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We're back!!

After a long hiatus which sadly saw one of our founding members Greg decide to leave the show, we've decided to soldier on and re-launch the MOOcast with a new 'caster Ryan!

We remain committed to bringing the best in game-related conversation, opinions, videos and reviews straight from 3 normal, everyday gamers just like you.

In this episode, we discuss:

1. Games we've played since our last episode - (Impressions on Tomb Raider, Far Cry 3, Guild Wars 2, Aliens: Colonial Marines, Defiance, Guardians of Middle Earth, and Bioshock: Infinite!)

2. Why Bioshock: Infinite is Mike's new favorite single-player game EVAH

3. New release impressions: Defiance - XBOX's first MMO since Final Fantasy!

4. We celebrate Monday MOOcast's 1st birthday!

5. Disney closes LucasArts. We mourn and pick the carcass. Andrea doesn't care.

Gameplay on our YouTube video version this week features Mike playing the newly-released open-world sci-fi MMO "Defiance".

Enjoy!

Mike, Andrea and Ryan

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Welcome to the 37th episode of the Monday MOOcast with Andrea Musolf, Greg Obert, and Mike O'Mara. Andrea's back with us this week, so we wore pants again.

In this episode, we discuss:

1. What we played this week

2. Our thoughts on the recent reveal of the PS4

3. How should new systems be introduced to the public?

4. The fallout from Aliens: Colonial Marines continues. We get angry at Gearbox.

5. Visceral Games' Montreal studio is closed by EA. We talk about EA's evil plan to ruin all fun everywhere.

6. Ubisoft tries to make things right with the PC gamer. We laugh.

7. Ubisoft wants a shorter life-cycle for systems?!? We respectfully disagree.

8. Kojima says "Ground Zeroes" is gonna be downright nasty sauce. So controversial it might not be able to be released. Whaa?

9. Rock Band DLC finally ends April 2nd. Big ups to Harmonix!

10. Bioware wraps up Mass Effect 3 for good with upcoming multi-player and single-player DLC. Do we care? Should we?

Enjoy!

Mike, Greg and Andrea

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Welcome to the 36th episode of the Monday MOOcast with Andrea Musolf, Greg Obert, and Mike O'Mara - except this time, we're missing Andrea!

In this man-tastic episode, we discuss:

1. What we played this week

2. The massive disappoint that has been Aliens: Colonial Marines

3. Nancy Pelosi speaks up for videogames. We give a shout out.

4.ESRB ratings system at "top awareness"? So says the ESRB president!

5. Is videogame violence necessary or not for interesting, creative storytelling?

6. Michel Ancel, Rayman creator, ticked that Rayman: Legends has been delayed.

7. There will be new Batman game in 2013. Good news?

8. Is the Valve 'Steambox' now in question after hardware developer firings?

9. The horror genre - is it a dying breed at retail? So says Cliffy B of "Gears of War" fame. We discuss.

Enjoy!

Mike and Greg (and absent Andrea)

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The 35th episode of the Monday MOOcast with Andrea Musolf, Greg Obert, and Mike O'Mara. We bring you all of the greatest gaming news from MOO straight to YOU!

In this episode, we discuss:

1. Games we played this week

2. Rayman Legends is no longer Wii U exclusive AND is delayed until Sept. 2013. Greg cries. We discuss.

3. Thoughts on Dead Space 3

4. Resident Evil 6 is officially a "failure", according to Capcom. We talk about why.

5. Filmmaker JJ Abrams and Gabe Newell of Valve want to collaborate on Valve-themed movies. We talk about whether we'd like that, and about the broken hearts of Halo would-be movies past.

6. A Connecticut lawmaker wants to impose a 'sin tax' on M-rated videogames. We discuss why this in an unfair and unfounded 'solution' in the violent videogame debate.

7. Day One DLC announcements: Good, Bad, or just Ugly?

Gameplay on our YouTube video version this week features Mike playing Halo 4's Spartan Ops: Episode 8 and some Guardians of Middle Earth.

Enjoy!

Andrea, Greg, & Mike

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Welcome to the 34th episode of the Monday MOOcast with Andrea Musolf, Greg Obert, and Mike O'Mara. We bring you all of the greatest gaming news from MOO straight to YOU!

In this episode, we discuss:

1. What we played this week

2. Dead Island's developer Deep Silver says it's ridiculously-awesome announcement trailer was "not misleading". We disagree and give our reasons why.

3. Other game trailers that worked and why

4. Anti-game Senator Leland Yee apologizes for his "gamers have no credibility" quotes from last week. Sort of. On Twitter. Because of us? Maybe.

5. What does Grand Theft Auto V's new delay potentially tell us about when the new systems might come out? We discuss Sony/Microsoft's potential plans and the impact of big titles like GTA/Call of Duty, along with our predicted release dates!

6. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) is a moron. Why? Just listen.

7. We praise Adam Sessler's recent comments on Fox News about the violent videogame debate and why we think he did gamers a great turn.

8. Game developers and their communities: we discuss our favorite developer-community relationships

Gameplay on our YouTube version this week features Andrea playing some Crysis 3 beta and Dead Island!

Enjoy!

- Mike, Andrea, & Greg

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Welcome to the 33rd episode of the Monday MOOcast with Andrea Musolf, Greg Obert, and Mike O'Mara. We bring you all of the greatest gaming news from MOO straight to YOU!

In this episode, we discuss:

1. What we played this week

2. The failure (in our opinion) of Assassin's Creed 3 and it's failed (in our opinion) DLC plan

3. The Elder Scrolls On-line and the debate on whether Elder Scrolls should go MMO or not

4. Senator Leland Yee from California is at it again - he thinks gamers "have no credibility" in the violent videogame debate?!?

5. Atari and THQ go bankrupt. We discuss.

6. Capcom's decision to NOT port Resident Evil: Revelations to the Vita is stupid. Listen to what it is.

7. J.J. Abrams is going to helm the next Star Wars movie. Is this a good thing for the franchise, and how might his unique stylings affect future Star Wars games?

8. Splinter Cell's ridiculous Collector's Edition is discussed, as well as what makes a worthwhile collector's edition for us.

Gameplay on our YouTube version this week features Mike and friends playing Dead Island, Halo 4 and Far Cry 3.

Enjoy!

- Mike, Andrea, & Greg

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Here's the 32nd episode of the Monday MOOcast with Andrea Musolf, Greg Obert, and Mike O'Mara. We bring you all of the greatest gaming news from MOO straight to YOU!

In this episode, we discuss:

1. Games we played this week

2. There's no 'perfect' game. But what can you deal with in ALMOST perfect games that makes you keep coming back? And what one aspect of a game can 'break' it for you? We discuss.

3. More anti-videogame legislation proposed - that has already been proposed and shot down by the Supreme Court before! Ugh.

4. Greg's mini-review on the Dead Space 3 demo. Is he psyched for the release?

5. Halo 2 multiplayer to get shut down on PC Feb. 15th - it makes us sad.

6. The Lego-fication of every franchise ever. Should it continue?

7. Suda's new game - "Killer is Dead". Wow. It's weird. Our early predictions.

Gameplay on our YouTube version this week features Andrea and friends playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

Enjoy!

- Mike, Andrea, & Greg

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Here's the 31st episode of the Monday MOOcast with Andrea Musolf, Greg Obert, and Mike O'Mara. We bring you all of the greatest gaming news straight from MOO, straight to YOU!

In this episode, we discuss:

1. Games we played this week

2. The upcoming new Tomb Raider game and playing as a girl when you're not (or, when you are!)

3. GameStop asks: if you could make any game into a movie, what would it be and why? The MOO answers!

4. Lame movie proposals for Half-Life that were rejected (thankfully)

5. Gearbox turned down Activision's overtures to create a Call of Duty game. Our thoughts!

6. The Vice-President meets with leaders of the videogame industry as part of a task force to root out the causes of violence. We collectively facepalm.

7. Warner Brothers goes Arkham crazy Arkham-ing everything that can be Arkham-ed!

8. The PS3 now leads the XBox in shipped consoles. Big deal? We think not really.

9. A private company in Europe wants to ship people on a 1-way trip to Mars. They are crazy. We laugh a lot about it, and hope you will, too.

Gameplay on our YouTube version this week features Andrea and friends playing some Halo 4 and Skyrim.

Enjoy!

- Mike, Andrea, & Greg

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Welcome to 2013!

Here's the 30th episode of the Monday MOOcast with Andrea Musolf, Greg Obert, and Mike O'Mara. We bring you all of the greatest gaming news straight from MOO, straight to YOU!

In this episode, we discuss:

1. Games we played this week

2. Game system launches: which was the best?

3. Yet another congressional attack on violent video games: our responses

4. THQ's bankruptcy and what it might mean to some of our favorite franchises

5. Greg's hardware review of the Wii U

6. The sad case of having too much to do in your favorite game - does game burnout exist?

7. Assassin's Creed III: Or, the Most Boring Game Ever.

Gameplay on our YouTube version this week features Andrea and friends playing some Black Ops II and some Skyrim.

Enjoy!

- Mike, Andrea, & Greg

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The 29th episode of the Monday MOOcast with Andrea Musolf, Greg Obert, and Mike O'Mara. We bring you all of the greatest gaming news straight from MOO, straight to YOU!

In this episode, we discuss:

1. Games we played this week

2. Why do we play videogames?

3. Left-handed gamers and the "right-hand only" 1st-person shooter camera

4. Our top games of 2012

5. Our wishes for the 2013 year in gaming

6. Our big 2012 thank-yous to everyone who's listened to us!

Gameplay on our video version this week features Andrea playing a variety of Party Games on COD: Black Ops II.

Enjoy!

- Mike, Andrea, & Greg

The Monday MOOcast clan