That Video Game Podcast

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Cameraman: Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 1:08:02
Music: Alan Wake

The magic of Skype brings us together to talk about Dead or Alive 4, Split/Second, Trials HD, Madden 10, Modern Warfare 2, Dead Space, Alan Wake, The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, and The Gamers: Dorkness Rising.

• There’s disaster in the April NPDs
• Visceral job listing may hint at Dante’s Inferno 2
• RUMOR: Premium PSN subscription may be announced at E3
• Mass Effect 2 DLC may lead into Mass Effect 3

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Cameraman: Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 1:22:58
Music: Arc Rise Fantastia

Ryan’s back this week, so in addition to shooting a pre-show video, we talk about Super Street Fighter IV, Dead or Alive 4, the Capcom pinball machine Pinball Magic, Trials HD, Modern Warfare 2, the Split/Second demo, Zeno Clash, Section 8, and Left 4 Dead 2.

• EA kinda starts charging for online play
• Best Buy starts their own gaming magazine, @Gamer
• To say that Zynga is hemmoraging users may be an understatement
• 3DS is not the final name of the 3DS, you can turn the 3D off
• LittleBigPlanet 2 announced, has a freakin’ grappling ghook

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Special Guest: Brad Fellers
Running Time: 2:28:44
Music: Megaman 10

Ryan can’t join us this week, but Brad fills in to talk about Splinter Cell: Conviction, the Halo Reach beta, Modern Warfare 2, Split/Second, Nation Red, BlazBlue, Dead or Alive 4, Left 4 Dead 2, Dante’s Inferno, Tecmo Bowl Throwback, Dragon Ball: Raging Blast, Super Street Fighter IV, Nostalgia, The Glowing Void, and The Scourge Project: Episode 1& 2.

We also finish up the last checkpoint of TVGP Plays Dead Space. Thanks again to everyone who participated!

• Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2 gets a release date
• God of War: Ghost of Sparta gets announced for PSP
• Starcraft 2 is pumping right into our veins July 27th
• GameCrazy shutting all stores, crazy deals incoming
• Black Wii coming to the US, Brad wants it bad
• RUMOR: six player HD Castlevania
• A developer says that piracy means games are too expensive
• DS sales surpass original Game Boy sales, the population of Japan

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Cameraman: Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 2:29:46
Music: Final Fight: Double Impact

In our super long episode this week, we cover Duke Nukem 3D, Left 4 Dead 2: The Passing, Tecmo Bowl Throwback, Dante’s Inferno, Split/Second Demo, Trials HD, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, The Impossible Game, Fruit Ninja, Sega & Sonic All-Stars Racing, The Scourge Project, Splinter Cell: Conviction, and Bayonetta.

• Violent video game law now hearing in the Supreme Court
• MLB.tv app is available on PSN
• Floppy production halted. Goodnight, sweet prince.
• Game Room releases maybe delayed
• Infinity Ward employees suing Activision for a boatload of money
• Activision Publishing CEO steps down
• And Bungie signs with Activision Blizzard

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Cameraman: Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 1:32:25
Music: Final Fight: Double Impact

SPOILER WARNING for our pre-show video.

Before we talk about TVGP Plays Dead Space, we chat about BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger, Red Faction: Guerrilla, Duke Nukem 3D, Final Fight: Double Impact, Trine, Modern Warfare 2, Mass Effect 2, Babeorella, Left 4 Dead 2: The Passing, and Bayonetta.

• TVGP PSA: don’t give your credit card number to PSN scammers
• March NPDs
• Capcom Captivate 2010
• A few more heroes and villans are rumored for Batman: AA 2
• New Steam UI update coming next week
• Ubisoft kills their printed game manuals
• Some Dreamcast games may come to XBLA?
• MechWarrior 4 has been cleared for release

Side note: I (Boston) mention in the show that Microsoft said they had sold four million Xbox 360s.  The number is actually forty million, which is a totally different ballgame.  Mea culpa.