Andy, Charlie, Jeff, and Josh bring the gaming pain with another XYBA video game podcast. Again please feel free to leave us a review on iTunes. 00:00 – Andy, Charlie, Jeff, and Josh 00:30 – Games We’re Playing :|: Bionical Heroes, Glory Days 2, Culdcept Saga, Pocker Smash, and Charlies just playing whatever he can steal. M3 chip is sucking up our DS juice. 07:54 – Gaming News :|: MMO Marvel Universal Online Cancelled, DJ Hero trademarked, Leisure Suit Larry game cumming soon, 360 failure rate, PS3 sales, and more 30:04 – Roundtable :|: The XYBA crew discuss the lates Devil May Cry 4 required assets download for PS3 and if this is the future of games on consoles. 50:40 – Games We’re Looking Forward To :|: GTA IV, Star Wars: Force unleashed, Dark Sector, and mo 54:27 – Shoutouts :|: Check out our sister sites ThunderPudd.com, Game on Cafe, and Jigsaw HC’s Rants Less

Andy, Jeff, and Josh come together for the 18th episode of the XYBA Podcast. We are trying a new format where we keep our podcast a little shorter. Let us know what you think. Be sure to leave us a review on iTunes and check out a machinima we are working on. Enjoy. 00:00 – Introductions 00:33 – Games We’re Playing :|: Half-Life 2, Stuntman: Ignition, and Ghost Squad 13:36 – Gaming News :|: GTAIV in April, Little Big Planet in beta, Orange Box games for PC, EA announces Rockband for Wii, and some other gaming news 37:06 – Roundtable :|: The Child-Man debate 48:25 – Games We’re Looking Forward to :|: Ninja Gaiden DS, GTA IV, Lego Batman, Lego Indiana Jones, Army of Two, Star Wars: Force Unleashed, Fable 2, and Culdcept Saga 53:24 – Rant :|: Games with flashlights suck Less

Andy, Eric, Jeff, and Josh are back with the last XYBA Video Game Podcast of 2007. We discuss games we played on holiday and games we got for Christmas. Good times. 00:00 – Intros 00:35 – Games We’re Playing :|: Geometry Wars: Galaxies, Gundam, Viva Pinata: Party Animals, Uncharted: Drakes Fortune, SceneIt, Call of Duty 4, Half Life 2, Guitar Hero III, Tenchu Z, Transformers, Contra 4, New York Times Cross Word Puzzles, The Simpsons Game, and Rock Band 50:57 – Gaming News 1:02:30 – What We Are Looking Forward to For Gaming in 2008 1:34:38 – Rantz :|: Jeff goes off on Sony and their firmware restrictions Less

The XYBA Video Game Podcast is back with Episode 15. Andy and Josh host with guests Sean and Nick from the 217 area code. Less

Welcome to lucky number 14 of the XYBA Podcast. Your host Josh talks gaming along with his side kick host Andy. This episode is filled with more Halo 3 than you can fit in your dirty little mouth, but don’t blame us because that’s all there is to talk about these days. 00:00 – Intro music by Grant 00:39 – Games we are playing :|: Halo 3, Just Cause, Boxhead Co-op, Bioshock, Jam Sessions on DS (Josh plays a little diddly) 05:35 – Gaming News :|: It’s really short. Halo 3 is out. Sex Pistols get together to record a track for Guitar Hero III, Japanese company makes a 2nd Life game called “Meet Me”, Halo 3 bumped GOW from top Xbox Live game. 11:20 – Roundtable Discussion :|: Halo 3 review of campaign, multiplayer, armor, forge, and theater 34:52 – Games we are looking forward to :|: Army of Two, Mass Effect, Rock Band, Pacman Versus on DS, and No More Heroes 36:28 – Rant :|: Eric’s 360 broke for the 2nd time 37:09 – Shout Outs and Outro music Less

Lucky episode 13 is up and live. Join Andy, Charlie, Grant, and Josh as ramble on about games. 00:00 – Intro Music by Grant 00:10 – Introductions with your host Josh and his sub host Charlie, Grant, and Andy (he survived by default) 00:33 – Games We Be Playin :|: Bioshock, Guitar Hero II, Just Cause, GTA San Andreas, crap load of game demos 15:27 – Gaming News :|: A bunch of Halo news 32:15 – Roundtable Discussion :|: Game Elements that we would like to see removed and what should replace it. 44:50 – Games Are Looking Forward To :|: Dimensium The Ward, Halo 3, Borderlands, Kane and Lynch, Army of Two, GTAIV, Manhunt 2, and Mass Effect 50:15 – Grants back. I thought he died. 53:55 – Rants about the grief we get about our podcast. People hate us. 1:05:38 – Shoutouts and outro music Less

Episode 12 is out and is full of video gaming goodness. We have 2 special guest, Santana and Marco, and Eric makes a return. This is a longy, but goody. Goody’s a word. 00:00 – Intro music by Grant 00:18 – Introductions :|: Andy, Josh, Eric, with Guest Santana and Marco 01:10 – Games we’re playing :|: Bioshock (Eric beat it), Call of Duty 4 Beta, Skate Demo, Metroid Prime 3, Animal Crossing, Metal Gear 1 & 2, Final Fantasy Tactics, Hitman 2, and GTA San Andreas 15:54 – Bioshock talk :|: It’s Awesome 24:39 – Gaming News :|: PS3 sales up 200%, Games Gone Gold, Joust the movie, Haze only on PS3, and more and Halo 3 41:00 – We discover that Marco is Italian 44:05 – Roundtable Discusson :|: Pregrame Hype and does it hurt a game or help a game 48:32 – We get back on the pregame discussion topic 52:55 – We talk about Metroid here 57:00 – Games we’re looking forward to :|: Jam Sessions Bundle Pack, Mass Effect, Metal Gear 4, Little Big Planet, Skate, Team Fortress 2, Halo 3, Fallout 3, Splinter Cell, Call of Duty 4, and GTA IV 1:10:37 – Rants :|: Marco goes off on Sqaure about Final Fantasy, Josh hates crappy search tools on forums 1:16:30 – Shoutouts Less

We are back after several busy weekends that prevented us from getting together. The latest XYBA has lots of news and opinions about gaming for you to soak your gaming brains in. 0:00 – Intro Jam 0:20 – Introductions: Josh, Andy, and Charlie 0:50 – Games We Be Playin: Overlord, Shadowrun, Bioshock Demo, Orphan Feast and Psi Ops 10:41 – Talk about Josh’s Xbox 360 death experience 13:14 – Gaming News: Halo 3 has 4 player co-op, George Lucas is a sellout, GTA IV delayed to 2008, Andy and Charlie not buying Rockband, Bioshock news how shocking, Microsoft lays down the laws for machinimas, King of Kong movie released, Metroid getting good reviews from Nintendo Power, Bungie Pro, Games for Windows Live will support XP, COD4 beta coming to 360, and Nintendo bringing original games to Wii 1:01:50 – Roundtable Discussion: Games built with only Multiplayer vs games built with only singleplayer. Shadowrun vs Bioshock 1:17:00 – Indian Summer video 1:17:50 – Games we are looking forward to: Bioshock, Mass Effect, Stranglehold, Super Dodgeball DS, Two Worlds, Halo 3 1:25:20 – Rants: Andy wants to know why Josh hates Eric and Grant. 1:27:21 – Shoutouts, Jigsaws Gamefly Hookup, Happy Birthday Andy, and End Music Less

Better late than never, but episode 10 is finally up along with a video. That’s what took so long. Join Andy, Charlie, Eric, and Josh as we talk about games, gaming news, and what we think will be at E3. I know, E3 is over, but I thought I would have this up sooner. Enjoy. 00:00 – Opening Music 00:32 – Games We’re Playing: Resident Evil 4 Wii, The Darkness, Super Paper Mario, Call of Juarez, Simcity DS and Andy revisits Saints Row, Oblivion, and Crackdown, while Josh revisits Halo: CE 18:40 – Gamestop Darkness Phone # Code: 4263 26:50 – Gaming News: We have listeners and we’re available on iTunes, PS3 Price Cuts, Microsoft Price Cut Rumors, Manhug 2 by Take Two, Mass Effect rated and release date rumors 36:20 – Hitler Xbox Live Subscription 36:50 – Josh’s camera dies 37:07 – Andy Continues the News: Halo Wars doesn’t update site on July 6th, Josh says the Halo Longsword is only in the books. Wrong! The Longsword is the aircraft that the Master Chief escapes in at the end of Halo: CE, Haze, 1-800-MAGIC ends after 4 episodes. 43:12 – E3 stuff (pre-E3 2007 info) 48:00 – Major Nelson and Series of Tubes 52:00 – What We are Looking Forward to at E3: Halo 3 Campaign, Nintendo bringing a dead franchise back, Halo Wars, Gears of War 2, Fallout 3, Mass Effect release dates, Home, and Wii Wear. 1:00:20 – Personal Problems with Xbox 360s 1:10:30 – Andy talks about banned modders purposely bricking their 360s 1:11:50 – Games We’re Looking Forward To: Brothers in Arms on DS, The Office on DS, Contra 4 DS, Blue Dragon, GTA IV, Stranglehold, Zelda on DS, Fallout 3, Army of Two, Manhunt 2 unedited, Mario Galaxy, Skate, Bioshock, and Smash Brothers. 1:17:20 – Rants: Video Game Release Dates and No HUDS on games 1:20:00 – Shout Outs: Andy rigged the shout outs 1:21:09 – Outro Less

Jeff and Bryan join Josh for a good episode of XYBA podcast with a British twist. The British twist only last for about 10 minutes, so if you can’t stand it, then fast forward. Here’s the breakdown. 00:00 – Intro Music 00:15 – Jeff gets a phone call 00:30 – English introductions with Josh, Jeff, and Bryan 01:03 – Games We’re Playing: Oden Sphere, Super Paper Mario, Soltrio Solitare, Pac-Man Championship Edition, Prince of Persia on XBLA, Halo 3 Beta, and a bunch of demos 08:55 – Gaming News: Guitar Hero II Songs, Manchester Cathedral issues, Rock Band info, PSP Slim Rumors, Gears of War Achievements, Halo 3 ARG, and more. We lose our accents around here. 49:13 – Singing starts as news ends 49:27 – Games We’re Looking forward to: Time Crisis 4, Simcity DS, Beautiful Katamari, Castlevania: Dracula X, Overlord 57:19 – No Rants 57:49 – Exclusive games roundtable. Katamari exclusive to 360. 1:02:10 – Bryan whips out a Second Life rant and how it’s not a game. It’s more like walking to that seedy part of town and meeting the freaks. 1:12:30 – Promo for next podcast 1:13:00 – Shout outs 1:14:08 – Outro Music and Satan Voices Big thanks to Bryan and Jeff for talking games with me, while everyone was either out of town or celebrating Father’s Day a day early. Less