Major Nelson bravely faced a flood of Kotaku readers and what seemed to be recently banned Xbox Live gamers, all demanding answers and the occasional opinion. Listen in, in digitally tape delayed MP3 format, by downloading the final episode of Kotaku Talk Radio for 2009.

Keep an ear drum peeled for our future episodes, which will soon transition to CBS Radio in early 2010.

Host: Michael McWhertor
Guest: Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb

Download The Show Through These Means:
Chatting with Xbox Live's Major Nelson [Blog Talk Radio]
Chatting with Xbox Live's Major Nelson [iTunes]

Want to know about Gamertag issues, top DLC or Arcade titles? Pester about the future of Xbox Live or possible CES news? Now's the time to call in with your good questions!

To listen, head over to our BlogTalkRadio page. Unfortunately, you can only listen live on the BlogTalkRadio website.

Want to be heard on Kotaku Talk Radio? Call us on the air LIVE at (347) 857-3782 or use Skype to dial in!

Listen to the show here.

Major Nelson will talk about anything Live-related that you can dream of. Such as: Why is there no Xbox Live Platinum membership? (I'm sure you can do better!)

He follows the Kotaku Talk Radio guest-appearance trail-blazing of Amy Hennig, Ken Levine, Tim Schafer, Cliff Bleszinski, Jeremiah Slaczka, and Randy Pitchford. And that was just 2009.

On Wednesday at 11am Kotaku Time (that's 1pm ET, 10am PT), you will be able to call in and ask Major Nelson anything you want.

Look for a reminder post about the podcast at 10:55 AM mountain time (12:55 ET) on Wednesday. The post will include call-in info so you can ask your questions. The show will be live at 11am MT, 1pm ET. I'll expect to hear you calling our switchboard then.

In today's episode, our podcast steering host Stephen Totilo and Jeremiah Slaczka, one of the creators behind Nintendo DS games Scribblenauts and Drawn To Life, talk about all manner of things, from Stephen's desire to return to the lush world of James Cameron's Avatar, to how that decade in the making blockbuster relates to Slaczka's own work; from control concerns in Scribblenauts to theories about how a Wii or Project Natal version may work; from Totilo's continued fascination with a Disney-Marvel game titled Spider-Man Saves Disneyland to a pitch for LEGO Scribblenauts.

You can even learn how to pronounce Slaczka! Impress your friends with your deep well of knowledge by downloading today's Kotaku Talk Radio from the links provided below.

Host: Stephen Totilo
Guest: Jeremiah Slaczka

Download The Show Through These Means:
Chatting With Scribblenauts' Jeremiah Slaczka [Blog Talk Radio]
Chatting With Scribblenauts' Jeremiah Slaczka [iTunes]

Ask good questions!

To listen, head over to our BlogTalkRadio page. Unfortunately, you can only listen live on the BlogTalkRadio website.

Want to be heard on Kotaku Talk Radio? Call us on the air LIVE at (347) 857-3782 or use Skype to dial in!

Listen to the show here.

Mr. Slaczka will help us ring in the holidays with discussion on 5th Cell's line of creative and innovative Nintendo DS titles, from the wordy Scribblenauts to the tower defense flavored Lock's Quest. 5th Cell's pedigree extends to mobile phone games like Full Spectrum Warrior: Mobile as well, so I'm sure he wouldn't mind bringing that up as well.

Slaczka is the latest in a distinguished line of Kotaku Talk Radio guests, including Randy Pitchford, Amy Hennig, Ken Levine, Tim Schafer, and Clifford the big red Bleszinski.

Tune in Wednesday at 11am Kotaku Time (that's 1pm ET, 10am PT) to call in and ask Jeremiah anything you want about 5th Cell, his games, and what's coming next from this innovative developer.

Look for a reminder post about the podcast at 10:55 AM mountain time (12:55 ET) on Wednesday. The post will include call-in info so you can ask your questions. The show will be live at 11am MT, 1pm ET. We'll expect to hear you calling our switchboard then.

Catch Pitchford on all that, plus his take on the game industry's crediting practices and the two design imperatives behind Borderlands' Lilith character on today's show. Oh, and Owen Good has another good rant that we bring Randy back on the show to address.

If you're pressed for time, check out the last 15 minutes. I think they're the best, though it's all good.

Host: Stephen Totilo
Guest: Randy Pitchford

Download The Show Through These Means:
Chatting With Borderlands' Randy Pitchford [Blog Talk Radio]
Chatting With Borderlands' Randy Pitchford [iTunes]

Ask good questions!

To listen, head over to our BlogTalkRadio page. Unfortunately, you can only listen live on the BlogTalkRadio website.

Want to be heard on Kotaku Talk Radio? Call us on the air LIVE at (347) 857-3782 or use Skype to dial in!

Listen to the show here.

Mr. Pitchford will be on hand to discuss anything and everything Pitchford and Gearbox related, from Borderlands to Brothers in Arms; that one Half-Life game they did to that other Half-Life game they did. Did you know he was once a professional magician in Hollywood? Well now you do, and you can ask him about that. If we're lucky, he'll be so caught off-guard he'll fall over, because "Randy Pitchford Pitches Forward" would be an amazing headline.

Pitchford joins Amy Hennig, Ken Levine, Tim Schafer, Cliff Bleszinski, and Michael McWhertor as the latest in our all-star and McWhertor cast of Kotaku Talk Radio guests, all of which are merely placeholders as we prepare the ultimate all-Fahey edition that will only be airing in my head.

Join us at 11am Kotaku Time (that's 1pm ET, 10am PT) tomorrow, when you will be able to call in grill Randy about anything your little heart desires - his games; his career; his favorite food - you name it.

Look for a reminder post about the podcast at 10:55 AM mountain time (12:55 ET) on Wednesday. The post will include call-in info so you can ask your questions. The show will be live at 11am MT, 1pm ET, which would be an excellent time to call in.

Pitchford will be talking about, well... just about anything you ask him, I figure. He can speak to Borderlands, Brothers in Arms, Samba De Amigo, his ridiculous collection of arcade machines, his absurd gamerscore, likely dance around questions involving his company's Aliens game and who knows what else. Call in and make it happen!

Pitchford follows the Kotaku Talk Radio guest-appearance trail-blazing of Amy Hennig, Ken Levine, Tim Schafer, Cliff Bleszinski, and, oh yes, Michael McWhertor. Soon we'll have to list who HASN'T done this show.

On Wednesday at 11am Kotaku Time (that's 1pm ET, 10am PT), you will be able to call in and ask Pitchford anything you want about his work, his games and who knows what else.

Look for a reminder post about the podcast at 10:55 AM mountain time (12:55 ET) on Wednesday. The post will include call-in info so you can ask your questions. The show will be live at 11am MT, 1pm ET. I'll expect to hear you calling our switchboard then.

Blog Talk Radio link now works. Sorry about that fokls!

Past the opening banter, listeners are in for an hour of Hennig talking about the the development of Uncharted 2, work on her past games and even the limited influence of sports development on the kind of games she makes. The best call is the last one, so be sure to catch it.

And, as always, you can catch another great rant from Owen Good. In this week's Something Negative, he put Take-Two Interactive in his sights.

Host: Stephen Totilo
Guest: Amy Hennig
Music: Chiptune Holiday (more info here)

Music: Brentalfloss

Download The Show Through These Means:
Chatting With Uncharted's Amy Hennig [Blog Talk Radio]
Chatting With Uncharted's Amy Hennig [iTunes]

Only if you have a decent question, of course.

To listen, head over to our BlogTalkRadio page. Unfortunately, you can only listen live on the BlogTalkRadio website.

Want to be heard on Kotaku Talk Radio? Call us on the air LIVE at (347) 857-3782 or use Skype to dial in!

Listen to the show here.

Chat About It.com is heard on the CBS Radio Digital Network. The show will also be heard live on AOL radio, YAHOO launchcast and of course Kotaku.com. The entire show will be available for download from iTunes.

If you can't be near a computer to hear the show you can catch the show live on your mobile device.

The recently inked deal allows Kotaku to maintain total control of it's podcast format, with myself and Stephen Totilo continuing to take live calls via a new toll free number, while giving it the full support of a professional broadcast studio, engineers and support personnel. It also means that Kotaku could soon be coming to you live on local radio stations.

We're extremely excited about this latest iteration of Kotaku's podcast, launched earlier this year. With more than 1 billion pageviews since its launch, reviews, news and features rolling out 24-hours a day and an internationally syndicated print column, Kotaku keeps on truckin'.

The podcast will be changing over to its new home in January. Until then, keep listening and keep calling.

Hennig joins Ken Levine, Tim Schafer and Bleszinski in Kotaku Talk Radio's short podcasting life.

On Wednesday at 11am Kotaku Time (that's 1pm ET, 10am PT), you will be able to call in and ask Hennig anything you want about Uncharted 2, Uncharted 1, sequels, how to make cut-scenes people want to watch, games of the year and who knows what else.

Look for a reminder post about the podcast at 10:55 AM mountain time (12:55 ET) on Wednesday. The post will include call-in info so you can ask your questions. The show will be live at 11am MT, 1pm ET. I'll expect to hear you calling our switchboard then.

Bonus points if you call and DON'T ask about anything called Uncharted 3.

Actually, I got him talking about the porn in landfills part.

But you did good too!

If ever there was a must-listen episode — one with a charming three goof-ups on my part — this is it!

Host: Stephen Totilo
Guest: Cliff Bleszinski

Music: Brentalfloss

Download The Show Through These Means:
Chatting With Gears of War's Cliff Bleszinski [Blog Talk Radio]
Chatting With Gears of War's Cliff Bleszinski [iTunes]

Give us a ring! Ask away.

To listen, head over to our BlogTalkRadio page. Unfortunately, you can only listen live on the BlogTalkRadio website.

Want to be heard on Kotaku Talk Radio? Call us on the air LIVE at (347) 857-3782 or use Skype to dial in!

Listen to the show here.

The chief architect of the Gears of War series and a fun guy to chat games with, Cliff will follow in the Kotaku podcast guest-appearance tradition of Ken Levine, Tim Schafer and ... Michael McWhertor (a lucky "get," as they say).

This is your chance to ask Bleszinski about Gears of War, Unreal, his favorite color, Epic Games, Mark Rein, Shadow Complex and whatever else. Don't expect a Gears 3 announcement, but, hey, maybe he'll be in a generous mood!

Look for a reminder post about the podcast at 10:55 AM mountain time (12:55 ET) tomorrow. The post will include call-in info so you can ask your questions. The show will be live at 11am MT, 1pm ET. That's Wednesday. Tomorrow.

If this goes well, maybe we can get Crecente to fill in at Bleszinski's job for a day.

Most of the calls are in the latter half. And, this time, we went into overtime!

Hosts: Brian Crecente and Stephen Totilo

Music: Julie Hally (Chiptune band with a Japanese idol singer, also performing at Dreamhack this weekend in Sweden

Gaming Thanks [Blog Talk Radio]
Gaming Thanks [iTunes]