It's a jam-packed episode as we welcome Alice Liang and Gamasutra's Christian Nutt to talk about the layoffs at Pandemic, the PS3 going 3-D, and the next iterations of the DS and PSP. David joins in to sing the praises of Assassin's Creed II. The rest of the crew rounds things out with talk of Lego Indy 2, Dragon Age, and a tease for Zelda: Spirit Tracks.

Jeremy Parish, Ray Barnholt, and Chris Kohler use the launch of the retro-tastic New Super Mario Bros. Wii an excuse to wax nostalgic about Mario's SNES episodes.

In this episode of Just the Tip we present the New Super Mario Bros. Wii '99 lives' trick.

The seeds of the holiday season have been sewn as the crew discuss 1UP's massive Holiday Gift Guide. Games discussed include Assassin's Creed 2: Discovery for DS, Harvest Moon: Animal Parade, and some potential controversy involving Dragon Age Origins DLC. In the after-segment, Active Time Babble's Kat Bailey and Jeremy Parish join Mike in the studio to talk about their new podcast, their secret origins, and all-around gaming goodness.

1UP's Scott Sharkey expounds on why we play videogames and how much life sucks. Especially for stick figures.

With two major releases it's another one of those weeks where there's almost too much to talk about. Seth Killian from Capcom Unity joins us to talk about his transition from college professor to God of all things Street Fighter. Sam and David talk about the success and failures of Modern Warefare 2 (Spoilers from 1:17-1:29), and Jeremy puts Nintendo¹s game design for everyone thesis to the test with New Super Mario Bros. Wii. Also news about the release of Microsoft's Natal, a new Hero game from Activision, and prepare your slingshot once again as Rockstar's Bully might be returning.

It's a James fest! As the first official episode of 1UP Oddcast, we brought in a few special guests. We're first joined by indie developer, James Silva, creator of Dishwasher Dead Samurai. We check out the latest on Modern Warfare 2, and explore what it takes to make an arcade game. And then James Mielke (former EIC of EGM), stops by and shares the latest at Q Entertainment and what it's like working for a developer.

After a rocky start due to a last-minute guest cancellation, our heroes pluck victory from the jaws of awkwardness. Parish, Bailey, Nguyen, and Haywald discuss Trek Online, Dragon Age, Half-Minute Hero, 4 Warriors of Light, Torchlight, and more.

The Sports Game Guy (Todd Zuniga), Greg Ford and Andrew Fitch day-and-date review Pro Evolution Soccer 2010, discuss which division leading NFL teams they'd prefer to play with in Madden NFL 10, the muckraking truth behind NBA 2K10's NYC billboard, a jersey unlock code breaks new ground, and a pre-review of Tecmo's NBA Unrivaled.

Dr. Greg Zeschuk joins Jeremy Parish, Bitmob's Jason Wilson, and at1UP's Travis Williams to talk about the history of his company: A plucky little start-up called BioWare.