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 have our first special guest, Veronica Belmont! Veronica is the co-host of Revision3′s tech-centric show, Tekzilla, and Qore on the PlayStation Network and a founding member of the AIE guild on Earthen Ring.

Since the latest 3.3 patch in World of Warcraft came out Tuesday, we moved our WoW segment to the top of the show and discussed all the fun new enhancements to the game. We also discuss Dragons Age, Left 4 Dead 2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 & Little Big Planet for PSP.

Gaming News
It looks like we are getting another Lego series, this time it’s Harry Potter!

Also the Spike TV Video Game Awards took place on Dec 12, 2009. Some of the big winners include:

Uncharted 2 – Game of the year, Best graphics, best PS3 game
Dragon’s Age – Best RPG, Best computer game
Rock Steady Studios – Studio of the year (Batman – Arkham Asylum)
God of War III – Most anticipated game
Full list of the winners

WTH news
Facebook’s Farmville is reported as more popular than twitter?! There is even a podcast about Farmville.

Bargain Buys
A FREE iphone app from a fellow gamer & comic; Scott Johnson’s Extra Life Reader.

Also check out these 5 time wasting games as suggested by Microsoft

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.