Show #73 – The Year 198X

Squadron of Shame member and resident curmudgeon Feenwager joins in on the explodive fun this week. We talk downloadable taxes, lesbian rights on Xbox Live, the brilliance of Flower, and Feen gives us a blast from the past in the form of Sly Cooper. Also, see if we discuss your favorite game from 1988!

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Show #72 – Here Comes a New Challenger

The time foretold by prophecy has arrived! We are thrilled to welcome our first guest host from the Squadron of Shame, Regulus! Join us as we discuss the greatest of Street Fighter IV, Reg’s fascination with Eve Online, DICE news bites, and the best games from 1987.  We also coin the term House of the Dead Space. You heard it here first!

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Show #71 – GOTY from… ’86?

We debut a new feature and take a look at some games from 1986, the year of Mike’s birth. We also talk some old Sega games and Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. Also, it’s that time of the month! NPDs are here at last!

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Show #70 – Remember Killzone 1?

It’s been a demoriffic week, and we’re here to discuss it. Join us for our impressions of the demos for Killzone 2, Halo Wars, Phantasy Star Portable, and A Vampire Story. Also, it’s not a demo, but we now own copies of Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3. EA announced a whole bunch of stuff, Left 4 Dead DLC is (sorta) revealed, and Ajguy laments some sad Fallout 3 news.

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Show #69 – Whooooo!

Get ready to ride Space Mountain as it would be in an alternate version of the world where nuclear bombs don’t exist and dolphins wear lasers. Yes, Ric Flair will be in the Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 expansion, Uprising. We also talk about a lot of games, including the Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War II multiplayer beta, Fallout 3’s Operation: Anchorage DLC, and the Resident Evil 5 demo. And guess what? There’s more Burnout news.

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Show #68 – That’s My Kaz

So I finally decided to put the show names in the feed. I bet you didn’t even know we used clever names. Anyway, with 2008 now behind us, it’s time to look to the exciting future of 2009. Join as we discuss what games of 2009 get us all excited. We also get into some more Burnout news, discuss the amazing new Home cafe, and look at some quotes from everyone’s favorite Sony exec.

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Show #67 – Game of Last Year

In a suprise move, we reveal our number 2 and 1 picks for our favorite games of 2008. Did you figure them out yet? We also have Decembers epic NPD numbers. Massive DLC announcements and a kickass sith Obi Wan round out the rest of the show.

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Show #66 – All Good Things

A sad day indeed as we discuss the massive layoffs at 1UP.com and the end of Electronic Gaming Monthly. There is some happy news, though! Criterion reveals more awesome cars, Gears maps become available, and we reveal our number 3 picks for Game of the Year.

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Show #65 – I’ll Get You Next Time!

The countdown continues. Not a lot of news, so we talk the 4th best game(s) of 2008, iPhone gaming, and Persona. It’s all very epic, we assure you.

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Show #64 – What n00bs!

It’s an exciting week. Chris joins us to discuss the Spike TV Video Game Awards. He then sticks around to join us in our countdown to our individual Game of the Year awards. This week we start off at number 5. Some news, tales of iPhone gaming, and a look at supposedly disappointing games round out the rest of the last show of 2008!

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