That Video Game Podcast

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Featuring: Michael “Boston” Hannon, John “Knobs” Knoblach, and Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 1:21:07
Music: Catherine

On this very, very hot and AC filled day, we chat about Draw Something, Lumines: Electric Symphony, Tiger 13, Bubbleshoot, Elemental, Madden 12, Trials Evolution, Dungeon Siege 3, Pinball Arcade, and Castlevania Symphony Of the Night.

• RUMOR: Sega may have cancelled Bayonetta 2
• TVGPSA: Skyrim Kinect patch now available
• RUMOR: subscription-based, subsidized Xbox 360
• Elder Scrolls Online announced
• Saints Row 3 April Fool’s Joke turns real

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Featuring: Michael “Boston” Hannon, John “Knobs” Knoblach, and Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 1:07:07
Music: Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves

In this episode of shortcast, we chat about Tiger 13, Portal 2, Grand Prix Story, and Fez.

• Steam and Origin account bans are a little more lenient
• Adam Sessler leaves G4 and X-Play
• Steam and the Source Engine being ported to Linux

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Featuring: Michael “Boston” Hannon, John “Knobs” Knoblach, and Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 1:49:21
Music: FEZ

We ask you to enjoy, sir, our chats about Draw Something, Dead Island, Tiger Woods 13, Bubbleshoot, Trials Evolution, FEZ, and Grand Prix Story.

• We marvel over the time delay of a sci-fi author suing Ubisoft over Assassin’s Creed
• And the technical marvel of recovering the source code for the original Prince of Persia

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Featuring: Michael “Boston” Hannon, John “Knobs” Knoblach, and Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 1:42:36
Music: Sonic Adventure 2

The gang’s all here to chat about Heavy Rain, Ninja Gaiden 3, Bulletstorm, Tiger Woods 13, Mario Party 9, Bubbleshoot, Madden 13, Dungeon Siege 3, Spell Tower, and Draw Something.

• Sony to cut 10,000 jobs worldwide, re-focusing on games
• Bethesda to add over 200 Kinect commands to Skyrim
• And there’s a DBZ Kinect game coming out, too
• Crysis 3 leaked early, formally announced next week

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Featuring: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Running Time: 1:45:05
Music: Sam and Max Hit the Road

Between all sorts of planning, we chat about Tiger Woods 13, Brink, Dungeon Siege III, and Assassin’s Creed Revelations.

• Mass Effect 3: The Extended Cut coming for free this Summer
• But I’m far more excited about Rock Band Blitz

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Featuring: Michael “Boston” Hannon, John “Knobs” Knoblach, and Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 2:05:20
Music: Persona 3

The gang’s all back to chat about Left 4 Dead 2, Super Stardust Delta, WipeOut 2048, Dance Central, Tiger Woods 13, Bubbleshoot, Super Smash Bros Brawl, Madden 12, Mass Effect 3, Assassin’s Creed Revelations, and Final Fantasy VII.

• Fez finally has a release date!
• Bioshock movie loses yet another director, same reasons as the last
• RUMORS abound for the PlayStation Orbis
• Odd RUMORS are floating around for some sort of half intermediate next Xbox
• Battlefield 3 dedicated server rental prices announced
• Epic Mickey 2 3DS version sounds the most amazing
• Good Old Games now has a different name

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Featuring: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Running Time: 1:32:38
Music: Little Nemo the Dream Master

The two of us chat about the ending of Mass Effect 3 (spoiler free!), WipeOut 2048, Ninja Gaiden 3, Triple Town, Angry Birds Space, and Assassin’s Creed Revelations.

• GAME Group is dead, enters administration
• Shockingly, that fake NEOGEO phone thing is actually real
• Sega may do HD re-releases, this time for Shenmue and Skies of Arcadia

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Featuring: Michael “Boston” Hannon, John “Knobs” Knoblach, and Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 1:53:44
Music: Mass Effect

Honestly, we spent most of our time talking (spoiler-free) about Mass Effect 3 (along with ME: Datapad and ME: Infiltrator), but we also chat about Bubbleshoot, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, SSX, Plants vs. Zombies, and Madden 12.

• Giant Bomb purchased by CBS Interactive, Whiskey Media sites split up
• February NPDs!
• Put simply: Diablo III is coming out May 15th
• Ratchet and Clank Collection/Trilogy announced

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Featuring: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Running Time: 2:35:32
Music: Metroid

We’re a little light this week on the number of games we chat about, but we spend tons of time talking about SSX, Mass Effect 3, and Risk Factions.

• New SimCity announced for 2013
• Dead or Alive 5 release date announced along with its special character
• Street Fighter X Tekken infuriates us with its incredible amount of on-disc DLC
• SWERY working on a Deadly Premonition: Director’s Cut for PS3
• Valve not really making a console, but kind of is right now

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Featuring: Michael “Boston” Hannon, John “Knobs” Knoblach, and Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 1:54:52
Music: Super Mario Sunshine

We all spent too much time playing a bunch of great games this week, like Syndicate, Asura’s Wrath, SSX, Lumines: Electric Symphony, Edge, Bubble Shoot, Wipeout 2048, KOA: Reckoning, and Final Fantasy XIII-2.

• Assassin’s Creed 3 has had a pretty long week
• Sim City 5 rumors are building (sorry)
• Zone Of the Enders HD Collection gets closer to a release date
• GAME has definitely seen better days
• Boondock Saints game is apparently going to be a thing
• Zynga launches their own site