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What was discussed: Sony Officially Releases PS2 In Brazil, Man Marries A Video Game, Legally, Microsoft Files Patent For In-Game Guide System, PS3 3D Gaming To Start In 2010, Sony Planning Paid PSn Subscriptions, UK Intelligence Agency To Advertise On Xbox Live

Dennis’s Nickname: Monsieur Pourquoi, Superdetective

Blast From the Past: TeleFrancais (30 episodes – 1984 – 1986)

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Code of the Week: Assassin’s Creed II
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What was discussed: US Gov. Uses PS3s To Catch Child Pornographers, America’s Army VG An Effective Recruitment Tool, MW2 Five-Day Sales Hit $550M (According to Activision), Activision Edited MW2 For Russia, OnLive To Come To Smart Phones As Well, Time Magazine Names Natal A Top Invention Of 2009, Spike TV VGA Nominees Announced

Dennis’s Nickname: The Man who doesn’t afraid of anything indeed.

Blast From the Past:  Super Dave Osbourne

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Code of the Week:  Lego Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues (PS3)
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What was discussed: Venezuela To Jail Violent Game Merchants, Sony Sued By Blind Gamer, Microsoft Purges 1M Users From Xbox Live, Microsoft Natal Rumored To Launch Nov. 2010, MW2 Pirate Captured By Private Investigators, Nintendo Game Boy, The Ball Added To Toy Hall of Fame

Dennis’s Nickname: Who reminds you that this week’s episode of The Arcade is brought to you by the letters Q and X and the number 7

Blast From the Past: American Gladiators (TV | Sept. 1989 – May 1996)

Code of the Week: New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii)
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What was discussed: New Game Turning Babydoll Into Wiimote Attachment, WoW Vanity Pets Costing Real Money, No Doubt Suing Activision Over Avatar Use In Band Hero, Roger Daltrey Spoiling The Who: Rock Band, Queen Playable In Lego Rock Band, AO-Rated Manhunt 2 Released For PC, $16.5M Awarded To Family Of Wii Water Drinking Death.

Dennis’s Nickname: The first-time attendee of the Central Canadian Comic-Con

Blast From the Past: Vectorman (Genesis, 1995)

Code of the Week: GTA IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony (X360)

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What was discussed: US Postal Worker Steals Over 2000 GameFly Shipments, GTA IV Longest Play Session Record Shattered, TMNT Sold To Nickelodeon, Nintendo Announces DSi XL, Sony Announces 250GB PS3, Civilization Coming To Facebook In 2010 (And real life civilization grinds to a halt; also in 2010).

Dennis’s Nickname: The Extra Fun Size Candy

Blast From the Past: Halloween (1978)

Code of the Week: Marvel Super Hero Squad (PSP)

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What was discussed: Mike the Legend gloriusly returns to Canada, US DHS Might Use Wii Balance Boards For Airport Security, “The Exploding Bag Of Wieners” Suing Facebook, Capcom Announces Super Street Fighter IV, David Bowie Playable In Lego Rock Band, Wii Play, GH 3 Top Selling Games Of The Decade.

Dennis’s Nickname: The Return To Form

Blast From the Past: The Brave Little Toaster (Movie, 1987)

Code of the Week: Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story (DS)

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What was discussed: Drug Bust Turns Into Wii Sports Party, New Dreamcast Game To Be Released, Left 4 Dead 2 Banned: EA Responds, Wolfenstein Removed From German Shelves, News from the Tokyo Game Show: Nintendo Officially Cuts Wii To $200, Microsoft Reveals Natal Publisher Support, New Super Mario Bros. Wii Due Nov. 15 and sad news for fans of Goldeneye, with no chance of Virtual console or XBLA releases.

Dennis’s Nickname: The Johnny O’Binome

Blast From the Past: Goldeneye (1997, N64)

Code of the Week: Scribblenauts (DS)

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What was discussed: Iggy Pop Appearing In Lego Rock Band, The Madden Curse Strikes Again, MS Confirms 250GB Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Bundle & Zune HD To Play 3D Games, Spawn Labs Launches A Slingbox For Your Xbox and Uncharted 2 Will Link To Your Twitter. Also featured: Bonus The Arcade rant on Twitter!

Dennis’s Nickname: The man who wants to see that episode of The Simpsons again where Marge is afraid of flying and Homer tries to cure her fear by making her watch a series of terrible plane crash movies.

Blast From the Past: Castlevania (NES, 1986(Japan) 87(NA) 88(EU))

Code of the Week: Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 (PS2)

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What was discussed: Level 80 Dwarf Priest Running For Political Office, Courtney Love’s Twitter Explosion Over Cobain In Guitar Hero, Beatles Rock Band DLC Dates Given, Beatles Rock Band Could Pay $40M In Royalties, Disney Studios Acquires Halo Creator and Sonic The Hedgehog returning to glorious 2D in 2010.

Dennis’s Nickname: The Comically Overdone Sound Effects

Blast From the Past: Final Fantasy 6 (SNES, PSX, GBA, etc, etc, etc)

Code of the Week: SimCity Creator (DS)

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