On this week’s podcast we get our hands on Batman: Arkham City and follow up on some of this year’s new Fall TV shows. We even take some time to discuss the newly released Grand Theft Auto V trailer.

Batman: Arkham City (01:24 – 26:26)

Arkham City is the highly anticipated follow up to 2009′s Arkham Asylum. A section of Arkham City has been closed off to house Gotham’s prisoners including such colorful characters as Joker, the Penguin and the Riddler. Bruce Wayne is arrested and dropped inside and tries to learn more about this new prison being overseen by Hugo Strange.

We also take some time at the end of this segment to give our thought on the new announcement of Grand Theft Auto V. Here’s the trailer if you haven’t seen it yet.

More new Fall TV (26:46 – 68:03)

We had taken a look at a number of new fall shows a few weeks ago and we wanted to come back and see what shows we had stuck with and what other new shows we’ve started watching. We take a look at a number of shows including The Walking Dead Season 2, Ringer, Grimm, Once Upon a Time, American Horror Story and Wilfred.

On this week’s podcast we sit down at the campfire to discuss a pair of new downloadable games on the Xbox Live arcade, Crimson Alliance and Crazy Machines Elements and the comic Locke & Key – Keys to the Kingdom.

Crimson Alliance (00:54 – 23:27)

Crimson Alliance is a free downloadable game on the Xbox Live Arcade that charges for class upgrades for your characters; 800 MS points for one character or 1200 points for all three. We take a look at not only the game itself but their model for distributing the game and the trend of micro transactions in games.

Crazy Machines Elements (23:59 – 33:06)

Released back in August, Crazy Machine Elements is a game that lets the player construct Rube Goldberg style devices in order to accomplish numerous tasks. The game is available for 800 MS points.

Locke and Key – Keys to the Kingdom (33:17 – 38:05)

Andrew, who has previously brought us some discussion on Locke & Key, catches us up with volume 4, Keys to the Kingdom.

On this week’s podcast we take a look at the film Super, which has just been released on DVD, as well the highly anticipated game Deus Ex: Human Revolution.

Super (02:37 – 20:47)

Written and directed by James Gunn, Super stars Rainn Wilson as a short order cook who takes on the identity of the Crimson Bolt and becomes a super hero. The film was released on DVD and Blu-Ray on August 9.

Deus Ex: Human Revolution (21:07 – 38:19)

Developed by Eidos Montreal, Human Revolution is the third game in the Deus Ex franchise. Your character, Adam, is the head of security with Sarif Industries with a number of augmentations that provide you with special abilities. We looked at the game on the Xbox 360 but it is also available for the PS3 and Windows.

On the podcast this week, we take a look at Toy Soldiers: Cold War from the Xbox Summer of Arcade series, Stan Lee’s comic series for DC Just Imagine as well as the first season of the AMC show The Killing.

Toy Soldiers: Cold War (01:00 – 17:30)

This is the final entry in this year’s Xbox Summer of Arcade series. As the follow up to last year’s Toy Soldiers, this game still has a tower defense vibe but showcases more technology and weaponry from the 1980′s. The game is exclusively available on the Xbox Live Arcade.

Stan Lee’s Just Imagine (17:47 – 40:20)

Back in 2001 Stan Lee did a series of books for DC where he re-imagined a number of popular characters from the DC Universe. Stan Lee working for DC? Madness you say? Well it happened. The series lasted for thirteen issues and focused on many DC mainstays including Superman, Batman, Green Lantern and Wonder Woman.

The Killing (40:39 – 48:44)

Based on the 2007 Danish series of the same name, The Killing is the story of two detectives trying to find the killer of young girl Rosie Larson. The AMC show wrapped up its first season back in June and has already been renewed for a second season.