It’s the fabulous 250th Episode milestone, and this particular podcast features a major surprise for longtime listeners. Not only is this one of the funniest podcasts in a long while, but there’s plenty of show to go around, too. First, the Gaming Flashback checks out the classic shooter No One Lives Forever, while the Gaming History examines the infamous Gizmondo handheld gaming console.

As for the news:

• Hirai: Sony could be facing “serious trouble“
• Take Two CEO states “strong become stronger” with next-gen transitions
• Developer Starbreeze fears Syndicate may be “too hard“
• Oklahoma state rep wants 1% violent videogame tax
• Ubisoft cuts off legit players With DRM server migration

There’s no Question of the Week, but we’re definitely sure there will be plenty of comments for the podcast hosts.

For those of you good at math, you might notice that the TD Gaming Podcast is one episode away from a special number. While we have a surprise in store for loyal listeners, there’s still this week’s news to discuss. For starters, the classic Silent Hill 2 is the subject of the Gaming Flashback, even though none of the podcasters have gotten a chance to actually play it.

There’s also some interesting news to discuss, including:

• Christian group accuses The Old Republic of “warping kids” with pro-gay message
• Rumor: Next Harmonix project being released on XBLA, PSN, and Facebook
• EA Sports: SSX will bring extreme sports videogames back to prominence
• Xbox 720 rumors springing up like wildfire
• PS Vita continues to struggle in Japan
• SNK brings Neo*Geo back as a handheld

There’s plenty of Reader Feedback, but there’s no Question of the Week, because there’s a special episode coming up. Ooooh, what could it possibly be?

As the podcast approaches the magic 250th episode, Paul, Jordan and Jonah check out some of the big news that hit this week in the land of videogames, and in the Gaming Flashback, looked back at an all-time worst game, Superman 64.

This week’s news includes:

• ESA drops SOPA support (via Herr Alien)
• R18+ bill to be voted on by Australian Parliament on 7th February
• Vita sales continue to freefall in Japan
• Guild Wars 2 open beta this Spring, launching in 2012
• Starbreeze states they don’t look at games from a genre perspective anymore

All this and Reader Feedback, as well as the Question of the Week, “What do you look for in a sequel?”

Despite having multiple technical difficulties that were edited out of the podcast, Episode 247 is full of gaming discussion goodness, despite Paul’s constant declaration that companies are full of bullbleep.

This week’s gaming news includes:

• Bioware confirms Mass Effect 3 is Origin-only
• Electronic Arts passed $1B in digital sales in 2011
• The Lund Report for the December 2011 NPD
• Gaikai: Sony or Microsoft won’t have next-gen console
• Thief 4 rumored to have multiplayer
• Videogame industry companies shutting down to protest SOPA

This plus two reader mails and the Question of the Week, “What was the first multiplayer gaming you ever enjoyed?”

CES 2012 is going strong, as Jonah and Jordan do tonight’s podcast without Paul, who is packing for a trip. This week’s Gaming Flashback is the notorious Custer’s Revenge, and a punch of intriguing news and rumors comprise this week’s topics:

• Fallout MMO rights belong to Bethesda as Interplay settles
• Pachter sez there’s “zero chance” of PS4 at E3 2012
• Rumor: Next Xbox tablet-based?
• Rumor: Kaz Hirai to return as president of Sony
• Diablo III release held due to South Korea (from GameFront)

Plenty of Reader Feedback this week, which is good because we forgot to include a Question of the Week this time.

This week is double-stuffed full of goodness, with over two hours of podcast, as Jonah, Paul and Jordan cover not only the news of the last week, but also recap 2011, talking about games that pleased and disappointed them.

Aside from the biggest news of 2011, the current news items the gang listed to include:

• Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony all pull support from SOPA – sort of
• Wii U launch price expected to be $399
• Guitar Hero may return in 2012
• Judge ruling deals Silicon Knights a serious blow in suit against Epic Games
• FlatOut 3 dev calls Modern Warfare 3 a “beta“
• Bioware defends The Old Republic subscription model, teases free-to-play for older IPs

The podcast also received a ton of new Reader Feedback, while the Question of the Week is “Which would you rather game on – a handheld console or a mobile device?”

It’s the final podcast of 2011, as Jonah, Jordan and Paul will not be podcasting next week. However, there’s plenty of news, reader feedback and a Gaming Flashback of the terrible PlayStation One game, Irritating Stick.

The news for this week includes:

• EA selling virtual car for $100 in NFS World
• Modern Warfare 3 beats Avatar
• Naughty Dog: Move to next-gen is “terrifying“
• Star Wars: The Old Republic sales could already be 1.5M
• Man sues Sony for ToS update forbidding suing
• Nintendo only showing E3 Wii U demos at CES 2012

The question of the week is “What game are you most interested in for 2012?” Let us know what you think, and see you in 2012.

The latest episode, which is on the short side after having a really long one two weeks ago, sees Paul returning from the flu with somewhat of a shady attitude this week. Meanwhile, the Gaming Flashback is the 1976 coin-op arcade game Blockade.

The news for this week includes:

• Gabe Newell teases something for E3 2012 with a “3” in it
• Richard Garriott working on Ultima successor
• Microsoft includes “do not class action sue us” clause for Xbox Live
• Bizarre circumstances surround GSC Game World

All that plus Reader Feedback and the Question of the Week, “What was your favorite handheld game?”

This week features a long podcast, as there’s a ton of news to report. Jonah tries air quotes on a pure audio podcast, while Paul refuses to believe The Legend of Zelda: Skyword Sword failed to hit the top 10 in software sales.

In addition, the Gaming Flashback checks out the JRPG Ys.

This week’s news includes:

• Ubisoft polling gamers for next Assassin’s Creed setting
• Electronic Arts bans a user for saying “badass”
• Newell: Piracy is “almost always a service problem” and not price, DRM agitates
• Christwire makes mock petition asking Pres. Obama ban Skyrim
• Holiday shopping madness sees woman pepper spraying for 360
• Microsoft refunds victims of Marketplace phishing scam

All this, and a bunch of reader feedback, as well as the Question of the Week: “Did you buy videogames as holiday gifts for friends and family?” Let us know.

It’s the episode just before Thanksgiving, and both Jordan and Paul have new jobs, as the latter settles into his new Los Angeles home. This week’s Gaming Flashback is the Atari 2600 game Kaboom!

The guys also discuss the following news items:

• EA targeted for class action suit over Battlefield 3 PS3 bait and switch
• Modern Warfare 3 makes $775M in 5 days
• Square-Enix officially opens Montreal studio
• Blockbuster has “ramped up the rental” of games, getting an “awful lot of support”
• Rockstar eager to return to Bully IP

The question of the week: “How do you buy games most often these days: retail, online retailer, or digital distributor?”

This week, Paul is too busy unpacking in his new home in California, so it’s just Jonah and Jordan, as the news mainly deals with DRM. The Gaming Flashback this week is the Activision racer The Great American Cross-Country Road Race, while this week’s Gaming History doesn’t focus on a video game company or developer, but a fictional character instead, Mario’s favorite mount, Yoshi.

The news this week includes:

• EA forum bans cause game bans
• Research film states piracy’s up 20% in past 5 years
• GOG sez customers hate DRM
• Steam user database cracked
• Uncharted 3 launches with 1.1M sold in first week

All that plus Reader Feedback and the Question of the Week, “What DRM would you tolerate?”

This week’s episode is also abbreviated, as Jordan is somewhere in Pennsylvania looking for a gingerbread house while Paul is still trying to pack his entire NES library into a single suitcase. Jonah and Paul still got in enough time to do a Gaming Flashback on Thief: The Dark Project, and the following news items:

• Steam forums hacked
• Xbox 360 failure rate down to 10%
• Sony revamps< PSN sharing policy
• BioWare and EA send cease-and-desist order to NeoGAF over Mass Effect 3 spoilers

All this and Reader Feedback, too, as well as a new Question of the Week, “If you have the opportunity to read or view a highly anticipated game’s story months before it was released, would you do it or would you deliberately turn it away to preserve yourself from spoilers?” Let us know!

This week’s episode is abbreviated due to Paul’s move to California, and various Halloween delays. That’s not to say there’s no great stuff in the show, as there are some big debates about privacy and bugs.

The news this week includes:

• Electronic Arts insists that Origin is not spyware
• Rumor: Grand Theft Auto V to be download only?
• Dev: Sword of the Stars II is a “turnip“

All that, and Paul feels older thanks to the Reader Feedback.

Question of the Week this time is non-videogame related: What’s your favorite vacation spot?

A microphone issue during the podcast made Jonah’s voice thin and tinny. That, and Paul not in the podcast, flying to California to enjoy Disneyland, makes this an episode to forget. It’s unfortunately, since it’s one of the better podcasts in terms of content. The Gaming Flashback this week is Leisure Suit Larry in The Land of the Lounge Lizards.

The news this week includes:

• Netflix drops Qwikster
• Xbox 720 popping up on LinkedIn resumes
• 320GB hard drive announced for Xbox 360
• Rocksteady: Superman “bad fit” for videogame
• Bethesda: We were “forced” to sue Mojang

We also received some great Reader Feedback as well. Next week, we promise to have great sound – or at least not so tinny.

Paul crows about Nintendo’s dominance over the ColecoVision and Dreamcast, while Jonah and Jordan reminisce about this week’s Gaming Flashback, Electronic Arts’ Barnstorming for the Atari 2600.

The news also includes the following topics:

• Duke Nukem Forever review fiasco
• Harrison: Apple will be the games industry in 10 years
• Tretton: No need for PS4, PS3 now hitting its stride
• Slimmer PS3 coming?

This week’s Gaming History looks at the husband-and-wife developing team Freefall Associates, while the Question of the Week is: How much weight do you give the score of a review? Let us know what you think.

Due to a familial emergency, TD Gaming Podcast is on temporary hiatus. This week is basically an outtake episode, though a bit short because for the last three months or so, the podcast has been pretty clean. However, there are some interesting conversations that you never got to hear.

There’s even an entire news item back from CES that was completely cut, and now you get to hear ten weeks later. Old news is so much fun!

• Microsoft Introduces Avatar Kinect

Thanks for your patience, and we’ll have some new podcasts in a few weeks, we promise.

We review our experiences of PAX East in this podcast and the second half is full of gaming news and community comments. Derrick reflects at his fun experience of Orcs Must Die while Jonah spent some time with LA Noire and Star Wars: The Old Republic. The news highlights include:

• PSP Go Price Goes Back to $200 After 3 Days
• Phil Harrison Sez Industry Struggling With Casual and Mobile Game Market
• Angry Birds Hits 100 Million Downloads
• Bioware Talks Jade Empire Again
• Gamer Loses $1800 In Games from Steam

This week’s question of the week: Which convention would you want to attend most: E3, PAX or Comic Con?

It’s time to use your meat, you gotta work at it! Yeah, this weeks gaming podcast talks a bit about moma’s meat on her Pooyan, this is your gaming flashback for the week! We’ve also got some news bulletins including:

• Microsoft Beginning Work on Xbox 720?
• Cliff Bleszinski: Only AAA Titles and Indie Games Matter
• Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarm Not Coming Til 2012
• Will Wright Working on New Game
• WoW Users ‘Not Ready’ for Firelands
• Netflix Coming to 3DS This Summer

This weeks question of the week, sorta off the cuff random: What’s your favorite old school game, and how long do you believe it took to make it? (and, do you really know how long–do the research and let us know!)

The gaming podcast is back for the full edition, this week we’ve got a preview look at the title Orcs Must Die! developed by Robot Entertainment. Besides our awesome community comments we’ve got some news coverage including:

• LG Lawsuit Stops PS3 Shipments In Europe
• Mortal Kombat Banned in Australia
• Rift Claims More End-Game Content Than Any MMO Launch, Ever
• Browser Based PC Games The Future?
• Research Analyst: PC Gaming Is Indeed Dying

This week, we’ve got a question for you: What is your favorite gaming food? And, if you want to see the Orcs Must Die! youtube trailer, check it out after the break.

This week we had to cut some segments short due to some work we’re doing on our house that had us tied up. We’re just doing up some news this week and community feedback. This weeks news includes:

• Rumor: PS3 Pirates Unban Selves from PSN, Can Ban Others?
• Electronic Arts: We Drained Our Core IPs
• Bungie’s Next Game an MMOFPS?
• Diablo III Developers Love Torchlight

And, here is the story about The Boy Who Stole Half-Life II. Here is our Question of the Week: Will all MMOs eventually follow a free-to-play model?

This week we’re flashing back to Grim Fandango and looking back at developer Steve Meretzky and his destruction of our lives in the social gaming space.

We’ve got other news this week which includes:

• Activision Kills Guitar Hero
• Blizzard Wants to Release Diablo III This Year
• Crysis 2 and Killzone 3 Leaked On BitTorrent
• CliffyB On Why Gears Is Still a 360 Exclusive
• Ensemble Studios Founder: Age of Empires III a “Huge Mistake“

The question of the week is: How many hours do you devote to video games, including social networking games?

This weeks gaming podcast covers the top game news of the week, a flashback on the video game Gorf and some feedback from the listeners. This weeks news includes:

• Reggie Fils-Aime Calls Low Priced Apps a “Threat” to the Industry
• Verizon Stops Taking iPhone Preorders After 17 Hours
• Harmonix Confirms Layoffs
• Parent Group Attacks “Your Mom Will Hate Dead Space 2” Ad
• Halo 1 Being Remade for 360?
• Sony Wants More Defendants In Rootkey Case

This weeks question of the week: What older game do you want to see a modern remake of most?

We’re covering some of the NGP information, Sony’s new hand-held and trying to find the good and the bad for the hardware. With a market getting hit with smart phones, is there a place for the NGP? This week in the news we’ve got:

• Sony Reveals NGP
• Analysts Doubtful on NGP Success
• Sony Believes 3D “Isn’t Right” For Handhelds
• Nintendo’s Iwata Weighs In On NGP
• BioWare On MMO Risk/Reward Balance
• Grandmother Dies Before Gaming Wish Comes True

This week we flash back to the gaming impact created by one Garry Kitchen and ask the question of the week: Should Sony give up on the PS3 and release the PS4 as soon as possible?

This week’s gaming podcast, we’ve got 3DS coverage and we’re going to make sure you know it all before you guy. What are you getting, what’s the 3DS slider do? Why do you want this thing? Find out here! This weeks news:

• Nintendo 3DS Price, Release Date Revealed
• Unanswered 3DS Questions
• Rumor: Sony to use serial keys and limited activation
• Activision Claims EA Tampered With Infinity Ward
• Investors “Wary” of Star Wars: The Old Republic

So, now you know everything you need to about the 3DS, really want one? Don’t have to answer that, but… Question of the Week: Are there any games you enjoy that require physical exertion?

This week we’re a bit sick, but the gaming podcast goes on regardless! We can’t seem to get away from the current hot topics of the week mostly involving Sony and hacking in the same sentences.  This week’s news includes:

• Sony Sues Geohot and fail0verflow Team
• Professor Labels Sony’s Suit “Breathtakingly Stupid”
• UbiSoft’s Walfisz Frets About PS3 Piracy
• New PS3 Exploit Features Trophy Hacking
• Modern Warfare 2 “Unplayable” on PSN
• Blizzard: Heroic Cataclysm Dungeons Not Too Hard
• THQ May Continue Price Experiment On More Games

This week Jonah gives out his review on Plants vs. Zombies and Bejeweled Blitz for XBLA and, giving away his copy of Plants vs. Zombies for the DS. This weeks question of the week, are you going to get a Nintendo 3DS?