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Episode 55, Week of March 15th

Welcome to Episode 55, where Sam and Geoff talk about the new NPD numbers, the Playstation Move motion controller and the bevy of Mass Effect 2 information. After the news, stay tuned for The Weekly Whatchas and The Indie Game Roundup.


PGL News

Community Spotlight: AZRaiderH8r

Movie Releases





March 17
- Mid-August Lunch (NY)

March 19
- The Bounty Hunter
- City Island (NY, LA; wide: Apr. 2)
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Music Box) (limited)
- Greenberg (NY, LA; wide: March 26)
- Hubble 3D (IMAX & IMAX 3D)
- The Killing Jar (limited)
- Kimjongilia (NY)
- Neil Young Trunk Show (limited)
- Repo Men
- The Runaways (limited; wide: Apr. 9)
- Vincere (limited)

DVD Releases

March 16
- Armored (Action, Thriller)
- Astro Boy (Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi)
- Bandslam (Family, Musical)
- Broken Embraces (Drama, Thriller)
- D.C. Sniper (Action, Crime, Thriller)
- Destination Truth: Season 1 (Reality TV)
- Did You Hear About the Morgans? (Comedy)
- Dillinger Is Dead (Criterion Collection) (Crime, Drama)
- Hawaii Five-O: The Eighth Season (Crime, Drama, TV)
- Monk: Season Eight (Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV)
- Ninja Assassin (Action)
- The Princess and the Frog (Single Disc Widescreen) (Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Musical)
- South Park: The Complete Thirteenth Season (Animation, Comedy, TV)
- Unrivaled (Drama)

Blu-Ray Releases

March 16
- Armored (Action, Thriller)
- Astro Boy (Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi)
- Broken Embraces (Drama, Thriller)
- Did You Hear About the Morgans? (Comedy)
- Ninja Assassin (3-Disc Combo Pack) (Action)
- The Princess and the Frog (Combo Pack) (Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Musical)
- The Princess and the Frog (Single Disc) (Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Musical)
- South Park: The Complete Thirteenth Season (Animation, Comedy, TV)
- Unrivaled (Drama)

TV/Movie News

RIP, Corey Haim

The Future of 24 is Undecided
More


Andy Whitfield of Spartacus Has Cancer

Titanic 3D Is Unfortunately Coming to Theaters

Panasonic Partners with Best Buy to Sell Exclusive 3D HDTV Bundles

Video Game Releases

Metro 2033 (360, PC)
Resonance of Fate (360, PS3)
Dragon Age: Awakening (360, PS3, PC)
God of War 3 (PS3)
MotoGP 09/10 (360, PS3)
Command & Conquer 4 (PC)
Perfect Dark (360)

New Demos

Arcade
Scrap Metal

Video Game News

NPD Numbers for February 2010

Hardware:
Nintendo DS - 613.2K
Xbox 360 - 422.0K
Nintendo Wii - 397.9K
PlayStation 3 - 360.1K
PSP - 133.4K
PlayStation 2 - 101.9K

Top 10 Software:
1. BioShock 2 (Xbox 360) - 562.9K
2. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo Wii) - 555.6K
3. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Xbox 360) - 314.3K
4. Just Dance (Nintendo Wii) - 275.4K
5. Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo Wii) - 272.5K
6. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Playstation 3) - 252.8K
7. Mass Effect 2 (Xbox 360) - 246.5K
8. Dante’s Inferno Divine Edition (Playstation 3) - 242.5K
9. Dante’s Inferno (Xbox 360) - 224.7K
10. Heavy Rain (Playstation 3) - 219.3K

Introducing Spawn, a”Slingbox for Gaming”



Donkey Kong’s World Record High Score Has Been Beaten

OnLive Dates Launch, Pricing for US
More

EA to Publish Epic RPG “Project Mercury”

Dragon Age: Awakening Retail Pack Hints at Sequel

Harmonix Announces Rock Band 3

Dead Rising 2 Release Date & 360 Exclusive Prologue Revealed

2K Confirms Bioshock 2 DLC Was Already on Disk

Sony News

Sony Names The PS3 Motion Controller Playstation Move
How It Is Not a Wii-mote

Sony Launches Home V 1.35

• Favorites: Personalize your own section to make locating your favorite places quick and simple.
• Personal Spaces: Your clubhouses and personal spaces are now right at your fingertips. The personal spaces you own and the clubhouses you belong to will be viewable in one convenient location.
• Friends: Finding your friends in PlayStation Home has never been easier. View the current location of your friends in PlayStation Home, and then navigate there to enjoy the action together.
• Explore: Browse all the spaces PlayStation Home offers. Finding a space that suites your taste and mood has never been easier.
• Recommend: Keep up with what’s hot in PlayStation Home. This regularly updated category will feature the newest and most exciting additions to PlayStation Home.

Unity Brings Browser Games to PS3

Microsoft News

Full Natal Line Up at E3

More Free ME2 Stuff for Cerberus Network Users

EA Dates ME2’s First Paid DLC

There Will Be Plenty of ME2 DLC

MW2 Map Pack Hits Xbox Live March 30th



MS Patents System for Automated DLC Purchases

PC News

BSG Goes Web-Based MMO

Valve Announces Steam/Source Engine Coming to Macs

Weekly Whatchas

Lou's Theater Group Website!

Whatcha Listening to?

Geoff: The Nerdist, SModcast, Stuff You Should Know, Stuff You Missed in History Class
Sam: Amateur Skeptics, PTI, ESPN NFL First Draft

Whatcha Watching?

Geoff: The Ugly Truth (Gerard Butler, Katherine Heigl), Lost, Caprica, Community, Office, P&R
Sam: Parks & Rec, SEC Championship, Selection Sunday, The Informant, Raising Cain, Kids in the Hall, Inglourious Basterds

Whatcha Playing?

Geoff: B:BC2, Borderlands
Sam: Mass Effect, Civ:Rev

Indie Games Roundup

Bush Hunt – 80 – Riddlersoft
Xbox LIVE Marketplace | Bush Hunt
Play as a safari hunter re-capturing animals that have escaped from RidKim Zoo. Play over 20 levels across 4 different terrains capturing some of the most dangerous and unusual animals. Try survivor mode to see just how long you can survive against a never ending barrage of animals.

Cocktails: Shake It Up! – 80 – Id Like Purple
Xbox LIVE Marketplace | Cocktails: shake it up!
Mix the perfect cocktail! Find out the flaming drinks and the exclusive gamer drinks! Over 160 drink recipes on your XBOX. Dozens of ingredients and a lot of new ways to find your drink.

Colony Defense – 400 – Mana Bomb Game Studio
Xbox LIVE Marketplace | Colony Defense
Colony Defense is 360 degrees of fast-paced tower defense strategy where the player has to defend an entire planet and multiple paths against invading alien forces. Defend each planets colonies from the alien onslaught in this high action, strategy title. 10 upgradable weapons to fight the good fight with. Ricochet laser cannons, flame throwers, stasis towers, artillery cannons, and many more

Drooop!! – 80 – TokyoGameBros
Xbox LIVE Marketplace | Drooop!!
Move player to turn the field. If you clear all conditions, an exit will appear. Let's complete all stages! You can also play the endless mode.

Experiment 13 – 80 - buddrick
Xbox LIVE Marketplace | Experiment 13
50 levels of fun platforming action. Lots of things that kill you included!

GoonyCru Day One – 240 – Black 59 Razor
Xbox LIVE Marketplace | GoonyCru Day One
A store. A customer. And a trainee with grenades. What could go wrong?

MagicalCube – 400 – FixedStarWorks
Xbox LIVE Marketplace | MagicalCube
Magical Cube is a mission-clear style puzzle game. The object of this game is to defeat monsters in battle by using Marie's magic. When 3 Cube is aligned (only same color), Marie's magic is invoked. Marie can deliver a damaging blow to the monster with magic, and when monster's life gone run out, you win! Collect coin, and purchase accessories to make Marie more powerful!

Ninja Chop! – 240 – zerozerozero
Xbox LIVE Marketplace | Ninja Chop!!
"Ninja Chop" is a Ninja Training to chop off milk bottles. During training, you will sometime get a new costume as a reward. So try it out when you get it. Keep chop! NOTICE: 1. In the trial version, maximum level is set at level 20. 2. Save and Load are disabled.

Space Nuggets – 240 – Steve G
Xbox LIVE Marketplace | Space Nuggets
Pilot your own space ship. On each planet, you must get in, get the Space Nugget, and get out! Featuring crisp, clean graphics, the full game includes 40 levels with varying gravity settings and a system to exchange high scores with other online players so that you can become the best Space Nugget collector.

Spot the Difference – 400 – Playalongtv
Xbox LIVE Marketplace | Spot The Difference
You've played the game in the pub, now from the makers of the patented pub amusement machine game you can now download and play this special edition of Spot-The-Difference with the same game play as the pub game on your Xbox 360.

War of Words – 400 – ScrumThorax
Xbox LIVE Marketplace | War of Words
Battle for supremacy against the forces of evil in the fantasy world of Lexica. Master words, spells, equipment, and combat in this unique RPG/word-game hybrid.

Word Duelist – 80 – Sowaz
Xbox LIVE Marketplace | Word Duelist
All the word games you could want wrapped into one exciting adventure. Take the role of a student at Morphemial University - the premiere school for language - where students progress by defeating each other at word games. Word Duelist features over 15 different word game challenges and nearly 20 students to talk to across nine different locations.

Zombie Armageddon – 240 – xenite
Xbox LIVE Marketplace | Zombie Armageddon
Introducing Zombie Armageddon, a new tower defense game combining innovative gameplay and a cinematic "boy meets zombies" storyline. Zombie Armageddon engages players with 11 progressive levels of zombie mayhem, plus an unlimited "Onslaught" mode to tax players' defensive strategies and intestinal fortitude.

don't worry Cat, I've arranged some enforcers come give those fellas a "special" visit as retribution

Originally Posted by lovekeiiy

don't worry Cat, I've arranged some enforcers come give those fellas a "special" visit as retribution

Remind me to never cross you. As needed.

EDIT: Aw, crap, yes you guys totally got me. Freaking Alistair. I mean, yeah, he's king, but I'm QUEEN! That chump is back at the castle while I go save the world again. Least he could do is swing by camp and tend to...nm.

Touch 'em all... the "Peench has no poll (pole)" comment was nothing, but net.

Great show again kids, (no JRPG bashing this time). Thanks for the mention during the Gears 3 talk.
I'm sending you guys a blow up doll with pre-recorded "noises" for the next time you want your duo to be a trio. Happy Birthday!

Wow! You guys actually banned Lou from this podcast! hahahaha

Originally Posted by Lord Blaine

During its opening week performances there was a technical difficulty and the boat did not sink...

That's funny!

Awww, that's two episodes without a mention of me. I'm not self-absorbed or anything... I just got so used to someone calling out my name during the podcast! Ah well, great podcast nonetheless! Looking forward to next weeks!

Played the demo for the first Bad Company way back when it came out and I don't remember liking it all that much.. so, of course, I've skipped everything about the second completely. But I got to say Geoff, your talking about it this episode has got me seriously considering checking it out. It's got a demo, right?

Jagger - I think the demo/beta was limited and that they pulled the plug on those servers when the game was released.

Originally Posted by Peench

Jagger - I think the demo/beta was limited and that they pulled the plug on those servers when the game was released.

Aww.. that sucks.

Lou go to your room. I am freakin' touched. The cool stuff we are doin with the Fool's Gold Theatre Co. is touring children's hospitals and performing an original children's show. Good stuff! Thanks fellas, hopefully you will let me back onto episode 56, I know Jon Liu needs a mention, I got that covered. I might have actually played something other than Tactics Ogre too!

Oooooh Teaser for episode 56!