That Video Game Podcast

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and Brad Fellers
Cameraman: Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 1:17:22
Music: Donkey Kong Country 2 (SNES)

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Ryan’s back this week to join part in another one of our loopy Exhaustedcasts, where we make it through talking about Phantasy Star Universe, BlazBlue, Battlefield 1943, The sims 3, Tales of Vesperia, Little King’s Story, SMT: Devil Survivor, and Bionic Commando.

• PS3 manufacturing costs down by around 70%
• Intrusive video ads added to Wipeuot HD, then removed

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and Brad Fellers
Running Time: 1:27:33
Music: Megaman X4 (PSX)

Brad and I are all alone this week, so we keep ourselves company by talking about Red Faction: Guerrilla, Dead Space, Battlefield: Bad Company, Battlefield 1943, Madden 10 Demo, Gears of War 2, Tales of Vesperia, Little King’s Story, and Rock Band: Unplugged.

• Comic-Con 2009 Coverage
• The Darkness sequel announced, but Starbreeze won’t be involved
• The ESRB turns 15 this week
• Ubisoft CEO breaks down piracy rates and possible solutions

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and Brad Fellers
Special Guest: Andrew Yoder, Programmer at Loose Cannon Studios
Cameraman: Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 1:12:31
Music: Super Mario World (SNES)

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Technical issues strike yet again, cutting off a part of the episode. The news stories that were cut out have links below. Worry not, though! We have our first interview with a developer, who was kind enough to take some time out to come chat with us. We also talk about a smattering of iPhone games, Crysis, Red Faction: Guerrilla, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, Super Mario Galaxy, BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger, Tiger Woods 10, Tales of Vesperia, SMT: Devil Survivor, and Little King’s Story.

• June NPDs
• Bill Harris’ in-depth NPD break
• Portable Xbox a matter of ‘when’, not a matter of ‘if’
• Valve might be interested in “crowd-funding” games
• Harmonix opens up the Rock Band track creation network

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and Brad Fellers
Cameraman: Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 1:20:10
Music: Secret of Mana (SNES)

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It was muggy as hell during the recording, so we sweated through Tiger Woods 10, Red Faction: Guerrilla, the Bigs 2 demo, Ghostbusters: The Game, Street Fighter IV, Bionic Commando, BlazBlue, and Overlord II.

• The Modern Warfare 2 Prestige Edition comes with freaking night vision goggles
• UFC president declares war on EA
• Bioshock 2 delayed until the first half of 2010
• Concept for a new Tomb Raider prequel leaks
• Fallout3 PS3 DLC delayed until September
• Heavy Rain also delayed until sometime in 2010 to escape the heavy Christmas season
• Plants -vs- Zombies looks to steal your life and eat your brains on other platforms
• LittleBigPlanet gets a “Game of the Year” edition
• MechWarrior series gets a reboot after a long 7-year wait

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and Brad Fellers
Cameraman: Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 1:05:07
Music: Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4

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Not only do we have a special voicemail from an awesome community member, we chat about the NCAA Football 10 demo, Halo Wars, Dead Space, Red Faction: Guerrilla, Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor, BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger, Overlord II, Brain Age, and Pokemon: Diamond.

• Harmonix thinks that future music games won’t use consoles

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and Brad Fellers
Cameraman: Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 1:14:34
Music: Chrono Cross (PSX)

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We’re a little loopy from the allergy medicine, but we still manage to talk about Tiger Woods 10, Forza 2, Braid, Street Fighter IV, Battlefield: Bad Company, Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner 2, Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor, Star Ocean: The Last Hope, Knights in the Nightmare, Overlord 2, Red Faction: Guerilla, and Dead Space.

• Rumor: Sony working on a PSP phoneagain?
• Blizzard won’t be including LAN play in Starcraft II
• The Pirate Bay goes legit
• Sony says the PS3 will get a price drop “when the time is right “
• Uncharted movie in development
• Sony patents Emotion Engine emulation technology for Cell processors

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and Brad Fellers
Cameraman: Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 55:08
Music: Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)

• GTA: Chinatown Wars to get a PSP release
• Activision claims they may have to stop supporting Sony
• Gamestop doesn’t think digital distribution will be an “adressable market” until 2014

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and Brad Fellers
Running Time: 1:07:00
Music: Jet Set Radio Future (Xbox)

Ryan returns this week and we chat about Final Fantasy 7, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10, Rock Band: Unplugged, Metal Gear Solid: Digital Graphic Novel, SMT: Devil Summoner 2, Red Faction: Guerrilla, Fuel, Dead Space, Shiren the Wanderer, and Trash Panic.

• May NPDs
• A small team is working on Mirror’s Edge 2
• Rumor: Sony adding an app store for the PSPgo

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and Brad Fellers
Running Time: 1:27:56
Music: Final Fantasy IV (DS version)

No Ryan this week, so we didn’t shoot any pre-show video, but we did talk about Forza 2, Rock Band: Unplugged, The Sims 3, SMT: Devil Summoner 2, Lostwinds, Red Faction: Guerrilla, Dead Space, Shiren the Wanderer (DS), Overlord 2 demo, and Final Fantasy IV: The After Years.

• Sony planning UMD to PSP transfer service
• Steam Community group boycotts Left 4 Dead 2. Valve responds.
• Microsoft discontinues “conffin” program

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and Brad Fellers
Cameraman: Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 1:23:13

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No games we’ve been playing, no releases, nothing but E3 this week! It’s all about the big show and the huge surprises.

• Microsoft: Beatles Rock Band, Tony Hawk Ride, Modern Warfare 2, Final Fantasy XIII, Shadow Complex , Crackdown 2, Left 4 Dead 2, Forza 3, Halo 3: ODST / Halo: Reach , Alan Wake, Joyride, Splinter Cell: Conviction , Facebook/Twitter/last.fm integration,
  Live Video Updates, Metal Gear Solid: Rising, Project Natal, Milo, Downloadable Xbox 360 games, New avatar stuff.
• Nintendo: New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Wii Fit Plus, New Mario Bros DS RPG, Golden Sun DS, New DSiWare Games, Wii Vitality Sensor, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Metroid: Other M.
• Sony: PSP Go!, Gran Turismo Portable, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, Resident Evil PSP, Final Fantasy VII (PSN), Uncharted 2, Agent, Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy XIV, Motion-sensitive controllers, ModNation, The Last Guardian, God of War III.
• EA: Need for Speed: Shift, Mass Effect 2, The Saboteur, Dragon Age: Origins, Brutal Legend, Madden 10, Star Wars: The Old Republic.
• Ubisoft: Red Steel 2,Shaun White Snowboarding: World Stage, Academy of Champions: Soccre, R.U.S.E., Your Shape, Rabbids Go Home, TMNT: Smash Up, Assassin’s Creed 2 gameplay.
• Random Other Games: Castlevania: Lords of Shadow