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This week we talk about how a game idea on neogaf may become a reality, and what inspires Miyamoto to make games. Sharkey finds the best flash game with robot unicorns, stars and rainbows (really), and we have a few user blogs to share. Oh, and with Valentine's day almost here, gaming should be included in the romantic schedule.

This week, the gang talks about PS3-powered supercomputers, High Voltage's Wii fighting game and a blogger's challenge to 1UP's readers. Sharkey also carves out some time to discuss US tax law.

Tina attempts to get people to care about FIFA games, Sam raves about the iPad, we chat about RPGs, and share the weirdest comments we've seen on 1UP this week.

Joy! A new week, another oddcast! We're joined by 1UP's Alan Johnson as we ask folks to play Halo for Haiti, joke about how DSi XL is for old people, and Sharkey tells us about vvvvvv. Yes, that's a real game.

So this week we discover the Chinese made another game rip off, talk beat-em ups, and that "party bus" and "final fantasy" somehow blended together. Two new recession games are shared and we close with a video games and their endings topic discussion. How fitting

The Oddcast wobbles back to the airwaves with a yuletide hangover. Grouchy, with eggnog stink still on our breath, we commiserate over lame Christmas gifts and pick a bone with 2009. But before allow ourselves to succumb to total self-pity, we carve out some time to discuss Genetos, an indie game Tina likes!

Happy Holidays everyone! For our final podcast of the year, we decided to do things a little differently. We close out the year with the first-ever Oddcast Awards, share our favorite gaming moments of 2009 while also reading listener submissions.

What do bloody sneakers, biker soldiers, crappy videogame movies, sliding block puzzles, Semtex and The Clapper all have in common? I guess you could use them together in some lame new torture technique, but they're also subjects that came up in this week's gaming news. Which we talk about. With our mouths.

On this week's podcast, we discuss what the founder of the PlayStation is up to, Left 4 Dead 2, PC mods and hacks, and also bring in Ethan Levy (Producer of Dragon Age Journey) for recession gaming.

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.