That Video Game Podcast

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Cameraman: Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 1:33:57
Music: Vagrant Story

I, regrettably, don’t have any witty introduction for us talking about God of War III, Nation Red, Katamari Forever, Command & Conquer 4, Hexic, Battlefield 1943, Mass Effect 2, Final Fantasy XIII, and Game Room. Also, plenty of high-fives.

• Nintendo promises the new DS will bring 3D on the bus
• Ryan demands that Heavenly Sword gets dropped to $20. I…I really don’t have a link for that.
• Left 4 Dead 2: The Passing full of features, zombies
• GameCrush claims to be a dating site, may be a little different
• New 360 hard drive out now, actually
• Fable III will be episodic, has an in-game interface for buying all that stuff
• I’m still not sure how a gamer broke his hand playing God of War III
• Happy 5th Birthday, PSP!

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Cameraman: Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 1:50:38
Music: Yoshi’s Island

We mourn the passing of Knobs’ 360, chat about God of War III, Nation Red, LittleBigPlanet, Puzzle Fighter, Battlefield 1943, Realm of the Mad God, and Final Fantasy XIII.

• February NPDs!
• You may have already bought BioShock 2’s DLC
• Holy crap, Crackdown 2 finally gets a release date!
• Batman: AA GOTY comes to NA with 3D support
• The DS2rumors continue to build
• Wait, there’s a Kane and Lynch movie? And the stars have already been picked?
• Brad’s Adobe Hair Technology finally becomes a reality

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Cameraman: Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 1:21:19
Music: Altered Beast

This week we talk about 90s music, Dark Void, Chime, Dante’s Inferno, Jurassic: The Hunted, Battlefield 1943, Trials HD, Mass Effect 2, Heavy Rain, The Beatles: Rock Band, the Blur beta, Final Fantasy XIII, and checkpoint #3 in TVGP Plays: Half-Life 2.

• GDC 2010: Sony unveils the Playstation Move
• GDC 2010: OnLive launches June 17th
• GDC 2010: Capy announces Clash of Heroes for XBLA / PSN
• GDC 2010: Rock Band 3 surprisingly coming out this year
• We judge the new Sonic 4 details
• Shockingly, Ubisoft’s DRM servers had a little downtime, maybe were hacked
• Portal 2 announced! Also, we reminisce about the BBS days
• Scribblenauts 2 announced, Boston is too excited about adjectives
• Sony files a patent for eroding game demos

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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