Not that long ago, Jonathan promised he wouldn’t talk about another sports game, so he’s talking about EA Sports Grand Slam Tennis 2 this episode.  As a bonus, though, he enjoyed this one.  He also spends a bit of time griping about Sony, but not as much as he initially planned.

Alex talks about crushing fleeing troops in Shogun: Total War 2.  He spends an uncomfortable amount of time comparing it to R.U.S.E., but that’s Sam’s fault.  He’s also got a Story From the Game Store involving a Vita, Lumines, a missing co-worker, and a pissed off customer.

Sam finally break his vicious cycle of moving and Skyrim by finally settling down in his new place and finishing Skyrim.  Also on his list this week: Rage, an RPG-shooter that’s light in the RPG bits and loose in the shootery bits; and a whole lot of Mass Effect insanity.

In the topic this week, we chat a bit about the rumored-then-leaked-then-announced setting for Assassin’s Creed 3 before jumping into a discussion about game endings.  Apparently only ten percent of games are actually finished, so what implications might this have for the industry as a whole?

Finally, we wrap up with another round of Reverse Casting Call.  On the table this time, we’re casting the dysfunctional family from Star Wars: Luke, Leia, and Papa Vader.  As an added twist, Sam has chosen to limit our choices to animated game characters only.  Be sure to drop us a comment, letting us know a) which host picks you’d have gone with, and b) which characters you’d place in behind the mask.

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It’s our annual E3 wrap-up show, but this time we’ve got a dude who was actually there! Alex “Seraph” Wawro, of PC World fame, joins us as we discuss what happened at E3 2011.

We start off with a discussion about our general disappointment with this year’s E3 before moving into a discussion of Nintendo’s offerings.  The Wii U intrigues and confuses us.  The 3DS underwhelmed.  The Wii was forgotten.

Sony made a big splash with the PlayStation Vita.  Those of us that are still interested in portable consoles are very intrigued, and very pleased with the price.  Those of us who have allowed our smart phones to dominate our lives… well, we’re good.

Move and Kinect got a lot of lip service of support, but are they really all that vital to our gaming experience.  Three hosts bash the tech.  One defends it.  Can you guess who?  Also, “Lightsaber On!” is best explained via a comic.

Microsoft pretty much just kept on keeping on, with Halo 4 being the big announcement, which didn’t excite any of the hosts like Microsoft probably hoped it would.  We pick our “Winner” of the show (the first time we’ve been unanimous about a winner, by the way), and also name our “Game of Show” (with not so unanimous results).

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