It’s a big video gaming week, and we talk about some exciting new game news, as well as about the games we’ve been playing. We also talk about our problems with Terra Nova and what we like about Revenge.

The game that established first person shooters’ place on gaming consoles is featured in today’s set of games on our countdown of the 100 Greatest Video Games of All Time!

Nintendo makes two appearances in today’s set of five games in our countdown of the 100 Greatest Video Games of All Time.

After a very slim period with few new releases of big-name games, at least one triple-A title is hitting this week. Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction headlines a week that also includes the expansion of some previous DLC for an older game.

This week Celeste and I talk about the new Star Trek movie, we give our TV pick of the week (hint: it’s Fringe), and we discuss the latest comics and video games we’ve checked out.

On this week’s podcast, Celeste and I talk about everything from the new season of 24 to the casting of the Eleventh Doctor to crazy Pokemon fans.

For the past couple of days, John has been revisiting the most memorable events and releases in his fandoms over the past year. Today he wraps it up with his two biggest releases in gaming for 2008.

In the first installment of this new feature, John outlines how he’d make one of his dream movies, Grand Theft Auto 3.

With all the hoopla about violence and adult content in video games, and with new Jack Thompsons popping up every week to decry the fall of society at the hands of the Rockstar Games of the world, one would think stores are handing out “murder trainers” willy nilly nowadays.

A savvy forum member named Basa has unearthed an interesting nugget on Rockstar Games’ Social Club website, the community site that allows GTA4 players to track stats about the game.