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Shawn Sines and Chuck Nelson interview GamerDad, Andrew Bub, for the show's first-anniversary edition.

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• GameOn! - Episode 53

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Shawn Sines and Chuck Nelson interview Jeff Strain, co-founder of ArenaNet, the makers of Guild Wars and the upcoming Guild Wars: Factions.

For more on the show's other topics, check out these links:

• Ubisoft delays release Heroes of Might and Magic V after fans reacted poorly to a beta version.
• A new survey says 35 percent of parents play video games.
• EA Sports predicts Pittsburgh will win the Super Bowl, based on a simulation of the game in Madden NFL 06.

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• GameOn! - Episode 52

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Shawn Sines and Chuck Nelson talk about Star Trek and Bethesda, Xbox 360 availability, E3 booth babes and Lula 3D.

For more on these topics, check out these links:

• Bethesda's announcement of its licensing agreement for Star Trek games
• USA Today's take on the Xbox 360 shortage
• Kotaku's take on the E3 booth babe controversy
• How Lula 3D can avoid the ESRB

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• GameOn! - Episode 51

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Shawn Sines and Chuck Nelson interview Robert Florio, a disabled gamer who is studying game design and working to raise awareness for game accessibility.

For more on the topic, check out these links:

• OneSwitch, which offers fun ideas and "assistive technology"
• KY Enterprises, which makes the QuadControl that Robert uses to play on the Xbox
• Video of Robert playing The Matrix: Path of Neo

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• GameOn! - Episode 50

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Shawn Sines interviews Sharon A.McGuire and Jeannie Novak of The Art Institute Online about game-design programs and the institute's program.

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• GameOn! - Episode 49

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Shawn Sines and Chuck Nelson talk about the success of the Nintendo DS and other news items. Now with improved sound!

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• GameOn! - Episode 48

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Shawn Sines and Chuck Nelson discuss the top video-game news stories of 2005.

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• GameOn! - Episode 47

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Shawn Sines and Chuck Nelson reveal their list of the best games of 2005.

Our picks:

1. Resident Evil 4
2. Civilization IV
3. Nintendogs
4. Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse
5. Indigo Prophecy
6. Call of Duty 2
7. Jade Empire
8. Battlefield 2 for the PC
9. Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
10. King Kong

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• GameOn! - Episode 46

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Shawn Sines and Chuck Nelson sort through some of the hype surrounding the Xbox 360 launch and other news.

Check out these links:

• Immortal: Life After Death reality show
• Splinter Cell Double Agent set for Spring launch
• EA Sports to launch Arena Football in February

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• GameOn! - Episode 45

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Shawn Sines and Chuck Nelson review King Kong.

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• GameOn! - Episode 44

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Looking for holiday gifts for the gamer in your life? Shawn Sines and Chuck Nelson have some suggestions.

Check out these links:

• National Institute on Media and the Family
• Read the report card

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• GameOn! - Episode 43

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Shawn Sines and Chuck Nelson talk about the winners of the World Cyber Games, new inductees to the Walk of Game and winners of Spike TV's Video Game Awards 2005.

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• GameOn! - Episode 42

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Rob Smith, editior in chief of the Official Xbox Magazine, talks to Shawn Sines and Chuck Nelson ahead of the launch of the Xbox 360.

Check out these links:

• Xbox 360
• Project Entropia site
• Vote for the Spike TV Video Game Awards

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• GameOn! - Episode 41

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In honor of Veterans Day, Shawn Sines and Chuck Nelson talk about war games.

Check out these links:

• World Cyber Games site
• Xbox 360: Zero Hour

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• GameOn! - Episode 40

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Shawn Sines and Chuck Nelson talk about the casual games segment of the video game industry.

Check out these games links:

• Games.com
• GameZone
• Yahoo! Games
• Pogo.com
• MSN Games

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• GameOn! - Episode 39

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Just in time for Halloween, Shawn Sines and Chuck Nelson talk about scary video games with GamingNexus.com editor Charles Husemann.

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• GameOn! - Episode 38

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Shawn Sines and Dispatch staff writer Nick Chordas review the movie version of Doom.

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• GameOn! - Episode 37

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Shawn Sines and Chuck Nelson interview Dennis McCauley of GamePolitics.com.

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• GameOn! - Episode 36

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With lots of first-person shooter games about to launch, Shawn Sines and Chuck Nelson look at the development of the genre. They also review the nominations for this year's Walk of Game awards.

For more on this week's topics, check out these links:

• A first-person shooter history from wikipedia
• Walk of Game voting is open

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• GameOn! - Episode 35

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Shawn Sines and Chuck Nelson discuss the world of machinima.

For more on machinima, check out these links:

• Academy of Machinima Arts and Sciences
• 2005 Machinima Film Festival
• Machinima.com
• The Art of Machinima
• Rooster Teeth Productions

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• GameOn! - Episode 34

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Shawn Sines and Chuck Nelson talk to Jason Henderson, Verizon's game product manager, about the company's Games On Demand and Games Network services.

For other on-demand services, check out these links:

• TotalGaming.net
• Yahoo! Games on Demand
• Direct2Drive
• GameTap

Mod of the Week:

• Giants v 2.7.1 (Ultimate) for Morrowind from fileplanet. And check out other Morrowind mods at Morrowing Summit

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• GameOn! - Episode 33

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Shawn Sines and Chuck Nelson talk about Burnout Revenge and other driving/racing games.

For more information on topics from this episode, check out these links:

• OverClocked Remix for game-related music
• SectionZ.com for more music
• Video Game Live Web site
• World Cyber Games home page
• Joyride Studios

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• GameOn! - Episode 32

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Shawn Sines and Chuck Nelson talk to Jack Emmert of Cryptic Studios about City of Heroes and the upcoming City of Villains.

For more information on topics from this episode, check out these links:

Some hurricane relief efforts:
• EverQuest II official site
• Fight The Flood T-shirt from Bungie

Mod of the Week:

• Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City -- Long Night

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• GameOn! - Episode 31

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Shawn Sines and Chuck Nelson talk about - and play - Nintendogs.

For more information on topics from this episode, check out these links:

• Nintendogs official site
• PlayStation Portable home page

Mod of the Week:

• Eclipse, another Half-Life 2 mod.

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• GameOn! - Episode 30

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Shawn Sines and Chuck Nelson discuss the legalities of abandonware.

For more information on topics from this episode, check out these links:

• Wikipedia's abandonware entry
• The Ur-Quan Masters
• Ultima IV: Quest of The Avatar VGA
• Elder Scrolls: Arena
• Grand Theft Auto and Grand Theft Auto 2
• Marathon
• Home of the Underdogs

Mod of the Week links:

• Garry's Mod, the ultimate Half-Life 2 source tool kit.
• Apostasy (Warning: some mature material)
• A Few Good G-men

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• GameOn! - Episode 29

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Chuck Nelson talks about Microsoft's announcement that the Xbox 360 will launch with two choices for gamers.

For more information on topics from this episode, check out these links:

• More on Jack Thompson
• Independent Game Festival

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• GameOn! - Episode 28

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Shawn Sines and Chuck Nelson talk about Madden NFL 06 and NCAA Football 06 as well as an update on a potential new lawsuit against video-game makers.

For more information on topics from this episode, check out these links:

• Bush vs. Bush video from Electronic Arts
• Sign up for the Nintendo DS WiFi survey
• Counter Organic Revolution mod for Unreal Tournament

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• GameOn! - Episode 27

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Chuck Nelson goes on location to the Ohio State Fair to talk to Halo world champion Zyos at the GameRiot tent.

• GameOn! - Episode 26

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Shawn Sines and Chuck Nelson talk about the Xbox version of Sid Meier's Pirates!, update progress on Civilization IV and catch up on other gaming news.

And check out:

• Article on Guild Wars (thanks, Ryan)
• Major Nelson; Xbox Live's unofficial blog and blogcast

• GameOn! - Episode 25

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Shawn Sines and Chuck Nelson explore the fallout from the "Hot Coffee" incident and deliver some views on Batman Begins, The Fantastic 4 and other superhero games.

For more on the Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas controversy, check out these sites:

• Rockstar Games
• Entertainment Software Rating Board
• GamePolitics.com

• GameOn! - Episode 24

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Shawn Sines and Chuck Nelson look at some of the other podcasts that cover video games. For more information on them , check out their Web sites:

• Broadcast Gamer
• Gamer's Radiocast
• Gamestation Radio
• Gaming Steve
• Teengamers Podcast

They also look at the map expansion pack for Halo 2 and talk about a little gaming news.

• GameOn! - Episode 23

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In this episode, Shawn Sines and Chuck Nelson talk about GameOn! being listed in the iTunes directory, Shawn's new blog on Dispatch.com, the release of Killer 7, more on Advent Rising and some lesser-known game developer's conferences on the schedule.

The conferences are the Casual Games Conference, the Christian Game Developers Conference, the Women's Game Conference and the Indie Games Con.

• GameOn! - Episode 22

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Shawn Sines and Chuck Nelson go on location to the Origins International Game Expo in Columbus and roam the convention. They talk to Crown of Glory developer Eric Babe and Paul Vebber of Matrix Games as well as White Wolf marketing director Phil Boulle. Crown of Glory made its debut at the convention.

• GameOn! - Episode 21

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Game designer Monte Cook joins Shawn Sines and Chuck Nelson to talk about the evolution of video and pen-and-paper games. Cook, who wrote the new Dungeon Master's Guide and served as codesigner of the new edition of the Dungeons & Dragons game, will be a special guest at the Origins International Game Expo in Columbus.

• GameOn! - Episode 20

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Charles Husemann, editor in chief of GamingNexus.com, joins Shawn Sines and Chuck Nelson to talk about some of the things he saw at E3.

• GameOn! - Episode 19

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It's been 25 years since Pac-Man hit arcades across America and the gaming world has never been the same. Shawn Sines and Chuck Nelson look at the history of the little yellow dot muncher. You also can play the game online. But make sure you turn the volume down if the boss is around.

GameOn! also was featured in a recent report on NPR's All Things Considered.

• GameOn! - Episode 18

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With E3 over and things in the video-game industry slowing down for the summer, Shawn Sines and Chuck Nelson catch up on news you might have missed.

• GameOn! - Episode 17

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Massively multiplayer online games are, well, big. Shawn Sines and Chuck Nelson talk about some of the worlds being created online.

• GameOn! - Episode 16

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This year's Electronic Entertainment Expo is likely to be remembered for the number of game console introductions. Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony all trotted out prototypes (some closer to production than others). Shawn Sines and Chuck Nelson talk about the next-generation consoles as well as other E3 topics.

Read about:

• Games leader calls for changes in industry
• A conversation with Nintendo's Satoru Iwata
• Some of the top games previewed at E3
• Other game gadgets shown at E3

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• GameOn! - Episode 15

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Lots of cool hardware and game titles will be launched at the Electronic Entertainment Expo this week. Shawn Sines and Chuck Nelson speculate on some of the news expected to come out of the conference.

Follow developments through the week at the E3 insider site.

• GameOn! - Episode 14

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Nintendo reps Thom Leonard and Deanna Guay dropped by recently to show off some of the games that will be launched at the Electronic Entertainment Expo. Shawn Sines and Chuck Nelson joined them on location in their decked-out van, complete with a plasma TV and multiple Nintendo GameCube and DS machines.

Among the games discussed were Geist, Killer 7, Donkey Konga 2 and Nintendogs.

• GameOn! - Episode 13

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Don't be fooled: video games are big business. Witness the planned opening of retail stores by Nintendo, the merger of GameStop and EB Games and Ted Turner's plan to peddle games online. Shawn Sines and Chuck Nelson talk about the trends.

• GameOn! - Episode 12

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Jade Empire and Doom 3 are likely to be instant classics. Shawn Sines and Chuck Nelson discuss the games on this week's episode.

Read about:

• Do you speak Tho Fan? It's the rage in Jade Empire
• Review of Doom 3 for Xbox (April 18, 2005)
• Review of Doom 3 for PC (August 16, 2004)
• Doom's day: A look at the enemies in Doom 3 for PC (August 6, 2004)

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• GameOn! - Episode 11

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Microsoft has decided to jump the line and introduce its next Xbox console a little earlier than anticipated. Shawn Sines and Chuck Nelson talk about what to expect from the new machine as well as new consoles from Sony and Nintendo in this week's episode.

Read about:

• MTV in on game plan for next Xbox launch

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• GameOn! - Episode 10

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Sam Fisher is quickly becoming one of the world's best-known spies. Shawn Sines and Chuck Nelson talk about his latest adventures in Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, in this week's episode.

• GameOn! - Episode 9

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With World of Warcraft passing 1.5 million subscribers and The Matrix Online opening its doors, role-playing games are picking up steam. Shawn Sines and Chuck Nelson talk about the genre, where's it's been and where it's headed, in this week's episode.

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• The Matrix Online, before you take the red pill.

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• GameOn! - Episode 8

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Be it Mozart or Megadeth, games are just a little more fun with the right music. Shawn Sines and Chuck Nelson talk about some of the ways music is being incorporated in games in this week's podcast.

• Nobuo Uematsu, composer of the music for the Final Fantasy series, is on tour

• GameOn! - Episode 7

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When Sony's PlayStation Portable missed the Christmas rush last year, it looked like the company had missed a key opportunity to make an impact in the hand-held game market. But when the PSP hits store shelves in the U.S. on Thursday, it will quickly close the gap on the competition.

The GameOn! crew got an advance look at the PSP and put it through its paces. They discuss their findings in this week's podcast.

GameOn!: An advance look at Playstation Portable

• Capsule reviews of some launch titles for Sony's PlayStation Portable
  'Twisted Metal: Hands On,' 'Untold Legends: Brotherhood of the Blade,' 'World Tour Soccer,' 'Wipeout Pure' and 'Gretzky Hockey'

• GameOn! - Episode 6

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Everyone plays video games, but only a few get to play for fun and profit. Reviewers can put in hours at the controls, looking for details that would go unnoticed by most gamers.

Episode 5 of GameOn! is all about what it takes to pick a game apart and then boil down the good, the bad and the ugly into something readers can use to make better choices when buying games. Shawn Sines and Chuck Nelson discuss what they look for when reviewing video games and also give wouldbe reviewers a few tips in the process.

For more on the subject, check out the International Game Journalists Association's Web site.

• GameOn! - Episode 5

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Dodge, pass, shoot and score!

The one segment of games publishers can count on to generate interest on an annual basis is sports titles.

Every year, dedicated sports gamers slap down $20 to $60 for what sometimes are marginal upgrades of their favorite sports games. But the playing fields are beginning to change as publishers lock up long-term commitments for various sports.

Electronic Arts has locked up the rights to pro football. But Take-Two Interative Software Inc. is fighting back by securing an exclusive deal with the Major League Baseball Players Association.

What does all this mean for game buyers? Chuck and Shawn talk about the situation on this week's podcast.

• GameOn! - Episode 4

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Statistics are wonderful things. You can paint any picture you like with numbers depending on how you skew them. In this episode, Chuck and Shawn discuss some of society’s misconceptions about gamers and gamer culture.

Armed with a list of 10 quick facts about video games from www.theesa.com, they discuss just how common gaming is, who plays games and how they see the facts as they are presented in this survey.

• GameOn! - Episode 3

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This installment covers the topic of video games and Hollywood's unflattering track record in converting popular licenses into good films.

The Numbers, a Web site that collects the financial profit of domestic and international movies, has a page specifically listing games based on movies and their box office gross.

• GameOn! - Episode 2

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These were a few of our favorite games. Chuck and Shawn talk about the standouts and the disappointments in their first podcast.

Here's how they graded titles they reviewed in 2004.

And read about GameOn! - Episode 1