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This week the Oddcast goes into Space! Well, not really. Frank joins us again as we discuss the finer moments of this week, such as the lingerie based off of No More Heroes 2. We try to understand the real meaning of Square Enix's "History-Making" game, and we go into Recession gaming as always. We close off with a healthy amount of audio and email questions.

The Sports Game Guy (Todd Zuniga), Greg Ford, Andrew Fitch and Mike Suszek as they discuss the return of Tim Kitzrow to NBA Jam, NCAA Football 11's first dynasty blog, Backbreaker 2 announced, UFC 2010's move to an online pass, when it's right and wrong to various play different sports video games, and so much more, including the announcement that this will be the next-to-last Sports Anomaly, ever.

The crew open with a listener phone call that leads them to reminisce about old comic book shops. Next Alan talks about the world of MyCheats SuperGuides and today's Game Night double-header. There are a couple of items for Zombie Action News, and Jade closes out the show with a documentary recommendation and some news about our friends over at Fangamer. In the after segment, more listener phone calls!

Aye Dios Mio... we can't seem to put Chris down the well this week, so we get good ol' Frank to fill in once more. The news portion is filled with PC and Mac talk, Sam manages to suggest an indie game, Sharkey makes fun of bad pirates, we learn why we all secretly want a zombie apocalypse and Tina likes shooter. Surprise!

Don't call it a comeback! This week news editor Frank Cifaldi takes over and forces everyone to talk about the sudden resurgance of printed videogame magazines. Luckily he brings in some great guests to help out, including Game Informer editor in chief Andy "The Game Dandy" McNamara, Electronic Gaming Monthly senior editor Brady Fiechter, and GamePro's John Davison. Also: the latest games industry news with Sam and Jeremy, and an introduction to A.P.B. with Thierry and Sharkey.

Jeremy Parish, Ray Barnholt, Frank Cifaldi, and Chris Kohler discuss news of old things, contemplate the mysteries of spring 1990, question the parallels between Virtual Boy and 3DS, and make entirely too many dumb jokes. You know you love it.

The Sports Game Guy (Todd Zuniga), Greg Ford and Andrew Fitch as they blabber about EA's new Online Pass, FIFA coming to Facebook, MLB Power Pros heading to the iPhone, NBA 2K11 soundtrack news and way-late day-and-date for Tiger Woods PGA Tour Online.

The road to E3 begins for one lucky 1UP blogger with our latest contest. Iron Man 2, the video game and movie, are discussed in a spoiler-heavy segment. The Blues Brothers gets the at1UP Movie Pitch treatment, and Travis talks about some Regretsy finds. All this and Listener Phone Calls.

This week's edition of The Sound Test runs the gamut from hip-hop courtesy of Random, new-retro chiptunes via Etrian Odyssey III, a jazzy piece from Telltale's Sam and Max, and a couple of more retro selections from the Game Boy's "X" and the original Mother on the NES, respectively.

It's the all-Atlus cast as Kat, Jeremy, Ray, and Justin talk about Etrian Odyssey III, Strange Journey, and 3D Dot Game Heroes. (Advisory: This episode not suitable for people who have a serious hate-on for Atlus.)

This week, Ray Barnholt takes the helm, doing it "classic style" with just games and news. Jeremy Parish, Thierry Nguyen, and Justin Haywald join in to talk about Alan Wake, Fallout: New Vegas, Lost Planet 2, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, and more, plus hitting up the week's standout stories including Nintendo's money problems (in a relative sense), a baseball gamer's money solutions, Assassin's Creed sequels, and so much more. "More" being lots of crass humor, of course.

What? We're on time? That's new. Our buddy that we keep down the well escaped this week, so we have Frank as a temporary replacement. The news is filled with good comments from users, except those dudes who think 30 frames per second equates to being slow as hell. Tina's thrilled about Stephen Hawking comments, Sam likes the PSP Go, and Sharkey asks us all to buy indie games for a good cause. And then we finish off with our call-in questions.

The latest Sports Anomaly features Sports Game Guy (Todd Zuniga), Greg Ford, Andrew Fitch and a late entry by Mike Suszek as they chew the fat, focusing on topics like FIFA World Cup reviewed by Fitch, NHL 11 featuring the Canadian Hockey League teams, NCAA Football 11's authentic entrances, and so much more!

After some quick housekeeping notes, the crew talk a little about Halo: Reach and Miles Edgeworth before jumping into a discussion about Chan-Wook Park's "Vengeance" movies. Circus Peanuts and its nefarious allies are debated upon as Enemies of Candy; and in Final Notes, Arkham Horror and the return of Zombie Action News. Also--contest winners are named!

The gang rants about California's violent game law going to the supreme court, Halo 2 players valiantly staying logged in to Live, and a free game that places Link, Samus, Megaman, and the Contra Guy in Super Mario Bros. before taking calls from the public. Oh, and Nintendo once sent Sharkey a cease and disist for writing a webpage about how much he wanted to have sex with Pikachu. Just thought you should know that.

We dig deep this week to find something, ANYTHING worth talking about that doesn't involve Activision or Bungie. Are our efforts in vain, or is there more to the games industry than the shenanigans of corporate juggernauts? A podcast thrillstravaganza!

Sports Anomaly to date features The Sports Game Guy (Todd Zuniga), Greg Ford, Andrew "Bread Factory" Fitch and Mike Suszek as they discuss the big changes in Madden NFL 11, including online team play, a new kicking meter, Gus Johnson, a new play-calling system, and the death of turbo, plus, thoughts on the NFL Draft, MLB.tv on the PS3, and mini-golf in Tiger Woods 11, and so much more!

The crew open with a couple of messages from listeners before diving into a discussion about bad EGM covers and Game Night scrotalities (that's right, scrotum fatalities). Then some gaming talk covers Pokémon, Miles Edgeworth, and Super Street Fighter IV. Movies leads into a discussion about comics, which leads to a...CONTEST!

Rollicking music from Dark Void and After Burner envelop the softer music of Okami and Flower in this week's show, including Twinsen's Odyssey as our oldie of the week, and capping it all off is a familiar ending song from Super Mario World.

Krome's Cameron Davis joins us for a big, meaty show dripping with juicy news. Respawn! Halo Reach! Warner! Captivate! iPad! And, uh, Martha Stewart? Weird. So, come! Subject yourself to the experience that can only be called... The Ugly Babycast.