LIVE FROM TOKYO
(well, it was live when we recorded it)

This week, Edie brings us all the news and happenings from the floor of Tokyo Game Show (or TGS as the kids call it). And even though she's totally exhausted herself in the pursuit of journalistic excellence, she dishes out on the sites and very loud sounds of the upcoming games we'll all be playing (well, except Commander Tim, he only plays Pong). Listen in for info on: Assassin's Creed 2
Bayonetta
Pixel Junk Shooter
Insightful comments by a Japanese game developer panel
PSPGo (or Sony Face-Palm)
A new Project Natal demo

Yep, it’s a day early because Edie’s taking off to Tokyo tomorrow morning.

And yep, it’s without shownotes for exactly the same reason. We just don’t have time to post anything, especially considering that Edie hasn’t unpacked from PAX yet.

So, enjoy the extra day of GameHounds love. And the next time you hear us, it will be from Tokyo Game Show.

This week's Humpdate is ever so special. Have I mentioned how special it is? I did. Didn't I? In addition to all that specialness, we have Edie with her interview with Tom French, the lead designer of Saboteur from PAX, the SportsHound WillG reviews Madden NFL 10 and the "AFC Legacy Pack" add-on, Holy Goalie offers some non-gaming advice for the backyard barbequer (hey, we can't game all the time), and the Digital Cowboys discuss lesbian love and Fear Effect with the Eidos' community manager. Enjoy.

Yay. Edie's back home, at least for a couple weeks. And after a last-minute dash to PAX, she's got a lot to talk about. She, Commander Tim and Cooper Hawkes discuss what she saw at the Penny Arcade Expo and the rest of the general news of the gaming world. These tasty news nuggets include:

• Nineties-rock gargoyle Courtney Love cries foul as Kurt Cobain becomes a playable character in Guitar Hero 5. Former Nirvana members Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic agree. Too bad all three personally signed off on the music and images and spent the last three years working with Activision so Cobain would be part of the game. Damn the internet. It never forgets.
• Wolfenstein flounders at retail. But isn't it nice to know that Blizzard brings in so much money that Activision doesn't need to sell anything but one game a year?
• Dear Resident Moron, when you pirate a copy of Batman: Arkham Asylum for the PC, don't complain about bugs in the company forums.
• Random stuff, email.
• Edie takes a listener-written gaming history test. Hilarity and embarassment ensues.

Enjoy.

Didn’t get enough PAX coverage from day 1 of Platform Nation’s live coverage?

Didn’t get enough GameHounds for the week?

Never fear, day 2 is available for download.

On this recap, Steve 519 hosts Edie Sellers of GameHounds and Lefty Brown and Mrs. Lefty Brown from the Married Gamers. We get cameos from BDazzler and GuiJ of the Gamers Pub.

A bunch of great guests drop in for the show as well, including Doc Adams of Sarcastic Gamer and Dan Echo of Breaking the Game, and Kiki Lewis of The Blue Skittle.

Oh, and did we mention that we also get visits from:

• Chris Keene of Playlogic to chat about Fairytale Fights.
• Dave Marshal, editor of upcoming Mass Effect Redemption comic series for Darkhorse Comics.

And the games we chat up?

• Mass Effect 2
• Saboteur
• Tekken 6
• Star Trek Online
• Champions Online
• Left 4 Dead 2

We're back home and, if you didn't get a chance to listen to the live UStream coverage of Platform Nation at Penny Arcade Expo 2009, don't worry. We've got you covered. On this recap of the first day of PAX, Steve 519 hosts a roundtable discussion with Elaine from Some Other Castle podcast, Mrs. Lefty Brown of the Married Gamers, and BDazzler from the Gamers Pub. Topics include Borderlands, Halo ODST, Split Second, Blur, Tony Hawk's Ride, and Left 4 Dead 2. Want to know what they thought? It's in dere! Enjoy.

Just because Penny Arcade Expo is this week doesn't mean you won't be getting your Humpdate. This week, Holy Goalie offers his advice on and shares his love of the iPod Touch, while the Digital Cowboys lighten up the place with a whimsical discussion of what would be the perfect team composed of video game characters. Enjoy.