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Episode 6 - Alan & Craig take an audio tour through the Aperture Science facilities with a review of Portal 2. 00:00:29 This slurping introduction sponsored by McDonalds 00:01:24 One sentence Portal 2 reviews 00:02:03 Portal 2 = Portal x 2? 00:03:50 Portal's brevity still impresses 00:05:27 Can lightning strike the same bottle twice? Tag: The Power of Paint running on Valve Time 00:07:41 Portal as a short story. Portal 2 as the novel that happens around you. 00:09:39 Why does the silent protagonist speak to so many designers? 00:11:31 GLaDOS, Chell & a Bring Your Daughter To Work Day potato 00:13:57 Wheatley, with more personality than a Ricky Gervais Podcast 00:17:30 I'm different 00:18:40 Intelligent Portal 2 achievements 00:20:48 Portal 2: A Video Game Comedy & Story as motive 00:22:50 Portal 2 = Portal x 3? 00:25:50 When the illogical becomes logical 00:29:01 Erik Wolpaw on games as a narrative medium 00:30:23 Craig loves combustable lemons 00:31:37

Episode 5 - Alan, Craig & special guest Rick Lane from GameGripe.co.uk take a look under the hotrod hood of PC gaming and generally wander about the subject like a bunch of grease monkeys, stopping occasionally to kick the tyres. 00:00:21 A mildy amusing introduction introducing Rick Lane from GameGripe.co.uk! 00:02:11 Our introductions to PC gaming & the Wonders of Technology on Trolleys: Champ Manager, POD, The Incredible Machine & Granny's Garden 00:08:30 Is there such a thing as PC gaming anymore? 00:11:33 PC gaming in 2011 00:12:29 PC is lean forward, Console is lean back 00:16:14 The evolution of the PC gamer 00:19:53 The Great PC Game Debate! 00:20:14 The Rt. Hon. Alan: Patches, incompatibility issues & install problems 00:22:22 The Rt. Hon. Rick: Rebuttal 00:23:53 The Rt. Hon. Alan: Designing for a non-standard platform 00:24:35 The Rt. Hon. Rick: Sort of Rebuttal 00:27:40 The Rt. Hon. Alan: Lengthy install sequences now on the console 00:28:54 INTERMISSION:

Episode 4 - Alan & Craig took a hard look at their online counterparts and whether it's better to be Neo or Thomas A. Anderson 00:28 The many names of CPWilson aka buddySideshow & AGKuma the Artist formerly known as LordAlan 01:00 Origin Stories 02:40 Sum 41 Rules & the ways of Old: Don't give out your name 04:10 Now your full name is an integral part of the online brand 04:49 Twitter Identity infringement & The Case of The Many GirlGeeks 06:16 Trademarking names with Microsoft and Apple 06:56 Twitter spambots (infographic on the site) 07:53 The Great Twitter Bank Heist and security questions 08:40 Please Rob Me: http://pleaserobme.com 09:31 @RamEmanuel & @CatBinLady 10:18 Go to our damn funny website 10:47 No joking around on Facebook profiles 14:41 Michael Anti, a Chinese blogger whose legal name is Zhao Jing, is banned from Facebook for his pseudonym 15:25 TechCrunch, World of Warcraft & RealIDs 19:46 Come to Facebook, where everyone knows your name 20:

Episode 3 - Alan & Craig unlock the mysteries of achievements. It's mainly monkey brains and a music montage 00:28 Guitar Hero is put out to pasture 01:48 Google's definition of Achievements and the Fall of Man 02:45 Achievements as little challenges and not so little highscores 04:28 The highest achievement score in the world: 535,648G (Stallion83) 07:09 Achievements are everywhere. Some of them even have their own blogs: 360voice.com 08:21 Have achievements killed off cheats?: AchievementHunter.com 10:51 All achievements are not born equal: TrueAchievements.com 12:32 Why achievements work: All we have is monkey brains 15:59 How achievements help us 17:12 How achievements hurt us 19:55 The worst achievements 22:00 The best worst achievements of all time 24:50 Hi I'm Craig and I have a problem 26:03 Fast-talking music montage! If Old Games Had Achievements 28:56 Our most proud achievements 31:25 Outro: Send us suggestions at mailbag@split-screen.net

Episode 2 - Alan & Craig take a stroll through the Steam store on the hunt for treasure and wear many, many hats. 00:17 Intro: Death to Audacity, Podcast available on iTunes and Zune (soon)! 01:19 Alan's Big Score with Assassin's Creed, Prince of Persia: Forgetten Sand(wich) 02:32 Craig's Medium Score with Dead Space, trueachievements and gamerscore envy 03:37 Minecraft vs Team Fortress 2 Infographic breaks the hearts of thousands and the server 05:18 The Evolution of Team Fortress 2 and the Origin of Hats 06:55 Steam's insane prices and cross-promotional prostitution 08:14 What is Steam and why you shouldn't cheat on it? 11:05 The Great Steam Treasure Hunt (or how to turn buying a game into a game) 17:27 Shameful admissions of spending real money on fake swag 18:52 Outro: Send us suggestions at mailbag@split-screen.net! Chances are good we will read it out on the next episode! To share your comments on this episode and more head on over to: http://www.split-screen.net/podc

Episode 1 - Alan & Craig share their impressions of the games of 2011. They also share some impressions of Marcus Fenix's English father, a generic American and Michael Caine. 00:12 Introduction 00:40 Celebrity Twitter endorsements 02:11 The Games We Aren't Looking Forward To: 02:41 Max Payne 3 04:57 Dead Space 2 07:27 The Games We Are Looking Forward To: 07:40 Marvel vs Capcom 3 09:17 Mass Effect 3 10:57 Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 13:35 Duke Nukem Forever 14:38 Gears of War 3 18:31 Diablo 3 21:49 Child of Eden 24:38 Final Cut Studio 25:13 iPhone 5 27:42 iPad 2 28:17 Portal 2 31:06 Three games from 2010 in 7 seconds: Fallout: New Vegas, Call of Duty: Black Ops, StarCraft 2 31:13 Beyond Good & Evil: HD Remake 32:31 Show close To share your comments on this episode and more head on over to: http://www.split-screen.net/podcasts [Thanks for listening! Tell a friend or leave us an iTunes review about the podcast!]