Episode 37 - To Infinity Ward... And Beyond?

Magus joins the admins (minus Xcom) as they give their thoughts on the whole situation between Infinity Ward & Activision along with the news of Respawn and Bungie.

• March 2010 NPD Results (Kotaku) (Kotaku)
• Datel vs. Microsoft update (Kotaku)
• PS3 owner Files Class Action Lawsuit for the removal of "Other OS" in 3.21
• Halo: Reach's Limited & Legendary collections revealed (Kotaku)
• Bungie joins forces with Activision (Kotaku)
• Square Enix launches new game studio 'Extreme Edges' to publish their mature Western games (Joystiq)
• YouTube rents more Anime Network and Funimation videos (ANN)
• Nana manga creator Ai Yazawa returns from the hospital (ANN)
• Osaka designates 8 Boys Love mangas as "harmful" (ANN)
• Lawl of the Week: Fictional Women "Have Human Rights" (Sankaku)

Discussion

• steev and Jrow give impressions of House of Five Leaves & Tatami
• To Infinity Ward... And Beyond? Assessing the Infinity Ward situation and whether they can rebound.

Thanks!

• Thanks to Magus for joining us! It was fun having you on, and we hope to have you back on in the future!

Spring 2010 Anime Preview

The admins preview the Spring 2010 anime season, including Angel Beats, Senkou no Night Raid, Arakawa and more!

• Yutori-chan
• Ikkitousen: Xtreme Xecutor
• B Gata H Kei
• Heroman
• Ookiku Furikabutte: Summer Tournament Series
• Kaichou wa Maid-sama!
• Angel Beats!
• Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou
• Giant Killing
• SD Gundam San Gokuden
• Hakuouki: Shinsengumi Kitan
• Arakawa Under the Bridge
• Working!!
• Senkou no Night Raid
• Mayoi Neko Overrun!
• RAINBOW
• Uragiri wa Boku no Namae wo Shitte Iru
• K-ON!!
• KissxSis
• Yojo-han Shinwa Taikei
• House of Five Leaves

We also have a "Quick Hits" preview of the following series:

• Hetalia Axis Powers: 3rd Season
• Marie & Gali 2.0
• Shin Koihime Musou: Otome Tairan
• Ring ni Kakero 1: Shadow
• Major Season 6
• Jewelpet Tinkle
• Beyblade Explosion
• Romance of the 3 Kingdoms
• Hime Chen! Otogi Chikku Idol Lilpri
• Da Capo Ext

Opening Theme - "Roulette" by Tetsuya (Heroman)
Ending Theme - "Listen!!" by Yoko Hikasa (K-ON!!)

Episode 36 - Tips for Papa Xcom

This week, Jrow, steev and Amuro give Xcom tips on how to be a daddy and reveal the meaning of life.

• Gears of War 3 revealed on Jimmy Fallon show
• Ousted IW devs join EA, start up Respawn Entertainment (Kotaku)
• Final Fantasy character designer, Yoshitaka Amano directs his first anime film (ANN)
• Wikipedia co-founder reports 'child porn' in Wikimedia (ANN)
• Gundam Cafe opening up outside Akihabara (ANN)
• Lawl of the Week: Woman falls off Wii Fit, becomes "sex addict" (Kotaku)

Discussion

• J, S and A give X tips on being a daddy (who better!)
• The Meaning of Life - Revealed

Episode 35 - Take 2 with Baku

After a failed recording of the podcast, the admins (with special guest Bakuhasu from the Row Row Fight Da Powah podcast) regroup and redo Episode 35. We discuss the Winter 2010 anime season, visual novels and have a Mecha Fight Club.

• Swiss bill to ban violent video games explained (Joystiq)
• Apple Press Conference: iPhone OS 4.0 (Gizmodo)
• MGS Peace Walker Press Conference held
• Bandai announces a June 2010 release for all three Zeta Gundam: A New Translation films (ANN)
• The UK virtual child porn bill took affect on April 6th (ANN)
• Funimation acquires the Eden of the East films (ANN)
• Final Fantasy IX coming to PSN
• Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Package Map Pack sells 2.5 million units in one week
• 200,000 years worth of play time has been logged into MW2
• Albert Hughes (Dead Presidents, Book of Eli) to direct first of two Akira films
• Spice and Wolf II and Chobits to be released by Funimation in 2011

Discussion

• Winter 2010 Anime Update/Wrap-Up
• Visual Novels and their influence in Story adaptations for anime
• Fight Club - Support The Mecha (Amuro/Bakuhasu) vs. Damn The Mecha (Jrow/steev)

Thanks!

• RRFDP Podcast: Thanks to Baku for joining us! It was great recording two shows with you, but hopefully the next time we have you, we can condense it down to just one great show! And also thanks for playing our commercial in Episode 13.
• AAA Podcast: Thanks to the AAA crew for playing our commercial in Episode 31! If you check out the forum there, you'll find Bakuhasu and Jrow posting there.