TalkRadar 119 - Reaching to the Choir

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A decade later, you can still see the ripples

Halo: Reach review
One game. Two very different reviews


Alan Wake, Psychonauts, and Sackboy go deeper


A gentleman always makes each game better than the last

What's your stupidest game-related purchase?
The dumb crap you had to have

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In the office


Above: Chris after dentist


Above: New podcast room!


Above:Play Halo: Reach with ustonight! (Friday, Sep 17)


Above: Tyler took over hosting this week, and Brett snapped a picture of his "airtraffic controller" set up


Above: The Inception trailer music really does go with everything

In the community


Above: Holy crap, Richtaur... holy crap


Above:batman5273pretty much does our job for us


Above: Who knew Charlie could be such a douche?! batman5273 reveals the truth

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