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The HotSpot 05/13/2008
This week Tor, Tim, and two guys named Tom discuss Metal Gear Solid 4 going gold, Too Human finally getting a release date, how best to Viva a Pinata, Activision's $3 billion year, Grand Theft Auto IV's record haul, Tony Hawk's 2008 hiatus, Skate on Wii and DS, Doom 4, and how best to play a game--by rushing through or taking your sweet, sweet time.
Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The HotSpot 05/06/2008This week's very special edition of the HotSpot sees a whopping five panelists engage in some multiplayer debate about GTAIV, Acti-Blizzard freezing out E3 and the ESA, Killzone 2 being delayed, and Rock Band turning up profits to 11. Last but certainly not least, Don Vincenzo di Caravella says "ciao" to the GameSpot gang as hosting duties pass to someone of Northern European descent...Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The HotSpot 04/29/2008What can we say? This week The HotSpot talks about Grand Theft Auto IV...a lot. We talk about the game, the launches, and the response its generating in the greater gaming universe. We also get gabby about the possibility of a DS price cut, some Spore goodness, Matt Damon and even EA. Really though, even the calls are about GTA IV, so turn on your computer and give a listen while you make your way through what could be one of the most acclaimed games of the decade.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The HotSpot 04/22/2008This week the HotSpot gang sifts through so much Grand Theft Auto IV news you might just cancel that preorder. Yeah, right. Will the UK become the next haven for game developers? Will you be playing the drums in Guitar Hero IV? Will we ever see the Wonder Twins versus Scorpion? How about an Optimus Prime impression that will blow your mind? Check it all out on this weeks edition of The HotSpot.
Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The HotSpot 04/15/2008The HotSpot returns this week to dissect that ever evolving beast we call The News. Is Hollywood shaking at the thought of competing against the likes of Grand Theft Auto IV? Is the entire world finally accepting that video games are here to stay? Can we report on Resident Evil 5 without offending someone? We try to answer all these questions, take your emails, phone calls and offer up some new challenges all on this weeks episode of The HotSpot.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The HotSpot 04/08/2008Join The HotSpot this week as we celebrate Europes entrance into the Rock Band arena. Also, does a rock devil really need to be so devilish? Think of the children! Will Grand Theft Auto IV be delayed, again? Is Photograph really the best Def Leppard song? Whats the proper height of a book? We answer all this, call our weekly prize winners and much more on this episode of The HotSpot.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The HotSpot 04/01/2008This week The HotSpot talks about the Xbox 360 Blu-ray player and what that means for the PS3. Also, with its new price cut will the Nintendo will take the current gen crown? Will more delays force Grand Theft Auto 4 into vaporware? Are all these stories completely invented? Get all the answers, your phone calls, prize giveaways and more on this April Fools edition of The HotSpot.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The HotSpot 03/25/2008We fight through the onslaught of Clouds lining up outside to bring you all the news that's fit to read aloud...especially if that news has to do with lawsuits, Guitar Hero, and Rock Band. That's right, everybody is suing everybody, Nickelodeon is making 1,600 new games, and the CFO of EA thinks it's time to step away. The world has gone mad. We try to bring a little sanity with your phone calls, emails, Final Fantasy-based prizes, and more, all on this week's episode of The HotSpot.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The HotSpot 03/18/2008The HotSpot gang considers the pros and cons of games being considered porn. Also, did you know that people like Super Smash Bros.? It's true and we've got the numbers to prove it. Ready for a new Star Trek MMO? Is Bionic Commando so awesome it will break Xbox Live? We answer all these questions, give away the best prize ever, take your phone calls and much more on this episode of The HotSpot.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The HotSpot 03/11/2008This week The HotSpot crew talk about how crazy it would be to have a Blu-ray drive for your Xbox 360. Did you know people like buying games, even in February? Is the ESRB doomed? Want to hear your predications for life in 2108? What exactly is the coolest prize ever? Find out the answers to all that, plus your emails, phone calls and even prizes, all on this weeks episode of The HotSpot.
Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The HotSpot 03/04/2008Metal Gear Awesome? Hell yeah it is. Is MGS4 so big that no media on earth could hold it? Are the hallways of Atari tall enough for Phil Harrison? Are you ready for 2108? Do you like winning awesome prizes? We answer all these questions, even the one about you liking prizes, and much, much more on the greatest episode of The HotSpot yet!Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The HotSpot 02/26/2008Tick, tick, tick, tick, boom! Dynamite! The HotSpot explodes after GDC and sends pieces of Bionic Commando, Street Fighter IV, and Gears of War 2 flying all around our little studio. We say our farewells to Phil Harrison, the X360 HD DVD Player, non-Madden football games and one other very special person. So, get into your comfy place because we take your phone calls, emails and much more on this edition of The HotSpot.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The HotSpot 02/19/2008Are we seeing the bitter end of the Blu-ray vs HD DVD war? The HotSpot crew is here to guide you through the carnage. Will you trade your axe for some wheels of steel in DJ Hero? Can a Street Fighter movie get any weirder? Will this months NPD numbers actually shock you? We answer all these questions, take your phone calls and emails and much, much more on the latest edition of The HotSpot.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The HotSpot 02/12/2008In this latest episode of The HotSpot, Ryan Davis bids the crew a fond farewell while still taking time to warn us of the dangers of all things non-pencil. Can you guess which games took away top honors at D.I.C.E.? Does Street Fighter IV have what it takes to stay on top? How much more Mass Effect will you be seeing in 2008? We answer all these questions, take your phone calls and much, much more on this edition of The HotSpot. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The HotSpot 01/29/2008The HotSpot crew closes out January with some great news! Will GTA IV finally arrive? Will you be able to finally do your drum vs. drum battle in Rock Band? Is a hip hop version of Gears of War 2 on the horizon? We answer all these questions, take your emails and calls and more on this edition of The HotSpot!Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The HotSpot 01/22/2008Even though there's a brand new Dragon Ball Z game on the horizon, The HotSpot crew somehow manages to talk about other things. Is the Xbox, indeed, crack for kids? Does your doctor practice on the Wii? Is $18 billion enough for the game industry to finally buy itself some respect? Also, we say goodbye to Alex Navarro and get his take on this crazy biz. You'll get all this, your phone calls and much, much more on this episode of The HotSpot.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The HotSpot 01/15/2008The HotSpot returns to find The News has invited all its friends over for a surprise party! It's a good thing The News is a huge dork and the worst thing we had to worry about was EA buying stakes in the Korean gaming market, someone letting Uwe Boll make another movie and some pictures of Resistance 2...such a nice boy. Of course we had to call some parents so don't expect to be seeing Super Smash Bros. Brawl any time soon. We cover all of this, your phone calls and much more on this week' ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The HotSpot 01/08/2008Happy New Year! It's 2008 and we've been off for way too long, but now we're back and we still have no idea what we're doing. If an amazing game peripheral falls but it's surrounded by 80 inch flat-screens does it make a sound? Who sold the most consoles last year? Will this show every get back on track? We answer most of these questions on your latest episode of The HotSpot.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The HotSpot 12/18/2007The HotSpot crew closes out the year with a recap of the biggest news stories of the century! Ok, maybe not the century, but definitely the biggest stories since last December! Did all that great DBZ news crack the list? Can you guess which story will be number one? Don't agree with our take? Well, you're in luck! Just vent your frustration down below, no...below that, there you go. Leave it right there in the comments section. Have a safe and amazing holiday season and we will catch when T ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The HotSpot 12/11/2007A football? Oh no, what was I doing? Wake up, Stupid! Wake up! With the holiday season in full-on blitz we talk about, what else? Rumors! Will Bungie be developing Street Fighter IV for the Dreamcast 2? Does your Guitar Hero 3 edition have mono? Did you make our top quotes of the year? We answer all of this, take your calls and much more on this edition of The HotSpot.
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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The HotSpot 11/27/2007No time for leftovers junior, these games are still piping hot. The folks over at The HotSpot go over their holiday gaming regimen while taking time to answer all those profound questions. Is Nintendo killing the environment? Could we possibly do another Manhunt 2 story? What does Mr. T have to do will all of this? Find out the answers to all this, plus your emails, phone calls and much more on GameSpot's weekly audio webapodamusisode.
Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The HotSpot 11/20/2007With GameSpot staff sliding out the door for early Thanksgiving breaks as we speak, the HotSpot pulls it together and brings you a show on what seems to be the busiest release date in all of gaming. Such heady topics as Assassin's Creed, BioShock, ghosts, wrestling, Call of Duty, and the proper way to make a sloppy joe are all contained in this week's brain-blasting installment.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The HotSpot 11/13/2007Could we ask for a better November in terms of great releases? The HotSpot crew puts down the games for a second to handle all the big news of the week. Is Microsoft dropping one of its biggest titles? To whom will Spike TV give the "Most Addictive Game Fueled by Dew" award? Will the Prince of Persia movie really take place in New York City? All this, your emails, phone calls and more in this week's audio turducken known as The HotSpot.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The HotSpot 11/06/2007The HotSpot crew rolls up their sleeves and digs into those crazy Q2 earnings reports, but who came out on top? Is it lights out for the studio that brought us Fight Night? Could the world use more MMOs? Questionable. Could the world use more Tesla Coils? Heck Yeah! Also, special thanks to Andy for this week's version of the intro. Get all this and another phone call blowout on this week's installment of The HotSpot. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The HotSpot 10/30/2007The HotSpot crew cleans up their act only to get thrown out of the booth! Before that though we talk about Bioware and LucasArts teaming up and Sony still selling that crazy PS2. Will Manhunt 2 entice your children? How does an animated Resident Evil movie sound? All these answers, your phone calls and much, much more on this week's audio doodad known as The HotSpot.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The HotSpot 10/23/2007Microsoft officially release its new Xbox 360 bundle while Sony confirms its new PS3 model. Will Street Fighter 4 be all that we hope? Is Bioware making the longest acronym ever with a KOTOR MMORPG? Is gaming like a religion and could Haze be the s--t?! All these answers, your phone calls and much, much more on this week's audio excursion known only as The HotSpot.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The HotSpot 10/16/2007Capcom gets its act together and finally remakes Bionic Commando and are we excited? Heck yeah! Is EA really going to rule the word? Find out what they've gone and done now. Also, is Majesco destroying our natural resources? All these answers, your emails, phone calls and more on GameSpot's weekly audio mystery tour.
Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The HotSpot 10/09/2007Bungie leaves Microsoft and The HotSpot stops swatting at the airborne oinkers long enough to eat a little crow. The UK still has it out for Manhunt 2 but somehow Nutella is good for kids? Are you going to get a new, cheaper PS3 or a new bundled 360? We set sail with all this, your phone calls and much more on GameSpot's weekly audio voyage.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The HotSpot 10/02/2007It's a mad, mad world and the HotSpot gang tries its best to make sense of it all. Is Bungie ditching Microsoft? Would you pay $9,000 for J Allard's Zune? What's really behind those Wii delays? We address all those questions, Oreo Pizzas, your emails, phone calls and much more on GameSpot's weekly audio hootenanny.
Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The HotSpot 9/25/2007The GameSpot crew puts sleep and Halo 3 aside to bring you another action packed podcast. Fresh out of TGS we cover all the big news from the show as well as give you everything you need to know about the Halo 3 launch. If that weren't enough we take your phone calls and much, much more all on GameSpot's weekly audio extravaganza.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The HotSpot 9/18/2007We're counting down multiple occasions on the show this week as we wait for the first news from the Tokyo Game Show to start slamming the site. And hey, in case you haven't been hit over the head with it enough yet, Halo 3 is exactly one week away. So you know we've got more to say about that. Plus we talk about the end of FASA, Havok and Intel hooking up, and of course, your e-mails and calls!
Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The HotSpot 9/11/2007The news cometh and the HotSpot report...eth. The GameSpot Gang sifts through the week's news and finds gold with stories ranging from Link's new shooter on the Wii to Guitar Hero 3 on your Mac. Want a new Street Fighter movie? Well, you just might get it anyway. Plus we take your emails, calls and much more all on GameSpot's weekly podcast.
Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The HotSpot 9/04/2007The HotSpot gang slinks out of a long weekend to bring you all the latest news. Is that PS3 deal still kicking? Is in-game advertising here to stay, and do we even mind? What the heck is Master P doing on here and since when does Joust have global awareness? We answer all this, take your questions and more on this week's podcast.
Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The HotSpot 8/28/2007We return from PAX and Leipzig to put August away for good. Are your peepers ready for games in 3D? Did you know that Manhunt 2 will indeed be coming to a store near you? Why not grab a Double Gulp and Halo 3? Say What? We tackle all this, your phone calls, and much more on GameSpot's weekly podcast! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The HotSpot 8/21/2007BioShock is in stores, but we pull ourselves out of Rapture to talk about the last week of news, including developments in the HD-DVD vs, Blu-ray conflict, Halo 3's impending release, and, you know, bazookas. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The HotSpot 8/14/2007As the release season starts to heat up with the release of Madden NFL 08, a team of GameSpot editors sit down and discuss the finer things in life, like Halo-flavored tortilla chips, Ubisoft's movie dreams, and, with any luck, the final word on Dietrich.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The HotSpot 8/07/07Two more Cons go down and GameSpot is there to pick up the pieces. Blizzard and Quake show us their wares while GTA 4 slips further back on the release calendar. Is Nintendo planning a new handheld? Plus we finally put the Xbox 360 price drop rumor to rest. All that, a special phone-in guest, your favorite albums and much, much more on The HotSpot.
Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The HotSpot 7/31/07Comic-Con may be over but the HotSpot nerds refuse to get winded. This week we cover Lego Indiana Jones, the possible 360 price drop, EA's new Marvel fighting game, Sony's new Rockstar exclusive and much more on the greatest podcast on the internet. Do it!Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The HotSpot 7/24/07The HotSpot Five sob their way through the Best of E3 awards, the Silicon Knights-Epic Games lawsuit, Metal Gear's 20th anniversary, the PS3's sales surge, and the ongoing debate of video games as art before saying a tearful goodbye to Rich, all on GameSpot's weekly radio show!
Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The HotSpot 7/17/07Tune in as the HotSpot crew recaps E3 2007 with a look at the Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony press conferences, as well as opinions on E3's new format, the PS3 60-gig clearance sale and Peter Moore's new job. Plus, we share in-depth thoughts on over forty games on display at the show all on GameSpot's weekly radio show!Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The HotSpot 7/3/07Tune in as GameSpot editors amp up for E3 2007 and reveal their plans to cover the world's greatest video game event! We also discuss the new GTA IV trailer, the NPD getting heavy, the ESA's new king of The Hill, WiiWare, Guitar Hero, horsie games, Auto Assault's final lap and more on The HotSpot, GameSpot's weekly radio show.
Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The HotSpot 6/26/07The GameSpot staff dive in for more Manhunt 2, ESRB's trailer policies, Nintendo's rise on the stock market, the looming PS3 game avalanche, BioWare's love of hedgehogs, the potential of a new 2D Contra, E3 2007, Timothy Olyphant, and more on The HotSpot, GameSpot's weekly radio show.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The HotSpot 6/19/07GameSpot editors go on a Manhunt, and discuss E3 2007, Sega's Wii reality check, Sir Howard's idea of refinement, Halo's relapsing virus, gaming addiction, PS3 home safety, the DOA movie, and more on The HotSpot, GameSpot's weekly radio show.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The HotSpot 6/12/07The HotSpot crew discusses the first step in the rebirth of Mac gaming, id's new tech demo, the un-delayed GTA IV, PSP redesigns, the Church of England's love for Resistance: Fall of Man, Square Enix's fear of technology, the end of the Halo 3 beta, and Nintendo's corporate cutbacks all on GameSpot's weekly radio show.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The HotSpot 6/5/07The HotSpot crew burns the Fallout 3 trailer into their retinas, then discusses Virtual Console milestones, GTA IV and gaming analysts, New York's idea of a Class E felony, Brash's bank account, Aliens, Heat, Pac-Man, and yes, more Billy Mitchell all on GameSpot's weekly radio show.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The HotSpot 5/29/07The HotSpot crew discusses the E3 conference schedule, Nintendo's and Ubisoft's recent press events, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Haze, Guitar Hero III, Halo 2's partial nudity, Blizzard v. gold farmers, Dirty Dancing, and the horror of live Wii all on GameSpot's weekly radio show.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The HotSpot 9/21/05The Nintendo Revolution controller and the Xbox 360 launch date highlight the list of hot topics for this week in the world of video games!Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The HotSpot 9/14/05We discuss Metal Gear Solid 4, other preliminary news out of the Tokyo Game Show, and more!Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | |