That Video Game Podcast

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Featuring: Michael “Boston” Hannon, John “Knobs” Knoblach, and Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 1:47:30
Music: Kingdom Hearts 3D

For our 250th episode, we kick it off by chatting about Tony Hawk Pro Skater HD, TVGP Monday Night Game Night, Frequency/Amplitude, Words With Friends, Plumber, Mario Party 9, Bulletstorm, The Binding Of Isaac, Left 4 Dead 2, Diablo 3, Tales Of the Abyss, Lego Harry Potter: Years 5-7, and 1000000.

• Zynga hit by a lawsuit over alleged insider trading
• Star Wars: The Old Republic subscribers fall, will go F2P
• Square Enix promises Ouya support
• I can die happy man, there’s a new Rise Of the Triad game
• Left 4 Dead 2 Cold Stream update is out now!

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Featuring: Michael “Boston” Hannon, John “Knobs” Knoblach, and Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 1:27:21
Music: Diablo III

We spend time recovering after the Steam Summer Sale by chatting about TVGP Monday Night Game Night (9PM EST!), Syndicate, Tiger 13, Tony Hawk Pro Skater HD, Scramble With Friends, Plumber, Borderlands, Arma II / Day Z, The Binding Of Isaac, Botanicula, Oil Rush, Splice, Universe Sandbox, Bulletstorm, Dead Spaces, Jurassic Park: The Game, Civ V, Terraria, Diablo III, Final Fantasy V, Tales Of the Abyss, and Outernauts.

• Zynga stock plummets, some shady stuff may allegedly be going on
• More Puzzle Quest games may be coming, hopefully
• World of Warcraft: Mists Of Pandaria has a September 25th release date
• Serious Sam 3 coming to Linux Steam
• TVGPSA: Gamigo hacked, you know what to do by now
• Xbox Avatar Famestars (?) is a new thing, I guess
• TVGPSA: Rock Band iOS apps being delisted next week
• ToeJam & Earl may be coming to Sega Vintage Collections next, making me a very happy man

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Featuring: Michael “Boston” Hannon, John “Knobs” Knoblach, and Scott “Nintendork” Jeffries
Running Time: 1:33:06
Music: Super Mario 64

Nintendork joins us this week to chat about Lumines Symphony, Dracula X Chronicles…something, Left 4 Dead 2, Syndicate, Hitman 2, Dragon Quest IV, Skyward Sword, Diablo 3, Final Fantasy V, Amazing Alex, and Tales Of the Abyss.

• Double Dragon Neon coming in September
• Yakuza 1 & 2 also getting an HD remaster
• Torchlight 2 isn’t out yet, but it does get a cool update about what they’re doing
• Rock Band Blitz gets a release date and price
• TVGPSA: Update your Xbox Live account info
• Wizorb coming soon as a PlayStation Mini
• Game Genie for PS3 actually a thing, actually out
• Steam coming to Linux. Yay!
• Sonic Adventure 2 coming to XBLA and PSN. Sorry.

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Featuring: Michael “Boston” Hannon, John “Knobs” Knoblach, and Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 1:11:53
Music: Sonic CD

Thanks to the 2nd Annual TVGP Meetup, we have plenty of games to chat about: Tiger 13, Syndicate, Rambo, Daytona USA, Time Crisis 4, various ticket games, Need For Speed: Carbon (arcade), Pac-Man Battle, Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo, batting cages, Fruit Ninja (arcade), Ghost Squad, Jurassic Park (lightgun), Madden 12, Cod Blops, Scramble With Friends, Temple Run, Plumber, Binding Of Isaac, Diablo 3, Final Fantasy V, Theatrhythm, Dungeon Village, Spelunky, and Rez HD.

• All about the OUYA
• RUMOR: Next Batman game may be a Silver Age prequel
• RUMOR: Vivendi may sell off their games division
• Valve announces Steam Greenlight
• Michael Fassbender to star and produce an Assassin’s Creed movie
• TVGPSA: Steam Summer Sale has started

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Featuring: Michael “Boston” Hannon, John “Knobs” Knoblach, and Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 59:03
Music: ToeJam and Earl: Panic on Funkotron

Right before the 2nd Annual TVGP Meetup, we chat about Tiger 13, Syndicate, The Amazing Spider-Man, Scramble With Friends, Minecraft, Madden 12, Diablo 3, Hot Shots Golf (Vita), Final Fantasy V, and Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy.

• EU court decides digital games can be resold
• Atlus is having a huge PSN sale, go buy Persona 3 Portable
• Left 4 Dead 2: Cold Stream finally coming to Xbox 360
• (Some) PSOne games coming to Vita with the 1.8 firmware
• Sony purchases Gaikai
• Nights into dreams gets an HD remaster
• And so does the original Marvel vs Capcoms

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Featuring: Michael “Boston” Hannon, John “Knobs” Knoblach, and Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 1:13:06
Music: Portal 2

Before we take our shirts off and brogram, we chat about Syndicate, Amazing Spider-Man, Scramble With Friends, Limbo, Rez HD, Every Extend Extra Extreme, Amnesia, Lone Survivor, Sword and Sworcery, Left 4 Dead, Madden 13, Minecraft, Psychonauts, Diablo 3, Hot Shots Golf (Vita), Dungeon Village, and Final Fantasy V.

• Since I just bought a 3DS, the giant 3DS XL was announced
• Oddworld: Strangers Wrath no longer happening on XBLA
• DOA 5 adds new character, improved photo/video mode

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Featuring: Michael “Boston” Hannon, John “Knobs” Knoblach, and Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 1:04:44
Music: Zeno Clash

It’s been a long week, but we manage to chat about Lollipop Chainsaw, Syndicate, Scramble With Friends, Minecraft, Madden 13, Diablo 3, Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational, Escape Plan, and Dungeon Village.

• Saints Row 3 expansion cancelled, rolled into a brand new game
• Okami HD announced
• Sony announces some really cool Wipeout DLC
• Australian Parliament approves the R18+ rating
• No DLC plans for Dead Or Alive 5, but there’s an interesting reason why

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Featuring: Michael “Boston” Hannon, John “Knobs” Knoblach, and Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 1:21:39
Music: Kingdom Hearts 2

As we recover from E3’s craziness, we chat about Sega Vintage Collection: Wonder Boy, Mortal Kombat, Super Street Fighter IV, Diablo 3, Sine Mora, Scramble With Friends, Minecraft, Uncharted 3, Portal 2, and Tiger 13.

• May NPDs!
• Sony survey considers unlocking PSV versions of PS3 games for PS+ subscribers
• My Xbox Live app updated, now available on Android
• TVGPSA: League of Legends EU partial hack
• Max Payne 3 MP pits cheaters against cheaters

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Featuring: Michael “Boston” Hannon, John “Knobs” Knoblach, and Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 1:28:43

E3 2012 happened this week, so it’s all about the big show and nothing else!

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Featuring: Michael “Boston” Hannon, John “Knobs” Knoblach, and Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 1:14:53
Music: Portal

We manage to appease the TVGP Curse by chatting about Left 4 Dead 2, Diablo 3, Scramble With Friends, Minecraft (XBLA), Civilization: Revolution, and Jetpack Joyride.

• Epic wins against Silicon Knights
• Hey guys, a Zone Of the Enders sequel!
• New portable Castlevania announced, forces us to buy a 3DS
• Doom 3 to be re-released eight years later
• New Little King’s Story announced for the Vita
• PSN Ultimate Editions announced, sounds like a great deal
• Wizorb coming to PS Minis, you should really go buy it
• Call of Cuty trial isn’t happening, parties settle