If you haven’t got it by now, our podcast titles usually have nothing to do with the episode. But, what we actually talked about was:

• 4 games that most people are on the fence on buying
• Censorship in Australia on Left 4 Dead 2
• Kojima likes Twilight
• Spain on track to opening a space hotel on 2012
• JoeThePeacock’s 2nd book, Still Mentally Incontinent, is on sale. 2 for 1!

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Hot damn the release list for this week is looking pretty good. I think this week I’m most pumped about Dragon Age Origins the game comes out Nov 2nd and looks just great. In terms of Blu Ray this week we have G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobras, don’t think I’m picking this up but it will be added to my Netflix. Oh and for the Movie Theater we have The Fourth Kind!!!! Overall a pretty solid Release List. Like before you see something I missed drop comment!!!

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Welcome to another Monday Giveaway! Hopefully this is making your Monday mornings less of a drag.

The prize: We have two (2) Steam Keys. We don’t know what they are for.
Quantity: Two (2) Steam Keys.  One (1) per winner

About the prize: We have no idea what these two Steam keys are for. But we are giving them away.

Thanks to: We aren’t sure who to thank.

How to win: I will be randomly choosing 2 fans on our Twitter fan list tomorrow morning.  To be part of the list, just send an @ reply to PixelatedGeek saying you want to be part of the exclusive list.

For the past six days, I’ve been playing DJ Hero a lot.  Not non-stop, but a lot.  Anytime I’ve had a chance between my busy work schedule and the two Halloween parties, I would be playing DJ Hero.  For the people that are still on the fence on this new music rhythm game, go past the break for my review.

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To start off our 2nd year on the internets, we’ll be heading to CES.  The mecca of geekery, gadgetry, and all around nerdery. We’ll be bringing back photos, videos, interviews, hands-on demos of everything we can get our hands on at CES. We promise we won’t head into the wrong door and somehow wind up in the Adult Expo.

Good news about the upcoming CES is that they are expanding the show floor to give gaming exhibits more room.

Featuring advancements in online gaming and gaming-related product debuts all in one centralized location, CES and many of its must-see exhibitors are prepping to show off the latest gaming technology across more than 13,000 square feet of exhibit space.

If there is anything you specially want us to cover form the show, let us know in the comments below. If you’ll be at CES, let us know as well. We’d love to meet up and say hi. It’s always awesome to be surrounded by new technology and fellow geeks.

I wish I could have been a fly on the wall to the discussion at Universal that lead to the formation of the Aliens Vs Predator movie. Here’s how I think it would have gone:

Ideas guy: ‘Dude, what about Aliens and Predators in one movie?’

Producer: ‘Man, that would be sick! But they’re not even in the same story universe’

ID: ‘Meh, so what? They did it in games in the 90s. Two of the best and biggest monsters in one movie, it would be epic!’

P: ‘Yeah but we can’t make a movie without a story can we?’

ID: ‘What about: Predators breed Xenomorph Aliens for sport hunting? Make it some sort of Right of Passage or something’

P: ‘Yep, that’d probably work. Game on, I’ll put a writing team together’

And so, the Aliens Vs Predator movie was born and a reboot to the series was initiated. Two of Universal’s biggest monster franchises, combined together into an all out action fest. Yeah, there was a story, well kind of, but the original AVP movie and it’s subsequent sequels have all been about glorious action. I think of them as the balance to all those period dramas and romcoms, which helps me come to terms with spending money to see a film with basically no narrative.

Of course, both Aliens and Predator have seen game-movie tie-ins that predictably have been a little weak. Probably the best of the lot was Alien 3 back in the 16bit era, but the latest in the long list of  franchise game spin offs, Sega’s new Aliens Vs Predator (AvP) is attempting to change that and it’s multiplayer was on show at the Eurogamer Expo in London for hands on. (more…)

Please stay safe everyone. Bring back stories and photos from your parties (Even if they are NSFW ;) ).

Steam has a “Treat” of a sale.  After I post this, you will have only 1 hour and 30 minutes to get your hands on one of the most hilarious fps games out there.  Team fortress 2 is on sale right now for a measly $2.49.  The sale will close at 1pm PDT. If you don’t have this game yet, GO GET IT NOW!

http://store.steampowered.com/app/440/??

The follow up to the wildly popular Xbox 360 and PC game Mass Effect is set to hit the streets in January 26th in America and 29th 2010 in Europe. Mass Effect 2  is set two years after the conclusion of the original having stopped the Reaper invasion, Commander Shepard must join forces with Cerberus, recruiting some of the galaxy’s most dangerous operatives in a bid to find out what’s causing the miraculous vanishing of entire human colonies. (more…)