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Bring out your hankies and your snuggie for comfort! This week's podcast is a downer. Sam tells us about the SEGA layoffs, Tina wants to group Xbox Live friends into categories before obtaining more, and Sharkey is himself. Chris can now hear user questions and we have our usual fun with them.

The Sports Game Guy (Todd Zuniga), Greg Ford and Mike Suszek as they discuss the launch of Tecmo Bowl Throwback, the debut of the Madden NFL 11 trailer, who they want their teams to draft, how the latest off-season player moves impact Madden 11, and a bunch of other crazy madness that fills the podcast with gleeful delight.

The announcement of Marvel vs. Capcom 3 has the crew doing a little speculation about the roster, and Game Night's Bio Force Ape leads to a discussion about one of the greatest internet pranks ever. There's a new Movie Pitch featuring Phoenix Wright, and the gang goes after the Enemies of Food.

The Sports Game Guy (Todd Zuniga), Greg Ford and Mike Suszek as they predict the NBA and NHL playoffs in true Sports Anomaly fashion, plus what the Brandon Marshall trade means to the Miami Dolphins, Jason Heyward's MLB video game debut, Backbreaker's release date pushed, the latest on the Madden demo matchup, and one man's opinion of Kick-Ass and Glee!

Frank Cifaldi plays host to a Tengen reunion as former programmers Steve Woita, Franz Lanzinger, and Mark Morris share tales of life at the greatest unlicensed Nintendo publisher ever.

Wii Fit is your fast track to orgasms, more of the Activision vs. Infinity Ward playground fight, championship Starcraft is about as legitimate as pro wrestling, we're skeptical of X-Com as an FPS, and we run through a bumper crop of listener call-in questions. Oh, and James Mielke crushes all our hopes and dreams by going and getting married like a big jerk.

A letter from Alan's dad leads to a discussion of bad toys, and a visit from a luchador creates some excitement in the office for the at1UP crew. Travis fills us in on Clash of the Titans, and we've got some Bongo Blitz contest winners!

The Sports Game Guy (Todd Zuniga), Greg Ford, Andrew Fitch and Mike Suszek as they blab about 2010 FIFA World Cup's demo, Donovan McNabb's trade to the Washington Redskins, Tim Tebow as cover athlete and how God of War is better than the new Clash of the Titans.

This week on The Sound Test, a musical journey through Donkey Kong Country, ramblin' along in Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles - The Crystal Bearers, remixing Katamari Damacy, taking a breather with Machinarium, charting one's course in Yoshi's Island, and heading out for a safari in Afrika.

Cliffy B gets snubbed, CNN acts like rape games are new, Godfinger is awesome even if it's not what it sounds like, Suda51 makes games on the toilet, and we interview Passage and Death is Sleep creator Jason Rohrer. Then we take some calls from the public.

Kat Bailey, Jade Kraus, Alan Johnson and Ray Barnholt show some love for Final Fantasy IX before settling in to discuss Yakuza 3 and Infinite Space. Guest starring a certain black mage.

We catch up with Travis on one more Enemy of Comedy nominee before jumping into the show and spending a majority of the discussion on this past weekend's big Wondercon event in San Francisco. Fish and helicopters included.

The Sports Game Guy (Todd Zuniga), Greg Ford, Andrew Fitch and Mike Suszek as they blab about the possibility of no online play in NBA Jam on Wii, rookie ratings in Madden NFL 11, who we'd like to see in the Madden 11 demo matchup, 2010 FIFA World Cup's story mode, Breaking Bad is the greatest show on TV, and more!

A big, big week for news demands a big, big podcast. This episode we talk about PAX East, DSi XL, iPad, Ralph Baer, and Mario Galaxy 2. Plus, another GDC-era segment starring the fabulous Dylan Cuthbert!

Jeremy Parish, Shane Bettenhausen, Kurt Kalata, and Chris Kohler take to the mean streets of Boston's Hynes Center to explain the mysteries of game collecting to a capacity crowd!

This week, we have plenty of Odd news to discuss; Major Nelson's account is violated, Pac-Man is on a moon, and Chris will buy your Hot Coffee checks! Sharkey has us try some more Recession games, and Tina hates the one containing Priests and children. Really, it's bad. Oh, and big apology for Sam making you learn about Justin Bieber. Barf.

Easter is around the corner, so the at1UPpers talk about some favorite recent videogame Easter Eggs. A discussion about Enemies of Comedy stirs up some debate, and the gang gets all pumped for Wondercon this upcoming weekend.

This week on The Sound Test, the Command and Conquer series returns with an appropriately warlike score, Yakuza 3 delivers a musical beatdown, we listen to Ridge Racer and Evergrace in our brief celebration of the PlayStation 2's tenth anniversary, and this week's oldie features an underrated soundtrack from an equally underrated Saturn game.

With Jeremy out, Matt, Ray, Thierry, and Frank pull together a series of nontraditional segments, including a roundtable chat on Nintendo's 3DS, bite-sized interviews with consultant to the stars Mark Cerny and Enslaved's Tameem Antoniades, and a full-length discussion with Microsoft Game Studios' Peter Molyneux. Then to finish it off, they offer a few random facts about games like APB and Deus Ex Human Revolution.

The Sports Game Guy (Todd Zuniga), Greg Ford and Mike Suszek as they chatter about the first specifics of Madden NFL 11, a busted tournament bracket this-or-that, MLB 10 The Show's late review, and UFC 2010's online leagues!