That Video Game Podcast

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and Brad Fellers
Cameraman: Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 59:32
Music: Final Fantasy Tactics (PSX)

Even though Brad is loaded with DayQuil, we blather through Batman: Arkham Asylum, Trials HD, WET demo, Section 8 demo, Lost Planet 2 demo, Battlefield 1943, Madballs, Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy IV (DS), Dissidia: Final Fantasy, and FUEL.

• PAX 2009 didn’t have a lot of news stories, but there was a new Twisted Pixel game announced
• SquareEnix announces release date for Japan, tentative release date for the rest of the world
• Sony announces open casting for a new reality show, The Tester

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and Brad Fellers
Cameraman: Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 52:59
Music: Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Genesis)

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All of us this week are under the effects of Dreamcast (even AlmightyTooth!), but we bumble our way through Madden 10, the Dirt 2 demo, Comix Zone, Altered Beast, Killzone 2, Final Fantasy 7, Final Fantasy 4, and Dissidia: Final Fantasy.

• God of War remakes coming to PS3 this Fall

Also, the two videos I mentioned in the episode are the MLB 2K9 one and and the $299 one

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and Brad Fellers
Cameraman: Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 56:06
Music: Zombies Ate My Neighbors (Genesis/SNES)

Pre-Show Video: YouTube

After my crushing defeat playing Madden 10 in the pre-show video, we chat about Peggle, Tiger Woods 10, Madden 10, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dave & Busters, Shadow Complex, Ghostbusters, BlazBlue, the Wet demo, and The Sims 3.

• Blizzcon 2009: World of Warcraft: Catalysm announced
• Blizzcon 2009: Diablo 3’s Monk announced
• RUMOR: Xbox 360 general price drops
• Quake Live adds support for OS X and Linux

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and Brad Fellers
Cameraman: Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 1:15:09
Music: Megaman 2 (NES)

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Not only do we have a bevvy of potential titles this week (check the outtakes), we talk about Crysis, Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, Gears of War 2, Tiger Woods 10, Call of Duty 4, Peggle Nights, SMT: Devil Survivor, Tales of Vesperia, Killzone 2, and Shadow Complex.

• July NPDs
• No more monster closets in Rage
• Quake Arena Arcade and Doom 2 coming to XBLA
• Quake Live to have optional subscription service
• PS3 Slim unveiled at a much cheaper price
• PS3 FW 3.0 revamps the XMB
• Sony announces PSP Minis
• Register your PSPGo early, get Tran Turismo PSP for free
• Fable 3 announced, coming in 2010
• Fable 2 gets chopped up

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and Brad Fellers
Co-Host: John “Knobs” Knoblach
Cameraman: Ryan Pratt
Running Time: 53:57
Music: We <3 Katamari (PS2)

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We’re all a little tired and a tad unprepared this week, but we still have a ton of fun talking about Fuel, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, Gears of War 2, Lumines Supernova, Rez HD, Batman: Arkham Asylum, SMT: Devil Survivor, Little King’s Story, Tales of Vesperia, BlazBlue, ‘Splosion Man, Monkey Island SE, and Christmas.

• Brutal Legend lawsuit finally settled
• Buy a copy of Guitar Hero 5, get a free copy of GH: Van Halen
• Grin officially closes

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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)

Pre-Show Video: YouTube

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

Pre-Show Video: YouTube (HD available)

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