That Video Game Podcast

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Special Guest: Brad Fellers
Running Time: 2:28:44
Music: Megaman 10

Ryan can’t join us this week, but Brad fills in to talk about Splinter Cell: Conviction, the Halo Reach beta, Modern Warfare 2, Split/Second, Nation Red, BlazBlue, Dead or Alive 4, Left 4 Dead 2, Dante’s Inferno, Tecmo Bowl Throwback, Dragon Ball: Raging Blast, Super Street Fighter IV, Nostalgia, The Glowing Void, and The Scourge Project: Episode 1& 2.

We also finish up the last checkpoint of TVGP Plays Dead Space. Thanks again to everyone who participated!

• Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2 gets a release date
• God of War: Ghost of Sparta gets announced for PSP
• Starcraft 2 is pumping right into our veins July 27th
• GameCrazy shutting all stores, crazy deals incoming
• Black Wii coming to the US, Brad wants it bad
• RUMOR: six player HD Castlevania
• A developer says that piracy means games are too expensive
• DS sales surpass original Game Boy sales, the population of Japan

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Cameraman: Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 2:29:46
Music: Final Fight: Double Impact

In our super long episode this week, we cover Duke Nukem 3D, Left 4 Dead 2: The Passing, Tecmo Bowl Throwback, Dante’s Inferno, Split/Second Demo, Trials HD, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, The Impossible Game, Fruit Ninja, Sega & Sonic All-Stars Racing, The Scourge Project, Splinter Cell: Conviction, and Bayonetta.

• Violent video game law now hearing in the Supreme Court
• MLB.tv app is available on PSN
• Floppy production halted. Goodnight, sweet prince.
• Game Room releases maybe delayed
• Infinity Ward employees suing Activision for a boatload of money
• Activision Publishing CEO steps down
• And Bungie signs with Activision Blizzard

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Cameraman: Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 1:32:25
Music: Final Fight: Double Impact

SPOILER WARNING for our pre-show video.

Before we talk about TVGP Plays Dead Space, we chat about BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger, Red Faction: Guerrilla, Duke Nukem 3D, Final Fight: Double Impact, Trine, Modern Warfare 2, Mass Effect 2, Babeorella, Left 4 Dead 2: The Passing, and Bayonetta.

• TVGP PSA: don’t give your credit card number to PSN scammers
• March NPDs
• Capcom Captivate 2010
• A few more heroes and villans are rumored for Batman: AA 2
• New Steam UI update coming next week
• Ubisoft kills their printed game manuals
• Some Dreamcast games may come to XBLA?
• MechWarrior 4 has been cleared for release

Side note: I (Boston) mention in the show that Microsoft said they had sold four million Xbox 360s.  The number is actually forty million, which is a totally different ballgame.  Mea culpa.

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Cameraman: Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 1:33:52
Music: Jet Set Radio

Even though the ice cream truck stayed away this week, we talked about Dark Void, Unreal Tournament 2K4, Blur, Red Faction: Guerrilla, Duke Nukem 3D, Nation Red, Mass Effect 2, Brutal Legend, Bayonetta, Dirt 2, and Final Fight Double Impact.

• Kojima’s talkin’ about mechs! Could it be Zone of the Enders 3?
• Epic announces Gears of War 3 and Bulletstorm
• The Infinity Ward drama continues to unfold
• Have our wishes been granted? Is there a new Syndicate game in development?
• The original Xbox Live goes to greener pastures
• PC classic Descent coming to the Wii
• Blizzard’s WoW store is crazy brilliant

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Cameraman: Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 1:27:16
Music: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

In between tangents about classic PC games, we talk about Mass Effect 2, Wipeout HD, Chime, Dark Void, Geometry Wars 2, Duke Nukem 3D, Game Room, Red Faction: Guerrilla, Final Fantasy XIII, Brutal Legend, Patchwork Heroes, Cave Story, and Bayonetta.

• “GeoHot” claims to have a PS3 custom firmware, has video proof
• First issue of double sided GameFan should be in stores now
• Mechwarrior 4 release possibly being held by Microsoft
• Goozex adds retro games to their trading lists

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Cameraman: Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 1:19:53
Music: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and Mercenaries 2

The weather’s nice, so we’re a little loopy. We do manage to stave off the singing and talk our way through LittleBigPlanet, Shatter, Wipeout HD / Fury, UT99/UT2K4, Nation Red, Mass Effect 2, Torchlight, Final Fantasy XIII, Brutal Legend, Cave Story, Legendary Starfy,and MegaMan 10.

• Xbox 360s getting flash drive support for storage
• Man goes to PAX East, announces he’s stealing code, surprisingly gets busted
• Microsoft’s Game Room release plans announced
• People freak out about the PS3 3.21 firmware
• BioWare Bazaar starts up, confuses Boston
• After Burner Climax!
• Valve Time claims Left 4 Dead 2’s DLC
• Click this link and help Matt Crane out!