It’s a bumper episode this week, with one of our longest ever. We kick it off by talking about last week’s release of Shank 2, which we pretty much universally enjoyed. Be sure to check out our character unlock guide if you decide to pick it up. Speaking of guides, after spending a lot of time with Rise of the Martian bear for the guide, Todd isn’t keen to play it again any time soon.

After discussing some of the other random games we’ve been playing Perry brings the news. Which includes some Kickstarter discussion and debate about Gotham City Impostors approach to DLC. Then Andrew poses @MizzouGaming‘s twitter question to us, which leads to a long discussion about our thoughts on the past and future of XBLA. He then challenges us all to play Assault Heroes, so check it out and let us know what you think on twitter or the comments.

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Big thanks to Chris Green for the awesome theme music, be sure to check out his site BlurredEdge and why not follow him on twitter too @BlurredEdge.

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Hosted, produced & edited by:

Ross Adams (@randomlyrossy)

Co-hosted by:

Perry Jackson (@prryjcksnFunHaversClub)

Todd Schlickbernd (@emessai)

Andrew Crews (@twixprintmatic)

Intro music:

Chris Green – Blurred Edge

News discussed:

Girl Fight coming to XBLA

Bodoink coming Spring 2012 for 400 MSP

Haste becomes Mad Riders

Double Fine’s new project funded through Kickstarter (not coming to XBLA)Schafer on XBLA’s limitations

Skulls of the Shogun releasing in the FallRumor: Shoot Many Robots releasing March 14

Gotham City Impostors receiving free DLC