Ride the Wave

We welcome the new year with bang and less Mirrors Edge :)  Xambot picks up Ninja Town, Poot tells us about Guitar Hero cheaters, and daBean continues to be bested by Eleat Beat Agents.  We also talk about how Mario has been bested, the circle arguemnt about hardcore games on the Wii, how Robert Palloni may be going insane, and the death of EGM. Special shout out to Rebel FM, hope to see more of you.  And also the 1up show team, hope to see you all back in action on your new adventure!

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Xbox Live Primetime This Spring

Queue the applause: Columbia Pictures films return to Netflix 360

Wii Core Gamers Should 'Vote with Their Dollars,' says Developer

Eduardo The Samurai Toaster Officially Journeys To WiiWare [Game Anounce]

PlayStation Home Lacks Equality

Sony Calls Out 360 And Wii For Peddling Add-Ons

Analyst: The Year Of The PlayStation 3 Unofficially Delayed to 2009

Bob's Saga Rumbles on

CES 2009: No Rock Band 3 in 2009

Want To Buy A Games Mag? Hardcore Gamer Is For Sale (On eBay) [Kotaku Magu]

Nyko Waves Their Wand At CES [Ces09]

EGM Magazine Shutting Down from Slashdot: Games by Soulskill

Opening music: 'Control' by Traci Lords
Break music by Poot on the KORG DS-10

Closing music: Orchestrated 1up Show Theme by Chris Tilton

The Extenze Holiday Show!

Holiday special! We've all been playing alot of games lately, so you guys get a healthy dose of that, but we also include our most anticipated games of 2009, our games of the year for 2008, and some extra banter about our favorite Christmas stories. Enjoy, and happy holidays!

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Sorry everyone, this was supposed to go up yesterday, but apparently, I'm an idiot! :P

Opening & break music from Doctor Octoroc's 8-Bit Jesus
Closing music: Brentalfloss' Tetris w/ Lyrics

Business Time

Poot, Xambot and I are back for round 2 of last episode.  I rehash over Mirrors Edge, Xambot does the same with FF7, and Poot gives us his look at Metroid Prime 3: Corruption.  In the news section we talk more about Nintendo and Piracy, the new e-book program for the DS, new wireless battery chargers, and much more!

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Free Online Play For Select XBLA Games Throughout December

Sony Brags About Leading User-Generated Content on Consoles

New Wii optical drive mod-blocks mod chips
DS Lite breaks DS Lite's single-week UK sales record
Pikmin just got a little more perfect
Dragon Quest IX to destroy Japanese wallets March 28

Homebrew Channel goes 1.1 [update]

Midway Marketing VP finds life raft at Capcom
The Next Generation of Battery Charging
Sky Considering Video On Demand For Consoles
UGO in talks to buy 1UP.com, GameVideos.com
EA: Quality alone doesn't generate sales
Apple's 99-Cent Problem

Opening music: Worms Armageddon Theme by Bjorn Lynne
Break music by Poot on the KORG DS-10

Closing music: Midna's Theme from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

The New Xambot Experience

Xambot Joins us this episode and gives us her awsome insight on Mirror's Edge and Sonic Unleashed. She also gives us her impressions of FF7 (she's slightly behind), and helps us clear up how we feel about Sony. Poot and I also talk about Playing Columbine and the used game issue.

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Nintendo gets blame for crappy Wii titles too

DSI yields to some hot homebrew lovin'

Pirating on PSP not a problem anymore.  I wonder why...

LBP moderation will eventually display reason for deletion

Free online play for XBLA for December

Microsoft confirms internal memory in new 360 Arcades

Valve says most DRM is dumb

Playing Columbine

RIP PC Magazine

Twilight Hack is still alive

Squeenix going multiplatform

Two types of Faiths

Opening music: Harvey Danger's Cream and Bastards Rise (free download of their CD here)
Break music by Poot on the KORG DS-10

Closing music: Final Fantasy Victory Theme by brentalfloss

8-bit Show Episode #2

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We decide to shoot for a weekly podcast, negating everything we said last week… oh well. Poot and I discuss Dragon Ball Origins, Old Commodore 64 games, and how much we hate Sony.




*In our haste to get the podcast up, I omitted a very special thanks to Waffle Slayer from Juggalo Gamers, thanks again ninja!*

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Study Says Wii Controls Don't Contribute to Aggression
New Wii update targets modded save files, alters user agreement
Kingdom Hearts DSi at least kind of real
Nintendo confident core will be satisfied in 2009
Nintendo Plans to Build Online Community Says Reggie Fils-Aime
Mgestyk Fusion marries Wiimote and PC in interesting new way
Chrono Trigger piracy checks already beaten
Hardware Hackers Make Some DSi Flash Progress [Acekard]
Is Sony ripping off costume entries for LittleBigPlanet?
Sony-Owned Columbia Pictures Pulls Movies From Xbox Netflix
Guitar Hero Arcade: Some More Details, Some More Pics [Guitar Hero]
Frets On Fire For The Blind [Frets On Fire]
Rumor: EA/GameStop weighing Season Pass to cheaper games

Opening music: Brentalfloss' Megaman 3 With Lyrics
Break music by Poot on the KORG DS-10
Closing music main theme from ATF for the Commodore 64

8-bit Show Episode #1

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Inaugural episode of the 8-Bit Show; Poot and I bring you our impressions of Ninja Town, Mortal Kombat Fatalities, Chrono Trigger for the DS, and go on a rant about fanboys.




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