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Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about the Angry Birds NSA controversy, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, and we ask you about your favorite video game music.

• NSA is spying on Angry Birds.

• Sly Cooper movie is a thing.

• Forced Perspective Tech Demo.

• Vikings issue C&D against King.

• Ben: X-COM: Enemy Within.

• Kole: Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons.

• David: DmC.

• Dennis: DmC. Suits and Swords. Monaco.

• Sentence Diagram Chart

• Episode Length Chart

• Sly Cooper Horror

• Forced Perspective

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about whether or not we want to change our name to Candy Level Saga, Risk of Rain, and we ask what you wish you could play but can't.

• Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition.

• OpenEmu.org is a great emulator.

• The Last of Us fan t-shirt design.

• Candy(tm) Crush Saga(tm) developer trademarks "Candy" and "Saga".

• Ben: X-COM: Enemy Within.

• Kole: Risk of Rain. Dust Force.

• David: Saints Row IV.

• Dennis: DmC: Devil May Cry. Spelunky.

• What games do you wish you could play, but you know you can't?

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Sim City's offline mode, Knock Knock, and we ask you how you find time to play games.

• Occulus Rift works on Steam now, kinda.

• JazzPunk is a thing.

• SimCity gets offline mode.

• Dennis: Plants vs. Zombies. DmC.

• David: Castle Crashers. Guild Wars 2.

• Kole: Knock Knock.

• Ben: X-COM: Enemy Within.

• Finding time to play games.

Ben Merkel, Kole Ross, David Moneysmith, and Dennis Furia talk about PlayStation Now, X-COM: Enemy Within, and how incapacitated Kole is.

• PlayStation Now offers game streaming.

• Steam Machine Specs Released.

• Half Life 3 perfectly rendered environment.

• Final Fantasy XIII

• Kole: Starbound.

• David: Starbound.

• Ben: X-COM: Enemy Within.

• Dennis: Gravity Rush. Starbound.

Kole Ross, Ben Merkel, Dennis Furia, and David Moneysmith talk about the games we played over break, we ask you how you did on your 2013 gaming resolutions, and encourage you to stick around after the credits for a discussion about Dishonored.

• Sphere Chess

• To the Moon minisode and Mac port.

• Batman: Arkham Origins Mr. Freeze content.

• Dennis: Castle Crashers. Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward. Gravity Rush. The Stanley Parable. Starbound.

• Kole: Starbound.

• David: Castle Crashers. Starbound.

• Ben: Beyond: Two Souls.

• How did you do on your 2013 gaming resolutions?

• Steam Controller Demonstration

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about Starbound, Walking Dead Season 2, and ask you to name your favorite games of 2013.

• Dennis: Uncharted: Golden Abyss. Star Wars Pinball.

• Ben: Dragon Age II. Beyond: Two Souls.

• David: Kingdom of Loathing. Starbound. Borderlands 2.

• Kole: Contraption Maker. Actual Sunlight. Walking Dead Season 2.

• Some kind of game of the year discussion.

Kole, Ben, and David talk about the Metal Gear Solid 5 delay, a bunch of old games, and ask you what your favorite new IP is (and what that even means).

• Portrait of Shame: PS4 Black Friday shooting.

• Metal Gear Solid 5 won't come out for a while.

• Epigentics and Assassin's Creed.

• David: Batman: Arkham Asylum. The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing.

• Ben: Batman: Arkham Origins. Ridiculous Fishing. Rymdkapsel. Dragon Age II.

• Kole: Super Mario 3D Land.

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• What's your favorite new IP?

Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about this disappointing new next gen era, the Dark Souls II beta, and ask you about Easter Eggs.

• PSN and Amazon.

• Knack panned.

• CoD gets dedicated servers again.

• GTA V Beach Bum Expansion.

• Ben: Batman: Arkham Origins.

• David: Batman: Arkham City. Dragon's Dogma.

• Dennis: Dokuro. Star Wars Pinball. Dark Souls II Beta.

• Kole: Dark Souls II Beta. Paint It, Back.

• What are your favorite codes/easter eggs?

Kole, Ben, and Dennis talk about being on the eve of the next console generation, Batman: Arkham Origins, and the state of games journalism.

• Next gen is around the corner.

• Streaming capabilities added to Minecraft.

• Steam Machine Stuff.

• PS4 controller compatibility stuff.

• WWE Wrestling 2K14.

• Ben: Batman: Arhkam Origins. Grand Theft Auto V.

• Dennis: Mass Effect 2. DEFCON.

• Kole: Clicking Bad. Phoenix Wright: Dual Destinies.

• What's your opinion on games journalism/criticism?

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Kole, Ben, Dennis, and David talk about the Walking Dead Season 2 announcement, Sir, You Are Being Hunted, and we ask you about spooky games.

• The Walking Dead Season 2 gets a release.

• GTA sells 29 million units.

• Motion sickness research in games.

• Ubisoft and console exclusivity.

• Dennis: Hotline: Miami. Gone Home.

• Kole: The Stanley Parable.

• David: Sir, You Are Being Hunted. Path of Exile.

• Ben: Grand Theft Auto V. Batman: Arkham Origins.

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