It's actually kind of an improvement.

Well, would you look at that -- another podcast! And this one's blessedly much shorter than the previous, meaning you get plenty of on-topic discussion and analysis without having to meander through dozens of games and several months of backlogged news to cover.

This podcast picks up where the last one left off, with the gang discussing the myriad top-tier releases of the first quarter of 2010. A near-complete list of titles is available after the jump for your perusal.

As always, thanks for listening, and let us know what you think!

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JANUARY

Bayonetta (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3) -- Jan. 5th

Darksiders (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3) -- Jan. 5th

Army of Two: The 40th Day (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3) -- Jan. 12th

Dark Void (Xbox 360, PS3, PC?) -- Jan. 12th

Mass Effect 2 (Xbox 360, PC) -- Jan. 26th

MAG (PS3) -- Jan. 26th

No More Heroes 2 (Wii) -- Jan. 28th

FEBRUARY

Star Trek: Online (PC) -- Feb. 2nd

BioShock 2 (Xbox 360, PS3) -- Feb. 9th

Dante's Inferno (Xbox 360, PS3) -- Feb. 9th

Red Steel 2 (Wii) -- Feb. 16th

Lost Planet 2 (Xbox 360, PS3) -- Feb. 23rd

Splinter Cell: Conviction (Xbox 360, PS3, PC?) -- Feb. 23rd

MARCH

God of War III (PS3) -- Mar. ??

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (Xbox 360, PS3, PC) -- Mar. 2nd

Final Fantasy XIII (Xbox 360 - 57 DVDs, PS3 - 1 BD-DVD) -- Mar. 9th

Command & Conquer 4 (PC) -- Mar. 16th

Just Cause 2 (Xbox 360, PS3, PC) -- Mar. 23rd

APRIL

Red Dead Redemption (Xbox 360, PS3) -- Apr. 27

MAY

Mafia II (Xbox 360, PS3, PC) -- May ??

UNDETERMINED

Alan Wake

Dead Rising 2

Heavy Rain

Gran Turismo 5

Max Payne 3

Fable 3

Metroid: Other M

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow

Crackdown 2

Alpha Protocol

Fallout: New Vegas

Crysis 2

Epic Mickey

Super Mario Galaxy 2