July 3, 2009

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What was discussed: Video Games Live, Grease’s return in videogame form, Asteroids’ return in movie form, Guitar Hero: Van Halen or Michael Anthony and Sammy Hagar: Dead to the Van Halen brothers, Mortal Kombat 9 to be rated M, Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony, GTA Chinatown Wars coming to PSP

Dennis’s Nickname: The Magneto Bookmark

Blast From the Past: Final Fantasy 7 (PSX, 1997)

Code of the Week: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (PS3)

June 26, 2009

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What was discussed: EA’s Mock Religious Protests backfiring, Tingle, the (creepy) character from the Legend of Zelda series getting two new games all of his own, a discussion regarding the game critic’s E3 Awards, and the NPD Group’s US game sales figures for May.

Dennis’s Nickname: The Man Who’s Glad He’s Not In Hollywood Right Now

Blast From the Past: Moonwalker (Sega Genesis, 1990)

Code of the Week:Infamous (PS3)

June 12, 2009: E3 Wrap-Up Part 2 (Electric Boogaloo)

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What was discussed: Futurama’s return to television, Nintendo’s Wii Vitality Sensor, The Beatles: Rock Band, Metal Gear Solid: Rising / Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker / Metal Gear Arcade, New Super Mario Bros. on the Wii, the new unnamed Zelda game, PSP Go

Dennis’s Nickname: The Slightly Older Radio Host

Blast From the Past: Sim City (SNES, 1991)

Code of the Week: The Sims 3 (PC/Mac)

May 29, 2009 – Frank Zappa Music Special

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What was discussed: Due to a news drought in the anticipation of E3, the music of Frank Zappa was discussed, and how you should be excited for Zappa Plays Zappa’s return to Winnipeg in August. Songs played included most of the “Apostrophe(‘)” album, “Let Me Take You To The Beach”, Captain Tortilla’s NES arrangement of “Peaches En Regalia” & the classic “I am the Slime”.

Dennis’s Nickname: The man who wants to know if that is a real poncho or a Sears poncho?

Blast From the Past: N/A

Code of the Week: N/A

May 22, 2009

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What was discussed: A Spore/Robot Chicken collaboration, 3D Realms NOT dead(??), first details of Guitar Hero 5, OnLive snubbing E3, April U.S. game sales figures courtesy of the NPD group, Tony Hawk Ride, Rockstar co-founders on the Times 100 list.

Dennis’s Nickname: The Newly Recrowned Pallet Jack King

Blast From the Past: Black Sabbath I (CD, 1970)

Code of the Week: X-Men Origins: Wolverine

May 15, 2009

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What was discussed: Jamaican bobsled team to appear in a Wii Game, the real-life occurrences of the Konami Code on various websites, new Duke Nukem Forever screenshots and footage appear online, Factor 5 shutting down, Rock Band: Pearl Jam due in 2010 and Lego: Rock Band expected for the holiday season of ’09.

Dennis’s Nickname: The Strolling Minstrel

Blast From the Past: Dragon Ball (TV Series, 1986-1989)

Code of the Week: Konami Code (figure it out for yourself!!!)

May 8, 2009

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What was discussed: Canada placed on the U.S. government’s piracy “watch list”, Mr. T. & Will Wright teaming up to battle Nazis, 3D Realms Shutting down (and the residual effect of Duke Nukem Forever being cancelled, arguably to the suprise of nobody), Microsoft’s planned “motion control” for the Xbox 360, and Sony lashing out and calling the piracy rate of the PSP “sickening”.

Dennis’s Nickname: The man who is using this show as a platform to brag about his near-4.0 GPA

Blast From the Past: Star Trek 2 & Star Trek 4 (Movies, 1982 & 1986)

Code of the Week: Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time (DS)

April 17, 2009

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What was discussed:  Video Games May Improve Vision; Utah Politician Threatens Jack Thompson; Wii MotionPlus Due June 8; Microsoft Extends X360 Warranty Again; Will Wright Leaves EA, Founds Stupid Fun Club

Dennis’s Nickname:  The Gamblin’ Man

Blast From the Past:  Chrono Trigger  (SNES | Sept. 1995)

Code of the Week:  Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (DS)