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In this, laid back, two-man show, we chat about why Super Mario Galaxy is a technical game, games to play with pissed off wives, blindness and UI design and more.  35min. / 33mb Music is Impromptu in A by DoKashiteru . Bob Fosse & Billie Jean

We brainstorm about how viral mechanics could be used to improve games and chat about a few other things as well (and veer off into a conspiracy-theory sounding segment).  38 mins. / 35mb African-Americans and medical experiments African fear of Western medicine Parasitic mind control Music is 'sometimes' by airtone .

We talk to Dr. Brad Duchaine about prosopagnosia, AKA face blindness, which is the inability to recognise faces, be they of colleagues or loved ones.  It's a more common problem than you'd think. 36 min. / 39 MB   Cambridge Face Memory test www.faceblind.org  Bill Choisser's faceblindness site Martha Farah Jim Tanaka Charles Stross Music: Re-Acting by dr_gore2000

In a funny and candid interview, we speak to Mitch Gitelman, Director of First Party Game Development, Xbox Live Arcade, about his start in the industry, his time at FASA, the ups and downs of making Shadowrun and his work at Microsoft.  Pt. 1 of 2. With: Mitch Gitelman, Danjo, Someguy, Souldaddy Shadowrun (Wikipedia) Music: Lost In Translation by Aktar Aktar, Professor Kliq remix. 48 min. talk /...

We speak to Dr. Mark Griffiths, Director of the International Gaming Research Unit at Nottingham Trent University and find out some surprising facts about addiction and videogames. Music is 'Being a Man (Truth Mixture) by Scomber . With: Mark Griffiths, Danjo, Souldaddy 46 min. talk / 5 min. music  38 MB

Take an old SNES magazine, mix in Facebook and you get our special guest.  We also chat about AC/DC Live for Rockband, time limits in games and why WoW is divisive. With Jon, Someguy. Music is 'Bro l < en' by Loveshadow . Super Play magazine on Wikipedia 33 min. chat / 3 min. music / 30.3 MB

We interview Paul Kidby, who is now the artist for Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, but used to do cover art for videogames boxes and magazines. We chat to him about his career, how he works and more. (In the show  I forgot to mention Dirtbox and Messiac who both had their Qs asked.) With Paul Kidby, Souldaddy Music is 'The Annual New England Xylophone Symposium' by DoKashiteru . www.paulkidby....

We review the experience of playing Resident Evil 5.  (Sounds complex, but makes perfect sense when you listen.) With Danjo, Someguy, Souldaddy Music is 'Drugs of Choice (Rachel Maguire Remix)' by Daniel Fridholm 15 min. talk / 4 min. music / 14MB Resident Evil 5 on Wikipedia

Dave Green is the Communications Director of the London Games Fringe.  We chat to him about the Fringe, DLC, DRM, aliens in games and what his videogame super power would be. With The Dave Green, Souldaddy Music:'I Hate California (Suicide Music Limited Remix)', Suicide Music Ltd . 56 min. talk  / 5 min. music / 37.9 MB London Games Fringe Amiga Power Ringworld I was going to put a link to the Lon...

We chat to Alex Ashby, programmer for Beatnik games, about his game 'Plain Sight'.  We also discuss Street Fighter IV, Watchmen, Flower and more. With Alex Ashby, Mime-Danjo and Souldaddy Music is 'Seeding Time' by Astroglider 1hr talk / 4 min. music / 32.4 MB Links to things we chatted about: Plain Sight Beatnik Games Street Fighter IV Watchmen Picasso exhibition Flower Counter Strike Every Exten...

We talk about GTA IV expansion The Lost And Damned, Dawn of War II, Battle Royale and whether people actually play cheap Steam games. With Danjo, Souldaddy Music is Maenam by Jami Sieber 27 min. talk / 5 min. music / 20 MB The Lost And Damned Battle Royale Dawn of War II Gabe Newell's talk Email us

Ian Bogost is a videogame critic, designer and researcher, as well as an author.  We speak to him about how games can be used for activism and instruction, not 'just' having fun. With: Ian Bogost, Danjo, Someguy, Souldaddy 50 min. talk / 5 min. music / 27.3 MB Music is 'The Dreamer's Overture' by JT Bruce Links Bogost.com Persuasivegames.com Dawkins discussion Molyneux's problem Fast Food Nation M...

We discuss and brainstorm ways to improve Xbox Live matchmaking.  Email us your ideas to be read on air: hatchetjobshow@gmail.com With Danjo, Someguy, Souldaddy Music is 'Day & Night' by Charlie Bit Me (qpec) 37 min. talk / 5 min. music / 20.1 MB Links: TED talk with the money experiment We're taking questions for our next guest, I an Bogost , co-founder of Persuasive Games.

We chat to Siobhan Thomas, a games academic who believes there's tremendous potential for games companies to use people with learning disabilites as games testers and QA staff.   (Some Qs from GWJ .) With Danjo, Siobhan, Someguy, Souldaddy 33 min. talk / 5.30 min. music / 18.9 MB Music is 'Baked Chicken Heat' by Fireproof Babies Links Mencap London Southbank Uni. Game Cultures Ellingham Employment...

As part of our general catch up show, we chat to Tom Bramwell, Eurogamer.net editor.  Topics covered include recession and innovation, who benefits from 'exclusive reviews',  journalists and publishers being manipulated and Dawn of War II. With Danjo, Someguy, Tom Bramwell Music is 'Sad Robot' the Procacci remix Eurogamer.net Dawn of War II Mirror's Edge Email us

As part of our general catch up show, we chat to Tom Bramwell, Eurogamer.net editor.  Topics covered include the difference between US and UK journalists and the Resident Evil 5 demo. Pt.1 Eurogamer.net Rise of the Argonauts Resident Evil 5 Music is 'Cafe Connection' by Morgantj 29 min. talk / 3 min. music / 17 MB Email us

We discuss World of Warcraft, MMOs and RPGs with Devmani, AKA Randy, a hardcore MMO player who knows World of Warcraft about as well as anyone could.  (Part two. Includes ganking.) With Danjo, Devmani, Someguy, Souldaddy Music is 'Salty, Nascent, Just For Me' by Scott Altham 39 min. talk / 4 min. music / 20.7 MB World of Warcraft Eve Online Ultima Online Email us

We discuss World of Warcraft, MMOs and RPGs with Devmani, AKA Randy, a hardcore MMO player who knows World of Warcraft about as well as anyone could.  (Part one.) With Danjo, Devmani, Someguy, Souldaddy Music is 'Claytonia' by Thursday Group 28 min. talk / 8.30 min. music / 17.7 MB World of Warcraft Dungeons & Dragons Email us

We discuss Sam & Max on the Wii, Bill Bryson's 'A Short History of Nearly everything' and Niall Ferguson's 'The Ascent of Money'.  (I got all the maths wrong on Sam & Max.) With Danjo, Messiac (games dev lecturer), Someguy Music is 'Broken Stereo' by Sean Fournier 19 min. talk / 5 min. music / 11.7 MB Links Sam & Max Leisure Suit Larry Secret of Monkey Island A Short History of Nearly Everything T...

We discuss Elite, Virtual Learning Environments and using games for teaching. (But no Gundam.) With Danjo, Messiac, Someguy Music is 'Maroon Sedans, Earpieces, Sunglasses' by Romancito Links: Elite Elite downloads Ian Bell's site Frontier Virtual Learning Environments Email us

Can gamers be trusted to control NPCs in Left 4 Dead?  Or will they default to being unpleasant for the hell of it? With: Danjo, Someguy 16 min. chat / 3 min. music / 15.8 MB Music is 'The song of the Wandering Aengus' by Citizen Nyx . Email us

Wrapping up 2008, we talk about open worlds, remembering moments in games, what frustrated us and more. With Danjo, Someguy, Souldaddy Music is 'Ode to Odie' by the Kazoo Funk Orchestra 39 min. chat / 3 min. music / 20.3 MB Email us

Interview part 2 - Tristan is developing a game with Microsoft's XNA system. We talk to him about the quality of games, developed using XNA, on Xbox Live's Community Game section. With: Danjo, Someguy, Souldaddy Music is 'Emona 1' by Maya Filipič . Email us

Interview - Tristan is developing a game with Microsoft's XNA system and learning how to use it at the same time.  We ask what he thinks of XNA and how easy it is to use for non-technical people. Music is 'March (Funkenstein Monstermix)' by Duckett 18 min. chat / 4 min. music / 10.2 MB Email us

Interview - we talk to R. Hunter Gough, developer of In The Pit, an audio-only game in the Xbox 360's 'community games' section. Xbox Marketplace page for In The Pit - http://tinyurl.com/6kgp6m With: Danjo, Someguy, Souldaddy Music is 'Monster' by Ghostown 37 min. talk / 5 min. music / 20.1 MB Email us