That Video Game Podcast

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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?

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Hosts: Michael “Boston” Hannon and Brad Fellers
Running Time: 55:11
Music: Final Fantasy Tactics (PSX)

We got a rare warm day here at the TVGP Studios, so we had to tear ourselves away from the sunshine to talk about some games. We chatted about the Halo Wars demo, the Original Halo, 3-on-3 NHL, Galax-E-Mail, The Maw, Burnout Paradise, Ben There, Dan That, and Tiger Woods 07. We also spend a bit more time talking about the second checkpoint in TVGP Plays…Final Fantasy XII

• Battlefield 1943 announced!
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 also announced
• And you’ll be smacking around zombies with giant, oversized cell phones in Dead Rising 2