Mr. Street Fighter Yoshinori Ono joins The HotSpot for a few rounds (perfecting us, it was pretty impressive). But before that, Maxwell McGee, Tyler Winegarner, Kevin VanOrd, and Tom Magrino reflect back on last week's Consumer Electronics Show and try to make sense of maybe sort-of gaming tablets (aka Razer's Project Fiona), haptic feedback, stupid big TVs, and, of course, underwater technology.

The HotSpot - Street Fighter X Tekken, CES - 1/18/12 by gamespot

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With Tom Magrino off gallivanting at the Consumer Electronics Show, Brendan Sinclair takes the host's chair and fumbles his way through a discussion on the future of gaming with Justin Calvert, Tom Mc Shea, and Carolyn Petit. What features do gamers want from the next wave of consoles? Will there even be a new PlayStation and Xbox to talk about, and if so, when? And who buys a $300 system because it's backwards compatible with the one they already own?

The HotSpot - Mind the Generation Gap - 1/11/12 by gamespot

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…and we're back. 2012 begins with a case of mild-to-moderate whiplash, as Shaun McInnis, Chris Watters, Tom Mc Shea, and Tom Magrino take a quick look back at 2011 and then a long look ahead at 2012. Can the industry with a straight face make 2012 a year of 4s, as 2011 was a year of 3s? Will Microsoft unveil the Xbox 720? Is the PlayStation Vita DOA? How many Wii U tablets could a Wii U tablet tablet if a Wii U tablet could tablet tablet? Answers are in short supply, but we'll speculate our a**es off anyway!

The HotSpot - Game of the Year, and then? - 1/04/12 by gamespot

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Why yes, this is the podcast you were looking for! In the final HotSpot of 2011, Star Wars: The Old Republic lead writer Daniel Erickson joins Kurtis Seid, Brendan Sinclair, and Tom Magrino to explain how one even goes about getting massively multiplayer online gamers to give two craps about a story. (Hint: Make it good.) Also, did you know Daniel used to be lead designer on EA's NBA Street franchise? Crazy!

The HotSpot - Star Wars: The Old Republic - 12/21/11 by gamespot

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If one thing can be learned from this week's episode of The HotSpot, it's that VGA is not an acronym that should be pronounced phonetically. But Shaun McInnis, Tom Mc Shea, Brendan Sinclair, and Tom Magrino do anyway! Repeatedly! We also give our impressions of The Last of Us, Command & Conquer: Generals 2, Fortnite, and Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, before Chris Watttttters puts a bullet in the week's show with talk of Gears of War 3: RAAM's Shadow.

The HotSpot - VGAs, Gears 3 - 12/14/11 by gamespot

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Bethesda Softworks' latest Elder Scrolls title is clearly one of the best games to come out this year, even if it's burdened by ludicrous glitches, idiotic AI, and less-than-compelling storytelling. What's going on here?! Join Kevin VanOrd, Kurtis Seid, John Davison, and Tom Magrino for a replay of our first-ever LIVE episode of The HotSpot.

The HotSpot - Skyrim - 12/9/11 by gamespot

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Content warning: Explicit language ahead, more so than usual. Now that we have that out of the way…

Shockingly enough, The HotSpot plays home to real and actual news this week, as Team Meat's Edmund McMillen and Tommy Refenes swing by the studio to tease their next project. Taking lessons learned from The Binding of Isaac, Team Meat is cooking up a new roguelike, as well as an iOS project. One in the same? Perhaps. Tom Mc Shea, Kevin VanOrd, and Tom Magrino join the two to talk about the team's past and future, as well as, somewhat awkwardly, what happened to Tommy when he went to Hawaii this summer.

The HotSpot - Team Meat - 12/07/2011 by gamespot

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POW! Right in the kisser, straight to the moon! OK, I can say that's the first and only Honeymooners joke you're gonna get as the HotSpot crew tackles the comedic, thought-provoking adventure game To the Moon. Shaun McInnis, Kevin VanOrd, Tom Mc Shea, Van Ngyuen, and Tom Magrino seriously rave about this game for a full hour. Be warned: Serious and massive spoilers ahead!

The HotSpot - To the Moon - 12/2/11 by gamespot

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