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FULL AUDIO ARCHIVE

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Army of Two for the PS3 delves into the modern conundrum of private military contractors...
The Binary Boys Legendary Video Game Review celebrates 10 Years (that's binary for 2...duh) - from stealth killing in the 3rd Crusade to battling ancient Greek gods, we celebrate ourselves from the last year :D
Grand Theft Auto IV will leave you wondering around like you're from Iowa...in a good way!
God of War: Chains of Olympus for the PSP lets you grab your chain blades to achieve inner peace...
Syphon Filter: Combat Ops for the PSP brings online FPS action to the PSP...
Assassins Creed puts you in the roll of a professional murderer...and looks good doing it...
Turok has all the badass-ness of Jurassic Park, with out the annoying kids...listen to our review!!!
High Velocity Bowling enters the competitive world of the motion-sensitive bowling simulator genre with a twist to your PS3 controller...
Stranglehold for the PS3 is like a crazy, over the top movie...but it's not...
WipeOut Pulse for the PSP is slick and shiny...listen to our review!
Halo 3 was the conclusion to the most popular trilogy ever in video games...we ask the hard questions...like... "why?"...listen to our review!!!
Orange Box has a lot to offer, but what shines brightest?  Listen to our review!
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men for the 360 has a hardcore and seething story that's ready to rock your socks off...but...LISTEN!
College Hoops 2K8 was used to pick our bracket...depending if our bracket wins, the final score of this game may change...listen and check it!
Star Wars Battlefront: Renegade Squadron is a PSP exclusive that delivers the Battlefront experience....a.k.a dancing Ewoks and blasters...
Twisted Metal: Head On: Extra Twisted Edition for the PS2 is a PSP port, but it's good to have something "new" for your PS2...right?  Listen to our review!
The Binary Boys Legendary Perfect 101 Award goes to the best games of the year, and 2007 was interesting....everything was really good, except everything that totally sucked...
Heavenly Sword for the PS3 has been dubbed "Goddess of War" - our counterparts from across the pond, The Binary Lads, get emotionally involved with this one...  
Medal of Honor: Airborne is another WWII game, and to set itself apart it has jumping out planes! 
PAIN for the PS3 takes a great physics engine to its core use...inflicting damage...
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare takes the series beyond WWII, into the realm of modern global concerns...
Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction for the PS3 is a really long title for a video game...
Wii Play for the Nintendo Wii is a collection of Wii mini-games...
Viva Piñata: Party Animals for the 360 continues the exploitation of the Piñata race...
Conan for the PS3 and 360 has all the gratuitous violence and excessive nudity of the movies...but what else?  Listen to our review!
Folklore for the PS3 takes you to a magical land of fairies and folk - get ready for reading with your video games...
Bioshock for the Xbox 360 is a 20k-Under-the-Sea-esque masterpiece of story and atmosphere...listen to our review.
WWE Smackdown! vs RAW 2008 is out on pretty much every console and handheld - but we check out the series PS3 debut...
The Eye of Judgment for the PS3 takes competitive card-based strategy to the next level...whatever that means...listen to our review!
Tetris Splash for the Xbox Live Arcade brings this classic falling block game to your 360.
Test Drive Unlimited for the Xbox 360 is a racing simulator trying to blur the lines between single and multiplayer-online play...check out the review!
The Darkness for PS3 and 360 is a top notch FPS with demons...what can go wrong?!
Warhawk for the PS3 brings death from above...listen to our review!
Virtua Tennis 3 is a virtual simulator of the pseudo sport Tennis...check it.
Shadowrun for the Xbox 360 is online shooter that has reference to hardening skin and thick skulls...perfect, now...is it fun?
Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom for the PS3 is ready to hack-n-slash your thumbs...listen to your review!
Tomb Raider: Anniversary for the PS2 is a remake of the original...she has her classic assets...but, is it good?
Call of Duty: Roads to Victory for the PSP takes us back to the last great war...again...
Activision Hits Remixed is a collection of 40 Atari 2600 games - so come with us back to the 80's!
Episode 52: One Year Anniversary - that's right, it's been a year of $#!7!  Listen and check it yo!
Episode 51 - Super Rub-A-Dub for the PS3 has some of strangest shaped bathtubs we've ever seen...listen to our review!
Episode 50 - Gears of War for the Xbox 360, by definition, transmits force between two devices [war] in a direction tangential  to their surface.
Episode 49 - The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion for the PS3 is an excellent way to leave reality, listen to our review and find out why!!!
Episode 48 - Full Auto 2: Battlelines for the PS3 has missiles and destruction and all the wonderful things you'd hope for in a next-gen car combat game...but...you should listen to this review!
Episode 47 - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories for the PS2 is a PSP port - is it bigger and better on the PS2?
Episode 46 - Dance Dance Revolution Universe for the Xbox 360 is DDR's first jump into the next gen...but does it sprain it's ankle doing it?
Episode 45- Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops is finally a real MGS game for the PSP, check out our review!
Episode 44 - Chili Con Carnage for the PSP is about as crazy as it sounds, prepare for a fiery muerte and listen to our review!
Episode 43 - Armored Core 4 for the Xbox 360 is a Mech game, but is it running at peak destructive abilities?  Listens to our review and find out!
Episode 42 - God of War 2 for the PS2... (yes...that outdated P.O.S...) rocks...hard...Get ready for revenge against the god who wronged you and listen to the review!
Episode 41 - Crackdown for the Xbox 360 goes back to the basics of what makes gaming fun...like fighting thousands of drug-rich gang members to regain control of the city...check out our review!
Episode 40 - Tony Hawk's Project 8 for the Playstation 3 is the latest in the Tony Hawk skater series...listen to our review to find out if it's the greatest...
Episode 39 - MotorStorm for the Playstation 3 takes the off-road racing formula and shakes it like an Ant Farm...(and you can quote us on that!).
Episode 38 - Battlestations Midway for the Xbox 360 lets take the roll of the "Greatest Generation," but how is as "one of those video game things the kids use...?"
Episode 37 - Marvel: Ultimate Alliance for the PS3 lets you control superheroes...and stuff...just dress up in spandex and  listen to the review!
Episode 36 - Medieval II: Total War for the PC spans four and a half centuries of the most turbulent and bloody area of Western History...get ready to takes names and kick some ass and listen to our review!
Episode 35 - Mortal Kombat Unchained for the PSP is more than a simple port...but does it have that "gaming-on-the-go" we all want in a handheld?  Listen and find out!
Episode 34 - Star Trek: Legacy for the Xbox 360 takes your through all 5 of the Star Trek TV series - get ready to wipe out Klingons around Uranus and listen to the review!
Episode 33: GUN Showdown for the PSP takes you back to the wild west; get ready to walk off into the sunset like you have a load in your pants and listen to our review!
Episode 32: The Sopranos: Road to Respect for the PS2 has a mob war brewing and we did our best to get right in the middle of it - join us while we talk trash and tip strippers and give our review a listen!
Episode 31: Bionicle Heroes for the 360 and PS2 is from the same creators that made the LEGO Star Wars games...are you as concerned as we are?
Episode 30: Call of Duty 3 for the Playstation 3 revisits the last great war...again... Another WWII shooter, or is there something special here?  Give our review a listen and find out!  
Episode 29: Ninety Nine Nights for the Xbox 360 lets you get swarmed by massive armies...so get ready to pound on the X button and listen!
Episode 28: Heroes of Annihilated Empires for the PC is an RTS game that offers lots of units...but, "what else?" you ask?  Well, listen and find out.
Episode 27: Mortal Kombat: Armageddon is the latest entry into the MK series, and as usual it packs quite a punch (and also has an axe and the ability to tear your arms off...)
Episode 26: Resistance: Fall of Man was the game 101011 picked 5 months ago to be the defining game for the Playstation 3 launch - guess what...he was right!  Give it a listen!
Episode 25: The Legendary Perfect 101 Award is given to the three best games of the year - find out what rocked!
Episode 24: Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII for the PS2 is three years after the original FF VII - but, it might not be what you expect from a Final Fantasy game...
Episode 23: Nintendo Wii and Wii Sports - Our Wii-view will ask the ultimate question - do you have to stand to play?
Episode 22: Viva Piñata has the potential to be an excellent "Family Game" for the Xbox 360 - we'll ask if this garden is inch by inch or row by row.
Episode 21: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories for the PSP brings in some new elements to the series, we check out if it lives up to what we expect from Rockstar.
Episode 20: SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab is a game where you can jump into the roll of your favorite little sponge (plus other characters from the show) - but, is there more than an entertaining license going for this game?
Episode 19: Reservoir Dogs for the PS2 fills in some of the gaps from the movie, and does an interesting job doing it - but, is it worth the time of a professional?  
Episode 18: Just Cause for the Xbox 360 lets you take the roll of an under-cover CIA operative who's mission is to destabilize a South American Country...viva la revolution? 
Episode 17: Bully for the PS2 is your chance to unleash all hell on Bullworth Academy...a school yard GTA, or could this game have a story all its own?
Episode 16: Darkstar One for the PC is a game that lets you battle space pirates and deliver cargo - what else you ask?  Just give it a listen!
Episdoe 15: Prey for the Xbox 360 is a game that is turning the FPS world upside down (and into a spirit...) - does it have more to it than every other FPS out there?
Episode 14: We check out handheld gaming with Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime for the Nintendo DS and Gradius Collection for the Playstation Portable.  
Episode 13: We'll check out Perfect Dark Zero, a Platinum Hit for the Xbox 360 and get you up to date on the next generation console wars...so you can be as concerned as we are...
Episode 12: Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis - Rockstar Games (who have caused more video game controversy than any other company in the industry with the Grand Theft Auto series), released this table tennis simulator.  We ask the question: Is it a real game?
Episode 11: D1 Grand Prix is a racing simulator about "Drift Racing" - does this game slide into the wall or burn up the track with it's twist on the genre?
Episode 10: Quake 4 has a lot to live up considering the enjoyment offered by previous games in the Quake series.  We've been blasting Strogg in since '96,  can Quake 4 be as intense and fun as its predecessors? 
Episode 9: Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories has been ported from the PSP to the PS2; we check to see which console delivers the better experience and if it lives up to what we expect from Rockstar Games.
Episode 8: Is the game Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion bigger and better, or a whole lot of nothing?  Plus the introduction of the Children's Gamers Union of Spring Like [#101]
Episode 7: Can "Kid Games" be fun for adults - find out in our reviews of LEGO Star Wars: The Original Trilogy and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
Episode 6: Urban Chaos: Riot Response
Episode 5: SOCOM 3: U.S. Navy Seals and the topic of Online Gaming's future.
Episode 4: Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams and Japanese to English translations
Episode 3: BLACK and Violence in Video Games (they go together...)
Episode 2: Shadow the Hedgehog and Part 1 of the Next Generation Wars - in concept, which system seems to by trying to be the most "next-gen"?
Episode 1: Lara Croft Tomb Raider Legend, Cars and PacMan World Rally 



 
 

 




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