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What was discussed:  Family Suing Wii-Contest Radio Station; Xfire Forms Debate Club; World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Sells 2.4 Million In 24 Hours; Big Three Sued Over Controllers; NPD Group: 2006 Industry Report; Canada Posts Record Year For Gaming; Super Paper Mario Confirmed For April Release; Major League Gaming Spends $1.75 Million Signing Players; Shigeru Miyamoto To Keynote GDC

Dennis’s Nickname:  The Bob Dole Memorial Ocean

Blast From the Past:  Street Fighter 2 Turbo (SNES | Aug. 1993)

Code of the Week:  Guitar Hero 2 (PS2)

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What was discussed:  Sony Retracts SixAxis Emmy; Woman Dies In Wii Radio Contest; Voice Cast Revealed For New TMNT Film; An Aqua Teen Hunger Force Movie Announced; IBM To Build Stores In Second Life; Honda’s ASIMO Robot Faster, Friendlier; Innovative Controllers Bringing 3D To PC Games; New Ghostbusters Game Announced; Brian Eno Doing Spore Soundtrack; Sony Launching PSP Download Service; Xbox 360 Exclusive Guitar Hero 2 Tracks

Dennis’s Nickname:

“Sully, remember when I said I would kill you last?”

“Yeah?”

“I lied!”

Blast From the Past:  Mortal Kombat 2 (SNES | Sept. 1994)

Code of the Week:  Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops (PSP)

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What was discussed:  Bush Targeted In Jihadist FPS; Konami Dancing With The King; Microsoft Releases XNA Studio Express;  Lionsgate Opens On XBLM; Napster Founder Targets World of Warcraft For Project; Datel Working On Wii FreeLoader;  Nintendo Sued Over Wii Wrist Straps; GamePro Expo Has New Name; Silent Hill 2 Movie Confirmed; Wii Prince of Persia Revealed As Rival Swords

Dennis’s Nickname:  “Marion ‘Cobra’ Cobretti” as portrayed by Slyvester Stallone in the movie Cobra.

Blast From the Past:  Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past (SNES | April 1992)

Code of the Week:  Viva Pinata (Xbox 360)

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What was discussed:  We kick off the new year by taking a look back at the biggest stories and happenings from the video game world in 2006.