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The latest Sports Anomaly podcast (episode 118) features The Sports Game Guy (Todd Zuniga), David Ellis and Greg Ford as they review The Bigs 2, UFC Undisputed's patch, NBA Live 10's rookie player ratings, the Madden Hall of Fame, and a hand-on preview of NCAA Football 10!

The crew reunites and is joined by 1UP Community Manager Tina Sanchez to talk about contests, Red Bull pyramids, Shirk's travels, Food Inc., Wednesday Comics, and little sister t-shirts.

We put together a special episode for the holiday weekend with Robert Ashley joining David, John, and Garnett. They talk The Sims 3, Call of Juarez, Blueberry Garden, Men of War, and more in Whatcha Been Playin'. At the break Listen UP debuts a track off the upcoming release for Robert's band, I Come to Shanghai available Monday from their site. In the second half the conversation starts with music in games and whether today's soundtracks measure up to those from earlier eras before hitting some hopes that backward compatibility may yet return to the PS3.

The show returns with its participants in a rush to quickly discuss the death of Michael Jackson, and E3's reboots of Monkey Island, Metroid, and Castlevania; and the 25th anniversary of Tetris. This episode is so brief that one might call it the very soul of wit.

The latest Sports Anomaly podcast (episode 116) features The Sports Game Guy (Todd Zuniga), David Ellis, Greg Ford and Andrew Fitch review Fight Night Round 4, praise the soon-to-release Bigs 2, talk Shaquille O'Neal's impact on the the Cavaliers in NBA 2K10, and praise USA soccer's race for a title that could boost their overall in FIFA 10.

The usual cast makes with chitter chatter about games like City of Heroes and Fallout 3 that went and got you addicted, spreads some free viral infections for Recession Gaming, and gets an unwanted guest appearance from a Russian fat guy who shares his feelings Nintendo's GameCube including his colorful new name for the system

A bevy of games fill Whatcha Been Playin? in the first segment including The Conduit, Overlord 2, Section 8, Battlefield 1943, EA Sports Active and more. Plus, David's moved on from Ico to tackle Shadow of the Colossus. After the break the conversation ranges from the Zenimax acquisition of iD Software and Howard Stringer's vision to revitalizing Sony to whether game critics are disconnected from their audience.

MyCheats's Alan Johnson joins the crew this week to to talk about the Sims 3 Super Guide. Also on tap: kitty birthdays, Mario-themed alcoholic beverages (with taste test), and the problem with today's comics.

Because of Tina's late appearance, she took the backseat as host while the guys took over the podcast this week. Six months of the year are gone and we ask the community if it's too soon to start discussing GOTY. Community reactions to the 1UP news stories are shared, Sharkey discusses his love for the indie game Chaser, and Tina shares her love for Red Faction Guerilla.

Sam returns for a second engagement as the fourth with David, John, and Garnett. Everyone's been playing and enjoying the early summer surprise Red Faction Guerrilla. The rest of a broad Whatcha' Been Playin? includes online racing in iRacing, Lego Battles, My Sims Agents, and Garnett eating crow and coming to the PSP Remote Play party two years late. In the second half attention turns to the continued hype building around next year's Natal launch, Miyamoto confirming the Demo Play system will debut in New Super Mario Bros. for the Wii and more.

The latest Sports Anomaly podcast (episode 115) features The Sports Game Guy (Todd Zuniga), David Ellis, Greg Ford and Andrew Fitch, as they comb over the player ratings in Madden NFL 10, discuss NCAA Football 10's dynasty boosts, NBA Live 10's cover choice, preview Fight Night Round 4, and dole out our thoughts on the summer season on the boob tube.

Sam, Sharkey, Chris and Tina conquered E3! Uh, so what now? Sam share's info on his Molyneuxs's Milo reaction video, Tina discusses Community E3 blogs, and Sharkey takes over recession gaming once again. For play time, Tina rediscovers her love for Call of Duty 4 with 1UP members.

Justin Haywald joins the crew to discuss bounty hunters, sick-day games, Ace Attorney Investigations, naked bike riders, Project Natal, and cooking competitions.

John returns to join David and Garnett with Sam taking a turn in the fourth chair. Whatcha' Been Playin? is packed with games including Red Faction: Guerrilla, Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings, Prototype, inFamous, the Uncharted 2 beta, and more. In the second segment John catches up on how E3 2009 looked from the outside and then there's the May NPD sales figures and controversy over Left4Dead 2 to get to.

The latest Sports Anomaly podcast (episode 114) features The Sports Game Guy (Todd Zuniga), David Ellis, Greg Ford and Andrew Fitch, as they recap the sports efforts at E3, argue over the Madden NFL 10 team ratings, semidouble day and date Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 and Grand Slam Tennis, and once again shove AMC's Breaking Bad down your throat.

In the first part of this special episode, the crew get together to offer up their recommendations of games, toys, and books you listeners should check out. In part two, James Mielke joins Travis, Mike, and Nelson to talk about the Milkman's future.

The crew jump back into things and discuss the bad and the ugly of E3. Shirk laments the lack of a booth babe gallery, and Tina stops by with a new contest!

The latest Sports Anomaly podcast features The Sports Game Guy going solo in a one-man talk-off that showcases the goings-on at E3, a short lump of breaking news that spans Madden NFL 10's online franchise, EA's UFC Undisputed competitor, NHL 10's trailer, and a bunch of other stuff that will wow your brain.

E3 2009 Listen UP specials conclude with the epic wrap up episode from the G4 stage. A host of guests join host Garnett Lee to talk about one of the best lineups of games at an E3 in recent memory including Billy Berghammer, Sterling McGsrvey, Raymond Padilla, Christian Nutt, Andrew Pfister, Mark MacDonald, Patrick Klepek, Adam Sessler, James Stevenson, Pete Wanat, and Todd Howard. Be sure to watch the HD video version of the show too on G4TV.com.