That Video Game Podcast

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Running Time: 2:05:34
Music: Einhander

Even though we’re short one person this week we manage to record the longest episode yet! We talk about Borderlands: The Secret Armory of General Knoxx, Heavy Rain, Red Faction: Guerrilla, and the second checkpoint in TVGP Plays Half-Life 2.

• General Infinity Ward Craziness
• It was a quiet weekend for PS3 phat owners
• Portal gets a patch, internet detectives solve the mystery
• Avalanche CEO says more games should be cancelled
• The PS2 is ten years old
• Rock Band Network launched this week
• Itigaki starts talking again, starts a new studio

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Running Time: 1:23:36
Music: Bioshock 2

Even though the snow threatened to stop us, we still manage to chat about Dirt, Bayonetta, Chime, Borderlands: The Secret Armory of General Knoxx, Ninja Blade, Heavy Rain, Left 4 Dead, and the Williams Collection. And the perfect recipe for mashed potatoes?

• Nintendo holds a Spring Conference
• Criterion developer says modern FPSs are f-ing boring
• Men are buying less movie tickets, Xbox is to blame?
• We have killed an insane number of zombies in Left 4 Dead 2

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Special Guest: Brad Fellers
Cameraman: Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 1:46:22
Music: Half-Life 2

TVGP Alumni Brad joins us this week to talk about Mass Effect 2, Indigo Prophecy, DiRT, Serious Sam HD, Chime, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, Mass Effect, Bioshock 2, MegaMan 2, Plants versus Zombies, and Rise of the Triad.

• Microsoft and Sony unveil plans for their networks on mobile phones
• RUMOR: DS2 is in the hands of developers, is pretty awesome
• Darksiders gives you a healthy taste of the game
• GameFan relaunching in mid-March
• Bobby Kotick shuts down a studio, then insults them

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Special Guest: John “AlmightyTooth” Blake
Cameraman: Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 1:19:09
Music: Sonic 3 & Knuckles (Genesis)

The TVGP Recording Curse strikes again, chewing up our recording and spitting it out. We do manage to chat about Mass Effect 2, Star Trek Online, The Williams Collection (only a little, I promise!), Street Fighter IV, Resident Evil 5, Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10, Left 4 Dead 2, Serious Sam HD, Chime, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, Darksiders, Bioshock 2, and Mass Effect. Whew!

• Microsoft’s X10 Conference starts as we start recording
• I love ’em, you love ’em, it’s January NPDs!
• The original Xbox Live being discontinued on April 15th
• BlazBlue: Continuum Shift coming to consoles…sometime

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Cameraman: Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 1:29:30
Music: Megaman 4 (NES)

Back in the studio again, we chat our way through Mass Effect 2, Trials HD, Madden 10, Mass Effect, Darksiders, Mass Effect: Galaxy, Assassin’s Creed 2: The Battle of Forli, KrissX, and Chime.

• Capcom to change outsourcing strategy
• Games kiosk comapny, e-Play, suspends operations
• God of War III releasing in March
• Project Needlemouse fully unveiled
• Fable 3 to reinvent game mechanics
• Sony working hard on PS1/PS2 digital releases

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Cameraman: Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 1:27:44
Music: Final Fantasy Tactics A2

Snow strikes again, but the magic of Skype helps us talk about Serious Sam HD, Shadow Complex, Mass Effect 1 and 2, Trials HD, Madden 10, Darksiders, Final Fantasy VIII, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.

• Ubisoft announces brand new and highly controversial DRM scheme
• Microsoft claims that Microsoft Points were never meant to mislead people
• Warner Bros. looking to the Mortal Kombat movie ‘franchise’

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Running Time: 1:05:45
Music: Persona 3 Portable (PSP)

This week Knobs 1000 points Williams Collection and kicks his habit, and we chat about Heavenly Sword, Serious Sam HD, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, inFAMOUS, Final Fantasy VIII, and Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes.

• December NPDs
• NetFlix streaming coming to the Wii
• Rumor: Sony’s motion controller may be called ‘Arc’, though it definitely is delayed
• There will definitely be a Crackdown 2 demo. I can also see my house from here.

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Running Time: 1:32:27
Music: Final Fantasy Legend 2 DS Remake

No pre-show video this week. We explain at the beginning of the show. We should have one next week!

We chat about quite a few games this week, but we start with Knobs’ waning addiction to the Williams Collection, Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond, Gears of War 2, Darksiders, DIRT, inFAMOUS, Shatter, Allods Online, Wii Fit Plus, EA Sports Active, and Final Fantasy VIII.

• Microsoft unveils Game Room for 360/PC at CES…
• …and have a few more details about Natal
• TVGP PSA: Nintendo no longer shipping Metroid Prime Trilogy
• Ubisoft announce plans for the upcoming fiscal year

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Cameraman: Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 1:50:58
Music: Borderlands: Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot

No pre-show video this week due to inclement weather.

During our vacation, we spent our time wisely playing far too many games! The giant list encompasses Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond, Brutal Legend, Left 4 Dead 2, Shadow Complex, Borderlands: Mas Moxxi’s Underdome Riot, Williams Collection, FUEL, Modern Warfare 2, Scene-It!, Ninja Blade, Tales of Vesperia, God of War Collection, Katamari Forever, God of War III demo, Dante’s Inferno demo, Army of Two: 40th Day demo, Pinball FX demo, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes, Dragon Age: Origins, MagnaCarta2, Torchlight, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and Muramasa: The Demon Blade. Whew!

• Sega says they’re planning fewer Mature titles for the Wii…
• …and Capcom agrees
• Real man beats a fake Frogger record
• A new NBA Jam game is rumored to be in development
• And a new DS with a different control scheme

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Cameraman: Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 43:00

We looked back at 2009 last week, so we’re looking forward at what 2010 might have in store (with some help from the TVGP community) on this week’s episode. We also take a hilarious look back at how wrong our predictions were last year.