Checkmate Arcade 87 – Rainy Day
This week we have our final discussion about Mass Effect 2, without spoilers, for a while. Jason gets to play the Heavy Rain demo and Steven gets jealous. Plus, we try to cram more news into the show than we have time for. Lastly, we have the NPD numbers for January.
Show Rundown [H:MM:SS]
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Opening Song (The Normandy Reborn – Mass Effect 2 OST)
Introductions [0:00:55]
-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJpzWc0LCXQ
Jason’s Now Playing [0:04:39]
-Pinball Hall of Fame – The Williams Collection (PS3)
-Heavy Rain (PS3) DEMO
-BioShock 2 (Xbox 360)
-Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Xbox 360)
-Army of Two: The 40th Day (Xbox 360) DEMO
Steven’s Now Playing [0:43:16]
-Army of Two: The 40th Day (Xbox 360) DEMO
-Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Xbox 360)
-Mass Effect 2 (PC)
-Halo 3: ODST (Xbox 360)
-Batman: Arkham Asylum (Xbox 360)
-Chime (Xbox Live Arcade)
News [1:16:01]
-10 Things you need to know from X10
-Xbox Live coming to Windows phones
-Left 4 Dead 2′s “The Passing” Coming March, Followed By Comic, More L4D DLC
-Activision Has Call of Duty 7 Loaded For Holiday
-Take Blur For A Test Drive In March
-StarCraft II Closed Beta Launches This Month
-Darksiders ships 1.2 million as THQ posts small profit
-UFC Undisputed 2010 enters Octagon May 25
-Fallout: New Vegas drops fall 2010, first trailer debuts
-ModNation Racers drifts to PSP
-Lego Star Wars III waging Clone Wars this fall
-L.A. Noire due in Sept. for PS3, 360
-Dementium II delayed to April 20
-Sega schedules Tournament of Legends for May 18
-Nier will be here April 27
-Resonance of Fate dated
NPD Numbers For January [1:57:34]
Wrap Up [2:13:24]
End [2:16:27]