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Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about the Sony price drops, 3D technology, and a cavalcade of older games. Quick Hits Sony hardware price drops. Counter Strike: Global Offensive announced. Batman: Arkham City is 3D out the butt. Rapid Fire Mad Catz to re-publish Rock Band 3. FortressCraft makes a million. Amnesia sells 400,000. What’cha Been Playin’? Dennis: Hot Shots Golf. David: E.Y.E. Divine...

Kole and Ben talk about piracy, Final Fantasy Tactics, and why zombies are awful. Quick Hits Study: Correlation between review scores and piracy. North Korea farming MMO gold for nukes. GameFly to add Unlimited PC Play. What’cha Been Playin’? Ben: GTA: Ballad of Gay Tony. Kole: Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions. Cut the Rope Experiments. Fighting Fantasy: Deathtrap Dungeon. The Sims 3: Late...

Kole, Ben, and Dennis talk about the 3DS implosion, Catherine, and moral choices in games. Quick Hits Nintendo financial woes. EA Sports Season Ticket. Diablo 3 to auction items for real money. Rapid Fire Breath of Fire 4 on PSN. Machinarium on iPad. Final Fantasy Tactics on iPhone. What’cha Been Playin’? Ben: GTA: Ballad of Gay Tony. David: STALKER: Shadow of Pripyat. APB. Kole: Catherine. Sims 3...

Kole and Ben talk about the Mega Man Legends cancelation, the Humble Indie Bundle 3, and which games we evangelize. Quick Hits Capcom cancels Mega Man Legends 3. Humble Indie Bundle 3. GameCube games on WiiWare? What’cha Been Playin’? Ben: Modern Warfare 2, Duke Nukem Forever (Demo), Catherine (Demo), Shadow of the Colossus. Kole: Shadow of the Colossus, ‘Splosion Man, Final Fantasy XII. What’s on...

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about the PopCap acquisition, Catherine, and game replays. Quick Hits Electronic Arts buys PopCap. Minecraft Adventure Mode to debut. Modern Warfare 3 adds colorblind options. What’cha Been Playin’? Kole: Catherine (Demo), Tiny Tower, Breath of Fire III. Dennis: MediEvil, I am Monstar, Hear Me Roar, Mutant Alien Zombies, Ratchet and Clank: A Crack in Time, Assassi...

Kole, Ben, and Dennis talk about the Supreme Court ruling, Child of Eden, and Dead Nation. What’cha Been Playin’? David: Rift, Champions Online, Alan Wake. Ben: NOTHING. Dennis: Mass Effect 2. Kole: The Heist, Stickman Golf, Tiny Wings, Hot Springs Story, Pocket Academy, Breath of Fire III. What’s on Your Mind? Facebook and social gaming. Does the internet make you stupid? Microsoft promotional st...

Kole, Ben, and Dennis talk about the Supreme Court ruling, Child of Eden, and Dead Nation. Quick Hits Supreme Court rules in favor of games industry. LulzSec calls it quits. Team Fortress 2 and World of Warcraft go free to play. What’cha Been Playin’? Child of Eden. Darksiders. Magic: The Gathering – Dules of the Planeswalkers. Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune. inFAMOUS. Dead Nation.

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about disappointment, Terraria, and Cave Story. Quick Hits Disappointing details regarding the Wii U. May NPD sales numbers. LulzSec hacks game companies. Silent Hill Bonanza. What’cha Been Playin’? Terraria. Dead Nation. Prince of Persia. Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune. Red Dead Redemption. Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth. Cave Story. Discussion E3 Excit...

Kole, Ben, and Dennis talk about E3 press conferences, the Wii U, and obnoxious Japanese visual novels. E3 Lightning Hits Microsoft press conference. Electronic Arts press conference. Ubisoft press conference. Sony press conference. Nintendo press conference. Odds and ends. What’cha Been Playin’? New Super Mario Bros. Wii. Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood. Enslaved: Odyssey to the West. Dead Nation. W...

Kole and Ben talk about 9 Hours 9 Persons 9 Doors, Call of Duty Elite, and super spoil games with multiple endings. Quick Hits Call of Duty Elite. NGP -> PS Vita What’cha Been Playin’? L.A. Noire. Ghost Trick. 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors. Discussion Games with multiple endings (SPOILERS).

Kole, Ben, and Dennis talk some more about L.A. Noire, Enslaved, and all of the great games coming out this fall. What’cha Been Playin’? Portal 2. Dead Rising 2. L.A. Noire. Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective. Enslaved: Journey to the West. Discussion If you could only get one of this fall’s games, which would it be?

Kole and Dennis talk about Modern Warfare 3, L.A. Noire, and poorly reviewed games. This week’s music is “True(ItsGoneNowMix)” from OCRemix. Remix by Steve Pordon. Quick Hits Modern Warfare 3 leaked. Sony details “Welcome Back” plan. April NPD sales numbers. What’cha Been Playin’? L.A. Noire. Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood. Discussion Have you ever enjoyed a game despite poor reviews?

Kole and Dennis talk about the Smithsonian games exhibit, Mortal Kombat, and strategy guides. This week’s music is “The Sound of the Galaxy”, from OCRemix. Remix by Mattias Häggström Gerdt. Quick Hits Mass Effect 3 delayed to 2012. Smithsonian “The Art of Gaming” exhibit. Assassin’s Creed: Revelations. What’cha Been Playin’? Mortal Kombat. Planescape: Torment. Dead Rising 2. Discussion What is you...

Kole, Ben, and Dennis talk about the PSN outage, Sword and Sworcery, and more Portal 2. Quick Hits PSN Outage Timeline. Discussion How does the PSN outage and data breach affecting you? What’cha Been Playin’? Dead Rising 2. Portal 2. Limbo. Sword and Sworcery. Team Fortress 2. Half Life 2.

Kole, Ben, and Dennis tease you about Portal 2, Battlefield: Free, and the most we’ve anticipated games. What’cha Been Playin’? Portal 2. Killing Floor. Toki Tori. Amnesia: The Dark Descent. Penumbra: Overture. Machinarium. Castlevania: Lords of Shadow. Battlefield: Play for Free. Little Big Planet custom levels. I Want to Play a Game Who Are You? Discussion What game did you anticipate the most?