Music in this episode: Final Fantasy XIII-2, Killer7

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James gets a tablet, tweets are sarcastic, Vita hype (and lack of hype), a truly horrible conversation, Final Fantasy XIII-2, Diablo 3 beta, Sexual Education.

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Twitter spam, American politics, Hero Academy, the Battlefield 3 (ps3) State of the Union, Insane 2, Oil Rush.  We almost didn’t record this week and you’ll probably wish we didn’t.  Sorry!

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Here is a short video we put together for you showing some of Death’s combat and moves. As you will see Death is a lot more agile than his brother War was, but none the less still as a force to be reckoned with.

Be sure to follow Darksiders II on Twitter, and be sure to check out their website for more information and give them a Like on Facebook.

Pre-order your copy of Darksiders II: Death Lives, by clicking on the picture below for the console of your choice.

Sex with Coke Zero, KoA: Reckoning demo, The Witcher 2, Rango, Viking: Battle for Asgard, Hero Academy and a rather long chat about fitness/diet/running up mountains and basketball to close this MFer out.

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I know a lot of people are excited to hear more about Darksiders II, so to keep you up to date we have the Darksiders II Behind the Mask: Death Rises video for you to take a look at.

Here is a little more about the video:

Take the first apocalyptic insider look at how Vigil Games brings Death to life in this Darksiders II Developer Diary. From appearance & temperament, to weapons and fighting style, experience why what starts with War will end with Death in, “Behind the Mask: Death Rises.”

So what did you think of Death? Pretty impressive if you ask me.

One more thing Platform Nation. If you are not following Darksiders on Twitter I suggest you do, not only for more information about the game, but here is a little something they gave away last week.

But wait we have some more Darksiders goodness. Take a look at these Darksiders statues designed by SOTA Toys. I would love to have these for my collection.

Stay tuned to Platform Nation for some exciting news about Darksiders II in the next week or so.

We have some new screenshot from Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD for your viewing pleasure. And to keep you up to date here is a little more about the game:

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD is a downloadable title for consoles that takes the best elements of the classic THPS games and gives them a fresh update to create an all new skateboarding experience. Tapping into fans’ muscle memories, the gameplay in Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD returns to controllers and focuses on the satisfaction of linking sick tricks for maximum points. Combining sharp visuals with the best controls ever in a Tony Hawk game, the feel is cutting edge yet timeless.

Don’t checkout those screenshots out just yet as we have some more information to share:

Seven levels from THPS and THPS2 are confirmed for the game: Warehouse, School 2, Mall, Phoenix, Hangar, Marseilles and Venice. These levels have been picked by Tony Hawk based on his opinions and feedback solicited from his fans on Twitter last summer.

I think that is awesome in my book. Tony Hawk put his Twitter followers to work and the levels were picked from feedback from the his hardcore fans .

Here are some of the key features for Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD:

-HD Upgrade: Game was rebuilt and polished by Robomodo using Neversoft’s original code.
-Classic levels: The style and feel of the best 7 levels from THPS and THPS2 refreshed for today. Tony Hawk himself put a call out to his fans on Twitter during the summer of 2011 to decide the final levels.
-The Top Pros: Today’s biggest skate pros round out the cast including: Nyjah Huston, Chris Cole, Eric Koston, Andrew Reynolds, Rodney Mullen, Lyn-z Adams Hawkins (Pastrana), Riley Hawk and, of course, Tony Hawk himself.
-Refined controls: The skaters’ animations, tricks and combos reflect the evolution of the THPS games. For example, you can do manuals in levels from the first THPS, a trick that didn’t enter the franchise until THPS2.
-Endlessly fun objectives: Players pursue the same global and level-specific goals as the original games, including S-K-A-T-E, Secret DVD (used to be VHS tape!), and many more.
-Details on soundtrack and online modes will be announced soon.

For more information, please check out their Facebook page and be sure to follow them on Twitter. @TonyHawksPSHD

This week Pete is hyped for the Vita but P+J start to imagine all the ways Sony is gonna eff it up, Apple is breaking up with hipsters, House of the Dead: Overkill, Socom 4 and listener questions are answered with stunning detail.  Tasty or mild.

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Music in this episode: New Super Mario Bros.  Mushroom Maddness OCRemix, The Binding of Issac

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According to a recent announcement, the indie hit The Binding of Issac will soon feature more content, and will be ported to another platform.

Co-developer Edmund McMillen proclaimed on his Twitter feed that The Binding of Issac will be having an expansion pack. In the past few days, McMillen was in conflict of what the offical title should be until he ultimately chose “The Wrath of the Lamb,” and referred it as a “mega expansion.”

In his Formspring, McMillen answered that the expansion will expand the game by adding “at least 50% [more] than what it is already in-game.” There will also be five additional pieces in the expansion. In terms of future content, McMillan also confirmed that there won’t be any after The Wrath of the Lamb releases.

McMillen also talked about bringing The Binding of Issac and its expansion to the Nintendo 3DS. For now, the PC version of the game will have the only expansion within ” the next 2-4 months.”

Source: G4TV (includes McMillen’s Twitter and Formspring), Joystiq