Episode 48 - The Year in Review

Mike and Dave go over the VGAs yet again and open up the year with a retrospective over the titles that came out last year.  They also provide a bit of commentary on what they're excited to see this coming year.  Also, there's a surprise!  Here's the notes for this podcast.

• Game of the Year.  They got it right.
• Debate over the best character.  Joker versus Wheatley.
• A run down of the best of {system} and best of {genre}.
• Interesting notes: 
• Best of PC. (Winner: Portal 2.)
• Best Shooter... MW3?  Really?  Well, they had to give it something.
• Best of RPG. (Winner: Skyrim.)  But still a good competition.
• Best Multiplayer - Portal 2.  Yes, MW3.  Suck it.
• Best Fighter. (Winner: Mortal Kombat).
• Best Motion Game (Winner: Skyward Sword) Should SS even count?
• Our opinions and views on best song, best score, best performances, most anticipated, and best graphics.
• Best Graphics: Is this even a legitimate category?
• Most Anticipated Game: Our analysis of the nominees and winner.
• We also proclaim our love for Ken Levine and how we'll be his slaves.
• (( To view a listen of winners and nominees for each category. Click here. ))
• Our hopes and aspirations for games and the gaming industry in 2012.
• Check out the Penny Arcade website for the rundown of the Oceans Marketing scandal.
• And our first giveaway! - We gave away a Gears of War 3 Season Pass code.  Congrats to the winner!

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Episode 46 - There Is Only Skyrim

Mike, Dave, and Benji are back to talk about MW3 and Skyrim.  Here's the breakdown:

• Launch for MW3 was biggest ever and was hell.
• Overwhelming disappointment from fans since game is the same.
• Check the Metacritic User Score and reviews.
• Also note the discrepency between pos/neg reviews and critic reviews.
• SKYYYYYYRIMMMMM.
• Dave tries to convince Mike to love it.
• Dave nerd rages about the existence of lycan vampires / vampiric werewolves.

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Episode 40 - Running on Empty

Mike and Dave are back again, getting ready for the beginning of the holiday rush.  Granted, we're already tired.

• We're both excited for Gotham City Imposters.  And we've only seen the trailer.

• Dave comments on his take of the Borderlands 2 footage.

• Batman: Arkham City achievements have been unveiled.
• Mike has a Kinect.  And he loves Fruit Ninja Kinect.  And provides his insight on it thus far.
• Publishers shouldn't release EVERYTHING ALL at once.  We tell you why.
• Mike rants about the MW3 Multiplayer trailer.

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Episode 35 - Voices

Mike and Dave go back to the basics of their podcast and talk about some general topics, as well as revive the question of the week!

Here's the notes for this week's episode.

• Batman: Arkham City gets Collector's Edition (but no idea to the content).
• Bioshock Infinite to incorporate the Move. But not for the Wii U.
• Bioshock title for the PS Vita to be completely original.
• Some awesome video game inspired art.
• Koopa Army propaganda posters
• Video games converted to classic book covers
• Activision attempts to seize ModernWarfare3.com
• Voice Actors: Can they be stars?

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Episode 30 - Two Drink Minimum

Mike and a very drunk Dave welcome two special guests back to the show, Fierhawk (Benji) and Justice Pie (Clint). Amongst the antics, the gentlemen talk about Brink, L.A. Noire, the new Vegas DLC, the ramifications of the Sony PSN outage, Twisted Metal, the latest batch of sequels, and the epic showdown to come between Modern Warfare 3 and Battlefield 3.

Here's some helpful links and the order of events:

• The assessment of Brink by the boys.
• Benji's experience with L.A. Noire.
• The latest New Vegas DLC as reviewed by Dave and Benji.
• Mike's second reason for still owning a PS3: Twisted Metal.
• The ramifications of the Sony PSN outage.
• The next round of sequels to come and why we rage.  We're looking at you ACR.
• Oh, and the epic showdown of the year, Modern Warfare 3 vs Battlefield 3.  Who will win?

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