That Video Game Podcast

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Running Time: 1:06:34
Music: Dead or Alive 2

We’re 2/3s TVGP this week and we chat about Borderlands, Left 4 Dead 2: The Sacrifice, (a lot of) Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, and Sonic 4 Episode 1.

• The next Starcraft 2 expansion might…take a while
• Four more Marvel vs. Capcom 3 characters announced
• Lord of the Rings Online doubles revenue after moving to free to play
• Classic X-Men arcade game coming to XBLA and PSN!
• A sequel to Castlevania: Lords of Shadow may be in the works
• NPD regrettably not providing free sales numbers
• GT5 delayed…again….again
• Split/Second coming to PSP November 16th, has new stuff!

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Cameraman: Ryan Pratt
Special Guest: Brad Fellers
Running Time: 2:26:58
Music: Castlevania: Lords of Shadow

Brad joins us this week for a marathon episode, including Halo: Reach, World of Warcraft, FIFA 11, Minecraft, Forza 2, Borderlands, Left 4 Dead 2, Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep, Plants vs. Zombies, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, PixelJunk Eden, Wii Sports Resort, Trials HD, Madden 11, Skate 2, Escape From Butcher Bay, Mass Effect 2, Nier, and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game.

• Medal of Honor devs rename the Taliban
• Valve starts using the Steam Wallet, but not in the way we thought
• 3DS fights piracy with automatic firmware updates
• OnLive announces they’re doing alright, drops the monthly charge
• TVGPSA: Costume Quest releasing Oct. 20th
• NYCC: Sega announces Captain America: Super Soldier
• NYCC: X-Men Destiny Announced
• Borderlands GOTY gets early access to Duke Nukem Forever demo and other mysterious goodies
• Best Buy charging $30 to set up PS3s

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Running Time: 1:18:59
Music: Valkyria Chronicles

It’s been a busy few weeks here, so we only chat about The Williams Collection, Borderlands DLC, Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep, and Mass Effect 2. We have plenty of news stories and emails this week, though!

• GOG dies, wises from the gwave
• Christopher Nolan planning an Inception game in the next few years
• Stan Lee sticks up for games
• PC/PS3 version of Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light launches sans online co-op also
• Steve Wiebe reclaims Donkey Kong record!
• Final details/pricing for 3DS announced, along with a few other details
• Paul Barnett wants to re-release the Wing Commander series and we love him for it
• Uncharted 2 GOTY coming
• Metroid: Other M save file bug solution offered, has a slight catch
• Kotick / EA / Tim Schaefer dukeout
• EA delays NBA Elite 11, NBA Jam headed to PS3/360
• Beyond Good and Evil HD announced!

Also, visit this link to help Joe raise money for his local hospital while he plays games for 24 hours!

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Special Guest: John “Musim” Beauchamp from The Carousel Podcast
Running Time: 53:19
Music: Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage

We’re a little late this week, but Musim was kind enough to join us to chat about Lost Odyssey, Shadow Complex, Dragon Quest 9, Halo: Reach, The Williams Collection, Crackdown 2, Borderlands, Mass Effect 2: Lair of the Shadow Broker, Left 4 Dead 2, Split/Second, 3D Dot Game Heroes, Persona 3 Portable, and Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions.

Original Post: If you’re wondering where your regularly scheduled episode of TVGP went this week, well, Life Happened.  We’re still trying to record an episode, but full details and any updates will be in this forum thread.

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Cameraman: Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 1:29:31
Music: Super Mario Galaxy 2

Before we get buried under TGS stories, we chat our way through The Williams Collection, Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, Split/Second, Madden 11, Alpha Protocol, Bayonetta, and Mass Effect 2: Lair of the Shadow Broker.

• TGS: Re-release of Ico / Shadow of the Colossus finally confirmed
• TGS: Ninja Gaiden 3 announced
• TGS: Dead Rising 2 epilogue Case West announced
• TGS: Devil May Cry prequel, DmC
• TGS: Somehow a new Kinect-based Steel Battalion game is coming
• TGS: Shadow of the Damned
• TGS: Dead Space 2 miltiplayer looks like what we were hoping it was
• TGS: Valkyria Chronicles 3 coming to PSP
• TGS: For some reason the new Yakuza game has zombies in it
• TGS: Microsoft announces partnerships with five Japanese developers
• TGS: Square Enix talks about the Dissidia Final fantasy sequel, teaches us what Duodecim means
• TGS: More comfortable, Monster Hunter-focused PSP
• TGS: Sega announces Phantasy Star Online 2
• Valve and AMD team up to deliver Catalyst updates via Steam
• Valve also announces the Steam Wallet
• PSA: Demon’s Souls is now a Greatest Hits title
• Super Mario Bros. makes us feel old by turning 25 years old
• APB, unfortunately, will be shutting down
• Left 4 Dead comic, The Sacrifice, starts now

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Cameraman: Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 1:47:34
Music: Gears of War

Ryan’s back! We celebrate by talking about The Williams Collection, Crackdown 2 DLC, Spider-Man: Shattered Dimension, Shank, Alan Wake: The Signal, Madden 11, Split/Second, Halo: ODST, Altitude, Minesweeper, PixelJunk Eden, Alpha Protocol, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, Dragon Quest IX, and Persona 3 Portable.

• The rumors are true, Gearbox is bringing us Duke Nukem Forever
• We’ll let you do the math on the Borderlands level increase
• For a little bit, you could hack your PS3 with a smartphone
• There’ll definitely be giant ants in the new Earth Defense Force game
• PlayStation turns 15, Dreamcast turns 11

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Running Time: 1:13:49
Music: Dragon Quest IX (Symphonic)

We’re down a beard this week, but we talk about The Williams Collection, Crackdown 2, Borderlands, Alpha Protocol, the Vanquish demo, Red Dead Redemption, Dragon Quest IX, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, and Dead Rising 2: Case 0.

• PS3 Jailbreak released, blocked, then leaked
• Microsoft announces an Xbox Live price increase…
• …and a new d-pad redesigned controller with a hefty price tag
• Nintendo knocks off $20 on their current DSi offerings
• Split/Second DLC starts
• It’s the end of an era as AMD retires the ATI brand
• Borderlands GOTY edition (with map!) coming soon
• Chime releasing on PC with new Portal-themed level
• And Square Enix isn’t putting out Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep on the PSP Go

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Cameraman: Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 1:35:58
Music: 3D Dot Game Heroes

We manage to keep our brains on long enough this week to talk about The Williams Collection, Borderlands, Final Fight: Double Impact, Left 4 Dead, Alpha Protocol, Pokemon Diamond, Pokemon Trading Card Game, Tropico 3, Madden 11, Portal, Lane and Lynch 2, Monsters (Probably) Stole My Girlfriend, and Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light.

• Mass Effect 2 ‘Shadow Broker’ DLC coming early September
• Vanquish demo coming, like, next week
• DeathSpank sequel coming next month (!)
• ‘New’ Left 4 Dead DLC announced
• Amazon mysteriously drops XBLA game sales
• Crackdown 2 DLC announced and detailed (rocket boots!)

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Special Guest: Brad Fellers
Running Time: 1:31:43
Music: Bionic Commando (NES) and Bionic Commando Rearmed

Brad joins us this week to chat about Dead of Alive 4, Borderlands, The Williams Collection, Alpha Protocol, StarCraft II, Dragon Quest 9, Madden 11, Red Dead Redemption, and BlazBlue: Continuum Shift.

• Insomniac officially announces two new games
• Mass Effect 2 finally coming to PS3!
• Realtime Worlds is in a bit of financial trouble
• Red Faction: Battlegrounds announced
• Because I can’t help myself, more details about Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
• Castle Crashers coming to PSN, stop by their booth at PAX Prime to play the arcade machine!
• The new PSP2 rumors are even crazier than the last batch