Riddled with Mad Turkey Disease, we bring in House of the Dead: Overkill's product manager Mike Schmitt and a couple of zombie friends (don't worry, they quiet down eventually) to tell us about the upcoming Wii shooter, Giancarlo and Donahoe sit down for Shelf Life to talk Kingdom Hearts and Prince of Persia, Tina tears open the ol' Mailbag, and we kick off the Beyond Good and Evil Backlog!

The year's winding down, so Shane, Greg, and Mike Cruz join us to go over our picks for Most Overlooked Games of 2008, while Ryan and Justin sit in on Shelf Life to talk Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix and The Last Remnant, and Alice stops by again for Mailbag. Success!

We talk Halo Wars with Ensemble's Graham Divine and Dave Pottinger, and go off-topic on Quantum of Solace with Sam, Simon, and Mike Cruz, while David and Giancarlo stop by to cover Left 4 Dead and Animal Crossing in Shelf Life. And Mailbag! And Backlog!

This week we take a break from a crazy release season to chat with Kyle Newman, the director of the upcoming Star Wars-centric nerd comedy Fanboys. We also discuss the week's big releases, including Banjo-Kazooie, Wrath of the Lich King, and Call of Duty: World at War, plus Mailbag, Insert Disk, and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. in the Backlog for a third week.

1UP Show alum Kathleen Sanders joins us to talk about XNA, David Ellis gives us the dirt on both Resistance 2 and Gears of War 2 (plus some Quantum of Solace discussion) in Shelf Life, and Jennifer Tsao makes her final 1UP podcast appearance as a 1UP editor in Eject Disk. All that plus Mailbag, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Backlog vol. 2, and more!

Urrrrnnghhhhhh...ughhhhhhh....uuuuuurrrrrrrggggghhhhhh... (Translation: "It's the Zombie Episode! WoW world events, GTA and COD invasions, favorite occurrences of zombies in other media, and a double-barrel blast of RE5 and Left 4 Dead.")

Two shows in one week!? It's a wacky Tuesday special! As promised, we're finally wrapping up the Indigo Prophecy Backlog in style, bringing in senior producer Constantine Hantzopoulos (now director of development at Sega) to chat with the crew about the name change, sex scene, and a whole lot more.

The Fall starts NOW, with the first truly ridiculous week of game releases. Robert Ashley joins us to talk Recession Gaming and how to get the most game for your buck, while Giancarlo and Scooter sit in on Shelf Life to talk Fable II, Far Cry 2 and many more. Tina sorts through the Mailbag, and a S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Backlog kicks off with a new crew. Bon appetit.

It's TGS round-up time with Shane, Fitch, and Matt L.! We also celebrate Blizzcon with a leftover Diablo III Leipzig interview with lead designer Jay Wilson, Greg and Jay stop by for Shelf Life, Tina unzips the Mailbag, and a very special one-off GripShift Backlog with its creator Andy Satterthwaite!

Recent spate of Nintendo news got you confused and aroused? WhatTheyPlay's John Davison joins us to go over the announcements and delve into his "next Wii in 2011" article, Todd Zuniga and Michael Grimm stop by for Shelf Life, while Tina tears open the Mailbag. And tune in for Backlog news.

Join us for a Resistance 2 chat with Insomniac's Bryan "Departed Eagle" Intihar and James "Philip Kollar" Stevenson, along with locals Greg Ford and David Ellis. Shelf Life gets an extension with Ryan Scott and Anthony Gallegos, Tina Sanchez checks the Mailbag, and the Backlog crew stops by to wrap up Indigo Prophecy.

In case you haven't read the October issue of EGM, or tuned in to this week's 1UP.com cover story, we're here to deliver our Mirror's Edge impressions all up in your ear canal, with help from Giancarlo Varanini and Matt Leone. We also talk Warhammer Online with Demian Linn and Anthony Gallegos, the Top 5 Most Attractive Non-Sexualized Woman in Games with Sharkey, Mailbag with Tina, and the third Indigo Prophecy Backlog with the gang.

Let us tell you a Fable (or two), of when Garnett Lee interviewed Lionhead's Peter Molyneux for 1UP FM, then stopped by to give us his impressions of the game with Thierry Nguyen and Alice Liang. And then Giancarlo Varanini stopped by to talk about Force Unleashed and digital distribution, Scott Sharkey hit the Top 5 Drugged Out Classic Games, Tina opened up the Mailbag, and the Backlog crew took a second swipe at Indigo Prophecy. The end.

James Mielke stops by to talk Tecmo happenings, we get a PAX round-up from Matt Chandronait, David Ellis, and Tina Sanchez, Top 5 goes semi-prequel with Scott Sharkey, and we rock the Mailbag AND kick off the Indigo Prophecy Backlog. Phew!

An epic Labor Day Special -- Nick Suttner and Shawn Elliott sit down for a Braid Afterthoughts with creators Jonathon Blow and David Hellman, with special guest Rod Humble, executive producer of the Sims franchise, in the fifth chair.

"It's a Tim Schafer special! The man behind Psychonauts, Grim Fandango, and more stops by to chat it up with us on a bonus Backlog; we also cover the Leipzig Games Con, the Top 5 worst Pokemon, and hit the Mailbag with Tina. Huzzah!"

NinjaBee stop by to talk about their new XBLA game and indie development, Matt Leone plays Dead Rising on Wii and tells us all about it, we hit the Top 5 Worst Famicom Games and check the Mailbag, and the Psychonauts Backlog -- seemingly -- wraps up.

Shawn Elliott talks about QuakeCon, Jeremy Parish talks about Square's indecipherable event, an interview with Dead Space developers, Top 5 anime games that never came to the States, the mailbag, more Psychonauts, and Anthony Gallegos on Kodiak bears.

We chat up Skate 2 with EA Black Box's Jay Balmer, tackle the next next generation of systems with Simon Cox and Sam Kennedy, hit the Top 5 worst-dressed gaming characters with resident fashion mogul Shane Bettenhausen, introduce yet another new 1UPper on Insert Disc, and rock the Psychonauts Backlog like no one else can!

We look at the next five Xbox Live Arcade games, say goodbye to Comic-Con '08, introduce a new staff member, open up the first mailbag, and introduce Psychonauts into our Backlog.