The GDC Awards! Huzzah! Also, Rock Band has topped $1 Billion in sales, Ubisoft signs with Good ol’ Games, and GDC Day Four is officially Hideo Kojima Day! Seriously — this guy was freakin’ everywhere!

Brutal Legend at the VGAs, Ghostbusters in 2009 and Dave Mustaine speaks out on ‘dinosaur bands’ that hate on Rock Band.

2002 was the year that gave us Elder Scrolls III, Splinter Cell… and the worst baseball game ever.

Big week in gaming news… or was it? Listen to the recap to hear, Allison drunk again, Mike and James talk over her like mad (I swear we don’t mean it!), complete overview and review of E3

 

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Show notes/links of interest:

*This week we are playing, Beautiful Katamari (360), Resident Evil 4 (Wii), Kingdom Hearts (PS2), and Warcraft III (PC)
*Wavebirds are not $70 as Mike thinks.
*The Dark Knight ruled so hard. Heath Ledger went above and beyond. Eckhart made a killer Harvey Dent and Two Face.

Microsoft:
*G4 sucks at broadcasting E3.
*Too man brown/gray/dark games.
*Bungie sucks for making us wait on their announcement.
*Netflix idea, best idea ever. Coming soon: Rifftrax/MST3K style Binge Gamer movie nights!
*Viva Pinata 2.
*Dashboard, Avatars, 1 vs 100 gives IRL prizes.
*Banjo Kazooie XBLA, Nuts & Bolts. Last Remnant, Final Fantasy.
*Metal Gear 360 speculation.

Nintendo:
*Nintendo needs to keep Cammie in the offices
*1:1 MotionPlus
*Wii Speak
*Wii Music
(gif by jarosh, check out his work, he is fucking amazing)

Sony:
*Resistance 2 is looking good. God of War 3, give us more! Little Big Planet. Massive Action Game, 256 people at once.. we’ll see.
*PS2 Lego Bundle this Christmas, good idea, or bad idea ?
*Comics to buy: Echo. House of Mystery.
*Star Trek new movie images.
*Slight PSP talk (how much can you really talk about it?)

~fin~
*Hardcore gamers suck (My brother needs to get his own Halo 3)

*Final thoughts: Microsoft wins, but we all lose. We single handedly fix Sony’s and Nintendo’s problems.

*Games we are excited for: Rock Band 2, Fable 2, Left 4 Dead, Fallout 3, Gears of War 2, Mirror’s Edge, Little Big Planet, Resistance 2, Pikmin 3, Wii Sports 2, Deadly Creatures, Spore.

*Mini Bargain Gaming – 25% off eBay

Pre-E3 Special! I don’t think we have ever been so focused on games in one episode of The Bender. Listen now!