Chatterbox Video Game Radio

Joe likes his hockey, but only if you play it like he does. The Activision/Infinity Ward lawsuit is getting interesting. Lightbox made a smart decision with Starhawk's upcoming DLC.

The Wii U has some potential, Rhode Island screwed up, and so did THQ. Also, we fight about Gran Turismo.

Alon's upset that he ruined Fez for himself by not believing in its depth and deciphering its language on his own. He and Ara are fascinated by the confirmation of stereotypes provided by Gran Turismo Academy.

This episode is all about people doing shady things. Tilt World wants you to feel green, some dude in EVE Online is trying to take down the man, and the President wants you to think you're being healthy playing video games.

We got Dave funded! Can you believe it?! Star Command also got funded, but that didn't necessarily help. It turns out Rayman Origins is actually pretty good, but why is it that games we like often don't sell well?

After recapping last week's show for Ara, we address listener mail and complain about Sine Mora, Skyrim, and XBLA purchases. Then we dig into Fez. The truth is that it's not all that fun. Interesting, but not necessarily fun.

This week's episode is a special one, dedicated to the indie in all of us. First, Alon talks to the very independent filmmakers behind Indiegame The Movie. They're wonderful, by the way. Then he chats with an indie game developer who's so indie he's not even indie yet. Yeah. FlyKillerElite.com for the win.

Forty-eight minutes of pure Sine Mora. Somehow, this game tickled us so much that we gave it a whole show.

Ara says nice things about Alon's joystick. We finally give Mass Effect 3's ending the attention it doesn't deserve. We also criticize the industry's lack of criticism. Also, Ara started a fancy new Twitter account - collect his deepest thoughts via @Ara_isms.

Alon tells the harrowing tale of how he narrowly escaped losing his ability to witness the third dimension. He and Ara address the concerns of listeners - 2D gaming losing its ground, new control interfaces, and Mega Man masquerading as Duff Man in Street Fighter X Tekken. Also, Ara wishes his XBOX Live Gamerscore got erased.

Recovered CompuServe addict and proprietor of the Open-Apple.net podcast, Ken Gagne, joins us for a chat about game music, DLC ethics, the Apple II, and Trine 2.

Alon's psyched about a new joystick he's building, and you should be too. We return to the idea of skipping undesirable content. Ara gives his thoughts on Jamestown. We dissect an editorial by Michael Thomsen criticizing Dark Souls and the value of extremely long games.

Indie dev, Tim Winsky, guest hosts while we consider the impact of music and rythm on flow, whether or not it's OK to like Lollipop Chainsaw, and just how absurd a recently proposed tax on video games would be.

This week, we step back several months to ponder the future that Euclideon promises, Ara excites us with tales of the modernized Whack-A-Mole that is Speed of Light, and we're surpisingly calm as we debate the idea of taking gameplay out of games.

Here's what we think about Puddle, the prospect of a new Super Meat Boy mobile game, and Double Fine's success with Kickstarter.

We return to the question of why games have become easier with the ages, we debate the function of balance patching, and we try to sound smart while speculating about how Apple runs its show.

Brandon Sheffield, editor in chief of Game Developer Magazine and senior editor of Gamasutra, talks about playing games with friends (both great and s***y), gives his thoughts on the gender gap in game development, and highlights details of the game plagiarism spats we've seen crop up recently. Goodbye, KFNX.

Ara loves hating Microsoft points, Alon is reminded of the great digital board game fantasy, and we all act surprised that Switzerland likes piracy.

Ara has an awful lot to say about the 3DS, we all try to explain why games are easy these days, and we explain why we don't like the idea of limiting demo play.

Asura's Wrath marks the return of the over-priced interactive movie, we reveal a little legal history about ChatterBox, Ara gets excited about the third D, and TJ realizes that the amazing Steam sales actually cost him more money.