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On this week's episode, we explore how the community feels about female objectivity in games, Sharkey shares one of the best Recession Games yet, and we discuss Batman: Arkum Asylum and WET

The Sports Game Guy (Todd Zuniga) with Greg Ford, Andrew Fitch and David Ellis, as the fearsome dorksome discusses the pluses and minuses of their Madden NFL 10 online franchise, a hands-on preview with NBA Live 10, and how much smarter you are for playing Madden.

Sam, David, and Garnett return from their journeys but John's a late scratch from the lineup. The trio finds their hands full with Star Trek Online, NFS Shift vs. Forza 3 vs. Gran Turismo 5, Dead Nation, Resident Evil Darkside Chronicles, Eye Pet, Osmos, and more just in Whatcha' Been Playin? alone. And then after the break they tackle the price drops (and in the UK an increase) on console hardware, whether 40 dollars could be the magic price for expanding the games market, Kojima's plans for Peace Walker, and more.

This week the gang talk about a couple of the features on 1UP, chat a little about Metroid: Prime Trilogy, Batman: Arkham Asylum, and Smackdown vs. Raw 2010. Then things open up with talk about Forks, WA (the town from the Twilight books), hoarding and addiction, the CA State Faire, and WWE Summerslam.

Sam and Garnett wrap-up a week's worth of the awesome games and announcements at Gamescom 2009 in Cologne, Germany. It's cornucopia of the best upcoming games including Heavy Rain, Final Fantasy 13, Diablo 3, DJ Hero, Assassins Creed 2, Castlevania, ModNation Racers, and much more.

Ray Barnholt steps (er, sits) into the host's chair to lead up a discussion of a topic near to his heart- the TurboGrafx-16's 20th anniversary. Gamasutra's Christian Nutt and Brandon Sheffield guest, while Jeremy Parish serves as ballast.

The latest Sports Anomaly podcast (episode 124) features The Sports Game Guy (Todd Zuniga) with Greg Ford (and sometimes Andrew Fitch), as they delve deep into Madden NFL 10, discussing Brett Favre's return, Michael Vick's ratings, online franchises shortcomings, plus they consider the dipping sales of NCAA Football 10, and briefly debate the merits of District 9.

Justin sits in with the crew to talk about Sony's PS3 Slim announcement, why hardcore gamers don't play Madden, and Professor Layton and the diabolical box.

The infamous fourth chair gets a week off as Sam, John, and Garnett do the show as a trio. They've got their hands full with a Whatcha Been Playin? segment that includes Madden 10 both for 360/PS3 and Wii, Fat Princess, TMNT Turtles in Time Re-Shelled, Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box, and more. There's no letup after the break with July NPD sales figures kicking off a discussion that covers Sega's renewed commitment to mature games on the Wii, impressions of the XBL update, and a quick look at the buzz from the first day of QuakeCon.

After catching an early screening of District 9, Alan Johnson joins Matt Shirk and Mike Cruz to record their early impressions of the movie.

The latest Sports Anomaly podcast (episode 123) features The Sports Game Guy (Todd Zuniga) along with Greg Ford, as they review Madden NFL 10, Madden Arcade cometh, a quick NHL 2K10 preview, the top new features in NBA 2K10, and the retirement of cyber-athlete Hall of Famer Jeremy Roenick.

As the crew discusses Uncharted 2, the Gameboy 20th Anniversary, and the G.I. Joe movie, Justin Haywald battles Professor Layton's diabolical box.

We pull the old double switch with Gamasutra features director Christian Nutt and our own Alice Liang joining David and Garnett. In the opening segment Little King's Story gets Whatcha' Been Playin? started before a look back at Lost Odyssey and Mass Effect gives a little preview of the upcoming RPG discussion and DiRT 2 shifts gears entirely to wrap it all up. After the break Christian helps revisit the topic of revitalizing Japanese RPGs and then the talk turns to Fat Princess's launch struggles, Starcraft 2's delay, and a potential PlayStation customer loyalty program.

Holla at ya boy -- SHIRK WEEK comes to an end with a free-for-all discussion about hippies, Shark Tank, and the Police Women of Broward County.

Parish, Barnholt, and Kohler mark the Game Boy's 20th anniversary in America by talking about... every portable system except Game Boy.