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It is another week and another episode of the SuperHappyFunTimeShow.  We cover the whole spectrum of games from zombie hunting FPS to killing monsters with a poker hand and everything in between. We sign off with news on Star Wars the Old Republic, Team Fortress 2, Respawn Entertainment, Darksiders 2 and id Software.Running time: 01:22:24

Alphabox starts off the show with his experiences on the new Call of Duty Black Ops zombie map and marvels at its complexity and size. Next Kropotkin talks about Jeff Minter games on the iOS platform, much to the bemusement of the rest of the hosts, Hendrix tells us about his time with Dungeons of Dredmore and BloodShot Robot continues to plough his way through The Witcher 2. Talk about a game that keeps on giving!   We sign off with news on Dust 514, Silicon Knights, World of Warcraft and new PS3 models.Running time: 01:12:37

We have a duo of hosts this week with Hendrix and BloodShot holding the fort while Kropotkin is at Dorkapalooza and Alphabox is out on assignment.Topics covered include the Steam sales, Fallout New Vegas DLC, Unchartered 3 Multiplayer Beta, Halo: Reach co-op play, people cutting Hendrix up in iRacing, looking forward to the delights of PAX Prime, the Bioshock Infinite E3 demo, Origin, griefing in Dark Souls, the PAX 10 indie games. Running time: 00:45:54

Kropotkin starts with tales of being vanquished in Vanquish, charmed in Zelda Ocarina of Time 3D, relaxed in Solar 2 and bored of Ascension.  Hendrix in the meantime chats about his experiences with Pinball FX 2 Captain America table and his ranking up in iRacing.  BloodShot Robot finishes up the gaming section with yet more tales of his exploits in Witcher 2 and how he continues to mess around with the Razer Hydra.In news we cover everything from Peter Molyneux being ashamed of Fable 3 to Crysis coming to consoles.  We also have an interview with Stephen Hood of Codemasters about F1 2011 and pull names out of a hat for the E3 swag competition from last week. Running time: 01:17:28

We kick off proceedings with Alphabox telling us what he has been playing these weeks of absence from the show.  He starts off with the good, Vanquish, then moves on to the mediocre with Red Faction Armageddon and then finishes off with the very bad care of Duke Nukem Forever.Kropotkin meanwhile chats about his time with Zelda Ocarina of Time 3D and Death Rally on the iPad. Rounding off the game discussion, BloodShot Robot talks about his time with The Witcher 2 and his experience with using the Razer Hyrda Controller.  We wrap up with gaming news and a chance to win some E3 swag. Running time: 01:25:38

Kropotkin returns from his travels in LALA Land while gawping at things at E3 and we have a special guest in the form of Tara from The Most Popular Girls on the Internet, where can this show go wrong?  Well it fails to, so there.  Anyway we discuss the delights of Child of Eden on Kinect and how Hendrix is still suffering from brain farts following his continued fasting of all things caffeine related.  We also chat about what Kropotkin saw and played with at E3 including the PSVita and WiiU.  So do listen, you may even find it vaguely entertaining.  Running time: 01:28:13

Hendrix and Bloodshot get into the 2011 version of E3.Running time: 01:26:08

Actually there is very little discussed about E3, despite the fact that one member of the SHFTS crew is actually going. Instead, we start with Alphabox chatting about a beer you can only by once a year, Kropotkin playing loads of games and trying to figure out Inception, Hendrix going nut-bag crazy over DiRT 3, and not in a good way and BloodShot Robot chatting about his experiences with The Witcher 2. Running time: 01:22:00

LA Noire is discussed as well as yet more Brink and a little SEGA Rally Arcade Online.  Alphabox reappears and speaks about his time with Lego Pirates of the Caribbean and Star Raiders.  In the news we cover Nintendo of America having the power to brick 3DS consoles, Valve rewarding well behaved players of its games and Xbox 360 firmware updates affecting some machines. Running time: 01:03:52

We have a guest host in the form of Neil Xibxang Brooks from GamerDork podcast stepping into the halls of the SuperHappyFunTimeShow towers.  During the show classed based shooters are discussed at length following the release of Brink this week.  There is also Fallout 3 covered by Xibxang who is attempting to finish it, again and BloodShot Robot gets a brand new Xbox 360. Running time: 01:24:10

Kropotkin chats about completing Portal 2 co-op, why he finds Ridge Racer 3D entertaining, why Battlefield Play 4 Free is free and how he would love to play Outland on the PS3 but cannot thanks to PSN being down.  Hendrix chats at length about Shift 2, again, while BloodShot Robot and Alphabox discuss the new zombie map for Call of Duty Black Ops.  We also cover news and listener mail. Running time: 01:02:22

Kropotkin returns after a week break to tell us tales of his exploits in co-op Red Dead Redemption, Shift 2 and Portal 2.  The last of which he completed without the need to consult any guides or YouTube videos in order to solve the fiendish puzzles that litter the game.  This baffles the rest of the SHFTS team to the point where they declare that Kropotkin must have the brain the size of a planet....a very small one mind you. Running time: 01:27:31

No news is bad news. Hendrix and BloodShot Robot discuss Magicka, the PSN outage, and all the Playstation 3 games they would like to play if it were working. Alphabox accosts a poor old lady at a grocery store.Running time: 00:58:22

This week the full complement of hosts return to chat about things as varied as tax return forms, hacksaws, the Moon and people who pirate software. Why are you reading this? Listen to the show dammit. Running time: 01:27:45

Kropotkin has finally stopped playing games that are not to the other show hosts tastes this week.  He proves this by chatting about Motorstorm Apocalypse, Ghost Recon Shadow Wars and Killzone 3 single player.See, no Rift at all this week, oooh no sireee bob.  Hendrix chats about dipping back into the 4x game to end all 4x games, Sins of a Solar Empire while BloodShot expresses his joy over playing You Dont Know Jack on the Xbox 360.  No Alphabox this week as he is out on assignment. Running time: 01:05:00

Do not get caught in the crossfire as the battle of Mayo vs. Miracle Whip rages on. Hendrix reiterates his distaste for the great giant spike while telling of his experiences in Shift 2, with Need for Speed at the bottom of the box.Alphabox overdoses on Crysis, old and new. BloodShot shoots down the Sharp Shooter in SOCOM 4 beta and cannot stay awake long enough to talk about Dark Spore beta. Kropotkin wastes his life playing games that widen the Rift between him and good games.Just do not let his evil laughter fool you. His announcement is for the good of everyone and the tops of their tables. Surprise. Super secret out takes are back. Shh, do not tell anyone, they were kinda back last week, in case you missed it. Running time: 01:15:02

FM Luder speaks volumes about how great the Dragon Age games are while BloodShotRobot describes his experiences with the SOCOM 4 beta.  Hendrix expresses his delight over playing Torchlight from his couch via the XBLA version, which is nice. Finally Kropotkin  uses words to speak about his time with Rift MMO and the games he has been playing on his brand new Nintendo 3DS console.Running time: 02:06:06

All four members of the crew are present again along with Rozonus AKA Charlie Holmes.  Much hilarity is had over how bad Homefront and Fable III DLC is as well as Kropotkin somehow managing to bring the mood right down by chatting about a documentary on Amish folk. No, we do not know why he did this either.  Be sure to listen through to the end though, as there is a chance to win a Portal 2 shirt.Running time: 01:08:27

This episode is a PAX East 2011 special, with Kropotkin and Lawrence Wiseman AKA MelesMeles chatting about their experiences on the show floor as well as the panels they attended and the games they played at the event.Running time: 01:41:27

With two members of the SHFTS crew absent, BloodShot Robot and Kropotkin had to call in reinforcements from the podcast community.  Up steps Tony Atkins from Digital Cowboys and Mike Barton from Game Over Cast to fill in for this weeks show.  Topics covered include Pac Man Championship Edition DX, Killzone 3, Halo Reach, ArmA 2 Operation Arrowhead and Test Drive Unlimited 2. In the news we cover the transfer of DSiWare games to 3DS, the THQ publicity stunt at GDC that goes horribly wrong and increased security measures for Steam users.  We sign off with a very special voice mail.Running time: 01:34:50