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8-4 Play 11/2/2012: EPISODE LXI: A NEW HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL

Episode 061: 8-4 Play 11/2/2012: EPISODE LXI: A NEW HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL

Let’s be honest: You don’t give a crap what we write here, you just want the list of what we talked about on the podcast, right? Fine then: Crashmo, Punch Quest, Paper Mario: Sticker Star (a bit), Dark Souls (a bit more), Dragon Quest X (John bought a house!), Nintendo sales projections (down!), Nintendo Wii…

8-4 Play 10/19/2012: STRAIGHT UP DAWG TIME

Episode 060: 8-4 Play 10/19/2012: STRAIGHT UP DAWG TIME

Everyone’s playing it! Everyone’s talking about it! It’s this fall’s hottest game! It’s…Bravely Default: Flying Fairy?! …Uh, okay, sure, why not! We breakdown Squeenix’s excellent new 3DS RPG, then chat about continuing adventures in Dragon Quest X, PSN store stuff, Zynga, Kevin Butler, Thriller Instinct (that’s right), and more, with a brief detour into old-school…

8-4 Play 10/5/2012: THE HORROR…THE HORROR…

Episode 059: 8-4 Play 10/5/2012: THE HORROR...THE HORROR...

Barry? Where’s Barry? Who knows. But the internet’s biggest Resident Evil fan, Alex “cvxfreak” Aniel? He’s right here, talking highs and lows (and lows…and lows…) of RE6 for a solid hour. (That’s almost 15 minutes per point it got on many review scales!) But first: Kokuga, DQX, To the Moon, Earth Defense Force 3 Portable,…

8-4 Play 9/21/2012: TOKYO GAME SHOW 2012

Episode 058: 8-4 Play 9/21/2012: TOKYO GAME SHOW 2012

TGS! Metal Gear Solid Rising! Monster Hunter 4! Dragon Quest X Wii U! Mega Man X Over! PSO 2 Vita! Tank Tank Tank! Lost Planet 3! Soul Sacrifice! EX Troopers! Ace Attorney! Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z! Box! Open Me! New PS3 hardware! New Vita colors! Jeremy Parish! Mike McWhertor! Russ Frushtick! 4 hours! Listen! Now!…

8-4 Play 9/14/2012: PLAY U NEXT WILL HOW?

Episode 057: 8-4 Play 9/14/2012: PLAY U NEXT WILL HOW?

To be honest, none of us remember recording this episode — after the deluge of Nintendo’s Wii U announcements (prices! Dates! 2 SKUs! Monster Hunter Ultimate! Toki Tori 2! …wait, I mean Bayonetta 2!), we woke up the next day, and it was just THERE. We took it as a sign to add on part…

8-4 Play 9/7/2012: PLAY IT LOUD!

Episode 056: 8-4 Play 9/7/2012: PLAY IT LOUD!

Part one of our long-awaited Super Nintendo 21st (and change) Super-anniversary retro-sode is here, and you don’t even need your Mom to drive you to the mall to get it! But before that, thoughts on the latest Nintendo Direct, Monster Hunter 4, rumored Wii U pricing, Lightning Returns: FF13, Super Hexagon, Steam Greenlight, Rhythm Hunter:…

8-4 Play 8/31/2012: SPECIAL METAL GEAR MINI-CAST

Episode 055: 8-4 Play 8/31/2012: SPECIAL METAL GEAR MINI-CAST

You asked for it: A moment-to-moment recollection of the Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes demo that just debuted in Tokyo, discussing everything we saw and know (hint: not much!) about the story, characters, graphics and gameplay. Hear just what it is that’s got us so damn excited. Running time: 1:13:41 ・ Direct Download (42.3MB) ・ Subscribe to…

8-4 Play 8/24/2012: BICKO-BACKO

Episode 054: 8-4 Play 8/24/2012: BICKO-BACKO

Join the 8-4 gang and special guest Kevin “Big John Studd” Gifford as they talk about Sony’s Gamescom showing (Tearway, Cross Buy, Rain, Puppeteer, and…what was the name of that horror game?), Nintendo Power’s shuttering, Dragon Quest X and Nayuta No Kiseki playing, flea-marketing, Neo Geo X Gold buying (or not), imitating classic video game…

8-4 Play 8/10/2012: A PODCAST DRAWS NEAR. COMMAND?

Episode 053: 8-4 Play 8/10/2012: A PODCAST DRAWS NEAR. COMMAND?

First! Hear New Super Mario Bros. 2, Sound Shapes, addictive iOS fave 10000000, and (surprisingly positive!) 3DS XL/LL impressions. Then! Polish up your Mini Medals and settle in with some Medicinal Herb for LXX minutes of in-depth chit-chat on the Wii’s (not-so-MMO)RPG, DQ X. Finally! Polish it off with news on Ouya, Steam, the Oculus…

8-4 Play 7/27/2012: 1 + 1 = …?

Episode 052: 8-4 Play 7/27/2012: 1 + 1 = ...?

With John out on a super secret mission, a super secret special guest…from cheapassgamer.com joins us to talk about the INCREDIBLE 3DS XL, Fez Patches, Vita sales, Foos Balls, New Super Mario Bros. 2, FF XIII, Nyuta No Kiseki, and more. Running time: 1:50:09 ・ Direct Download (66.2MB) ・ Subscribe to 8-4 Play via iTunes ・ Subscribe to…