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Hosts: Matt, Scott, and Ash The gang is back together again to talk Guardians of the Galaxy. [Caution: Spoilers from 1:04:38 - 1:26:38, ample warning provided]. We review Hearthstone: Curse of Naxxramas and 80 Days (inkle studios), and preview the Orcs Must Die Unchained BETA and Destiny BETA experiences. More news from SDCC, Ghostbusters 3, Xbox Games with Gold, and Google Photos. Finally, you tell us what MARVEL properties next deserve the silver screen treatment. Rated NA 164

Ash sits down for an exclusive chat @ SDCC 2014 with BioWare writer, Patrick Weekes to talk Dragon Age, Mass Effect, The Palace Job and more! Rated NA Special SDCC 2014 with Patrick Weekes Subscribe and have our episodes delivered into your preferred device for zero dollars! iTunes – http://bit.ly/rated_na – Feedburner http://bit.ly/1jnURZz

Ash and Matt bring you daily recaps of their shenanigans at San Diego Comic Con 2014! Rated NA 163

Co-hosts: Scott, Matt, and Ash This past week brought a flood of interesting news and tidbits including Marvel, Amazon, Microsoft, Nintendo, Weird Al, Destiny, and more! Meanwhile, Scott plays Squids Odyssey on 3DS, and the guys play Guardians of the Galaxy: The Universal Weapon on iOS, as Matt and Ash gear up for Comic-Con. Rated NA 162

Hosts: Ash, Matt and Scott Ash returns with tales of Northwest travel adventures. We take a look at Plundernauts on mobile, and the documentary, Jodoworsky’s Dune. Also, news on Comic-Con, Destiny, Twin Peaks, and Battleborn. Finally, with con season right around the corner, we talk essential convention survival tips with you in our NAQOTW. #sixdollarhotdogs Rated NA 161

Hosts: Matt and Scott / Guest-host: Nate (@nhales80) The gang checks out Guacamelee STCE for Xbox One and the new D&D 5th Edition Starter Set. News about Destiny, Hitman Go, and Squids. In our NAQOTW you tell us what games you would most like to see make the jump to Pen and Paper. Also, ear hair (?) Rated NA 160

The gang has a bit of fun this week with the new Transformers movie and video game. Ash plays Valiant Hearts: The Great War, and Matt sees the comedy, They Came Together. Also, Google IO, Aereo, and Games with Gold. Finally, we hear your thoughts on the growth potential of eSports in our NAQOTW. Rated NA 159

Scott snags a Wii U, Ash plays Risk of Rain, and Matt regrows limbs! We talk about the Star Wars films, Amazon’s Fire Phone, and YouTube’s music services. Finally, you share with us your favorite underrated games, films, and books in our NAQOTW. Rated NA 158

Ash gets into the Destiny alpha, Scott wonders if it is time to get on the Wii U bandwagon, and Matt shares a tale of separation. We also talk about the highs and lows of E3, and you share with us the E3 announcements (or lack thereof) for which you were most disappointed or excited. Game on! Rated NA 157

[HOSTS: Ash, Scott, and Matt] Scott tries to make sense of Murdered: Soul Suspect, Ash sees Edge of Tomorrow, and Matt plays Wolf Among Us plus Max and the Curse of Brotherhood. Also, Ant Man has a director (for now), Bill Watterson returns to comics, and CD Projekt Red reveals details about the Witcher 3. In our NAQOTW, we ask you, if you kept repeating the past 24 hours over and over again, what is the one thing that you would change? Rated NA 156: Parkour Cat

Fresh off of the E3 2014 media briefings from Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, EA, and Ubisoft — Ash and Scott are joined by Nate from Reset Transmission to talk games, feels, technology, and strategy in our latest bonus episode! We Need to Talk E3 2014

This week the gang takes a look at Watch Dogs, and the indie pixel-shooter, Teleglitch. We try to figure out what is going on with Ant Man, recap the WWDC keynote, and look to Hulu to pick up another season of Community. Finally, we preview E3 and what gamers and what to look forward to in the back half of 2014. Rated NA 155

[HOSTS: Ash, Scott, and Matt] We discuss our love hate relationship with X-Men: Days of Future Past in a spoilerful discussion (34:15 – 1:08:45). Also Matt and Ash check out Wolfenstein: The New Order, and Scott finally finishes South Park: The Stick of Truth. Also news from Awesomenauts, Squids, The Bridge, and Harmonix. Finally, we talk about your thoughts on time travel in movies in our NAQOTW. KittyPryde. Rated NA 154

Welcome to a new series on Rated NA: We Need to Talk. We set aside an entire bonus episode to chat to talk about our feels for the first season of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Plenty of spoilers ahead as we talk about season one, and make predictions for season two! Let us know what you think! Rated NA: We Need to Talk

The gang hangs out with friend of the show, Sean Baptiste, from Fire Hose Games to chat about their upcoming competitive social debating game, Let’s Quip! We also cover recent changes to Xbox Live Gold and Xbox One, review the Titanfall Expedition DLC, and preview the highly-addictive Cosmic DJ. In our NAQOTW, you tell us what superhero or team you’d most like to see get a TV debut. #WalkingTheDog Rated NA 153 Find Let’s Quip! on Twitter Try Let’s Quip! on Facebook Want to hear the episode on the ol’ iTunes? CLICK HERE What about Feedburner? CLICK HERE

We welcome Steven Bailey (from Game Yay Fun) to the program to talk about his new indie tabletop card game, Billionaire Banshee, as the project enters the final days of the KickStarter campaign! Old pals, Sean Baptiste and Miellyn Barrows, join in for a live gameplay session of Billionaire Banshee. As always, Matt, Ash, and Scott kick it off with the past two weeks of shenanigans… and Thundershirts. Deny or Date?! Rated NA 152

Our pal MFB drops by to talk Foreplay… Romance in Games, that is! Enjoy the third installment of the popular panel, recorded at PAX East 2014. Its clever, light-hearted, and a ton of fun – we think you’ll Love it (see what we did, there?). Panelists this time around include: Sean Baptiste [Community Manager, Fire Hose Games], Miellyn Fitzwater Barrows [Co-founder, Creative Director, Tonic Industries, Gorgeous Robot], Hilary Heskett Shapiro [Co-founder, Product Marketing Manager, Tonic Industries, BioWare], Amanda Cosmos [Dating Sim Enthusiast and Blogger, Self], Aenne Schumann [Co-Host, Reset Transmission Podcast, Press2Reset], and Mike Laidlaw [Creative Director of the Dragon Age franchise at BioWare]. Want to hear the episode on the ol’ iTunes? CLICK HERE What about Feedburner? CLICK HERE   Rated NA 151

Rated NA 150 We celebrate 150 episodes of Rated NA! Abbie Heppe from Respawn returns to talk Titanfall and have a bit of fun in our question lightning round. Finally, we continue our tradition of taking YOUR questions every 50 episodes in our Reverse-NAQOTW. Thank you all for your continued support, your love powers this thing, much like the Statue of Liberty in Ghostbusters 2! Onward! Want to hear the episode on the ol’ iTunes? CLICK HEREp> What about Feedburner? CLICK HERE

  The gang brings you part two of our PAX East 2014 coverage with live interviews from the show floor with BroForce, Invisible Inc, Secret Ponchos, State of Decay, Tumblestone, and Darkest Dungeon. We also talk about the aftermath of PAX (read: PAX-Pox!). Rated NA 149

Join us as we hang out in the halls of PAX and our hotel room to recap our events of each day. We give some quick impressions of games, panels, meals, drinks, and sleeping arrangements(?!). Come hang out for all of the fun, and none of the PAX-pox! Rated NA 148