That Video Game Podcast

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Cameraman: Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 1:13:43
Music: Chiptuned Rockman

We only talk a little bit about Borderlands this week, with the rest of our time taken up with Left 4 Dead 2, the Williams Collection, WET, Forza 3, Katamari Forever, Ratchet and Clank: A Crack In Time, and a small snippet about Assassin’s Creed 2.

• October NPDs!
• Diablo III is never, ever coming out
• GameStop wants to sell you DLC a little bit differently
• Buy a DSi on Black Friday, get some free DSiWare games
• PSP adhocParty leaving Japan, wandering the world
• Australian Attorney General explains his whims and ways
• Trials developer put their own game on BitTorrent sites
• No More Heroes coming to Xbox 360 and PS3

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Special Guest: Shawn Isley
Running Time: 1:12:09
Music: Katamari Forever (PS3)

We kick this week off with some talk about Modern Warfare 2 (the night vision goggles get talked about a little later), Brutal Legend, Torchlight, Borderlands (just a little), WET, The Williams Collection, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed: The Ultimate Sith Edition, the PS3 NetFlix disc, and Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack In Time.

• Borderlands’ first DLC announced, has an island full of zombies
• EA buys social media game developer Playfish, spends a metric ton of money…
• …and announces layoffs and game cancellations

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Special Guest: Brad Fellers
Cameraman: Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 1:07:45
Music: Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong’s Double Trouble

We manage to have not only four people on the show this week, but all four of us have been playing Borderlands! We also chat about Fallout 3, Forza 2, Pure, Madden 10, Shadow Complex, Torchlight, and Ratchet & Clank: A Crack In Time.

• Nintendo announces a new DSi the DSi LL / XL
• Nintendo also interested in a Kindle-like 3G service for the DSi
• Nokia, sadly, kills the N-Gage
• Microsoft starts their pilot program for Xbox Live Rewards
• Warren Spector denied Deus Ex license

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Cameraman: Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 1:18:35
Music: Starfox (SNES)

You wanted to hear about Borderlands, so we deliver! Actually, it’s really sunk its teeth into both Knobs and I, so we only played Demon’s Souls, Ratchet and Clank: Quest for Booty, and Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack In Time otherwise.

• NetFlix HD streaming coming to the PS3! Get your disc here.
• PS2 celebrates its 9th birthday
• Army of Two sequel to get a preorder multiplayer mode
• We talked about a rumor that Nintendo might release a new DSi that Nintendo actually did the next day
• Kojima talks more about Zone of the Enders 3 future plans

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Cameraman: Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 1:30:57
Music: Final Fantasy VIII

Other than plums, we talk about the Williams Collection, Rock Band, Borderlands, Demon’s Souls, Critter Crunch, and Uncharted 2: Among Thieves this week.

• September NPDs!
• RUMOR: Nvidia possibly gets deal to produce chips for a new DS
• Postal worker (with an awesome name) steals tons of Gamefly games
• Modern Warfare 2 PC doesn’t support dedicated servers, internet explodes
• Death Rally released for free
• Psychonauts clairvoyant database

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Cameraman: Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 55:58
Music: BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger

Though I’m under the influence of antibiotics, we still have an episode! We chat about Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection, [PROTOTYPE], the Lucidity demo, Demon’s Souls, Critter Crunch, Uncharted 2, and maybe a little bit of Dragon Ball Z.

• Sony commercial for Uncharted 2
• Oddworld games getting a second chance
• Captain Lou Albano passes away

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Hosts: Michael "Boston" Hannon and John "Knobs" Knoblach
Cameraman: Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 1:23:09
Music: Psychonauts (Xbox/PS2/PC)

We start TVGP Plays Psychonauts today, but before that we talk about [PROTOTYPE], King of Fighters XII, Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection, Battlefield 1943, Madden 10, Scribblenauts, SMT: Persona, and Demon’s Souls.

• Rocket Knight/Sparskter set to return
• Wii Update 4.2 bricking some consoles

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Cameraman: Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 1:04:38
Music: Heimdall (Sega CD)

Ryan’s back! To celebrate, we talk about a metric ton of games, like Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, Wanted: Weapons of Fate, Gears of War 2, [PROTOTYPE], Peggle, Left 4 Dead (Crash Course, specifically), Eternal Chapmions: Challenge from the Dark Side, Heimdall, Trials HD, Battlefield 1943, Final Fantasy IV, the Forza 3 demo, Star Ocean: The Last Hope, Shin Megami Tensei: Persona, Ghostbusters, and Planescape: Torment.

• TGS 2009: Super Street Fighter IV announced
• TGS 2009: Resident Evil Alternative Edition announced
• The Wii price cut totally happened…
• …but the UMD conversion program totally isn’t

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and John “Knobs” Knoblach
Cameraman: Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 1:06:04
Music: Final Fantasy Legend II (Gameboy)
Pre-show video: YouTube

Ryan couldn’t make it this week, but Knobs and I talk about Tiger Woods 10, Left 4 Dead, Overlord 2, Wanted: Weapons of Fate, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, Scribblenauts, Dissidia: Final Fantasy, Madden 10, and Star Ocean: The Last Hope.

• Soinc returning to two dimension in Project Needlemouse
• Sega leaks meetings of a Sony meeting, tons of new info
• Blur delayed to 2010

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and Brad Fellers
Cameraman: Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 1:47:45
Music: Tetris (Gameboy)
Pre-show video: YouTube

We made it to 100 episodes! Brad decides to leave us this week (don’t worry, TVGP will continue), but we send him off in style talking about Trials HD, Madden 10, NCAA 10, World of Warcraft, Battlefield 1943, Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy IV (DS), Madden 10, Fuel, and Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2.

• August NPDs!
• RUMOR: Toys ‘r Us lists a $200 Wii
• Courtney Love sues Activision over Kurt Cobain’s appearance in GH5
• Skate 3 launches May 2010
• Activision CEO wants to “take all the fun out of developing video games”
• Dutch retailer Nedgame refuses to sell the PSPGo