On the first episode: We give our review of Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection and tell you which game was so bad you HAVE to unlock. Activision doesn't want you to play Brutal Legend - we talk about why they're trying to block EA's release of the game. The Electronic Frontier Foundation is taking on Digital Rights Management and can always use your support. Then we take a very interesting call about Brutal Legend that we probably shouldn't play, along with calls about Sonic's UGC and Retro Game Challenge for the DS. On the second episode: We give reviews of many games on this episode - Street Fighter IV, Retro Game Challenge, Noby Noby Boy, and Flower, although our Flower review was made too early and will be corrected in the next week. We also have a specific answer of when we'll find Earthbound on the Wii Virtual Console - and talk about what Nintendo's lawyers might exactly be afraid of.

We're back after a few weeks rest on editing with two shows from the past three weeks. (We did not do a live show on the Sunday night of the big football game.) I want to thank everyone who has stuck with us during this time. On the first episode recorded January 25th: Microsoft announced that they were laying off people for the first time, and this includes the entire Gamerscore Blog. However, Sony has stated that their job cuts will NOT affect their gaming division. But apparently they DID get rid of the guy that stopped the executives from making dumb statements. Then we take calls on Skate 2 and Street Fighter IV. On the second episode recorded February 8th: We talk about the Halo Wars demo and how it is making us hit the breaking point on small hard drives. Also, the Burnout Paradise 1.6 update came out and gave some relief to those with small hard drives. Plus, Revenge of the Ball was released as an Xbox 360 Community Game and you should buy it. Gears of War PC players were locked out of their game due to a badly signed digital certificate on their cheat detection software. E3 opened up their registration and it's not quite as open as some people hoped. Then we take calls on E3, console fanboyism, and we learn that everything we knew about how hard it was to be a PC gamer was wrong.

In the first episode: UGO purchased 1up and 30 former 1up staffers lost their jobs, including one All Games Radio alum, and Electronic Gaming Monthly is no more. Bob, creator of Bob's Game, goes insane waiting for Nintendo to approve his SDK request. Georgia-based action MMO Global Agenda is starting to accept closed beta applications. Sony releases an ad (press release) touting how much of a better deal the top-tier PS3 is than the low-tier Xbox 360. Then we take calls about 1up, EGM, and Bob's Game. In the second episode, we say goodbye to many things: The Gamerscore Blog was shut down by Microsoft. This was recorded before Microsoft announced the massive layoffs, so we still assumed that the team would stay employed. Circuit City is liquidating the rest of their stores. Age of Conan is closing half of their servers. Gametap is getting rid of many games from their free service, enticing people to subscribe. Then we take calls about Nintendo not being on Gametap, Community outreach from the console companies, and what games we play when we're trying to relax.

We give our review of Persona 4 and tell you what other reviews won't - the length of the intro. Yes, it's that important. Then we do hands-on impressions of the Korg DS-10 Synthesizer for the DS. A company is kicking NCSoft while they're down by suing them - they claim that they have a patent for base MMO technology and NCSoft is the first victim. Game collectors are unhappy about the console companies offering their rare high-priced gems as a cheap download, devaluing their collection. We take calls about that topic, the crappiness of the Guitar Hero: World Tour drumset, and our new project, Friday Night Gaming.

It's the traditional year end review show where we go through 2008 month-by-month to discuss what was said, promised, and delivered, along with highlighting the travesties of the year. Bobby Blackwolf is joined by Kropotkin, Hendrix, and Bloodshot of the Superhappyfuntimeshow in this extra-length episode. Happy new year - here's hoping to an even better 2009!