Busy Gamer Podcast

For Halloween 2011, it's a zombie fest! We review Dead Island and Resident Evil 4, newly released in HD.

Our in-depth yet highly compressed PAX Prime 2011 coverage including Borderlands 2, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, BioShock Infinite, Rise of Nightmares, Retro/Grade, Joe Danger: The Movie, QUBE, Life is Crime, Mass Effect comics, musicians Darren Korb (Bastion), Matt Chainsaw Chaney (Comic Jumper, The Gunstringer) and Jonathan Coulton (Portal, Portal 2) and more.

We go down the rabbit hole to review Sucker Punch the movie, Alice: Madness Returns and Bastion.

We compile the highlights of E3 2011 - 3 press conferences in less than 12 minutes! - and then review L.A. Noire and share the evolution of music in the Grand Theft Auto series.

We review the Astro A40 gaming headset, take a spoiler-free spin through the world of Portal 2 and examine Hulu Plus: the good (clips), the bad (ads) and the things that will need to be fixed before we'll buy it!

We celebrate the music of the Dead Island trailer, explore literal versions, play iOS games The 7th Guest, Atari Greatest Hits, Puzzle Quest II, Sword & Sworcery EP, Lego Harry Potter and Slingo Supreme, and review the classic and new You Don't Know Jack.

We cover the games of PAX East with industry vet Collin Moore, review the music of Plants vs. Zombies and talk to 8-year-old Pikachu Fan about how he feels about Lego Universe after six months.

We examine the music of our Busy Gamer News 2010 game of the year, Fallout: New Vegas, review it and discuss where its first DLC went off the tracks. We also name our game of the year runners up, all worthy of your time.

We tackle Kinectimals (too cute or just right?), Kinect exercise games Dance Central, Zumba Fitness and Your Shape: Fitness Evolved, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, Enslaved, Rock Band 3, Phineas and Ferb and more.

We introduce our new feature-only format. Listen in on the 2010 Child's Play Charity Auction and hear the "director's cut" of Gamewatcher's Audiophile tour of Jeremy Soule's music for The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind.

This week, we look at iOS 4.2 for iPad and iPhone, replace our dead Xbox 360 and share tips for what you should DO before yours gives out, meet up with Felicia Day's character Veronica in Fallout: New Vegas, review 7 Wonders HD for iPad and let our 7-year-old loose on Crafting Mama to see if it beats real arts and crafts - plus the usual weekly releases, DLC and more.

This week, we get a little deeper into Kinect, GrrlGotGame explains her obsession with the Zuma Blitz beta and Gamewatcher makes it to the Fallout: New Vegas strip - plus the usual weekly releases, DLC and more.

This week, we setup our Kinect and play launch titles Kinectimals, Kinect Sports and Dance Central, GrrlGotGame reviews Dead Rising 2 and Heart's Medicine and we enjoy highlights from The Tester Season 2 premiere - plus the usual weekly releases, DLC and more.

This week, our Halloween show, we review Costume Quest family-style, finish Dead Rising 2 (spoiler free), take the night shift on Fallout: New Vegas, uncover where Pinball FX 2 wins and loses, discuss Harmonix' Rock Band 3 launch failure and reveal why we had to open some holiday presents two months early - plus the usual weekly releases, DLC and more.

This week, our 7-year-old reviews Lego Universe, GrrlGotGame goes evil in Fallout: New Vegas, Gamewatcher's week is saved by Costume Quest and we reveal why you might not want to upgrade to a red Wii or DSi XL - plus the usual weekly releases, DLC and more.

This week, we celebrate our anniversary with our best podcast moments, reveal Dance Central's track list, discuss Dead Rising 2 on standard def TVs and share Comic Jumper tips - plus the usual weekly releases, DLC and more.

This week, we review the unusualness that is Comic Jumper, discuss the Duke Nukem Forever demo promises to buyers of the Borderlands Game of the Year Edition and take a first look at Enslaved: Odyssey to the West - plus the usual weekly releases, DLC and more.

This week, we share Hydrophobia tips, play Dead Rising 2 with GrrlGotGame, beat Hydrophobia and Puzzle Agent and examine Nintendo 3DS launch details and discuss its pricing vs. value with the busy gamer community - plus the usual weekly releases, DLC and more.

This week, we have Part 3 of our PAX Prime 2010 coverage! We take in Comic Jumper, Torchlight 2, LittleBigPlanet 2, Infamous 2, Tron: Evolution, Bangai-O HD, Power Gig, Instant Jam and Puzzle Agent. Also, we discuss the GOG.com shutdown marketing hoax, GrrlGotGame finishes BioShock 2 Minerva's Den and Gamewatcher starts Halo: Reach - plus the usual weekly releases, DLC and more.

This week, we have Part 2 of our PAX Prime 2010 coverage! We get some hands-on time with the PlayStation Move, explore the watery depths of Hydrophobia, talk to an Epic Mickey artist and get won over on Lego Universe. We also finish Dead Rising2: Case Zero and explore BioShock 2 Minerva's Den - plus the usual weekly releases, DLC and more.