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We return from the two week hiatus with community sparked conversations on "most embarrassing game moments," among others. Sharkey heads the Recession Gaming segment with Cactus Arcade, we share our StarCraft gaming moments, Treyarch community manager Josh Olin drops by with the deets on the upcoming second map pack for CoD World at War and all the while Tina giggles like a crazy person.

We're back! Good Grief returns after an unexpected interruption in our schedule. We discuss more 1UP community happenings from defending our gaming habits to discovering the underrated games in popular franchises. Sharkey turns the Recession Gaming spotlight on Scary Girl and Tina shares her Play Time experience with Fat Princess.

Caution, navel gazing ahead. Sam, Tina, Chris, and Scott dive into the topic of game journalism semantics. The chin stroking then degenerates into disses on Sam's feminine Xbox avatar. Fortunately, they have the wonderful indies Legend of Princess and Hero's Arms, Dawn of War 2, and Battlefield Bad Company to distract them from themselves.

The quest to share the best that 1UP blogger's have to offer continues as Chris brings out the best discussions of the DSi launch and Resident Evil 5's Versus Mode. Sharkey shares his love for Shrapnel Game's Weird Worlds for Recession Gaming and in Playtime Tina took on Dawn of War 2 and Sam got fragged in Killzone 2.

Our cynicism returns with renewed vigor after a week off for GDC. Chris shares a few blogs he found on 1UP, Sharkey praises Shrapnel games, and we wrap it up talking Battlefield 1943 with the game's producer, Gordon Van Dyke.

Who's hungry for some Good Grief? The famished will no doubt enjoy this week's platter of GDC predictions and rogue-likes. Wash the whole thing down with a community Q and A, including the question on everyone's mind: if you could add exploding barrels to improve any videogame, what would it be?

Hop on the short bus! This week we pack it full with six people on the show. Sam vents his frustrations about the Sonic franchise, we share our Street Figther 4 stories from playtime, and we listen to Sharkey praise more Recession Gaming friendly games. Special guest Philip Kollar sits in along with Chris Plante in San Francisco, and Russ Frustick from UGO "in the well."

Good Grief episode 2 ups the ante like Empire Strikes Back. We give you Killzone 2 impressions from community play time night and share our love for Gang Garrison 2. While Phil Kollar caught a cold and couldn't make it this week, we caught visiting 1UP user David Loh to take his place. Oh, and we froze Tina in carbonite.

Episode 1 drops hot and fast like a penny off the Empire State Building and into your skull. Tina Sanchez, Sam Kennedy, Scott Sharkey and Chris Plante team up with special guest, Rebel FM's Anthony Gallegos, to tackle Valve's latest online multiplayer fests, the future of the Good Grief podcast and the frustrating hell child that is Spelunky. Under two hours, Sharkey avoids alcohol poisoning. Huge success!

It's finally here! Join Tina Sanchez, Sam Kennedy, Scott Sharkey, and Chris Plante as we discuss the essence of Good Grief in Episode 0! In our test run we explore how future shows will be structured, announce a weekly community game event, and ask for user input.