TD Gaming Podcast 88: We Love Carebear Servers

September 16, 2008September 16, 2008| schommerschommer| 0 Comment| 10:48 am
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This weeks gaming podcast covers a bunch of hot topics along with a bit of gaming history. We take a flashback look at Tapper, a great arcade classic and we’ll hit up some popular news articles:

This weeks history covers the Havok physics engine and we stand upon our soap box and talk about the rumor Starcraft 2 will arrive after Diablo 3 hits the store shelves.

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