Fable 2/Dead Space.

As the deluge of Christmas titles pours in our direction, the first two triple-A titles fall under the intense scrutiny of the Digital Cowboys.

Fable 2: Peter Molyneux’s latest bag of hyperbole, tall tales and empty promises at last bursts open and Tony and Alex examine what’s inside.

Dead Space: At least one Cowboy got thoroughly freaked out by this Event Horizon-flavoured offering from EA that many have dubbed ‘Resident Evil in space’. Find out if that’s a fair summation with viewpoints from all three hosts.

Also reviewed is High School Musical 3, which would appear to take quaintness to heights not seen in cinema since the days when men had to leave a foot on the floor when in bed with a lady for fear of being too suggestive.

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LBP Controversy/Brothers in Arms HH/FIFA 09.

This last week, Little Big Planet has caught the public eye mere days from release for a rather controversial reason. We discuss it in this week’s express-length (ie; less than an hour) episode.

Also up for debate are Tony’s thaughts on the Blu Ray of Kill Bill (and more importantly Vol. 2) and his reviews of Brothers in Arms: Hells Highway, FIFA 09 and the new Coen Brothers film; Burn After Reading.

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To celebrate our 75th episode and to mark the passing of a good online friend we decided to talk about the community that has built up around video games over the years. We trace the simple LAN parties of Doom through to the imminent update for Xbox Live and onward to the user-created content of future games. Every aspect of the group following and social aspects of online gaming is explored in this very special episode. Also to mix things up a bit; Tony’s hosting this week!

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Dead Console Special.

Now that we’ve discussed the most popular consoles of the 80′s and 90′s, we turn our eye to their less successful competitors.

So here for your delectation (slightly later than usual) is the dead console special, focusing on the Turbo Grafx-16, the Atari Lynx and Jaguar, the 3DO, the Sega Saturn, the Nintendo Virtual Boy and the Nokia N-Gage. Find out how they failed and whether any of us bought them.

Also discussed is the new Halo 3 trailer and Kill Bill on Blu-Ray.

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The Force Unleashed/Death Race/Tropic Thunder/Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise.

Paul reveals some awesome new Queen song packs available on the Singstore now.

We go over the upcoming movie releases before the end of the year.

Paul reviews Jason Statham-starring prison, action flick; Death Race and explains why it’s star is the new Tim Robbins.

Tony talks Tropic Thunder and why it probably wasn’t worth ninety million dollars.Then divulges his love for candy-filled animals in a review of Viva Pinata: Trouble in paradise; a fiendish resource-management sim, masquerading as a cutesy romp.

Then Alex spills the beans on the best and worst aspects of the new Star Wars game. The review is spoiler-free but after some warning music at the end there is a full plot synopsis so those who wish to play it, be wary.

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