That Video Game Podcast

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and Brad Fellers
Running Time: 1:13:45
Music: Mass Effect (360/PC)

A slow news week this week, but we find have plenty of games to talk about, starting with Left 4 Dead’s Survival Pack, Tetris Friends, Cogs, Raycatcher, Castle Crashers, Dragon Quest V, Shaun White Snowboarding, Rise of the Argonauts, and The Maw.

• March NPDs (the sky isn’t falling)

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and Brad Fellers
Running Time: 1:23:43
Music: Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3

Though the pre-show video recording turned out pretty badly (sorry!), we did talk about PGR4, Guitar Hero: Metallica, Valkyria Chronicles, Final Fantasy Tactics Advance 2, Pokemon Pearl, Penny Arcade Episode 2, Guilty Gear XX Accent Core+, Ikaruga, Puzzle Quest Galactrix, FLOCK!, and Dragon Quest V: The Hand of the Heavenly Bride.

• Netflix may be hiring to expand to other consoles
• First Assassin’s Creed 2 details!
• SquareEnix says that the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII is over for now
• Bioshock 2 gameplay trailer revealed
• Patapon 2 to be kind of download only

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and Brad Fellers
Monthly Special Guest: John “Knobs” Knoblach
Running Time: 1:07:15
Music: The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (GCN)

With plenty of self-induced technical issues, it’s a wonder we got through talking about Left 4 Dead, Crackdown, Bikini Samurai, The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai, Geometry Wars Retro Evolved 2, Red Alert 3, Madworld, PGR4, Ninja Gaiden 2, Peggle (PC), Valkyria Chronicles, Final Fantasy Tactics Advance 2, Saints Row 2, Penny Arcade: On the Rain Slick Precipice of Darkness: Episode 2, Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure.

• Yu Suzuki “retires” from Sega
• The GameBoy celebrates its 20th birthday!
• Tales of Vesperia coming to the PS3
• More PSP2 rumors surface
• Rock Band Unplugged bundle and game details
• Will Wright leaves EA for his own company
• Amazon starts selling XBLA titles (and maybe PSN/WiiWare later)

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and Brad Fellers
Running Time: 1:16:21
Music: The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)

Even with the two of us in rare form, we manage to talk about Resident Evil 5, NCAA 09, Geometry Wars 2, Left 4 Dead, Thing Arena 3, Beyond Good and Evil, Far Cry, Rock Band: AC/DC, Fallout 3: The Pitt, Henry Hatsworth, and Professor Layton.

• Modern Warfare 2 announced at GDC
• Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time releasing this Fall
• A study reveals that video games might be good for your eyes
• The PS2 is a little cheaper now
• SquareEnix/Eidos buyout has been approved

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and Brad Fellers
Running Time: 1:35:34
Music: Katamari Damacy (PS2)

With Brad and I being under some rainy weather this week, we got into The Maw, PGR4, Ninja Gaiden 2, Left 4 Dead, MLB 2009 The Show, Peggle (XBLA), X-Blades, Retro Game Challenge, and Valkyira Chronicles.

• February NPDs
• GDC 2009: Wii SD Card Menu available now!
• GDC 2009: Nintendo bringing classic arcade games to the Wii
• GDC 2009: Four Final Fantasy games coming to Virtual Console and WiiWare
• GDC 2009: The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks heading to DS

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and Brad Fellers
Running Time: 1:35:34
Music: Breath of Fire IV (PSX)

We take our chances yet again with an open window here in the studio to talk about Rock Band: AC/DC, Resistance 2, Battlefield: Bad Company, Peggle (of the PC and XBLA varieties), Crystal Defenders, Bloody Fun Day, Retro Game Challenge, Valkyria Chronicles, and Fable 2.

• The DS sells over 100 million units worldwide
• First Bioshock 2 details revealed
• Capcom responds to the Resident Evil 5 Versus DLC backlash
• Lego Harry Potter and Indy 2 revealed
• Mass Effect 2 coming to PC, Xbox 360 in Spring 2010
• Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 coming to PS3

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and Brad Fellers
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Music: Final Fantasy VI (SNES)

No snappy intro here, because Brad has a ton of games he’s played this week! We talked about Legendary, Wheelman Vin Diesel’s Wheelman, Chronicles of Riddick: The Assault On Dark Athena, LittleBigPlanet, Rainbow Six: Vegas 2, MLB 2K9, Don’t S**t Your Pants, PGR4, Rock Band 2, Groov, Ninja Gaiden 2, Wanted: Weapons of Fate, Music Catch 2, Noby Noby Boy, Shopping Cart Hero, Killzone 2, Resistance 2, Prince of Persia: Epilogue, Retro Game Challenge, Rise of the Argonauts, and Fable 2. Whew!

• Amazon starts a game trade-in service, Gamestop upset

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and Brad Fellers
Running Time: 1:08:45
Music: Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations (NDS)

We take a few minutes off from staring at my new gigantic TV to talk about Guitar Hero: World Tour, LittleBigPlanet, Resistance 2, Left4Dead, Mass Effect, Rise of the Argonauts, Portal, Half-Life 2, and Retro Game Challenge.

• Kaz Hirai says that the PS3 is intentionally hard to program for
• Netflix to offer streaming-only subscription in the future
• Midway possibly looking to sell off Mortal Kombat
• Jimmy Fallon wants to talk a little bit more about games

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and Brad Fellers
Co-Host: John “Knobs” Knoblach
Running Time: 1:05:14
Music: Guilty Gear X Heavy Rock Track

Before the episode breaks down into giggling about innuendo, we managed to get through Afro Samurai, Left 4 Dead, H.A.W.X., Death Tank, Tiger Woods 07, Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis Collection, James Bond: Quantum of Solace, LittleBigPlanet, F.E.A.R. 2, Rock Band 2, Noby Noby Boy, Burnout Paradise, and Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero?. Also, we continue onto checkpoint 4 of Final Fantasy XII for the first TVGP Plays.

• Sony unveils a ton of new games at Destination Playstation 2009
• E3 2009 to bring back ‘glamor’ and ‘sizzle’, but do we need it?
• NPD analyst says that consumers prefer boxed copies over downloadable

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and Brad Fellers
Running Time: 1:08:12
Music: Einhander (PSX)

We’re a little tired and loopy this week, so we giggle our way through Halo 3, Flower, Fracture, Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis Collection, Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero?, and Left 4 Dead.

• January NPDs!
• Konami and Harmonix doing the lawsuit shuffle
• SquareEnix wants to buy Eidos?