We kick things off with our review of Puzzle Quest 2, followed by great analysis of this week’s news, concluding with fantastic trailers for Alice, Darkspore & James Bond: Bloodstone!

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Hosts: Jack Bogdan- www.twitter.com/jackbogdan & Alex Griendling- www.twitter.com/gravitybomb

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Outro Music By: Steadman

We made it! Crack open a cold one and gather round, we gaming scientists at Crunch Time have actually made it to EPISODE 50! That’s right, you might be surprised, but the millstone hath arrived, and with it, a deluge of gaming goodness!

On the agenda this week, we talk about: Valve’s Portal 2 announcement and mac teaser, ancient japanese enemy crabs, CryEngine 3′s beauty, an Indie Game Fund, the Activision/Infinity Ward kerfluffle, the IGF on iTunes, bad cover art, Blur, Socom 4, and Halo Reach!

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Hosts: Jack Bogdan- www.twitter.com/jackbogdan & Alex Griendling- www.twitter.com/gravitybomb

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Hey all!  This week we recorded a short episode covering the latest Borderlands DLC, “The Secret Armory of General Knoxx”.  We’ll have a full show up next week!

Look forward to our cooking themed El Juego this Wednesday!

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Hosts: Jack Bogdan- www.twitter.com/jackbogdan & Alex Griendling- www.twitter.com/gravitybomb

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Kyle Orland, formerly of Crispy Gamer, comes on to talk about how he got his start and what happened this past week with the editorial side being shut down.  He also joins us for a really fun El Juego, based on the words Montage, Unabashed, & Misinform!  Following the formal show, Brendan and I chime in with a new segment called the Crunch Time Shit List; a collection of our thoughts on where we think sequels to established franchises should move in the future.  Again, as always, this is a chapter enabled show, so you can skip around as you please!

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Show Notes:

Hosts: Jack Bogdan- www.twitter.com/jackbogdan & Brendan Kelly- www.twitter.com/brendandk

Guest: Kyle Orland – www.twitter.com/kyleorl

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*Breathes In*  Ahh nostalgia.  We’ve got a killer show for you today!  Brendan and I take you down memory lane as we talk about our first gaming experiences ++ our thoughts on Auditorium and Stair Dismount for the iPhone ++ The Zombie Island of Dr Ned DLC for Borderlands in our review segment.  Our El Juego this week is something of a two parter, with some cool uncharted territory for games kicking it off, and ending with a solid, well developed conversation piece.  Really fun/interesting stuff this week!

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Hosts: Jack Bogdan- www.twitter.com/jackbogdan & Brendan Kelly- www.twitter.com/brendandk

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The Saboteur Offers Day-One Free Nudity DLC

EA CEO: Mirror’s Edge “Deserves To Come Back,” Design At Crossroads

Ace Combat Xi Launches On iPhone

Redbox Closer To Rolling Out $2 Game Rentals

PixelJunk Shooter Spills Onto PlayStation Store Next Week

And Now 360 Avatars Can Have Pets

Music:

Music by Steadman

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Our El Juego, “Sol” was really something this week!  We flesh out a full single and multiplayer concept you’ve never seen or heard of before.  Really fantastic fun on the agenda, give this episode a listen!

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Show Notes:

Hosts: Jack Bogdan- www.twitter.com/jackbogdan & Brendan Kelly- www.twitter.com/brendandk

News Discussed:

Nintendo might be considering hybrid HD/SD console

Unreal Development Kit brings Unreal Engine development to the masses

Rare Hopes To Evolve The FPS Genre With Project Natal [Update] – Project Natal – Kotaku

Konami’s First-Half Profits Plummet 81% – IndustryGamers

Ubisoft’s First Half Sales Drop More Than 50% – Ubisoft – Kotaku

New Modern Warfare 2 Trailer: Spoilers, Space & Slim Shady – Modern warfare 2 – Kotaku

Possible Halo Reach Images Leaked

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“Are you ready?–Define ready.”  Ready is bringing you guys our review of Borderlands, covering the top stories of the week, and bringing you another fun filled El Juego!  Oh and check out our last El Juego with Martin Hollis of Zoonami!

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Show Notes:

Hosts: Jack Bogdan- www.twitter.com/jackbogdan & Brendan Kelly- www.twitter.com/brendandk

News Discussed:

Maybe The Best Rock Band Deal Yet – Rock Band

Ballmer: You’ll Be Able To Get Blu-ray Drives As Accessories – Steve Ballmer

‘Civilization Network’ announced for Facebook, arriving in 2010

Lite iPhone apps now upgradable to full versions via in-app purchases

Volkswagen abandons traditional marketing in favor of iPhone game for GTI launch

Borderlands shortages reported, Gearbox responds

Naughty Dog’s Evan Wells: Motion controls will ‘live alongside’ conventional games

First Assassin’s Creed: Lineage episode debuts Oct. 27

Jurassic: The Hunted looks awfully familiar

This is what the God of War Collection will look like on your PS3

Leaked Left 4 Dead 2 Trailer Full Of Joy, Gore – Left 4 Dead 2

Animatronic Covenant Elite costume blows yours out of the water

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Brendan and I are back on the scene with Crunch Time Episode 32 after a two week hiatus!  Now that the move is pretty much complete, and my internet is online, we were able to record this doozy of a show, with 38 news stories and a fantastically sick El Juego De Palabras segment involving Skippy the 3 Legged Korean Dog.  Take a look below at the show notes to get a taste for the news we have served up for you this week!

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Hosts: Jack Bogdan- www.twitter.com/jackbogdan & Brendan Kelly- www.twitter.com/brendandk

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Episode 30!  PARTAY!  Brendan and I kick off CTP 30-39 with a 30 story salute!  We cover a RIDICULOUS amount of news this week, along with our reviews of Civ Rev for the iPhone, Psychonauts (Xbox) for Games on Demand, and a brief talk on Brendan’s new World of Warcraft Habit!  With GamesCom just wrapping and BlizzCon just beginning, we are packed to the brim with new content this week!  Stay tuned!

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Show Notes:

Hosts: Jack Bogdan- www.twitter.com/jackbogdan & Brendan Kelly- www.twitter.com/brendandk

News Discussed:

It’s official: PlayStation 3 price drops to $299

PS3 Firmware 3.00 features in development pre-NXE

A tiny glance at PSP Minis, Digital Comics

GameStop: PSPgo Owners Will Trade In UMDs

Dead Nation: new PS3 exclusive from Super Stardust devs

Rock Band DLC to hit 1000 tracks by holiday with help of Queen, Nirvana & Elton John

Harmonix looking at Project Natal for ‘Rock Band 3′

Sony: PS2 back compat not returning to PS3 (ever)

id: Xbox 360 Rage may have separate discs for campaign and multiplayer

Final Fantasy XIII team ‘aiming’ for three-DVD release

GRIN Were Working On A Final Fantasy Game

No demo for Borderlands – at least not ‘before launch’

Quake Live adds support for Mac, Linux

New Starcraft 2 videos: cinematic trailer and some single player gameplay

Fable II ‘Episodic’ revealed, pay-as-you-play starts Sept. 29

Molyneux announces Fable III at GamesCom, coming 2010

Fable 3 will question the foundations on which Fable is built, says Molyneux

LittleBigPlanet PSP loses multiplayer, and maybe its soul

Eye of Judgment seen on PSP

Namco Bandai to publish Heavenly Sword-dev Ninja Theory’s next IP

Fat Princess Teases Pirates And Ninjas

Latest Brutal Legend trailer shows multiplayer, awesomeness

Brutal Legend demo rocking XBLM and PSN in September

It’s not concept art: New God of War III pics are that pretty

Bethesda clarifies MMO claims, Elder Scrolls V statements

And This Is The Guild Wars 2 Trailer

Crysis 2 Images and Movies Tease New Nanosuit

Plants vs. Zombies Lurching Onto iPhone, iPod Touch

World of Warcraft: The Magazine Launching

First Footage of EVE Dev’s Console MMO ‘DUST 514′

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Sound the trumpets!  Brendan is back this week for a fantastic show, in which we make up for his absence and then some!  We’ve got tons of news, tons of reviews, and some viewer questions LIVE from the chat room!  This is a reminder, JOIN US.  No, not in that creepy Borg kind of way, but live, as we tape the show!  We love your feedback!  Listen to us at http://www.mogulus.com/crunchtime

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Show Notes:

Hosts: Jeremy Bogdan- www.twitter.com/jeremybogdan & Brendan Kelly- www.twitter.com/brendandk

News Discussed:

New PSP Named And Coming This Fall: News from 1UP.com

Rumor: Motion-sensing 360 peripheral spotted

BioWare: Mass Effect for iPhone is ‘side story,’ series ‘branching out’

GameStop assimilates 21% of US game market

Retailers List Fourth Fallout 3 Expansion – Shacknews – PC Games, PlayStation, Xbox 360 and Wii video game news, previews and downloads

Rumor: More evidence of Perfect Dark XBLA surfaces

Rock Band Weekly: Franz Ferdinand, AAF, Allman Bros., Distillers, Luscious Jackson, Prongs

Kotaku – Report: Sony To Debut New Motion-Sensing Controller – PS3

Bethesda pushes the button on Fallout 3 update 1.5

Kotaku – Apple Getting More Serious About Mobile Gaming? – iPhone

Kotaku – Feel Shows How Horror On Wii Should Be Done – Feel

Kotaku – Borderlands: A New Look At Gearbox’s New Look – borderlands

Kotaku – Get Your Free Dawn Of War II Soundtrack – Dawn Of War II

Kotaku – First PixelJunk 1-4 Details, Hands On Impressions – Playstation gamers day

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Music by Steadman