Now that we’re back together from our little holiday break, its time to settle in and get back to our normal schedule for the show and upcoming future music episodes. It was nice getting back together with the boys even though I said I’d skip out on this episode which probably would have been better if I did because I was not a fan of top 5 game of the year lists this time around. Here is what we discussed: Kyles holiday/anniversary gift issues, Halo CE: Anniversary Edition, Uncharted 1, 2, The Binding of Issac, Bastion, Bills quick summary of Operation Flashpoint: Red River, the World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Raid Finder, Bill spoils the ending of Saints Row The Third,  and of course our top 5 games of 2011.

Music in this episode: New Super Mario Bros.  Mushroom Maddness OCRemix, The Binding of Issac

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With Kyle missing from the show due to having to make bacon money, Bill and Josh continue on to create one weird feeling show but atleast fun was had while making it! Next episode expect our yearly game of the year show just like everyone else, its going to be tough trying to create a list with all the amazing games we had this year. Here is what we discussed: Trine 2, Diablo III Beta, Rage crashing, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Uncharted 3 and listener questions & comments.

Music in this episode: Trine 2, Diablo

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Thanksgiving is out of the way but having all that open time to play games and chat with everyone over skype was where the real magic came from. Its been a fun week of creating more inside jokes, poking Josh for games he wouldn’t normally play and getting another podcast out of the way. Here is what we discussed: Saints Row: The Third, Sonic Generations, inFAMOUS 2, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, listener questions and emails.

Music in this episode:  Lizards Larry’s Funky House of Lowe OC ReMix, Starship Amazing

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We’re finally into the thick of the season where it seems like every game comes out all at once but we seem to be handling it well by skipping most games to just play Battlefiend 3 and Skyrim! We’re not quite sure if we’ll be recording within the next two weeks due to thanksgiving and all so if you don’t see a new episode then, you’re probably used to it anyway! Here is what we discussed this episode:  Listener questions/comments, The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Battlefield 3, Sonic Generations, Pixeljunk Sidescroller, Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, Dark Souls, inFamous Festival of Blood.

Music in this episode: Sonic Generations, de Blob 2, Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception

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Our third chair Mr Bill finally joined us in his first episode as a member of the podcast, it’ll be nice to have that extra person on the show who plays some games that Kyle and myself probably wouldn’t get around to play and discuss. Here is what we discussed on this episode: Guardian Heroes, Batman Arkham City, Dungeon Defenders, Forza 4, Dark Souls and Kyle losing a race to his girlfriend Nancy.

Music in this episode: Spike Jones (Big Bad Bill), .hack//sign, Dark Souls

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So this is our last episode as a two man show since the great BillyBillBlack will be joining us from this point on. I’m glad to see him get back into doing a podcast and it should be very exciting so see how much fun we’ll all be having in the future while doing the show! This episode was pretty sweet due to all the hockey references as Kyle is now becoming a fan of the greatest sport around but as usual hes quick to point out, we’re finally back on schedule! Here is what we discussed: NHL 12, Minecraft Pocket Edition, Crimson Alliance, FIFA 12, Gears of War 3 horde mode, Duke Nukem Forever.

Music in this episode: Tron: Legacy, The Brass Bonanza, Talking Classics

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Two episodes within just a few days of each other? Yeah, you’re welcome! Kyle and I were able to get together this week for a normal episode so we quickly seized the opportunity to pop out another strike to your face and get some older games we’ve been wanting to talk about off our lists once and for all. Here is what we discussed: Droid Bionic, Warhammer 40k: Space Marine, Limbo, Boarderlands, Hard Reset, NHL 12.

Music in this episode: Desert Planet, Magicka

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Its been some time since I sat down and just did a music episode without a theme and frankly its quite nice to not have to stick to any type of restriction like that. This one covered a few requests we’ve had lingering around over the years so if you have any new ones make sure you try and get them to us!

Music in this episode: Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, Deathsmiles, Final Fantasy X, Bastion, EverQuest, Sword & Sworcery, Super Street Fighter IV, El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron, Pixeljunk Shooter, Afro Samurai, Torchlight, Skitchin`, Starship Amazing, Hyadain, Radiant Silvergun, inFAMOUS 2.

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Its about that time of year that our little summer vacation break from the podcast begins to wind down so we wanted to get together finally and cover a bunch of the games we played since our Funspot trip. Now that we’re back from vacation I hope we can get back to our normal schedule and also get back to doing some music episodes so if you have any suggestions for game songs head over here and post the title name for us! Here is what we discussed: Child of Eden, Assassin’s Creed II, Portal 2, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Street Fighter III: Third Strike, Pinball Hall of Fame: Williams Collection, Pinball FX 2, El Shaddai

Music in this episode: Street Fighter 3: Third Strike (online edition), Bastion

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Even though we haven’t been around to do a recording, I wanted to let everyone know that we’ll be co-hosting a game night for Street Fighter III: Third Strike  on September 1st with the fine gentlemen from The Rumble Pack. It’ll take place around 9pm EST on the Playstation Network so if you want to join us and punch some faces in head over to their events page on Facebook for all the information you’ll need.