This week is the “extra large news week” edition plus two “reviews” and two “RetroReviews”! Oh yeah, and if you buy the new “super insane crazy Xbox 360 bundle” I’ll have you on my show! Enjoy the gaming bounty:

00:02:30 Game News:
• Game Boy Micro coming September 19th … how many more can they make?!
• Zelda: Twilight Princess delayed, of course.
• Xbox $399.
• All hail! Caesar returns to the PC!
• Madden 2006 tackles sale charts.
• Star Wars Galaxies causes a great disturbance in the Force.
• Halo goes Hollywood.
• China gets serious with online gaming addicts.
• Come on, buy the Xbox 360 Omega bundle for $2000 … I dare you!
• Auto Assault applies the brakes.
• Asheron’s Call 2 goes dark.
• Nintendo buys itself.
• We Love Katamari, oh yes we do!
• Another week, another million people join WOW.
• Xbox Live 2.0 priced.
• 00:40:20 GameTalk: What on earth was Microsoft thinking when they priced the Xbox 360?
• 00:57:30 SporeTalk: No news is good news?
• 00:59:09 QuickTake: Advance Wars Dual Strike for the Nintendo DS.
• 01:13:55 QuickTake: Nintendogs for the Nintendo DS.
• 01:20:33 RetroReview: Military Madness for the TurboGrafx-16.
• 01:26:49 RetroReview: The Little Computer People Discovery Kit for the PC.
• 01:32:00 “Name That Game!” contest winner from last week, a new clip, and a new prize!
• 01:34:32 Show mail!
• 01:39:10 Plus some very quick random thoughts.

Get the podcast from this page (100 minutes): Gaming Steve Episode 20.

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After a semi-slow summer the big games are starting to appear. First up is Chris Taylor’s new Dungeon Siege II for the PC … find out if it’s a winner or a stinker. Oh yeah, I also cover these stories as well:

00:01:26 Game News:
• No more Hot Coffee for you!
• “Video games made me do it” fails in court.
• Parents ignore game age ratings.
• GameTap set for October launch.
• Madden 2006, the only game in town.
• Blizzard shuts down their Northern operation.
• Microsoft wants money from everyone.
• How many Xbox 360 different bundles will Microsoft release?
• Sony may release PS3 in 2007.
• Quake 3 source code to be released.
• Dirk the Daring return to the Dragon’s Lair!
• 00:37:58 GameTalk: What happens when you try to buy gold for World of Warcraft?
• 00:58:22 SporeTalk: The calm before the storm.
• 01:01:03 Game Review: Dungeon Siege II for the PC.
• 01:24:04 RetroReview: NetHack/Rogue for Unix/PC/everything.
• 01:29:24 “Name That Game!” contest winner from last week, a new clip, and a new prize!
• 01:32:46 Plus some more random thoughts on the gaming calm before the storm.

Get the podcast from this page (98 minutes): Gaming Steve Episode 19.

You can also subscribe to the weekly podcast.