That Video Game Podcast

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Co-Host: Brad Fellers
Running Time: 1:25:02
Music: Super Mario RPG

Our brains have left us, but we still manage to talk about Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, BlazBlue: Continuum Shift, FIFA 11 (iPhone), Borderlands, Enslaved, and 999.

• Sony starts to sue some people over the PS3 hacks
• Completely unnanounced and entirely secret PSPhone caught in the wild!
• Beenox will continue to make Spider-Man games
• We cover the NintendoWorld announcements
• Next-Gen reports on more of our favorite, PSP2 details

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Co-Host: Brad Fellers
Running Time: 1:23:52
Music: X-Men vs. Street Fighter

Since we’re done with Podcast Vacation, we get together to talk about all the games we beat over the break, including Assassin’s Creed, Comic Jumper, Deathsmiles, Limbo, Chime, Pac-Man CE DX, Hexic HD, Borderlands, Dance Central, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, Dead Space 2, World of Warcraft, Darksiders, Borderlands (again), Doritos Crash Course, Bejweled 3, Lego Harry Potter, Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep, and The Witcher.

• If you have a Dead Space save file, Dead Space 2 has a surprise in store
• We’re excited about Castlevania: Lords of Shadow’s DLC plans
• OnLive gets itself into a ton of new devices
• PS3/PSPGo security compromised
• Harmonix gets sold but it’s not for much
• CES 2011: Microsoft announces their second XBLA House Party
• CES 2011: Microsoft announces Avatar Kinect

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Co-Host: Brad Fellers
Running Time: 55:14

Last week was our top ten so this week is our predictions for next year! Let’s laugh together about our insane 2010 predictions and our insane 2011 predictions!

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Co-Hosts: Brad Fellers
Running Time: 1:30:54

We get together for the fourth year to share our top tens, honorable mentions, letdowns, and for the first time, TVGP’s official Game of the Year!

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Co-Hosts: Brad Fellers
Running Time: 1:33:10
Music: The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

Before we go on our Podcast Vacation (yay!) we talk about Rez HD, Limbo, Assassin’s Creed, Left 4 Dead, Chime, X-Men Arcade, Crackdown 2: Deluge, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, Split/Second, Forza 3, Uncharted 2, Minecraft, World of Warcraft, Puzzle Quest 2, Droplitz, and Shatter.

• VGA blowouts!
• Rock Band 3 Fender Strat is a Best Buy exclusive
• Go buy the Humble Indie Bundle 2
• Sega confirms the Dreamcast Collection, also has no idea what’s in it
• November NPDs!

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Co-Hosts: Brad Fellers
Running Time: 1:05:55
Music: ToeJam & Earl

We’re pretty punchy this week, but we still manage to get through Portal, Left 4 Dead 2, NBA Jam, Dance Central, Limbo, Crackdown 2: Deluge Pack, Pac-Man CE DX, Red Dead Redemption, World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, and Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood.

• New Tomb Raider finally confirmed
• Xbox modchip trial dismissed
• Civilization opening theme is now Grammy-nominated
• TVGP’s PSP Phone love affair continues with new videos
• And don’t forget to enter into Steam’s Treasure Hunt!

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Co-Hosts: Brad Fellers
Running Time: 2:01:26
Music: Bioshock 2

Before we get to arguing about the Inception game we talk about NBA Jam, Dance Central, Deathsmiles, BlazBlue: Continuum Shift, Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, Rock Band 3, Bit.Trip BEAT, Galcon Fusion, Shatter, Halo: Reach, and Asassin’s Creed: Brotherhood (again).

• Xbox Live Rewards program officially launches
• Uncharted movie talks about antiquities
• Xbox modding trial starts, then gets angry, we try to figure it all out
• EA, surprsingly, doesn’t want to catch the Harmonix falling knife
• Inception game’s being made, we have no idea what it’ll be about
• New Ghostbusters, top-down game bustin’ in 2011
• OnLive improves their pricing structure again

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Co-Host: Brad Fellers
Running Time: 56:52
Music: Shatter

None of us had much time to play games this past week, but we chat our way through NBA Jam, Dance Central, Borderlands, Alpha Protocol, Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, Rock Band 3, Dirt 2, Halo: Reach, and Pac-Man CE DX.

• Double Fine announces their amazing-looking new game Stacking
• RUMOR: Mass Effect 3 showing up at the VGAs, possibly on PS3
• Mark Wahlberg is Nolan North Nathan Drake in the upcoming Uncharted movie

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Co-Host: Brad Fellers
Running Time: 1:17:06
Music: Super Mario Galaxy 2

After dancing our hearts out, we talk about Dance Central, Gears of War 2, Lumines, NBA Jam, Dirt 2, Forza 3, Rock Band 3, Halo: Reach, Sonic Free Riders, Pac-Man CE DX, Force Unleashed 2, and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game.

• Activision is possibly, maybe, kinda thinking about shutting down or selling Bizarre Creations
• TVGPSA: Spend $25 at Old Navy on Black Friday, get Dance Central for free
• APB gets another chance with APB: Reloaded
• Marvel vs. Capcom 3 gets a release date and a green eye with tentacles

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Co-Hosts: Ryan Pratt and Brad Fellers
Running Time: 1:53:42
Music: Chrono Cross

We continue to race towards 2 billion points in The Williams Collection along with the real-life Pinball Magic table, Angry Birds, Euchre, Madden 11, Chime, Alpha Protocol, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Rock Band 3, Green Day: Rock Band, Dance Central, Super Meat Boy!, Halo: Reach, Yggdra Union, and Sonic Free Riders.

• Nintendo, in honor of a newDonkey Kong Country game, trademarks a popular phrase describing how much something is “on”
• Mass Effect 2 on PS3’s new features detailed (and they’re awesome)
• Darksiders 2 doesn’t feature additional apocolypses, but does feature a new main character
• Viacom looking to sell of Harmonix