That Video Game Podcast

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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

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Featuring: Michael “Boston” Hannon, John “Knobs” Knoblach, and Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 2:08:15
Music: Mega Man 6

The Ohio rain doesn’t damper our spirits or our desire to chat about Lumines: Electric Symphony, Shadows Of the Damned, Saint’s Row the Third, Syndicate, Asura’s Wrath, Bubble Shoot, Ilo Milo, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, Final Fantasy XIII-2, Fairway Solitare, and SSX (demo).

• Sega announces their next Dreamcast game for XBLA/PSN
• Sony gives two weak reasons for UMD Passport not coming to North America
• Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus coming to XLBA/PSN in Japan, hopefully in NA
• But we know that Persona 4: Arena will be coming out in the US
• Good news out of the recent Nintendo Direct conference
• #AnywaysBorderlands2 now has a release date

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Featuring: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Running Time: 1:54:31
Music: Jet Set Radio Future

Ryan is out this week, but we still have tons of games to chat about, like Crackdown 2, Battlefield 3, Mass Effect 3 (demo), Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend, Shadows Of the Damned, Syndicate (demo), and Final Fantasy XIII-2.

• Assassin’s Creed 3 coming October 30th. This series has defeated my ability to make punchy headlines.
• Success! Australia’s R18+ rating coming next year
• TVGPSA: PS3 Skyrim players should make a new hard save
• Valve stays transparent, announces full details of their breach last year

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Featuring: Michael “Boston” Hannon, John “Knobs” Knoblach, and Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 2:31:24
Music: Donkey Kong Country

In this surprisingly long episode, we chat about Battlefield 3, Transformers: War For Cybertron, Crackdown 2, Bubble Shot, Pokemon Snap, Afro Samurai, Kindoms of Amalur: Reckoning, Saints Row the Third, Final Fantasy XIII-2, and Diablo III.

• GAME is in trouble, has a creative way to get out of it
• TVGPSA: Diablo III delayed again
• David Jaffe to leave Eat Sleep Game, focus on mobile and browser dev
• This story is moving too fast, but Double Fine is being awesome again
• UMD Passport program not coming to North America
• Say goodbye to PSN, say hello to SEN