That Video Game Podcast

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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

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Co-Hosts: Ryan Pratt and Brad Fellers
Running Time: 2:17:41
Music: Comic Jumper

We’re 4/3 TVGP this week, so we catch up with Borderlands, Comic Jumper, Angry Birds, Force Unleashed 2, Split/Second, Modern Warfare 2, Geometry Wars 2, Madden 11, Halo: Reach, Rock Band 3, Army of Two: The 40th Day, Forza 3, Minecraft, Force Unleashed, Super Meat Boy!, Alpha Protocol, Bionic Commando, Dark Cloud 2, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Red Dead Redemption, and Pinball FX2. Whew!

• California video game law oral arguments has a surprising outcome
• NBA Elite 11 cancelled, handed off to EA Tiburon
• Rock Band 3 pro guitar priced, dated
• Inafune quits Capcom, craptalks the Japanese gaming industry
• PSP2 is apparently pretty real
• New Crackdown 2 Deluge DLC coming soon

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Running Time: 1:41:07
Music: Super Meat Boy!

Even though Ryan’s not here, we celebrate his birthday in style by talking about Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, The Williams Collection, Comic Jumper, Split/Second, Borderlands, Left 4 Dead 2, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage, Gave Dev Story, Costume Quest, Super Meat Boy!, and Rock Band 3.

• The PS2 turns 10
• Microsoft not interested in HD remakes right now
• Playstation phone appears online, looks kinda real…
• …while more PSP2 rumors surface
• Sony starts a Playstation Rewards loyalty program
• Work has started on a Van Helsing MMO. Wait, what?

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon
Co-Hosts: Ryan Pratt and Brad Fellers
Running Time: 1:23:04
Music: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Knobs couldn’t make it this week, but Brad re-joins the podcast to talk about Forza 2, World of Warcraft, Split/Second, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, Borderlands, Madden 11, Plants vs. Zombies, Hydrophobia, Alpha Protocol, Super Meat Boy, Costume Quest, and Game Dev Story.

• Lara Croft gets XBLA multiplayer pack later this month
• XBLA also gets more Dreamcast games
• Someone at EA is making a new C&C game, whoever it is
• Facebook games discovered to be transmitting user data
• I’m old, the NES turns 25
• Gearbox is the best company ever, approves fan-made Duke 3D remake

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Running Time: 1:06:34
Music: Dead or Alive 2

We’re 2/3s TVGP this week and we chat about Borderlands, Left 4 Dead 2: The Sacrifice, (a lot of) Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, and Sonic 4 Episode 1.

• The next Starcraft 2 expansion might…take a while
• Four more Marvel vs. Capcom 3 characters announced
• Lord of the Rings Online doubles revenue after moving to free to play
• Classic X-Men arcade game coming to XBLA and PSN!
• A sequel to Castlevania: Lords of Shadow may be in the works
• NPD regrettably not providing free sales numbers
• GT5 delayed…again….again
• Split/Second coming to PSP November 16th, has new stuff!

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Cameraman: Ryan Pratt
Special Guest: Brad Fellers
Running Time: 2:26:58
Music: Castlevania: Lords of Shadow

Brad joins us this week for a marathon episode, including Halo: Reach, World of Warcraft, FIFA 11, Minecraft, Forza 2, Borderlands, Left 4 Dead 2, Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep, Plants vs. Zombies, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, PixelJunk Eden, Wii Sports Resort, Trials HD, Madden 11, Skate 2, Escape From Butcher Bay, Mass Effect 2, Nier, and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game.

• Medal of Honor devs rename the Taliban
• Valve starts using the Steam Wallet, but not in the way we thought
• 3DS fights piracy with automatic firmware updates
• OnLive announces they’re doing alright, drops the monthly charge
• TVGPSA: Costume Quest releasing Oct. 20th
• NYCC: Sega announces Captain America: Super Soldier
• NYCC: X-Men Destiny Announced
• Borderlands GOTY gets early access to Duke Nukem Forever demo and other mysterious goodies
• Best Buy charging $30 to set up PS3s

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Running Time: 1:18:59
Music: Valkyria Chronicles

It’s been a busy few weeks here, so we only chat about The Williams Collection, Borderlands DLC, Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep, and Mass Effect 2. We have plenty of news stories and emails this week, though!

• GOG dies, wises from the gwave
• Christopher Nolan planning an Inception game in the next few years
• Stan Lee sticks up for games
• PC/PS3 version of Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light launches sans online co-op also
• Steve Wiebe reclaims Donkey Kong record!
• Final details/pricing for 3DS announced, along with a few other details
• Paul Barnett wants to re-release the Wing Commander series and we love him for it
• Uncharted 2 GOTY coming
• Metroid: Other M save file bug solution offered, has a slight catch
• Kotick / EA / Tim Schaefer dukeout
• EA delays NBA Elite 11, NBA Jam headed to PS3/360
• Beyond Good and Evil HD announced!

Also, visit this link to help Joe raise money for his local hospital while he plays games for 24 hours!

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Special Guest: John “Musim” Beauchamp from The Carousel Podcast
Running Time: 53:19
Music: Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage

We’re a little late this week, but Musim was kind enough to join us to chat about Lost Odyssey, Shadow Complex, Dragon Quest 9, Halo: Reach, The Williams Collection, Crackdown 2, Borderlands, Mass Effect 2: Lair of the Shadow Broker, Left 4 Dead 2, Split/Second, 3D Dot Game Heroes, Persona 3 Portable, and Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions.

Original Post: If you’re wondering where your regularly scheduled episode of TVGP went this week, well, Life Happened.  We’re still trying to record an episode, but full details and any updates will be in this forum thread.

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Cameraman: Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 1:29:31
Music: Super Mario Galaxy 2

Before we get buried under TGS stories, we chat our way through The Williams Collection, Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, Split/Second, Madden 11, Alpha Protocol, Bayonetta, and Mass Effect 2: Lair of the Shadow Broker.

• TGS: Re-release of Ico / Shadow of the Colossus finally confirmed
• TGS: Ninja Gaiden 3 announced
• TGS: Dead Rising 2 epilogue Case West announced
• TGS: Devil May Cry prequel, DmC
• TGS: Somehow a new Kinect-based Steel Battalion game is coming
• TGS: Shadow of the Damned
• TGS: Dead Space 2 miltiplayer looks like what we were hoping it was
• TGS: Valkyria Chronicles 3 coming to PSP
• TGS: For some reason the new Yakuza game has zombies in it
• TGS: Microsoft announces partnerships with five Japanese developers
• TGS: Square Enix talks about the Dissidia Final fantasy sequel, teaches us what Duodecim means
• TGS: More comfortable, Monster Hunter-focused PSP
• TGS: Sega announces Phantasy Star Online 2
• Valve and AMD team up to deliver Catalyst updates via Steam
• Valve also announces the Steam Wallet
• PSA: Demon’s Souls is now a Greatest Hits title
• Super Mario Bros. makes us feel old by turning 25 years old
• APB, unfortunately, will be shutting down
• Left 4 Dead comic, The Sacrifice, starts now