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I am going to give you three guesses what the Feedback Game of the Week is. Go on. Guess. (No looking at the post title.)

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...nope.

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...Buzz Quiz World is neat, but no.

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...Diablo 3's not out yet, buddy.

It's...ta-da, Modern Warfare 2. We've got five on it with Adam, Patrick, Abbie, Brian, and Matt to talk about the game from beginning to end...less multiplayer. If you love the Call of Duty, this is the show for you. (There are spoilers, but not of the end.) If you've got coverage fatigue, don't worry, the week is almost over!

• Massive layoffs happened this week at Electronic Arts. Our best to those affected.
• Dead Space: Extraction was great, but did moving it to the Wii hurt the franchise?
• EA franchises are going to get seriously looked at next year, like Medal of Honor and Need for Speed. Is that a wise strategy?
• The rumor is that Project Natal will range between $50 and $80, with 13-15 games at launch. Does this make you swing your arms in approval? And isn't it a bit ridiculous that, if the rumor pans out, Natal will be cheaper than the wi-fi adapter?
• Is it okay for a game to be short if there's no filler?
• How did you approach "No Russian?" If you opened fire, why? And how do you define "enjoyment" when it comes to games?

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Love it or hate it, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is here and everyone is playing it. Obviously, the game's going to be a major point of discussion on this week's episode of Feedback, but it won't be the only thing we're talking about. As per usual, in one segement, we give you guys the power to control Feedback. If you have a question for the Feedback crew, drop in it the comments. I'll be reading.

BONUS! Questions that aren't answered on Feedback are also eligible to be answered in Andrew Pfister's new weekly mailbag special (it runs every Friday), Reply To All. If you aren't picked for Feedback, there's always a chance Andrew will pick up the other good ones for Reply to All.

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Can you guess what everyone on Feedback was talking about this week? Hint, hint: we're one week away from the highly anticipated launch of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. However you feel about Infinity Ward's latest entry in its shooter franchise, it's shaping up to be a monumental day for games. Chances are everyone could have talked about Modern Warfare 2 for an entire show, but as it turns out, there's a bajillion other games being released right now. So, we talked about those, too.

 Here's what else Adam, Abbie, Sterling and I cover on this edition of Feedback:

• That controversial Modern Warfare 2 viral video that showed up last weekend (and has since disappeared) sparks some heated discussion...and harsh words for Infinity Ward.
• Even Nintendo's not sure what to do with the Wii these days. We look at where the Wii's come in the past few years and some up with some easy ways Nintendo can patch things up.
• Game of the week? How about games of the week? DJ Hero, Tekken 6 and Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony -- batter up!
• As more casuals join the ranks of our fellow gamers and achievements encourage players to venture into harder difficulty settings, a reader probes us about difficulty settings in games.

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(And yes, we are aware that Sterling's microphone is underperforming this week. Top men are on the case. Top. Men.)

Everyone at G4 is swamped with video games to play through as we march towards the end of the year. It's a good problem to have, which should make for some interesting discussion on this week's edition of Feedback. Despite the deluge of games, however, we still want to hear from you guys. What do you want Adam Sessler and the rest of the Feedback crew to discuss this week?

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True story: I was prepping this post for this week's episode of Feedback, when I realized that Brian was about to describe what was contained in the leaked Modern Warfare 2 footage this week. I stopped the video player just in time, then decided to get a soda. Came back to my desk, and without thinking I hit "play" and boom: spoiled. I can be forgetful, sometimes. If you don't want to know what happens, pause your player around the 1:00 minute mark and skip ahead to 8:41. As for the spoiler itself...holy crap.

Stuff you shouldn't skip through:

• Netflix streaming is coming to the PlayStation 3, does that mean we're getting the Sony movies back?
• How does this affect the multimedia front in the Console War?
• The group plays dress-up with their digital avatars -- who is for, and who is against?
• Borderlands has lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of weapons. Is there a real difference between what you use?
• Did Gearbox miss an opportunity to extend the replayability by mishandling the itemization?

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We're in the middle of a gaming firestorm here at G4 this week, as evidenced by the massive amount of news, features, reviews, previews, videos, exclusives -- you name it, we got it. We also have another installment of Feedback to film this week, which means I'm turning to you, the readers, to provide the question for the Feedback crew to discuss. What's on your mind?

Leave your question in the comments (and make sure you have a picture in your profile)!

Somebody let Blair Herter into the studio this week, and what resulted was the newest episode of Feedback. Adam, Patrick and I tried to make the best of it, choosing to focus instead on the week's most notable news, and our Game of the Week: Double Fine's Brutal Legend. (Just kidding, Blair was highly tolerable!)

We also headbang to the following...

• The September NPDs are here, which means its time to see if the PS3's price drop had any significant effect. (Spoiler: It did.)
• America has spoken: The Beatles are still pretty awesome. Or at least still awesome enough to edge out Guitar Hero 5.
• People bought Halo 3: ODST. No way! I know, right!?
• EA's Peter Moore believes that the industry will soon be entirely digital, with Microsoft leading the way. He also thinks that some of us will be having grandchildren in 10 years, which is a far more dubious claim.
• There are rumors that A Crack in Time might be the last Ratchet & Clank game. If you watch carefully, you can see the exact moment Adam's heart breaks. But is it really possible?
• Is Brutal Legend better or worse off for having elements of real-time strategy? And is the game's charm and humor enough to keep us going?
• At one point, we may have asked the question "How does Tim Schafer feel about Tim Schafer?" If we didn't, we got pretty close.
• Reader duberi wonders why we review games the way we do, and we get a little defensive. Sorry about that.
• Plus Patrick's 10-day forecast for the greater Los Angeles area (95% chance of being better than where you are).

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We'll try to stop gushing about Uncharted 2: Among Thieves on this week's installment of Feedback -- but no promises. What we can promise, however, is a new reader question of the week, a task I'm turning over to you guys. What do you want Adam and the rest of the Feedback crew to discuss this week? What burning topic needs addressing? Let us know your questions in the comments.

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Take a seat! The latest edition of Feedback is here to soothe your gaming soul. Host and editor-in-chief Adam Sessler once again takes the reigns on Feedback this week and he's joined by yours truly, Sterling McGarvey and Andrew Pfpfpfpfpfister to discuss what's nothing less than the greatest game of all time and that will ever be made, so it has been decreed -- you know, Uncharted 2.

Elsewhere in this week's Feedback:

• Your weekly weather discussion for the greater Los Angeles area!
• Sony's penchant for leaking its own news by accident continues, with both inFamous 2 and Resistance 3 seemingly being confirmed months before there's anything official. Of course, the real question on everyone's mind is: why exactly is Battle: Los Angeles shooting in Louisiana? Clearly, we're doing our best to stay on track this week.
• BioWare's revealed Dragon Age: Origins will have downloadable content for a solid two years, making it more like the expansion content for an MMO than what we come to expect from traditional RPG. I'm not so sure the game can hold people's attention that long, but Andrew thinks there's a good chance it could work.
• Prepare TheFeed comment battle stations for war: Wii Play is the best selling game of the past decade. You may begin your screams of horror…now.
• A reader wonders if publishers might see better sales if they start selling games at prices other than $60. The crew was split on whether it's a good approach. Also, apparently I'm the only person who actually liked Wet (at least a little).
• Uncharted 2. Uncharted 2. Uncharted 2. Uncharted 2. Uncharted 2. Uncharted 2.

Another week, another episode of Feedback, our weekly discussion of all things video games. In addition to having the group discuss the biggest news stories and a major game release each week, we also answer questions from the community. You know, you. Do you want to be featured on Feedback? Drop an answer for the crew into the comments below and you might get your wish.

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After a week off, Feedback is back on TheFeed with a new crew, but the same great recipe passed down through my family for generations. We spent the last two weeks playing Halo 3: ODST, which thanks to Tokyo Game Show and other related shenanigans, we're a little late to the party on. But considering that every time we put up a story concerning ODST it gets at least 50 comments, something tells me it's still worth talking about. To quote Adam Sessler, "Halo just generates reactions." Indeed.

Also on this week's party chat:

• Sega's "spy tactical RPG thinger" (as Patrick puts it) Alpha Protocol has been delayed until 2010. It seems everyone but Sega PR saw this coming a mile away...what's going on over there, and why is Adam getting flashbacks to high school dating?
• You can't write a news story about Activision these days without an element of absurdity involved. This week brought us the news that the publisher was staunchly against Infinity Ward modernizing Call of Duty, preferring to take the advice of their spreadsheets that said World War II was still super hot. At this point, I wouldn't be surprised to find coded messages in Modern Warfare 2's credits that say "CONDITIONS TERRIBLE, SEND HELP AND SUPPLIES."
• Adam wants a pony for Christmas. We're in the process of setting up a donation fund, get your checkbooks ready.
• Nintendo's new "Super Guide" feature that's being introduced in New Super Mario Bros. Wii seems like an affront to the hardcore, but is it really? The crew debates the actual merits of digital hand-holding.
• A reader from the 11th century asks whether he should get Uncharted 2 or Brutal Legend next week. The answer? "It depends." Glad we could help make your decision.
• Did Bungie squander the potential of New Mombasa by making the ODST's hub world boring? Some experts say "maybe," others aren't so sure.

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Welcome to Morning Hangover -- an excellent way to start your day with the crew at TheFeed...no matter what you're recovering from. Every morning you'll hear musings from our editors and have the chance to share your thoughts on what's going on in the gaming world. So buckle up, throw a Pokeball at the new week, and keep reading!

Andrew Pfister: We wanted Feedback, then you wanted Feedback. Now I'm asking you for some feedback on Feedback. The show returns this week with Adam Sessler at the helm and a slightly longer running time, but what I'd like to know is how you guys watch Internet shows and listen to podcasts. What's your favorite show? How long is too long? Do you prefer video or audio -- and if you like both, when and where do you watch and listen? Do you watch on your iPods/Zunes, stream to your TV, just watch it in your browser?

I thirst for this knowledge. Thirst.

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Did you miss Feedback last week? So did we. We only went dark for one week, though, and we're shooting a new episode for you guys tomorrow. Some changes are coming to Feedback, but one thing that is remaining the same is our emphasis on community and having you guys interact with the show directly. We need a reader question for this week's edition of Feedback, so I'm tossing it to you guys. What do you want to hear the Feedback crew talk about this week?

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A very good friend at a former place of employment once described what it was like to be in Tokyo during September for TGS: "Hell Hot." Reports back from the team indicated that the weather this week was actually not so bad, but when the Makuhari Messe turned off the air conditioning on the show floor just as the gang was ready to tape this week's episode of Feedback, the definition of "Hell Hot" became a whole lot clearer.

But Billy, Morgan, Patrick and Sterling are seasoned professionals, and after the sweat and tears (mostly sweat), our Tokyo Game Show episode of Feedback is ready for your enjoyment. Let's positive show-watching!

• Did Sony drop the ball on their home turf? Should Microsoft have been a little more aggressive? Should somebody, anybody have announced something exciting?
• Are we impressed with Sony's "Harry Potter Wand" (as Patrick calls it) and its implementation in Resident Evil 5 and LittleBigPlanet?
• Sterling got to see both Okamiden and Ghost Trick during his Capcom visit. I am already re-charging my DS in anticipation.
• Morgan and Patrick got to play Crackdown 2 deathmatch, and I couldn't be more jealous. It's also reassuring that Ruffian Games told Morgan that they "wouldn't ruin it." Nice to know!
• Billy's raving over the new Final Fantasy XIII trailer (that Square still hasn't released publicly), which again generates debate over the group's respective excitement levels.
• Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker looks completely awesome, which is unsurprising because it's a follow-up to MGS3 (the real best game in the series). Watch our First 15 13 minute video here.
• We're changing the show's theme song to "Auld Lang Syne" apparently.

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I was a school boy when I heard my first Beatles song. "Love Me Do" I think it was, and from there it didn't take me long. Got myself a guitar, used to play every night. Now I'm in a rock & roll outfit, and everything's all right.

Wait, no...I'm thinking of a Bad Company song.

The Beatles: Rock Band is what I was trying to remember, and in conjunction with Guitar Hero 5, this is the best week of the year for lovers of interactive music entertainment. Lovers like Billy, Stephen, Patrick and Abbie, who discuss our Co-Games of the Week on this episode of Feedback.

Also on this week's setlist:

• Activision CEO Bobby Kotick recently said that he wants to take the fun out of making games. Our guys have something to say about Bobby Kotick.
• Shane Kim has retired from Microsoft. Corporate manuevering happens all the time, what makes this one different?
• Continuing on the Microsoft tip, they're not interested just yet in putting out a brand new console. How considerate of them! Most of us gamers have $400 burning a hole in our pockets these days, right?
• The panel debates which platform has the strongest line-up going into the ever-so-crucial holiday season. If I had been there, I would have said Dreamcast.
• Billy is "not a Beatles guy."  Get him.

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