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Published: Feb. 10, 2012, midnight

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With a short week between recordings we decided to list our top 5 favorite videogame characters.

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00:01:30 \\u2013 News Quick Hits:

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We touch on the best-selling console worldwide in 2011, who Skyrim predicts to win the Super Bowl, the Game of Thrones RPG release date, how many hours of content are in Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, and Zynga\\u2019s success thanks in part to Facebook.

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00:07:05 \\u2013 How Our Weeks Were:

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00:13:20 \\u2013 Music Break: \\u201cShort Blues\\u201d by Redmagik

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00:14:50 \\u2013 Main Segment: Our Top 5 Video Game Characters:

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We count down our top five favorite video game characters of all time. From Pikachu to Solid Snake, and Garrus to Yoshi, with plenty of Final Fantasy love in between, we break down some of the best characterizations in video games.

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01:03:10 \\u2013 Music Break: \\u201cGarou-Blues\\u201d by JML

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01:04:40 \\u2013 Feedback

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A shortened week equals shortened feedback! We discuss a listener\\u2019s favorite classic football video games, QB Club \\u201898 and NFL 2k5.

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01:06:00 \\u2013 News

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Dan talks about potential games in the Mass Effect universe. A Mass Effect MMO or RTS headline the discussion.

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Eventually the discussion turns to more Xbox vs. Playstation banter, with some discussion of each online service and their respective controllers, concluding with the origins of our console fanboyisms.

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01:16:30

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Corey exposes Oklahoma\\u2019s proposed \\u201csin tax,\\u201d a tax on mature rated video games. Violent games discussion evolves into a road rage tangent.

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1:24:15

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Will discusses Xbox Live\\u2019s Stephen Toulouse\\u2019s departure and the banning/hacking circumstances that may be the culprit.

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1:25:45

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Eric reveals some bad science relating to \\u201cproblem gaming.\\u201d As always, the conversation morphs into something else, tea bagging at an Alabama/LSU game.

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01:30:16 \\u2013 Music Break: \\u201cH\\xe4nschen, sei gut!\\u201d by Raulin de los Bosques

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01:32:10 \\u2013 What We Played:

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Eric keeps rolling with Fifa.

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1:34:00

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Will touches on ten minutes of Batman: Arkham Asylum\\u2019s tutorial.

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1:35:05

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Corey revisits why FFVI \\u201csucks.\\u201d Family Feud with Friends makes an appearance, including some glaring gameplay flaws. Eric chimes in about Temple Run. Corey rounds out his turn with a cooler opinion of FFXIII-2 thanks in no small part to a stuffy casino, Serendipity.

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1:49:30

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Dan likes Torchlight\\u2019s loot whoring mechanic and'