PC classic No One Lives Forever 2. Mark has finished up Lost Odyssey and Army of Two, and is currently deep into Patapon on PSP.

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In this week’s episode of Played, the crew discusses the resignation of longtime Sony executive Phil Harrison, the death of HD DVD in the intense nerd-fought battle of high-def video formats, and the potential of Nintendo’s upcoming WiiWare download service and reports of a paid online gaming service from Nintendo.

Following up on his report in the last podcast, Chris speaks a bit on Masahiro Sakura’s Super Smash Bros. Brawl address at GDC and how it relates to differences between Japanese and Western game development. Finally, Liz is looking forward to Infinite Interactive’s Puzzle Quest followup Galactrix, and Mark has been playing Lost Odyssey and Frontlines. Plus, there is jazz.

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GDC has come and gone and Chris is back to chat about some of the cool stuff that he saw there. This includes Far Cry 2 tech, its dynamic systems, and the interesting steps the development team is taking to make a game with a message that’s not restricted or heavy-handed. We also talk about the LEGO Universe MMO and whether or not it could be the Wii of MMOs. Does the idea of pirates, dragons, and space all existing in the same universe sound exciting?

In “What We’re Playing,” Elizabeth sinks her teeth into No More Heroes. Chris is all about Advance Wars: Days of Ruin, and Mark begins playing the epic Lost Odyssey, gushes over The Club wondering why is no one playing this game, and lastly admits that he’s ventured back into World of Warcraft.

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The shenanigans and tomfoolery are back! We’ve got 51 minutes of entertainment for you guys!

We chat about the Nintendo DS version of Spore, Burnout: Paradise, Mass Effect on the PC, No More Heroes, Pixel Junk Monsters, Devil May Cry 4, and Advanced Wars: Days of Ruin!

Hope you enjoy!

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We’ve got a really excited show for you guys! First, we chat about Target pulling Manhunt 2 off the shelves due to a hack that’s available for the PSP that removes the blurs Rockstar implemented into the game in order to hid some graphic content.

Also, (Geek out alert!) Chris and Mark chat about the new computers they’ve built for (Crysis!) all the incredible games due out this Winter and beyond. You’ll also get to hear about Chris’s nightmare of an experience with Alienware a few years ago, as well as Mark’s experience with Falcon Northwest.

Games covered in this episode include Crysis, Folklore, Wipeout: Ultimate Carnage, The Witcher, Conan The Barbarian, Eye of Judgement, Blacksite: Area 51, Metal of Honor: Airborne, Portal, and even S.T.A.L.K.E.R. gets a mention.

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Games, games and more games! We’ve just got a ton of compelling games to discuss. No industry news analysis. No Micro-transaction updates. No waterproof Gadgetry goofs.

Games we cover in our discussion in this episode are Halo3, Team Fortress 2, BioShock, Heavenly Sword, Stranglehold, Dirt, Forza 2, Overlord, Lair, Blue Dragon and the super-fun Stuntman Ignition!

Then at the end of the show, stay tuned for our compelling Tommy Tallarico interview.

So grab a beer, kick back, and enjoy!

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Welcome to our special E3 episode! Chris is back in town and we’ve got a lot to talk about. We’ve got hands on with Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Halo 3, Mass Effect, Rock Band, Super Mario Galaxy, Crysis, BioShock, Wii Fit, and Echochrome (ok, no hands on with this one but it looks so cool–we just had to chat about it!).

Also, Mark talks about the recent death of his Xbox 360 and the super fun Super Stardust HD.

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Hold on to your Shackseats people! Steve Gibson, founder of Shacknews.com, stops by to chat a little bit about his popular gaming website. Some of the many topics include how it all began, the newly redesigned look, what the future holds, the amazing shack community, how he once treated John Carmack to McDonalds after a ride in Carmack’s Ferrari, why he thinks he’s not a very good manager, and even how he once dropped a shack server. This one’s chock full of inane tomfoolery, fatuous shenanigans, and loads of laugher–you’re not going to want to miss it!

We’re not stopping there! Elizabeth is back with an exciting new gadget that is just going to knock your socks off. (Psssst! It’s waterproof!)

Also, in “What We’re Playing” we’ve got Lord of The Rings Online, Odin Sphere, Forza 2, Dirt, Titan Quest, NBA Street Homecourt, Company of Heroes, Quake Wars: Enemy Territory, Zuma and even Spider Solitaire.

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Boy, do we have lots to talk about this week! Blizzard finally announced Starcraft 2 and we share our thoughts. Also up for discussion we have the latest NPD numbers, Valve’s packaging of Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Microsoft’s banning of modded Xbox 360s from Xbox Live, and the rumor of another Deus Ex in development.

We’re also finally going to reply to some of those letters you guys have sent to us. Topics include future graphical capabilities that might innovate  gameplay, what one game we would take with us onto a deserted island, and Quake Wars: Enemy Territory.

In what we’re playing we cover the Halo 3 multiplayer beta, Puzzle Quest, F.E.A.R. (PS3), The Lord of The Rings Online, Tony Hawk Downhill Jam and the  Oblivion expansion The Shivering Isles.

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We’ve got some really exciting Team Fortress 2 coverage for you guys! Chris has returned from his trip to Valve and he’s got the goods on this highly anticipated, long awaited shooter.

We’ll also be chatting about Ken Kutaragi’s recent retirement announcement, the incredible Wii sales figures, and the recent announcement of God of War: Chains of Olympus for the PSP (as well as the free demo being offered).

In “What We’re Playing” Elizabeth talks about the new Pokemon and Puzzle Quest for the DS. Mark gives his impressions of G.R.A.W 2 and GTA: Libery City Stories.

Last but not least, we announce the winners of our God Hand contest! Thanks to everyone who submitted a Haiku–there were some really entertaining entries.
There is, of course, plenty of banter inbetween these topics. So, sit back, relax and enjoy the show!

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Welcome to our super-duper, kickass God Hand edition of the show where we’re going to be talking about this under appreciated masterpiece. Also, to celebrate the event, we’re giving away 2 copies of the game (listen in for details on how to win).

Also Included are our impressions of the GTA IV trailer that was recently released by Rockstar Games. Our very own Elizabeth’s speaks on her involvement in  petitioning the gaming community to convince 2KGames to release a special edition of BioShock. Harmonix announced “Rock Band” and we share our thoughts on whether or not the company is jumping the shark with this upcoming game. Sony announced a price drop for the PSP to $169 (US dollars!), and Elizabeth explains why she’ll never own one. Sega officially announces they will stop repairs on the Dreamcast and Saturn–so we reminisce a little about those machines and take a trip down gaming nostalgia lane.

Ryan Murray from the God Hand fan site Kung Pao Fu, joins us to discuss this KICKASS game! Topics of discussion are the gameplay, the KICKASS music, the incredibly entertaining cut scenes, and just the sheer amount of KICKASS content in this game.

In “What We’re Playing”, Chris talks about his experience playing Enemy Territory: Quake Wars last week, and Mark gives his impressions of the highly anticipated game S.T.A.L.K.E.R..

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What a crazy crazy show we have for you guys! We’re back (oh so soon!) to talk about the new Xbox 360 Elite which is due out next month and will feature an HDMI port and a 120GB hard drive for $479.00. Also we’re really pumped about some upcoming games slated for the Xbox 360 including Devil May Cry 4, Ace Combat 6, a new Katamari game, and Warhammer: Mark of Chaos. Telltale Games hints that Sam and Max might be coming to the Xbox 360 and Wii. Plus, we touch on last week’s NPD sales figures for the industry.

In this week’s Gadgetry, Elizabeth talks about her two new Apple products–the Mac Book Pro and the iPod Shuffle.

In Microtransactions we discuss the recent releases for Xbox Live, TMNT and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.

Finally, Mark gives his impressions of God of War II (HELL YEAH!) and flOw, and Elizabeth talks about SSX Blur.

Lots and lots of rambling here, folks, but do enjoy.

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Chris is back from the Game Developers Conference to share his experiences there, which includes Sony’s announcement of Home and LittleBigPlanet for the PS3, Miyamoto’s keynote, the debut of Mega64’s hilarious new skit, the Windows Vista version of Xbox Live, Mass Effect, and Fable 2. Finally, Sony and Immersion kiss and make up–rumble is coming to the PS3!

Mark gives his impressions of MotorStorm, Rainbow Six: Vegas, and God of War 2. Elizabeth talks about Crackdown, Civ IV, and Ghost Rider for the PS2. Chris talks about Super Paper Mario, which he played at GDC.

Also, listen for Mark’s story about how his male Sim gave birth to an alien. Seriously.

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GDC Mega64 skit 

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Chris Taylor of Gas Powered Games chats with us about Supreme Commander, his design philosophies, the state of the games industry, his opinions on Games for Windows, his Burt Reynolds impression, his pre-gaming days as a stand up comedian, microtransactions, and how he teamed up with Ron Gilbert to make Total Annihilation.

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Ken Levine, co-founder of Irrational Games and lead designer of BioShock, joins us to discuss his latest venture. Other things covered in the interview include Ken’s feelings on some anticipated 2007 titles, the potential for a new Thief game (and whether he even likes stealth games to begin with), his feelings on a hypothetical System Shock 3, the deal with Irrational’s Australian studio and how it affects BioShock, his personal design philosophies, what sets BioShock apart from the FPS flock, and much more!

Join us for an hour long chat with one of the industry’s most unique game designers.

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We promised that Irrational Games’ Ken Levine would appear as a special guest in Episode 19, so since he was unable to make it this time around, we had to downgrade this podcast to Episode 18.5. But don’t let the unorthodox nomenclature fool you–we’ve got a full slate of news and gaming discussion, including Jack Thompson’s latest run-in with the courts, some exciting Konami announcements that have gamers tongue’s waggle’n, and spore makes it’s way to Ninendo’s DS. Also, could there be a possible PS3 price cut coming down the pipe?

Finally, we’ve got impressions of Crackdown, Lost Planet, and Resistance: Fall of Man. Now strap yourself in! This episode is full of tomfoolery (outakes)!

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Welcome to our shortest episode ever! Not to fear though, it’s chock full of great gaming discussion, tons of outakes, and it’s even 1/2 the calories than episode 17 and with zero Trans-fats to boot!

As far as news goes, we talk about the new 1.5 firmware release for the PS3, the new Duke Nuke’em Forever screenshot that was released via a job listing on Gamasutra.com, and Ebay removing MMO sales from their website.

In Microtransations we talk about Sony’s Blast Factor Multiplayer addon pack that was released on their Playstation store. Also, Nintendo’s Virtual Console releases including the popular Mark Kart 64.

Heads up on some curse words to everyone in cubicle-land! ENJOY!

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CES Coverage! Chris has returned from his trip to the massive Consumer Electronic Show in Vegas with some comments and impressions on gaming related material for us. More specifically, we talk about Crysis, Hellgate: London (Chris also clears some confusion surrounding a news post he made on shacknews.com last week concerning Bill Roper and the multiplayer aspect of the game), World in Conflict, Castlevania: SotN, and some rambling inbetween.

We discuss the prototype Xbox 360, “Zephyr”, and the possibility of that ever showing face. The Godfather is coming to the Wii, and is expecting to utilize the Wii-mote in some interesting ways.

Also, Elizabeth gives her impression of the Motorolla Q (sparking some discussion about the newly announced iPhone) in her Gadgetry section and Chris discusses some new, FREE, stuff available on Xbox Live! in his Microtransactions segment.

In “What’re We Playing”, we discuss Guitar Hero II, Excite Truck, Battle For Middle-Earth 2: The Rise of The Witch-King, and Half-Life 2.

Some really great discussion in the episode -ENJOY!

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Note: I did not have enough time to censor this podcast, so heads up to everyone in cubicle-land on some cussing!

Elizabeth’s Gadget: Motorola Q (Requires zip code input)

HOLIDAY CONTEST TIME!

That’s right! Tune in to this episode to hear how you could win a copy of Guild Wars, Guild Wars: Factions, Lineage II, an NCSoft Wireless Mouse, a Guild Wars: Factions shirt, and a copy of City of Villans! ALL OF THEM!

Also, in this episode we discuss the surge in November sales for all the consoles (wait till you hear about the Gameboy Advanced and DS). We discuss what the “Gaming For Window’s” Logo really means to us gamers (Hint: It actually means something!). Also, Sony’s PS3 1080i resolution issue that has cropped up and fumbled patch.

Elizabeth is back with another practical Gadgety (seriously), Chris’s Microtransaction segment discusses Sony’s PS1 offerings for the PSP, and Mark reviews Just Cause.

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Elizabeth’s Gadget: Sony ICF-S79V Weather Band Shower Radio

Hello everyone! We apologize for the slight delay in this weeks release. It’s been a killer week for all of us. None the less, let’s get on with it!

In E14 we talk about the incredible success of Nintendo’s Wii selling 600k consoles in it’s first 8 days, Sony download size limitations are announced (watch out Microsoft!), Capcom decides to officially address the text size issue in their games on SDTVs (and we all rejoice -especially Mark).

Also, Mark introduces a new segment that is sure to blow you away, Elizabeth is back with a new crazy gadget that wears a scraf and Chris’s talks about Nintendo’s Virtual Console in his Microtransaction segment. Yes, this is our longest Podcast ever.

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Elizabeth’s Gadget:  The ThinkGeek USB Snowbot

BEST WEEK EVER! A special Podcast dedicated entirely to talk about our experiences with the Sony PS3 and the Nintendo Wii. Networking, load times, aesthetic appeal and, of course, the games. Very informative! Check it out!

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Elizabeth’s Gadget: The Powermate USB Multimedia Controller

We’re here to talk about Penny Arcades Holiday charity drive “Child Play“, EA reveals several games that are schedules to be released within the next year (some might surprise you, but maybe not), we talk about how to get your girlfriend into video games
(according to a little Men’s Health article Elizabeth found)?

Elizabeth has a new Gadgetry for you, Chris introduces a new “Microtransaction Market Watch” segment to the show, and we talk about, of course, what we’re currently playing.

There is a ton of quality, entertaining rambling going on in here guys. Check it!

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After a few requests (we really did’nt need that many), we’ve decided to open up a forum for discussion amongst the listeners and the cast. Stop by and say hello!

BooOOOOoooOOOooooo!! Our Halloween Edition is here!

Today we discuss the “controversial” boy-on-boy action in Rockstar’s Bully, the new Xbox Live! update released by Microsoft this week which included support for 1080P, Nintendo’s recently released list of games due to come out on their “Virtual Console” for launch. We also talk about a bunch of scary games perfect for playing this time of year. Elizabeth’s has a cool new gadgetry for those of you that like to play games at work. We discuss what we’re currently playing and of course -there is some rambling here and there.

Also, don’t forget to stick around for the outakes at the end -SO FUNNY!

Elizabeth’s Gadgetry: The Stealthswitch

In this episode we talk about Sony’s recent official news about the PS3’s accessory pricing, launch “window” games, it’s on-line service, and Chris’ experience playing some of these games recently at Sony’s “Gamer’s Day”. Also, some comments from 3DRealm’s CEO Scott Miller about Duke Nuk’em from the Next-Gen Podcast, Elizabeth’s Gadgetry, Listener mail, and of course “What we’re playing” which includes Bully, Cooking Mama, Lumines and more.

Should be a ton of fun!

Elizabeth’s Gadgetry:
Micro-Tech™ 6-In-1
Utili-Key® 6-In-1

EPIC PODCAST! EPICAST! HA! Since we were delayed in getting a podcast recorded last week, we decided to combind the two so strap yourself in! Also, we’re now using M4A as our primary distrobution format. This means that you will now be able to see the chapters and pictures in iTunes and your iPod.
In Episode 8 we talk about Activision’s recent game releases on Valve’s digital distrobution service “Steam”, Capcom’s recent decision to desolve Clover Studios (Okami, God Hand, Viewtiful Joe), Judge Ronald Friedman of the Third District Court of Appeals watched a representative from “Bully” publisher Take Two Interactive and its subsidiary Rockstar play through the game’s schoolyard settings to determine if it’s suitable for release under its current ESRB rating of “T for Teen”, also according to the study by Los Angeles based Interpret -8.9 million U.S consumers are willing to purchase a Playstation 3 and only 800,000 are willing to purchase an Xbox 360….hrm, and will the news group Reuters to start appearing in the MMO “Second Life”?

Elizabeth’s always enjoyable gadgetry (wait till you hear this one) is back again. Also, we announce the winners of our 2Kgames contest and read their rants on the air for everyone to enjoy, We read some viewer mail to answer some questions you guys had for us, and (of course) what we’re currently playing, and much much more!

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Hello! Today we talk about Sony’s recent announcement to make the Playstation 3 cheaper in Japan than in North America, Microsoft announces a new warranty plan for all Xbox 360’s made in 2005, A Professor from the University of Texas at Dallas, Mihai Nadin, is interesting in making games for the elderly (Brain Games -sounds familiar right?), Elizabeth reviews a talking Rabbit (seriously!), and of course we talk about what we’re currently playing which includes Gauntlet, Star Fox DS, Lego Star Wars II, and Halo 2.

Jason Bergman from 2KGames stops by to hang out with us and chat about the current state of the video game industry. We discuss the recent, BIG announcement from Nintendo last week regarding the Wii’s price and release date, Elizabeth’s Gadgetry is back, and there is also some ranting here and there.

Also! Contest time! Listen in on the Podcast to hear how 2 lucky listeners (1 game each) will win a FREE copy of Civilization Chronicles or Sid Meier’s Railroads!Thanks Jason!

We talk about Apple’s exciting announcement about gaming with the new iPods, Capcom’s idiotic desicion to not fix the small text issue with Dead Rising with their most recent patch, our speculation on Nintendo’s “big announcement” due later this week, and 3Drealms of Duke Nuke’em fame looks like it’s having development troubles (again?) as over 50% of the team leaves.Also, we talk about what we’re playing which includes Saints Row, Rez, Battle for Middle-Earth 2, Meteos, and much much more!