Episode 697: Bye Jim Ryan

This week’s podcast features a Gaming Flashback of Halo: Combat Evolved, one of the longest such game segments in the podcast’s history, encompassing a third of the podcast.

This week’s news items includes:

• Blizzard decides against rolling back Diablo III servers following gold exploit
• Defiance to get 5 major DLC packs in the next year
• Report: Next-gen Xbox console called “Xbox Infinity”
• Obsidian expresses desire to develop Star Wars RPG
• EA to stop licensing with weapons manufacturers, will keep using branded guns

There’s only one reader response, but there is a Question of the Week: “What videogame genre are you completely burned out on?”