In this week’s episode we are discussing StarCraft 2, Kane & Lynch 2, Rachet & Clank: A Crack In Time and a new iPhone game from listener CeeCee.

StarCraft2 – Nicole, Stephanie: Buy It; Kim technically bought it for her husband but in the end Skips It
Rachet & Clank: A Crack In Time – Nicole: Rent It

StarCraft2 Articles for Noobs -10 Noob tips , Learning your hotkeys and 10 reasons why StarCraft 2 will completely take over your life.

Gaming News
From the New York Times Play Foldit and help science!

Thanks Starman for the awesome classic video game iPhone wallpapers!

We talk about why female heroes were dropped from a game at Activision.

RDR first pay DLC is releasing Aug 10th called Legends & Killers! No new CO-OP in this DLC (which is what I’m playing lately) – it’s all multiplayer additions including Escalera town fighting and Tall Trees snowy area. Repentance Rock showcases the new weapon, the tomahawk which allows you to stay hidden on the map while you take down an opponent.

Bargain Buys!
A wonderful puzzle adventure game called Machinarium is 75% off till Aug 12 ($5!!!) Get it!

Kindle now has a game center with 2 free word games

Listener CeeCee sent in an iphone/ipad recommendation called Arachnophilia, you play as a spider building a web to catch bugs.

Steph downloaded HighbornHD for the ipad. It’s a turn based game with a lot of the humor of Deathspank. Very clean graphics. $2.99 during initial release.

WoW Talk
Not much news in WoW this week, but we discuss how to keep the game fresh while waiting for the expansion.

Game Release Highlights
Scott Pilgrim vs The World for PSN & Xbox Live – genre: Beat ‘em Up – Released Aug 10, 2010
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light – genre: Adventure – Released Aug 18, 2010

Video Game Quiz!
The answer for last weeks video game quiz was Batman: Arkham Asylum and our winner of the VIP DUCO Beta Key is Chris! Congrats Chris!!!

Interested in learning video game programming? Check out Dr. Mike’s Game Summer School

Nicole, Kim & Stephanie will be giving out LoL stickers (thanks StickyLife!) at DragonCon in September, but if you can’t make it, you can also buy them at Nicole & Marc’s store they set up for their other site The Wood Whisperer. Check outStickyLife if you are looking to get your very own awesome stickers made. Use the discount code LADIESOFLEET and you will get 25% off your entire order!

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In this week’s episode we are discussing Deathspank, Lego Harry Potter Years 1-4, Little Big Planet 2, DC Universe Online & more Comic-Con goodness!

Lego Harry Potter Years 1-4: Nicole/Kim/Stephanie – Rent it
Deathspank: Nicole/Kim/Stephanie – Buy it!!!!

Nicole’s Flickr Pictures from Comic-Con

Gaming News
University of Central Florida has received a grant to develop a video game to potentially help girls deal with peer pressure.

Stephanie gives us the 5 Biggest Mistakes Women (Like Me!) Make On The Internet from Cracked.com

WoW Talk

The girls are now playing in the beta for Cataclysm and both Kim & Stephanie agree that the Goblin starting area is their favorite (Nicole still hasn’t had a chance to play since she has been traveling :)

Bargain Buys!

Amazon Gold Box has amazing deals everyday for Video Games!
Be sure to check out Free App A Day for some greats free apps! Shrek Kart Free
Listener Katie shared with us a great little site for Free online games

Game Release Highlights

Alan Wake: The Signal (DLC) for Xbox 360 – genre: Action Adventure – Released July 27, 2010
Enjoy you Massage for Wii – genre: Simulator – Released Aug 9, 2010

Video Game Quiz!
Don’t forget if you want to enter the Video Game Music Quiz Contest for a chance to win a VIP PC Beta Access Key to DC Universe Online, you will need to send an email to contest @ ladiesofleet.com, include the answer to the 1 video game audio that were played during the show. The answer to quiz and the winner will be announced on the next episode of Ladies of Leet! Good Luck!!!

Nicole has also created a couple of Firefox personas for both LoL & ExtraLife. Check them out here! She’ll be adding more of the FrogPants family to this location so keep checking for new personas!

Also check out StickyLife if you are looking to get some awesome stickers made. Use the discount code LADIESOFLEET and you will get 25% off your entire order! Nicole, Kim & Stephanie will be giving out LoL stickers (thanks StickyLife!) at DragonCon in September, but if you can’t make it, you can also buy them at Nicole & Marc’s store they set up for their other site The Wood Whisperer.

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In this episode we welcome Tempeste from the Bind on Equip podcast. She is also the guild leader of Pants on Head guild and a moderator for the forum The Old Gamers. We also discuss Red Dead Redemption, Alan Wake & Portal.

Our final verdict on Red Dead Redemption: Nicole, Kim & Stephanie – BUY IT!
Alan Wake: Nicole – Buy It! (but not if you don’t like to be scared)

Check out the xbox/ps3 comparison

Gaming News/Buzz

Eve had a contest to try and get more women to play. Here are the results

The top 10 finalist have been picked for the E3 Booth Babe

From Yahoo News on May 28th – Researchers find gamers have fewer nightmares

From Cracked.com 5 Creepy Ways Video Games Are Trying to Get You Addicted

WoW Talk
Now you can create a custom mousepad with your own World of Warcraft character.
World of Warcraft Remote Auction House iPhone app to cost $2.99 a month

Game Release Highlights
Alpha Protocol PC, PS3 & Xbox 360 – genre: RPG – Released June 1, 2010
Green Day: Rock Band PS3 & WII – genre: Music – Released June 8, 2010

Nier tips from Steve

Boring Side Quests
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I highly recommend if the side quests are getting you down that you skip most of them and stick to the main quest. The game’s easy enough that you don’t need to grind huge amounts of XP/gold in order to proceed through the main story (which is easily one of the best JRPG stories I’ve ever played through, in my opinion).

If you stick with the game there’s a LOT of weird little rewarding things (like exploring a mansion in a Resident Evil style homage or fighting your way out of a dream in the style of a Choose Your Own Adventure story).

Fishing – A warning
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You’re going to hit a rather clunky fishing quest at some point as part of the main story. In the interest of saving your sanity, two tips : one – this is the ONLY compulsory fishing quest in the game. After this you never need to look at it again and two – it isn’t very clear but the beach next to the old man is NOT the place where you need to start fishing. Instead, look for the red cross on your map (it’s in a side cove en-route to the lighthouse). Hopefully that will save you an hour or so of frustration :)

The main character
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In the Japanese version, the character is actually younger and the girl is his sister. I actually think the decision to change it to a father/daughter dynamic works MUCH better or the story.

A second play through
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When you finish the game (which is actually quite short if you just plow through the main quest) you get to restart “GAME B” from about 2/3 of the way through (at the point where you need to recover all the parts of a key, in typical RPG style).

I HIGHLY recommend playing through the second time because it adds certain scenes and conversations that COMPLETELY twist the story on it’s head. For example, there are a couple of boss battles that are UTTERLY HEARTBREAKING to the point where I wasn’t even sure if I WANTED to win. It’s brilliant.

Sweary Underwear Girl
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Oh, and one final thing…it isn’t mentioned in the first play through of the game (and only really hinted at in the second) but the sweary girl in the underwear….well, there’s a reason she’s wearing a JOCK strap ;)

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Our final verdict of Dead to Rights: Retribution: Nicole – Rent it, Kim – Rent it; Stephanie – Rent it

Gaming News/Buzz

In response to the Gaming Angels article “10 Reasons Why You Should Date a Girl Gamer“. This guy gives us “10 Reasons Why You Should Not Date a Girl Gamer”

We talk about the funny video put out by Adam Sessler poking fun at Game Crush.

Boy Scout’s is now giving badges for video games

Halo 2 continues to live for 14 gamers even though Xbox live has discontinued support.

WoW Talk

Children’s Week has started. Be sure to get your orphans and show them the world!

We have a winner of the Celestial Steed! Brain with his horse named Starscream takes the prize! Congrats Brain (yes it’s brain not brian)

Game Release Highlights
Alan Wake Xbox 360 – genre: Action Adventure – Released May 18, 2010
Black Mirror 2 on PC – genre: Adventure – Released May 7, 2010
Dementium 2 on DS – genre = Horror/action adventure – Released May 4, 2010
Red Dead Redemption for PS3 & Xbox 360 – genre: Shooter – Released May 18, 2010

The headset used at the end of the podcast to make all the voices is the Creative Labs Sound Blaster World of Warcraft Wireless Headset & Wired Headset

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We review Prison Break (the game), Need for Speed: Shift, Battlefield Bad Company 2, GodFinger, Rush Hour, MiniGore, Pocket Legends, Peggle, Plain Sight & Madballs.

Review of Prison Break: Kim – Skip it; Stephanie – Skip it
Review of Battlefield Bad Company 2: Nicole – Buy it

Gaming News/Buzz
Video games on demand? Play any game with no downloads or installs You can pre register for it now, release date is June 17, 2010 for Mac or PC
* The first qualified 25,000 users who successfully register for OnLive’s Game Service will have the monthly Service Fee waived for the first 3 months of usage. The monthly service fee is currently $14.95

Are the BioShock MMO rumors true? How about a Bioshock movie?!?

We discuss if a video game can be art?

WoW Talk
Cataclysm Class Preview: Paladin
Cataclysm Class Preview: Hunter
Cataclysm Class Preview: Shaman

New Mount: Celestial Steed and little XT in the blizzard pet store. As announced in the show we are giving away a Celestial Steed Mount! Just add a comment to this post and say what you would name your mount. Stephanie will pick a winner for our next show! Good Luck!

We got a great email from Stephan and he told us about a battlegrounds group called qq premades.

Game Release Highlights
Nier for PS3 & Xbox 360 – genre: Action Role Play – Released April 27, 2010
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction on PC & Xbox 360 – genre: Action Adventure – Released April 27, 2010
The Whispered World for PC – genre: point & click adventure – Released April 26, 2010
Dead to Rights: Retribution for PS3 & Xbox 360 – genre: Shooter – Released April 27, 2010
Fat Princess: Fistful of Cake for PSP – genre: action game where you have to rescue the princess from the castle – Released May 4, 2010

Thanks to Molsan from Molsan Method for the great bumper he did for us at the top of the show! We think you’re pretty sweet too ;)

Also don’t forget! Meet us at Nerdtacular on May 8th in Salt Lake City!

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We’ve had a number of people ask for the full version of the LoL intro done by Hawkito & voiced by Liam O’Brien, so here it is! Enjoy!! Thanks again to both of these guys for making a really fun intro to the podcast!