In headlines we talk: Miyamoto retiring, Xbox GPU, Google buying frenzy, Bridgestone air-free tires, Onlive on iOS, Carrier IQ, Ice Cream Sandwich on Fire, more HP Touchpad’s. We grade 2011 Xbox Dashboard and Final Fantasy VII “Remake”. And give the odds on: next-gen modular consoles, Windows 8 tablet success, seeing an Apple branded TV, new Xbox at CES, Fire outselling iPad, and Android being “bigger” than iOS
New Canadian currency, new Bourne movie --no Bourne, Xbox sells like hotcakes, 3DS outdoes DS, Windows Phone demo on Android and iOS, new Hulk show scripted, Dead Island dead in Germany, the GRID could replace the Internet, Tekken: Blood Vengeance, one hundred dollar PlayStation w/ PlayStation display, and the Spotify platform
This week in headlines: GamePro is dead, XBOX sales a lot, Kinect 2 rumors, urinal gaming, Mass Effect 3 modes. We grade Star Wars: The Old Republic, Arkham City, Skyrim, and Battlefield 3. And finish up with odds on Bungie, Halo 4, Nintendo and XBOX mobile gaming strategy, Wii-U unit sales, and the next-gen PlayStation controller.