Ray and Tim interview Matthew Taranto – the friendly webcomic creator of brawlinthefamily.com, as well as getting into discussions about Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing, Mario’s lazy bubble, whiny third parties, and even Family Guy.
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As revealed in the podcast this week, I now have a PS3, so I might as well make some friends, right? (So far the only multiplayer games I have are Modern Warfare 2 and Resistance: Fall of Man). If you’d like, feel free to add me as a friend (PSN Name: wilef). Also, leave your name in the comments to make friends with other 2P START! fans as well!

Plus: thoughts on Bayonetta, Zelda Spirit Tracks, DJ Hero, Project Needlemouse, and terrible customer support!
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Listen in to hear about dumb terrorists, Zelda: Spirit Tracks, the return of Creepy Comments, Ray’s surprising announcement, and Tim arguing FOR drinking and driving?!?
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Our final updates to close out 2009 are now up. You’ll notice the page headers for the Forum, Contact page, Blog, Extras, and podcast have all been updated to match the style of the tabs and nav bar better. The bigger change though is a new addition to Ray’s Music in the Extras section. There’s now a Music Collectibles page that includes songs Ray has presented on the podcast that aren’t a part of his official albums. You’ll find his rendition of White Christmas, a remix of Joy Electric’s Dance to Moroder, a nice Pixel Vision Medley, and a song written for our first fan that left the site. There’s even some album art there for you too. Enjoy, and again, Happy New Year!

My latest project is now done. This was a wedding gift for my brother and his wife (I’m about 20 months late). It’s a 3/4 size Pac-Man cabinet with original coin door and marquee (from a Pac-Man mini cabinet). The artwork for the side art was sized down to fit and then each individual piece was cut out so there would be no white or yellow border around it. The control panel artwork is pretty much unmodified, just resized. The 1 and 2 player start buttons act as action buttons and there are 2 hidden buttons under the marquee/light to act as start and coin insert. The bezel artwork is modified to fit the vertical monitor orientation (CRT 17″) and is just printed on paper between 2 pieces of plexi. Inside is a Keywiz eco-40 and an old Dell PC just barely small enough to fit in the bottom. I plan on detailing the build process when I get time, but for now, here are some final pictures.

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Will this be a Christmas podcast to remember? Or simply coal in your stocking? You’ll have to listen to find out! ( seriously though, it’s a blast )
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Back when E For All still existed, we told you about a game coming out called Machinarium that we demoed at the show. It was my pick of the show, a point-and-click adventure game that was truly one of the most beautiful games I ever played. The good news is that it came out this year to rave reviews. The great news is that it’s on sale!

The creators of the game have a nice package deal on their site: get Machinarium and their previous title Samorost 2 (also excellent), for $10! You’ll get the Windows, Mac, and Linux versions of both games, the soundtrack to both games and some nice JPGs too. This is an amazing deal for a couple of amazing games. I highly recommend it!

If you ONLY want Machinarium, and you hate soundtracks or sound in general, AND you hate Macs, you can opt for JUST Machinarium for $7 at Impulse (PC only). This is actually the route I’m going because I’ve already purchased Samorost 2. (WARNING: It seems you’ll need to install the Impulse software in order to access the download.)

If you think I’m a liar or are really stingy with your gaming dollars, you can always try the free demo of Machinarium and Samorost 2 before you buy. Enjoy!

Tim’s back for a return to normal, Ray gets a tad sentimental, favorite Nintendo consoles named, and a Black Doom Award that might give you cancer.
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I don’t think we ever posted it here, so if you don’t listen to the podcast (how dare you!), you might not know that we’ve got 4 new shirts in the 2P Shop! We’ve even lowered the price on all the shirts by $1, and you can use the promo code ANTIGRINCH at checkout for an additional 15% off! If it’s your first order at Split Reason (our wonderful merchandise partner), you can even save an extra $2 by filling out a short survey. The only thing left to decide is: which shirt will you get?