In this fun-filled 10th episode of Ladies of Leet we are proud to have our first male guests on the show. The duo behind The Instance and Film Sack; Scott Johnson & Randy “Deluxe” Jordan!

Gaming News/Buzz
From a post on VeronicaBelmont.com; we discuss the video about women in the world of gaming.

There is new DLC for Uncharted 2 AND Assassin’s Creed 2!!

Randy tried out the new Vancouver Winter Olympic games

We talk with Scott about the news that Crispy Gamer closes editorial department & CEO resigns in protest.

Game Release Highlights
Jan 19: Silent Hill: Shattered Memories for Wii & PS2
Jan 26: Mass Effect 2 for Xbox & PC
Jan 26: MAG for PS3
Jan 26: Blood Bowl for XBox, PC, DS & PSP

Bargain Buys & iPhone games
Rock Band Free for iPhone

PSN network has 10 games for half off until 1/27: Thexder Ned, Kurulin Fusion, Creature Defense, Crystal Defenders, Savage Mood Hera, Burn, Zombie, Burn, Braid, Critter Crunch, Zen Pinball, Gravity Crash

If you preorder one of the select games on Amazon.com (Like MAG, MassEffect 2, Dante’s Inferno or Bioshock 2) you’ll get $10 credited to your next video game purchase!

Stephanie is back from holiday and we are jumping right into the new year talking about Assassins Creed 2, Darksiders, Daisy Fuentes – Pilates, Rachet & Clank: Quest for Booty, BioShock & Bayonetta

If your playing Darksiders, don’t forget to use your Mysterious Redemption Code & free weapon code The Hollow Lord

Gaming News/Buzz/WTH

A new report on Ingame advertising has been released. At the same time a judge in Chicago says the Subway system can’t ban violent-game ads.

Target has joined in with companies like GameStop, Best Buy & Barnes and Noble and will now buy back video games.

Sony announced at CES that PS3 3D gaming is coming

Kim found a computer announcement that reminded her of the old Compaq she used to own.

Bargain Buys/Iphone Games

Free casual games from Armor Games

WoW News
New developments with WoW security - hacked accounts will no longer automatically get all gear and money retrieved. They will over a ‘care package’ of 2500 gold and a handful of badges. Otherwise you’ll sit in a very long queue to get all of your items restored – could take weeks! Also in WoW – Alpha testing of Cataclysm is beginning Jan 12th – Blizzard friends and family only :(

In this year end packed episode of LoL, Kim & Nicole talk about gaming with family during the holiday season and some of the games they got for gifts: Assassins Creed 2 (PS3), God of War Collection (PS3), Resident Evil 5 (PS3), Wii Game Party, Ninja Gaiden Sigma (PS3), Ratchet and Clank & Raving Rabbids 2 (Wii).

Also we discuss some of the games we are looking forward to in the new year!

Game Release Date Platform
Darksiders 1/5/2010 PS3 & Xbox
Mass Effect 2 1/26/2010 Xbox & PC
Lost Planet 2 2/2/2010 Xbox
Star Trek Online 2/2/2010 PC
Bioshock 2 2/9/2010 PS3 & Xbox & PC
Dante’s Inferno 2/9/2010 PS3, Xbox & PSP
Dead Rising 2 2/10/2010 PS3, Xbox & PC
Ace Attorney: Miles Edgeworth 2/13/2010 DS
Final Fantasy XIII 3/9/2010 PS3 & Xbox
God of War III 3/31/2010 PS3
Harry Potter Lego: years 1-4 2010 PS3, Xbox, Wii, DS & PC

Gaming News/Buzz/WTH
We received an email from James drawing our attention to a blog post over at Kotaku discussing ‘sexism’ in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. It’s something that has a lot of debate around it and we discuss our thoughts on the topic.

Bargain Buys/Iphone Games
Steam is having a year end sale until January 3rd with games up to 75% off. In addition there are daily deals happening so check back often!
Kim is a huge Sherlock Holmes fan and decided to try out the new iPhone game for 99 cents and loved it!
One of our listeners, Larissa, recommends a free game called League of Legends; it’s a new game based on the Warcraft mod Defense of the Ancients (DoTA). Thanks for the recommendation Larissa!

WoW News
Tis the season for Winter Veil, the Merrymaker title and tons of presents on Christmas Day!

In this episode of LoL we talk about the expansion Zombieland for Borderlands, Left 4 Dead 2, New Super Mario Bro Wii, Nicole tries another attempt at playing Dragons Age, Murder She Wrote, Dire Grove and Cake Mania: Main Street. The holiday also calls for some fun board & card games including; In a Pickle, War, Chutes and Ladders, Texas Hold’em and War.

In the news and rumors
Nintendo claims 80% of female console market
Is PSN looking to charge a premium membership for PSN?
And at the same time Sony announces they will be launching online content distribution on their network connected devices

In WTH news
Man marries his video game girlfriend
Video Games Make Awesome Unemployment Gifts

Bargain Buys
This weeks deal comes from a LoL listener, Ralff. He recommends Luxor Adventures and if you buy through MSN games it comes with Luxor 3 free with purchase!

Atari has released a new version of their website with tons of old school games to play for free!

Also don’t forget to sign up with either our Ning community or facebook page. We are going to be having some giveaways soon and will be using our community pages to pick a winner!

OK so that might not be the actual name of the content but it sure sounds fun. Here is a great video by IGN showing some of the new gameplay with details on the release. Still not sure at what level we’ll actually be able to access the content.

There are just too many great games to play right now and we are discussing quite a few of them in this episode. Borderlands, Dragon Age, Uncharted 2, Brutal Legend, WET, Call of Duty: MW2, Silent Hill for iPhone; just to name a few. And of course what’s happening in World of Warcraft.

Great video showcasing my favorite game at the moment, Borderlands. The song is by Cage The Elephant and is called Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked

In another packed episode of Ladies of Leet, we discuss Borderlands, Brutal Legend, I Spy: Funhouse, Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story, Uncharted 1 & 2, Sims 3 for the PC, WET & Trivial Pursuit.

In the news, it looks like both the Wii and PS3 will be adding streaming Netflix in the near future. Nintendo also announced a big screen DSi. GameFly has created a new free iPhone app called GameCenter that is handy for game reviews. We received a great email from Max who gave us a great suggestion on a digital download gaming website called Direct2Drive.Com and from there we found our Bargain Buy for the show. GhostBusters for $10! Thanks Max!!

In our Retro games segment, we decided to look back at some of our favorite scary games of the past and discussed games like 7th Guest, 11th Hour, Phantasmagoria. If you’d like to take a walk down memory lane here is the entire 7th Guest game on You Tube for your viewing pleasure. We also recommend the Silent Hill series and Rule of Rose for some scary older games.

For WoW Talk this week, we grab a few more hands of candy as the Halloween event ends and discussed the newly announced paid race changes.

We also got an email from Lonnie and she wrote to us about a great LARP (Live Action Role Playing for noobs like me ;) calendar of women in gaming. Check it out at http://www.alliancecrossroads.com Sounds like a good holiday gift to me :)