We're back to our usual hour-ish episode length this week, still with plenty on the agenda. In news, we talk briefly about a couple of new releases, plus the free PlayStation Plus line-up for August. In listener email, prior weeks' questions are answered and long-time listener Jason sends in another quiz. We do that late in the episode, with Addie naming game trophy titles and me attempting to guess the game it's from and what a player must do to earn the trophy.

Game talk in my pre-recorded segment includes The Guardian Legend (NES, which I've only been playing once in a while) and No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise (PS3, which I finished, but may revisit to earn more trophies). This week's trio of end-theme tunes are taken from The Guardian Legend (MIDI arrangements).

Another trio: Questions of the Week! Write in with your thoughts and answers to one or more of these, so we can read and discuss on an upcoming episode. (1) What single-player game would benefit from a co-op mode? How would co-op change and improve the experience? (2) What are the toughest or just plain ridiculous trophies or achievements you've seen in a game? Impossible to earn? Fifty hours of grinding? Completely random? (3) What are your thoughts on Nintendo's next console, code-named the "NX"? What do you think it will be? What should it be? Are you even interested in a new Nintendo home console?

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