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Since Jonah Falcon is in London this week, there is no proper episode this week. However, that’s not to say we’re leaving you high and dry, as a new Outtakes episode is here for your listening pleasure, highlighted by Paul’s bile, Paul’s love of Shrinkydinks, and a long conversation between Jordan Lund and Jonah about Rob Liefeld’s Charlie Sheen-like departure from DC Comics. See you next week when we have a normal episode.

This week’s Gaming Podcast is exciting as we’re giving away a copy of the Xbox 360 version of Borderlands 2, which Jordan Lund drools over, while Jonah Falcon urges players to check out Kerbal Space Program. The Gaming Flashback is none other than the classic The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. As far as game news: Guild Wars 2 suffering serious issues during Headstart Ex-IGDA chair frustrated with post-launch monetization DICE quadruples Battlefield 3 servers for 360, PS Peter Moore sez DLC backlash is from older gamers Finally, the Question of the Week is, “What is your favorite game from the decade of the 2000′s”. For some help, check out this article.

Paul is not in the podcast, and will be out for the next couple of weeks as he recovers from major surgery. In the meantime, the podcast chugs on with three podcasters, as Jordan relays what he thought of the Sony Gamescom 2012 press conference. In the meantime, the news items include: Diablo III‘s Wilson on former Diablo dev’s mixed feelings on game: “F— that loser” Guild Wars 2 headstart begins in five days C&C: Generals 2 will be multiplayer-only at launch Prey 2 vanishing from Bethesda’s website explained Plants vs Zombies 2 shuffling towards 2013 release All that plus Reader Feedback wishing Paul well (sorry, Kizer, we didn’t moderate your message til after recording), as well as this week’s Question of the Week, “When is the right time to cut the price of a console?”

This week’s Gaming Podcast is bittersweet as this is the last episode Paul S. Nowak will be appearing in for a while as he goes in for serious surgery. In the meantime, the Gaming Flashback is the classic PlayStation 2 game Ico. This week’s news includes: Deep Silver: “Family” trailer didn’t sell Dead Island, co-op did DICE: Battlefield 4 isn’t set in the future, talks Bad Company 3 Wargaming.net CEO claims World of Tanks was dismissed as “cheap Asian stuff” Alleged “Microsoft Xbox Durango Development Kit” sold on eBay for $20,100 NCSoft’s lawsuit against En Masse over Tera assets settled This week’s Question of the Week, “Do you consider social networking games real MMOs?”

This week’s episode features the crew heavily reminiscing about videogames that first got them excited about the hobby, while Jordan Lund surprisingly takes a contrary opinion that shocks the other podcasters. In addition to videogame news, the Gaming History takes a look at the Nintendo 64DD. This week’s news includes: Star Wars: The Old Republic going free-to-play in Fall Report: Next Xbox console will support Windows 8 Paul Dini no longer penning Rocksteady Batman games 2K exec thinks photorealism is necessary for emotional games Borderlands 2 worldwide release will be “uncut“ This week’s Question of the Week, “When was the first time that you really got into video games?”

This week’s Gaming Podcast is a fairly routine one, with no Gaming Flashback or even a Question of the Week. However, this week features a ton of great news and industry discussion. Paul also announces that he will be unable to do the podcast in a few weeks for an extended period of time due to surgery. The news items for the week includes: Yoshida admits absence of Vita at E3 was a mistake Irrational Games now includes 85+ Metacritic game requirement for employment UbiSoft patches UPlay rootkit issue Paradox Interactive announces dungeon builder Impire EA: Current CEO John Riccitiello’s job is secure All that plus Reader Feedback, check it out.

This week’s Gaming Podcast deals with Jordan Lund discussing how much negative flak Windows 8 has been getting, Daniel Quick being his usual Canadian self, Paul Nowak returning triumphantly, and Jonah Falcon just taking infamy in stride. This week’s Gaming Flashback is the derided Super Pitfall! for the NES. As far as the news: “Super-slim” PS3 will be a no-show at Gamescom UbiSoft claims lack of new consoles penalizes creativity Diablo III ‘God mode’ exploit for Wizard discovered EA: Nintendo “on track to become primarily a software company” Electronic Arts settles in Madden and NCAA monopoly suit There is no Question of the Week – rather, the crew is waiting to hear your questions for them instead.

This week’s Gaming Podcast lacks Paul S. Nowak, who had to bow out due to illness, but there’s still Jonah Falcon, Jordan Lund and Daniel Quick to keep the podcast lively. This week features yet another weird NES title, Wall Street Kid, and some friendly Paul-less banter between the trio. This week’s news includes: Capcom: Street Fighter X Tekken DLC will never come to Xbox 360 Vivendi finding few buyers for Activision-Blizzard Gearbox: “Wouldn’t be surprised” if more aggressive PC games start to appear Grand Theft Auto V will support planes and jets, won’t have beta test Jonah also startles Dan and Jordan with a “secret topic” with the $99 console, the Ouya, which leads to the Question of the Week, “Would you buy a $99 Android-based console?”

This week is the battiest episode Gaming Podcast has ever done, and it’s not just because the crew argue over the first news item more emotionally than usual, but because it’s full of Batman. Lots of Batman. Plenty of Batman. In addition, the winners of the Spec Ops: The Line contest were also picked. The news items this week include: Square Enix exec says long console lifespans “biggest mistake” No fee to be charged for connecting to Wii U network Next Rocksteady Batman game will feature Silver Age Bats Michael Fassbender pegged to star in Assassin’s Creed flick All that and the question of the week, “Which Batman would you most like to see a game made from?”

This week is a special episode as Jonah Falcon cooks up a true videogame roundtable and is giving away three Steam codes for the latest third person shooter, Spec Ops: The Line, while Paul Nowak reads this week’s gaming flashback Wally Bear and the NO! Gang. The videogame roundtable has the crew discussing two topics: videogame violence and “play to win” premium game portals. All that plus Reader Feedback. To find out how to win a copy of Spec Ops: The Line, listen to the podcast and find out how!

In this episode of Gaming Podcast, Daniel Quick discusses how to become a true Canadian, while Jonah Falcon talks about making blond, green-eyed characters. There’s no Gaming Flashback this week, but plenty of news items. This week’s discussion: Nintendo announces XL version of Nintendo 3DS Dev claims Microsoft killed XBLA version of Stranger’s Wrath New users must now pass “review process” to unlock full Diablo III Dragon’s Dogma getting sequels after shipping 1M Valve and Cartoon Network collaboration hints at Team Fortress 2 show All this, and the Question of the Week is “What weird rituals do you do when playing videogames?”

This week the guys relax after the hecticness of E3, and get on to some of the major post-convention news. As Paul S. Nowak struggles with connection issues, Gaming Flashback returns with the original Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater. This week’s news: Microsoft unveils new tablet Rumor: Leaked doc claims 720 launches in 2013, 3D Kinect in 2014, OnLive acquisition May 2012 US sales down 28% over last year despite Diablo III Australian gamers get adults-only R18+ classification All this and Reader Feedback. This week has no Question of the Week – just ask the crew some questions.

Jonah Falcon and Paul S. Nowak return from the magical E3 2012 videogame convention and everyone has their own opinions on what they thought were the highlights and lowlights of E3. They also make their own predictions, as Dan Quick contemplates writing hate mail to Jonah for having access to SimCity and Need for Speed: Most Wanted. The podcast also features some great news, including: THQ closes their San Diego Studio, sells the UFC license Ubisoft states annual Assassin’s Creed releases funded AC3 Vivendi may sell Activision-Blizzard There’s also some Reader Feedback, as well as the new Question of the Week, “What did you take away from E3?”

This episode is a little late due to the holiday, but at least it’ll give everyone something to listen to when there’s no episode next week due to Jonah Falcon and Paul S. Nowak heading to E3. In the meantime, the gang covers the following news: THQ: “Linear is not a dirty word for an FPS” Pachter decries on-disc DLC as “just plain greed” Crysis 2 returns to Steam The Old Republic still has one of the biggest dev teams in industry Along with the usual Reader Feedback, the crew this time asks the readers to ask some questions, instead of the other way around. Let us know what you want to know.

This week is full of gaming goodness as E3 slowly creeps up like kudzu, but there’s still plenty to talk about this week. For one, the Gaming Flashback is the classic Infocom game Planetfall. The news for the week: DICE has Frostbite-powered titles for 2013 that “will require a 64-bit OS” Actors confirm return to recording booth for Mass Effect 3 CD Projekt RED: The truth is DRM does not work Potential $1 billion suit against EA by former student-athletes moves forward All that and Reader Feedback. This week’s Question of the Week, “Have you ever wanted a game but didn’t buy it due to DRM?”