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Published: Feb. 3, 2012, midnight

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The Super Bowl is this week, so we took it upone ourselves to talk about football videogames from the past as well the current state of the Madden games.

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00:00:35 \\u2013 Quick Hits & Our Weeks:

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23:47 \\u2013 Music Break: Sea and Field \\u2013 \\u201cLe Phare\\u201d

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25:17 \\u2013 Main Segment: Football in Video Games!

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From 1979\\u2019s Football, to the current Madden monopoly, we break down the evolution of American football in video games then discuss what we\\u2019d like to see in future football video games.

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1:27:30 \\u2013 Music Break: Sea and Field \\u2013 \\u201cMatelot\\u201d

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1:29:00 \\u2013 Feedback:

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Eric\\u2019s wife plays Skyrim\\u2026 a lot!

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1:35:05

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Gamerscore and JRPG talk. \\xa0Average Gamerscore somewhere around 12,000?

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1:38:59

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Next generation games suggestions, and 2D games for girls.

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1:43:30 News:

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Japan has copied its own formula for Pok\\xe9mon. \\xa0Will brings to light the hypocrisy.

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1:47:15

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Opinion: Call of Duty is boring and needs to change. Eric discusses the IGN article that brings to light Call of Duty\\u2019s lack of innovation from title to title.

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1:54:55

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Corey discusses video game addiction, are video games like heroin, and how to recover from video game addiction.

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2:04:35

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Dan breaks down the black vs. white Racebowl, pitting the NFL\\u2019s best white football players vs. the best black football players. \\xa0No racism whatsoever, \\u201care we clear on that?\\u201d

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2:12:52 Music Break: Dancing Willow \\u2013 The Wind That Shakes the Barley

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2:14:22 What We Played:

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Will plays NHL 12\\u2019s be a pro mode, Dungeon Defenders local co-op, Madden 12\\u2019s online gameplay and smashes some heads in NFL Blitz.

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Dan tries out the Diablo clone and dungeon crawler, Torchlight, and defends Bethesda\\u2019s (underrated?) Rage.

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A little Kingdoms of Amalur finds its way into the discussion.

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Eric discusses more Fifa, has a change of heart about Assassin\\u2019s Creed II and articulates his newbie perspective on Soul Calibur V.

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Corey boots up the classic SNES RPG, Tales of Phantasia, the nothing like hockey-hockey game, Hit the Ice, and expresses why he thinks Final Fantasy XII-2 is a great game.

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