We may be a few days late and short one person but we’ve got lots to discuss on this week’s show. We start off by looking at two downloadable games for the Xbox 360, Costume Quest and Tiny Tim’s Tremendous Tank. We also take a look the film The Social Network and the new TV series The Walking Dead.

Costume Quest (03:09 – 16:24)

Developed by Double Fine Productions, Costume Quest is a new downloadable title for the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3. This single player RPG style game story involves two siblings out trick-or-treating when one of them is abducted by a monster roaming the neighborhood in search of candy.

Tiny Tim’s Tremendous Tank (16:25 – 25:47)

Kev brought us a recently released indie game on the Xbox 360 Marketplace developed by Lighthouse Games Studio.  Tiny Tim, along with his Tremendous Tank, travel in this side scrolling game challenging you to conquer the physics of the tank and shoot sheep and bunnies!

The Social Network (26:03 – 35:16)

Based on the book by Ben Mezrich The Accidental Billionaires, The Social Network is the true-ish story of the founding and creation of Facebook. The film is written by Aaron Sorkin and directed by David Fincher.

The Walking Dead (35:31 – 52:02)

Lots of people have been anticipating this show, us included. We’ve looked at the comic book series, taken a behind the scenes look at the making of TV series and even got some info at the New York Comic Con panel. The show had a big debut on Halloween and has already had a second season confirmed. Give a listen to check out our review.

If you’re getting ready for tonight’s series premiere of AMC’s The Walking Dead, we have a look at the panel that happened a couple of weeks back at New York Comic Con. The event was probably one of the most anticipated of the entire weekend and filled the IGN theater to capacity. The panel brought out series creator Frank Darabont, producer Gale Hurd and writer Robert Kirkman, who’s also the writer and creator of the original comic series, discussing how the series came to be. The decision to go with a television series rather than a feature film was made because they felt that there had already been so many zombie films and that this material lent itself to a more serialized nature. When asked about the experience of working with AMC, they noted that the network was already familiar with Kirkman’s comic series and were enthusiastic about adapting it for TV. They have been very hands off and easy to work with allowing them produce the show how they saw fit.

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This week on the podcast, we look at a new downloadable game on the Xbox 360, Super Meat Boy. Bill and Drew look at some recent news items including Indiana Jones in 3-D, Star Trek 2 villains, casting for The Hobbit and Locke & Key coming to TV. And we wrap things up by revisiting some fall TV shows.

Super Meat Boy (01:07 – 13:50)

Developed by Team Meat, Super Meat Boy is the follow up to the flash game Meat Boy. Available on the Xbox Live Arcade (and coming in November to WiiWare, Windows and Mac), Meat Boy’s task is to save his kidnapped girlfriend, Bandage Girl over the course of 350 plus levels.

A Whole Bunch of News Items (14:22 – 42:15)

Bill and Andrew get together and share some thoughts on a number of recent items of interest that have come through the news wires. We take a look at the rumors of Indiana Jones in 3-D, potential Star Trek 2 villains, casting for The Hobbit and Locke & Key now as a TV series headed to Fox.

Fall TV Follow-up (42:36 -66:02)

Back in September we previewed some of the new fall TV shows premiering. So we wanted to follow-up to see what shows we’ve stuck with and what ones we’ve already dropped from our viewing schedule. But this time we’ve done a bit of a lightening round to hit a whole bunch of different shows including Chase, Hawaii Five-O, Blue Bloods, Mike and Molly, No Ordinary Family, The Defenders, The Whole Truth, The Event, Nikita,  Sons of Anarchy, Shit My Dad Says and The Walking Dead.

At this year’s New York Comic Con, I got the chance to check out two great panels for a pair of TV shows, Nikita and V.

The Nikita panel included stars Maggie Q, Shane West and Lyndsy Fonseca along with executive producer Craig Silverstein who all had lots to share about working on season one and what was coming up for the rest of this season. They talked about being very conscious to not directly rehash story lines from the original series (La Femme Nikita) but to instead take the show in a different direction. The cast had gone through an intense boot camp prior to filming to not only for the physical conditioning but also to get into the mindset of trainees like Lyndsy Fonseca’s character from the show (Alex). They showed some clips for some upcoming episodes and indicated that the show would gradually move away from the mission-of-the-week style and more towards a serialized story. There will be more flashbacks to come to fill in the blanks of what has happened to the characters in the years prior including how Alex’s parents were killed. The guests seemed really happy to be there and Maggie Q, whose known for her intense action roles, was especially funny and charismatic.

Three of the ladies of V were also in attendance, Morena Baccarin, Laura Vandervoort and Jane Badler along with Executive Producer Steve Pearlman to discuss the upcoming second season. Fans may remember Badler as Diana from the original 1983 series who returns in the current version  as, uh well, Diana. They revealed the name of the character was chosen as a tribute to the original Diana before Jane had even auditioned for the role. Diana is Anna’s mother and the upcoming season will focus on the power struggle between these two queens while a third queen in waiting, Vandervoot, is also gaining power and a following of her own. This year we’re going to learn more about the biology of the aliens and their lizard-like features. They also discussed how this year the resistance would be growing so that it’s more than a hand-full of people since that doesn’t make for much of a resistance. Some clips were shown from the upcoming season revealing that Diana is being held prisoner by Anna and hidden away from the rest of the alien population. And not to spoil anything but my guess is she’s eventually going to be free and start stirring things up. The clips that I saw seemed to ramp up the intensity from last season and take things in some new directions. Unfortunately the second season has been pushed back until January 2011 and currently is only scheduled to run 10 episodes instead of 13.

Special thanks to TheTelevixen and Sheryl DaSilva for the photos.