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For once, Bobby has played videogames, having finished Black Flag, Spec Ops: The Line, and starting in on Final Fantasy V for GBA. J has Ghosted Call of Duty and Defaulty Braved. We discuss Nintendo's E3 absence, Harmonix Kickstarting Amplitude, and the Game Boy's 25th Birthday. And, in honor of said birthday, we have a joint THE LIST of Five Obviously Great Game Boy Games as well as our own Five Game Boy Favorites.

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Music: Anamanaguchi | Art: r4r3truffle | Thank you, Dude Walker.

We have for you talk of souvenir mugs, Talk Boy tape recorders, Saints Row IV, Mercenary Kings and a spoiled-review of Burial at Sea Part 2. We also sound the Borderlands Alarm and even play some news music to discuss the Amazon Fire TV and Oculus. THE LIST this week? Five outdated game mechanics/innovations that make it old games hard to go back to.

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Music: Anamanaguchi | Art: r4r3truffle | Thank you, Dude Walker.

Our primary topic this ishdition is Bravely Default, which we've been hammering on for the last month or so. J has some opinions on Uncharted 2 and Tomb Raider, while Bobby has been plundering the Caribbean and experiencing the majesty of Jazzpunk. It's then onto our St. Patrick's Day themed THE LIST with the five best games to drink to! You don't wanna miss it.

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Music: Anamanaguchi | Art: r4r3truffle | Thank you, Dude Walker.

It's been a while but we're back with more videogames! J played Uncharted, JazzPunk, and The Last of Us: Left Behind, while Bobby joined the Black Flag crew and tried to figure out what to play next. We discuss various newses and put together a THE LIST for our Top 5 iOS games. Oh, and something about Threes?

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Music: Anamanaguchi | Art: r4r3truffle | Thank you, Dude Walker.

Video games! The finishing of A Link Between Worlds, Persona 4 Golden, Metal Gear Solid 4, and Broken Age. Oh, and the beginning of some other games! We discuss PlayStation Now, Steam Machines, Nintendo, and then discuss a THE LIST of the five things we won't survive past this console generation.

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Music: Anamanaguchi | Art: r4r3truffle | Thank you, Dude Walker.

We close out MAGFest with one final episode that recaps Saturday day. Windjammers, paratexts, Christopher Kimball, Sega on the Go. And then we play Password!

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Music: Anamanaguchi | Art: r4r3truffle | Thank you, Dude Walker.

On the second night of MAGFest we were joined again by good friend of the show Kevin and welcomed Game of the Generation veteran Adam into the fold. We discuss some of the MAGFest goings-on, StreetPassing, and learn that J can do impressions!

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Music: Anamanaguchi | Art: r4r3truffle | Thank you, Dude Walker.

This past weekend we made our annual pilgrimage to the gaming holy land known as MAGFest. We had a fantastic time seeing all of our old friends and meeting some great new folk too. During the event we recorded three After Hours podcasts that we'll be posting over the course of the next couple of days. Expect both game talk and general shenanigans.

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Music: Anamanaguchi | Art: r4r3truffle | Thank you, Dude Walker.

Closing out 2013 with one last podcast, Bobby and J recap the Game of the Generation talk, discuss their ten favorite games of the year, and answer somebody else's EMAILS.

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Opening music by Dale North. Album art by r4r3truffle. Thank you, Dude Walker.

We're closing out the year with the second half of our Game of the Generation with special guests Jimmy and Adam! Things get heated as the match-ups from Giant Bomb Community produced bracket get weird, but eventually we come to terms with the surprising, but inevitable answer. Happy Holidays and see you at MAGFest!

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Opening music by Anamanaguchi

Album art by r4r3truffle.