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This week’s episode has heated arguments between Jordan and Jonah, as this new podcast runs a little long. However, there are tons of news items to make up for the lack of a new show last week.

The news items include:

• Bethesda’s Hines unexcited over next-gen console launch
• Borderlands 2‘s melee skill tree for Zer0 “thanks to them ignoring” Pitchford
• EA’s Gibeau brags he has not green-lit any single player games
• Valve responds to angry indie developers over $100 Steam Greenlight fee
• Crystal Dynamics: Lara Croft had become “unrelatable“
• City of Heroes may be saved from shutdown
• Ron Gilbert blames point and click adventure stagnation on DOOM

The contest continues – just mention what your favorite game from the 2000’s was – and a winner will be announced next week.

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Since Jonah Falcon is in London this week, there is no proper episode this week. However, that’s not to say we’re leaving you high and dry, as a new Outtakes episode is here for your listening pleasure, highlighted by Paul’s bile, Paul’s love of Shrinkydinks, and a long conversation between Jordan Lund and Jonah about Rob Liefeld’s Charlie Sheen-like departure from DC Comics.

See you next week when we have a normal episode.

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This week’s Gaming Podcast is exciting as we’re giving away a copy of the Xbox 360 version of Borderlands 2, which Jordan Lund drools over, while Jonah Falcon urges players to check out Kerbal Space Program. The Gaming Flashback is none other than the classic The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind.

As far as game news:

• Guild Wars 2 suffering serious issues during Headstart
• Ex-IGDA chair frustrated with post-launch monetization
• DICE quadruples Battlefield 3 servers for 360, PS
• Peter Moore sez DLC backlash is from older gamers

Finally, the Question of the Week is, “What is your favorite game from the decade of the 2000’s”. For some help, check out this article.

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Paul is not in the podcast, and will be out for the next couple of weeks as he recovers from major surgery. In the meantime, the podcast chugs on with three podcasters, as Jordan relays what he thought of the Sony Gamescom 2012 press conference.

In the meantime, the news items include:

• Diablo III‘s Wilson on former Diablo dev’s mixed feelings on game: “F— that loser”
• Guild Wars 2 headstart begins in five days
• C&C: Generals 2 will be multiplayer-only at launch
• Prey 2 vanishing from Bethesda’s website explained
• Plants vs Zombies 2 shuffling towards 2013 release

All that plus Reader Feedback wishing Paul well (sorry, Kizer, we didn’t moderate your message til after recording), as well as this week’s Question of the Week, “When is the right time to cut the price of a console?”

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This week’s Gaming Podcast is bittersweet as this is the last episode Paul S. Nowak will be appearing in for a while as he goes in for serious surgery. In the meantime, the Gaming Flashback is the classic PlayStation 2 game Ico.

This week’s news includes:

• Deep Silver: “Family” trailer didn’t sell Dead Island, co-op did
• DICE: Battlefield 4 isn’t set in the future, talks Bad Company 3
• Wargaming.net CEO claims World of Tanks was dismissed as “cheap Asian stuff”
• Alleged “Microsoft Xbox Durango Development Kit” sold on eBay for $20,100
• NCSoft’s lawsuit against En Masse over Tera assets settled

This week’s Question of the Week, “Do you consider social networking games real MMOs?”

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This week’s episode features the crew heavily reminiscing about videogames that first got them excited about the hobby, while Jordan Lund surprisingly takes a contrary opinion that shocks the other podcasters. In addition to videogame news, the Gaming History takes a look at the Nintendo 64DD.

This week’s news includes:

• Star Wars: The Old Republic going free-to-play in Fall
• Report: Next Xbox console will support Windows 8
• Paul Dini no longer penning Rocksteady Batman games
• 2K exec thinks photorealism is necessary for emotional games
• Borderlands 2 worldwide release will be “uncut“

This week’s Question of the Week, “When was the first time that you really got into video games?”

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This week’s Gaming Podcast is a fairly routine one, with no Gaming Flashback or even a Question of the Week. However, this week features a ton of great news and industry discussion. Paul also announces that he will be unable to do the podcast in a few weeks for an extended period of time due to surgery.

The news items for the week includes:

• Yoshida admits absence of Vita at E3 was a mistake
• Irrational Games now includes 85+ Metacritic game requirement for employment
• UbiSoft patches UPlay rootkit issue
• Paradox Interactive announces dungeon builder Impire
• EA: Current CEO John Riccitiello’s job is secure

All that plus Reader Feedback, check it out.

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This week’s Gaming Podcast deals with Jordan Lund discussing how much negative flak Windows 8 has been getting, Daniel Quick being his usual Canadian self, Paul Nowak returning triumphantly, and Jonah Falcon just taking infamy in stride. This week’s Gaming Flashback is the derided Super Pitfall! for the NES.

As far as the news:

• “Super-slim” PS3 will be a no-show at Gamescom
• UbiSoft claims lack of new consoles penalizes creativity
• Diablo III ‘God mode’ exploit for Wizard discovered
• EA: Nintendo “on track to become primarily a software company”
• Electronic Arts settles in Madden and NCAA monopoly suit

There is no Question of the Week – rather, the crew is waiting to hear your questions for them instead.

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This week’s Gaming Podcast lacks Paul S. Nowak, who had to bow out due to illness, but there’s still Jonah Falcon, Jordan Lund and Daniel Quick to keep the podcast lively. This week features yet another weird NES title, Wall Street Kid, and some friendly Paul-less banter between the trio.

This week’s news includes:

• Capcom: Street Fighter X Tekken DLC will never come to Xbox 360
• Vivendi finding few buyers for Activision-Blizzard
• Gearbox: “Wouldn’t be surprised” if more aggressive PC games start to appear
• Grand Theft Auto V will support planes and jets, won’t have beta test

Jonah also startles Dan and Jordan with a “secret topic” with the $99 console, the Ouya, which leads to the Question of the Week, “Would you buy a $99 Android-based console?”

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This week is the battiest episode Gaming Podcast has ever done, and it’s not just because the crew argue over the first news item more emotionally than usual, but because it’s full of Batman. Lots of Batman. Plenty of Batman. In addition, the winners of the Spec Ops: The Line contest were also picked.

The news items this week include:

• Square Enix exec says long console lifespans “biggest mistake”
• No fee to be charged for connecting to Wii U network
• Next Rocksteady Batman game will feature Silver Age Bats
• Michael Fassbender pegged to star in Assassin’s Creed flick

All that and the question of the week, “Which Batman would you most like to see a game made from?”