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The HotSpot 02/09/2010

Shaun McInnis, Kevin VanOrd, Tom Mc Shea, and Brendan Sinclair return to Rapture with divergent takes on BioShock 2, then find common ground again thanks to Dante's Inferno. Also, Sonic returns to his 2D roots, and Mature-rated games on the Wii suffer another setback.

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Justin Calvert, Tom Mc Shea, Chris Watters, and Brendan Sinclair cautiously go where others go on a regular basis, talking about an armada of new releases including Star Trek Online, MAG, and White Knight Chronicles. The gang also runs down a huge week of news, including the Dead Rising movie, the iPad, and some stuff about actual games!

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Mass Effect 2 fever afflicts the HotSpot crew, as BioWare project director Casey Hudson stops by the studio. Kevin VanOrd, Chris Watters, and Tom Magrino do their best to manage some intelligent comments about the game, while Lark Anderson drops by to offer word on No More Heroes 2. Plus, industry news! Sales figures! Tetris sells 100 million! Wow! Brendan's back next week! Do not worry!

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Kevin VanOrd, Tom Mc Shea, Chris Watters, and Brendan Sinclair peer into the Dark Void, and the Dark Void peers back into them. With Capcom's latest out of the way, it's time to close the book on 2009 with December's NPD figures and take a look at recent innovation in games, or the lack thereof.

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Kevin VanOrd, Tom Mc Shea, Shaun McInnis, Tyler Winegarner, and Brendan Sinclair explore the subtle nuances of Army of Two: The 40th Day before addressing the Xbox 360 Game Room and rumors of a new developer for Modern Warfare 3.

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It's a bonus spoiler-filled podcast dedicated to GameSpot's 2009 Game of the Year! Kevin VanOrd, Justin Calvert, Lark Anderson, and Brendan Sinclair kill an hour gushing over From Software's brilliant Demon's Souls.

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Kevin VanOrd, Justin Calvert, Giancarlo Varanini, and Brendan Sinclair kick off the New Year with impressions of the week's gruesome twosome of angelic beatdowns, THQ's Darksiders and Platinum Games' Bayonetta. Plus, a brief primer on street talk, courtesy of Def Jam: Fight for NY: The Takeover on PSP.

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GameSpot HQ is all quiet this week, which means it's time for an all-clips show of outtakes from a whole bunch of 2009 shows. If mic checks, double takes, and non-sequiturs are your thing, we've got a show for you! If they aren't, well, at least it's only 41 minutes long. WARNING: This episode of the HotSpot contains suggestive language. Listener discretion is advised.

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Ricardo Torres, Tom Magrino, Tyler Winegarner, and Brendan Sinclair wrap up an exhausting 2009 with a second opinion on Bayonetta, differing views on despicable downloadable content, and more junk than you can shake a stick at.

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All aboard! Tom Mc Shea, Justin Calvert, and Brendan Sinclair go hobo and ride the rails with Link on Zelda: Spirit Tracks, take aim at PixelJunk Shooter, and give their memories of God of War 1 and 2 an HD facelift. Also, November NPD numbers, Batman: Arkham Asylum 2, Force Unleashed II, and more.

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Kevin VanOrd, Tom Mc Shea, Brian Ekberg and Brendan Sinclair bleep all over the bleepin' bleep-fest that is Rouge Warrior, save France from cows as well as Nazis in Pandemic's Saboteur, and look forward to Dead Space 2, Medal of Honor, and… House, M.D.?

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Shaun McInnis, Kevin VanOrd, and Brendan Sinclair briefly oppress indigenous cultures in James Cameron's Avatar before looking forward to Mass Effect 2, a new Prince of Persia, and the fiscal ramifications of incorporating the Mercenaries franchise.

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Kevin VanOrd stops by to talk about the inverted 720 faceplant that is Tony Hawk: Ride, then Ricardo Torres, Tom Mc Shea, Sophia Tong, and Brendan Sinclair look forward to the year-end awards, lament the apparent passing of Pandemic, and peruse the latest ESRB ratings.

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Left 4 Dead 2 and Assassin's Creed 2 make Justin Calvert, Shaun McInnis, Kevin VanOrd, and Brendan Sinclair feel all tingly, but layoffs at EA and slumping October sales bring the mood back down.

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Ricardo Torres, Chris Watters, Ryan Mac Donald, and Brendan Sinclair unload praise and scorn on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 in a spoiler-ridden podcast covering the game's single-player campaign, from the controversial airport level to the game's ultimate message (if there is one).

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Ricardo Torres, Lark Anderson, Tom Mc Shea, and Brendan Sinclair offer a piercing perspective on Bayonetta, ponder the possibilities of Jake Gyllenhaal's Prince of Persia, and pick apart the potential for Captain America and Thor games.

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Shaun McInnis, Justin Calvert, Kevin VanOrd, Tom Mc Shea, and Brendan Sinclair get all gushy about Dragon Age, GTA: Ballad of Gay Tony, Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time, and Tekken 6. Then it's time to tackle the DSi XL and Modern Warfare 2's latest controversies in one preposterously packed podcast.

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Brian Ekberg, Kevin VanOrd, Tom Magrino, Chris Watters, and Brendan Sinclair craft a Shakespearean SmackDown in THQ's latest WWE game while Dead Space: Extraction is dead-on-arrival in stores, Modern Warfare 2 for PC gets controversial changes, and the gang casts future game-to-movie adaptations.

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Brian Ekberg, Justin Calvert, Tyler Winegarner, and Brendan Sinclair shift into gear with Forza 3, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars on PSP, and Demon's Souls. Also, Chris Watters swings by to talk Borderlands and Tom Mc Shea drops in for the monthly NPD sales figures.

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Tom Mc Shea, Giancarlo Varanini, Kevin VanOrd, and Brendan Sinclair get giddy over Uncharted 2 and Brutal Legend, tune up Guitar Hero: Van Halen, propose bad ideas for EA's Jack the Ripper game, and set a record for most unrelated 1980s sitcom references in single podcast.

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