Andy, Charlie, Jeff, and Josh bring the gaming pain with another XYBA video game podcast. Again please feel free to leave us a review on iTunes. 00:00 ? Andy, Charlie, Jeff, and Josh 00:30 ? Games We?re Playing :|: Bionical Heroes, Glory Days 2, Culdcept Saga, Pocker Smash, and Charlies just playing whatever he can steal. M3 chip is sucking up our DS juice. 07:54 ? Gaming News :|: MMO Marvel Universal Online Cancelled, DJ Hero trademarked, Leisure Suit Larry game cumming soon, 360 failure rate, PS3 sales, and more 30:04 ? Roundtable :|: The XYBA crew discuss the lates Devil May Cry 4 required assets download for PS3 and if this is the future of games on consoles. 50:40 ? Games We?re Looking Forward To :|: GTA IV, Star Wars: Force unleashed, Dark Sector, and mo 54:27 ? Shoutouts :|: Check out our sister sites ThunderPudd.com, Game on Cafe, and Jigsaw HC?s Rants

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Andy, Jeff, and Josh come together for the 18th episode of the XYBA Podcast. We are trying a new format where we keep our podcast a little shorter. Let us know what you think. Be sure to leave us a review on iTunes and check out a machinima we are working on. Enjoy. 00:00 ? Introductions 00:33 ? Games We?re Playing :|: Half-Life 2, Stuntman: Ignition, and Ghost Squad 13:36 ? Gaming News :|: GTAIV in April, Little Big Planet in beta, Orange Box games for PC, EA announces Rockband for Wii, and some other gaming news 37:06 ? Roundtable :|: The Child-Man debate 48:25 ? Games We?re Looking Forward to :|: Ninja Gaiden DS, GTA IV, Lego Batman, Lego Indiana Jones, Army of Two, Star Wars: Force Unleashed, Fable 2, and Culdcept Saga 53:24 ? Rant :|: Games with flashlights suck

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Andy, Eric, Jeff, and Josh are back with the last XYBA Video Game Podcast of 2007. We discuss games we played on holiday and games we got for Christmas. Good times. 00:00 ? Intros 00:35 ? Games We?re Playing :|: Geometry Wars: Galaxies, Gundam, Viva Pinata: Party Animals, Uncharted: Drakes Fortune, SceneIt, Call of Duty 4, Half Life 2, Guitar Hero III, Tenchu Z, Transformers, Contra 4, New York Times Cross Word Puzzles, The Simpsons Game, and Rock Band 50:57 ? Gaming News 1:02:30 ? What We Are Looking Forward to For Gaming in 2008 1:34:38 ? Rantz :|: Jeff goes off on Sony and their firmware restrictions

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The XYBA crew is back with a semi long podcast. Lots of video game talk and little news and no rants. We?ve been gone for more than a month playing games and now have a lot to talk about. 0:00 ? Intro Music 0:58 ? Games We Are Playing :|: Mass Effect (we talk about this for a while), Rockband, Guitar Hero III, Assassian Creed, Zelda Phantom Hourglass, Kane and Lynch, Stranglehold, Beautiful Katamari, and Halo 3 55:30 ? Gaming News :|: Xbox Live Dashboard Update, Super Mario Galaxy not selling as well as predicted, DLC for Bioshock, R4 Chip for DS costing Nintendo millions, Nintendo Virtual Console does good for it?s first year, and more 1:24:09 ? Shoutouts 1:24:46 ? Outro music

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The XYBA Video Game Podcast is back with Episode 15. Andy and Josh host with guests Sean and Nick from the 217 area code.

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Welcome to lucky number 14 of the XYBA Podcast. Your host Josh talks gaming along with his side kick host Andy. This episode is filled with more Halo 3 than you can fit in your dirty little mouth, but don?t blame us because that?s all there is to talk about these days. 00:00 ? Intro music by Grant 00:39 ? Games we are playing :|: Halo 3, Just Cause, Boxhead Co-op, Bioshock, Jam Sessions on DS (Josh plays a little diddly) 05:35 ? Gaming News :|: It?s really short. Halo 3 is out. Sex Pistols get together to record a track for Guitar Hero III, Japanese company makes a 2nd Life game called ?Meet Me?, Halo 3 bumped GOW from top Xbox Live game. 11:20 ? Roundtable Discussion :|: Halo 3 review of campaign, multiplayer, armor, forge, and theater 34:52 ? Games we are looking forward to :|: Army of Two, Mass Effect, Rock Band, Pacman Versus on DS, and No More Heroes 36:28 ? Rant :|: Eric?s 360 broke for the 2nd time 37:09 ? Shout Outs and Outro music

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Lucky episode 13 is up and live. Join Andy, Charlie, Grant, and Josh as ramble on about games. 00:00 ? Intro Music by Grant 00:10 ? Introductions with your host Josh and his sub host Charlie, Grant, and Andy (he survived by default) 00:33 ? Games We Be Playin :|: Bioshock, Guitar Hero II, Just Cause, GTA San Andreas, crap load of game demos 15:27 ? Gaming News :|: A bunch of Halo news 32:15 ? Roundtable Discussion :|: Game Elements that we would like to see removed and what should replace it. 44:50 ? Games Are Looking Forward To :|: Dimensium The Ward, Halo 3, Borderlands, Kane and Lynch, Army of Two, GTAIV, Manhunt 2, and Mass Effect 50:15 ? Grants back. I thought he died. 53:55 ? Rants about the grief we get about our podcast. People hate us. 1:05:38 ? Shoutouts and outro music

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Episode 12 is out and is full of video gaming goodness. We have 2 special guest, Santana and Marco, and Eric makes a return. This is a longy, but goody. Goody?s a word. 00:00 ? Intro music by Grant 00:18 ? Introductions :|: Andy, Josh, Eric, with Guest Santana and Marco 01:10 ? Games we?re playing :|: Bioshock (Eric beat it), Call of Duty 4 Beta, Skate Demo, Metroid Prime 3, Animal Crossing, Metal Gear 1 & 2, Final Fantasy Tactics, Hitman 2, and GTA San Andreas 15:54 ? Bioshock talk :|: It?s Awesome 24:39 ? Gaming News :|: PS3 sales up 200%, Games Gone Gold, Joust the movie, Haze only on PS3, and more and Halo 3 41:00 ? We discover that Marco is Italian 44:05 ? Roundtable Discusson :|: Pregrame Hype and does it hurt a game or help a game 48:32 ? We get back on the pregame discussion topic 52:55 ? We talk about Metroid here 57:00 ? Games we?re looking forward to :|: Jam Sessions Bundle Pack, Mass Effect, Metal Gear 4, Little Big Planet, Skate, Team Fortress 2, Halo 3, Fallout 3, Splinter Cell, Call of Duty 4, and GTA IV 1:10:37 ? Rants :|: Marco goes off on Sqaure about Final Fantasy, Josh hates crappy search tools on forums 1:16:30 ? Shoutouts

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We are back after several busy weekends that prevented us from getting together. The latest XYBA has lots of news and opinions about gaming for you to soak your gaming brains in. 0:00 ? Intro Jam 0:20 ? Introductions: Josh, Andy, and Charlie 0:50 ? Games We Be Playin: Overlord, Shadowrun, Bioshock Demo, Orphan Feast and Psi Ops 10:41 ? Talk about Josh?s Xbox 360 death experience 13:14 ? Gaming News: Halo 3 has 4 player co-op, George Lucas is a sellout, GTA IV delayed to 2008, Andy and Charlie not buying Rockband, Bioshock news how shocking, Microsoft lays down the laws for machinimas, King of Kong movie released, Metroid getting good reviews from Nintendo Power, Bungie Pro, Games for Windows Live will support XP, COD4 beta coming to 360, and Nintendo bringing original games to Wii 1:01:50 ? Roundtable Discussion: Games built with only Multiplayer vs games built with only singleplayer. Shadowrun vs Bioshock 1:17:00 ? Indian Summer video 1:17:50 ? Games we are looking forward to: Bioshock, Mass Effect, Stranglehold, Super Dodgeball DS, Two Worlds, Halo 3 1:25:20 ? Rants: Andy wants to know why Josh hates Eric and Grant. 1:27:21 ? Shoutouts, Jigsaws Gamefly Hookup, Happy Birthday Andy, and End Music

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Andy and Josh do a post E3 podcast.

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Better late than never, but episode 10 is finally up along with a video. That?s what took so long. Join Andy, Charlie, Eric, and Josh as we talk about games, gaming news, and what we think will be at E3. I know, E3 is over, but I thought I would have this up sooner. Enjoy. 00:00 ? Opening Music 00:32 ? Games We?re Playing: Resident Evil 4 Wii, The Darkness, Super Paper Mario, Call of Juarez, Simcity DS and Andy revisits Saints Row, Oblivion, and Crackdown, while Josh revisits Halo: CE 18:40 ? Gamestop Darkness Phone # Code: 4263 26:50 ? Gaming News: We have listeners and we?re available on iTunes, PS3 Price Cuts, Microsoft Price Cut Rumors, Manhug 2 by Take Two, Mass Effect rated and release date rumors 36:20 ? Hitler Xbox Live Subscription 36:50 ? Josh?s camera dies 37:07 ? Andy Continues the News: Halo Wars doesn?t update site on July 6th, Josh says the Halo Longsword is only in the books. Wrong! The Longsword is the aircraft that the Master Chief escapes in at the end of Halo: CE, Haze, 1-800-MAGIC ends after 4 episodes. 43:12 ? E3 stuff (pre-E3 2007 info) 48:00 ? Major Nelson and Series of Tubes 52:00 ? What We are Looking Forward to at E3: Halo 3 Campaign, Nintendo bringing a dead franchise back, Halo Wars, Gears of War 2, Fallout 3, Mass Effect release dates, Home, and Wii Wear. 1:00:20 ? Personal Problems with Xbox 360s 1:10:30 ? Andy talks about banned modders purposely bricking their 360s 1:11:50 ? Games We?re Looking Forward To: Brothers in Arms on DS, The Office on DS, Contra 4 DS, Blue Dragon, GTA IV, Stranglehold, Zelda on DS, Fallout 3, Army of Two, Manhunt 2 unedited, Mario Galaxy, Skate, Bioshock, and Smash Brothers. 1:17:20 ? Rants: Video Game Release Dates and No HUDS on games 1:20:00 ? Shout Outs: Andy rigged the shout outs 1:21:09 ? Outro

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Jeff and Bryan join Josh for a good episode of XYBA podcast with a British twist. The British twist only last for about 10 minutes, so if you can?t stand it, then fast forward. Here?s the breakdown. 00:00 ? Intro Music 00:15 ? Jeff gets a phone call 00:30 ? English introductions with Josh, Jeff, and Bryan 01:03 ? Games We?re Playing: Oden Sphere, Super Paper Mario, Soltrio Solitare, Pac-Man Championship Edition, Prince of Persia on XBLA, Halo 3 Beta, and a bunch of demos 08:55 ? Gaming News: Guitar Hero II Songs, Manchester Cathedral issues, Rock Band info, PSP Slim Rumors, Gears of War Achievements, Halo 3 ARG, and more. We lose our accents around here. 49:13 ? Singing starts as news ends 49:27 ? Games We?re Looking forward to: Time Crisis 4, Simcity DS, Beautiful Katamari, Castlevania: Dracula X, Overlord 57:19 ? No Rants 57:49 ? Exclusive games roundtable. Katamari exclusive to 360. 1:02:10 ? Bryan whips out a Second Life rant and how it?s not a game. It?s more like walking to that seedy part of town and meeting the freaks. 1:12:30 ? Promo for next podcast 1:13:00 ? Shout outs 1:14:08 ? Outro Music and Satan Voices Big thanks to Bryan and Jeff for talking games with me, while everyone was either out of town or celebrating Father?s Day a day early.

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Episode 08 is out. We finally had schedules that permitted this almost hour long podcast about Halo 3 beta and those other games whose names escape me. The sound is getting better, but I need to stop eating my mic. My apologies. Andy did try to tell me, but I didn?t realize I was that annoying. We?ll get the next one right. Here?s the breakdown. 00:00 ? Introductions with Josh, Andy, and Chuck 01:00 ? Games that we?re playing 05:50 ? Command and Conquer 3: Mission Impossible 07:21 ? Halo 3 Beta impressions :|: Rick Ross 13:35 ? Simcity 2000 :|: Onslaught Review 14:38 ? Games Tori?s Playing 15:11 ? Gaming News :|: World Series of Video Games July 29th, Legend of Zelda II: Adventures of Link coming to VC, Wiimote has a voice translator, GoW Novel, Analyst predict GTA IV will be pushed back, Guitar Hero III Battle Mode, Prince of Persia movie, games moving to other consoles rumors squashed, and more. 28:09 ? Bumpers bites Andy and Charlies thumbs hurt from holding the mic. Hold this Charlie Josh grabs his huge junk 33:00 ? Round Table Discussion about casual gaming and how it affects console gaming then we go off on a tangent about movies translating into games and games translating into movies. 43:20 ? A bug flies off of Chuck?s face 43:42 ? Games we are looking forward to: Simcity on DS, Spore, Fracture, Bioshock, Mass Effect, Manhunt 2 on the Wii 50:04 ? No rants this week 50:47 ? Shoutouts 51:06 ? LAN Parties a thing of the past? 54:59 ? Outro Music by Grant while we discuss more Halo 3 Beta

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So we are up to our 7th episode now. I got a mixer and we have 4 mics, but the audio still sucks. I think I got phased out because my audio is really low for having my own mic. We recorded it at Chuck?s place. Here?s the breakdown. 00:00 ? Intros with Josh, Andy, Eric, Charlie, and Grant 00:42 ? Games that we?re playing: Princess Peach on DS, Halo 2, LOTR online, GoW, Paper Mario, Guitar Hero II, Hotel Dusk, America?s Army, and Farcry 04:17 ? News which is mainly 360 news 27:47 ? Roundtable about fanboys 44:00 ? Slamming controllers 44:40 ? PS3 Home Beta Invites: Chuck didn?t get in 46:10 ? Games We?re Looking Forward To 53:15 ? Counter Strike 54:20 ? No Rants 55:00 ? Gaming Magazines and their contribution to gamers 59:25 ? Shout Outs and Satan makes an appearance 1:01:00 ? Outro

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The XYBA Podcast episode 06 with Josh and Andy spitting fire on the mics. We cover the news and have a roundtable discussion about downloadable content and how it?s changing video games. Plus Josh does a pretty good Andy impersonation. Check it out.

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After a month of working out schedules we have XYBA Podcast Ep 05 with our guest Santana. We are a little rusty and are not as organized as usual, but it?s still a good podcast. We also introduce the new XYBA Podcast theme song written by Grant. 0:00 ? Slammin Intro Music 0:10 ? Introductions 0:38 ? Games We?re Currently Playing (Santana thought I said, games we?re looking forward to) 1:51 ? Turtle Talk 5:18 ? Andy Confesses to Listening to Another Podcast 6:15 ? Gaming News 17:03 ? Children of Men News and We Go Offtopic for a While 24:15 ? Roundtable About the 360 Elite 36:10 ? Xbox Live Vision Camera (cock and balls) 41:51 ? Rock Band and Guitar Hero 50:31 ? Games We?re Looking Forward To 52:29 ? We Go Into Some Wii News 1:01:50 ? Shoutouts and Thanks to Santana 1:02:05 ? Outro Music While We Talk

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0:00 ? Called Charlie to bring into the call 0:20 ? Opening Song by Engine Down 0:45 ? Introductions with guest Jeff and I think Andy 1:37 ? Games We Are Playing: Crackdown, Viva Pinata, Red Steel 2:10 ? Jeff talks about how long it takes to get your 360 back from repair and don?t mention you have it plugged into a power strip 4:10 ? Games We Are Looking Forward To: Jam Sessions, TMNT, TMNT Arcade on XLA, Mass Effect in June, Andy?s looking forward to the GTA IV trailer, Two Worlds, Blue Dragon, Lost Oddessy, and No More Heroes 7:36 ? Ragging on Red Steels controls 8:40 ? Gaming News: GDC News 20:30 ? PS3 Home: We discuss the PS3?s new online community interface 33:47 ? Little Big Planet: We try to figure out what the game/game developer software is all about. Great press release reading by Andy. 30:08 ? Singing Star: Jeff reveals his girly side 40:10 ? Additional news from Josh: Halo 2 Vista, Steven Spielberg making a Wii game for EA, GTA IV countdown site, CliffyB and the weapon upgrade element that was left out of Gears of War, and Apple TV may play games. 45:10 ? Game Ideas: Josh submits his idea for mini games to be available while waiting in lobbies 46:30 ? What we would like to see in Next-Gen or This Gen: 47:10 ? Rants: SSX on the Wii makes Jeff act the fool, Andy goes off on video game manuals and their lack of info 52:04 ? Andy rags on the Gametap and Jeff questions Andy?s copy of Windows 53:00 ? Andy hates on press releases 54:00 ? Josh goes off on Epic?s douchebag lawyer, Zachary R. Bishop, and Jeff sides with the terrorist leader, Zach 57:30 ? Josh tries to wrap it up, but Andy refuses to let it end 58:00 ? We talk about destructible furniture on PS3 Home 59:55 ? Josh wraps it up and the shot outs go out. Thanks again Jeff. Outro music by Ben Davis

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Here is XYBA Podcast 03, where we are joined by Jeff and Bryan. We change the format a little to give some room for some Crackdown talk. This is the longest podcast so far clocking in at one hour and 23 minutes. Here is the breakdown. 0:00 ? Open and Intros (Johnny Cash) 0:01 ? Games we are playing 0:07 ? Video Game News 0:24 ? Bryan and Jeff talk about Wii?s VC content not transferable to a new Wii 0:30 ? Round table discussion about achievements and entitlements and how it has changed gaming 0:45 ? Crackdown review 0:57 ? Games we are looking forward to 1:05 ? Rants start here 1:19 ? Shout outs and outro (Rick Ross)

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Here is our 2nd episode of XYBA Podcast. This time it is the full crew with Andy, Charlie, Eric, Grant, and Josh along with guest Jeff Kazbek from Bleeding Sky Studios. Jeff helps situate the mics, so the audio is a little bit better. We definitely need more mics. We cover the news (read by Andy with rebuttals), why Jeff hates Blazing Angels on PS3, Eric?s grandma destroying him at Wii Bowling, World of Warcraft and the Burning Crusades, GTA Monsters video game idea, our first Gears of War tournament, Grants claim that Unreal 3 will be a highly anticipated game, Charlie picking an opening song that isn?t a song at all, and much more. Enjoy and let us know what you think and what you would like to hear about.

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Here is the first episode of the XYBA Podcast with Andy, Eric, and Josh. We talk about the latest video game news about Blu-Ray, Guitar Hero on the 360, Nintendo shoes, and more. Plus we talk about things we would like to see from this gen and future gen consoles, like mappable buttons and no invisible walls.

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