Episode 28 is all sorts of topsy-turvy as the Jumping the Shark crew does everything in reverse. First co-hosts Danielle Riendeau and Brandon Cackowski-Schnell along with Producer Todd Brakke and GameShark.com E-i-C Bill Abner sit down and chat with Jon-Paul Dyson, Director of the International Center for the History of Electronic Games and Vice President for Exhibit Research and Development for the Strong National Museum of Play. We talk about the museum's work in cataloguing the history of electronic games as well as the challenges of such an enormous task. Then we talk about what we've been playing and Bill brings the weight of his righteous fury upon NCAA 2011's Dynasty mode and the reviews that overlooked its most critical flaws.

For more information about the International Center for the History of Electronic Games and the Strong National Museum of Play, please check out the following links and remember that the museum is always looking for interesting donations for the video game collection.

International Center for the History of Electronic Games - http://www.icheg.org/

Strong National Museum of Play - http://www.museumofplay.org

American Journal of Play - http://www.americanjournalofplay.org/

To inquire about donating games, platforms, or other materials, please contact: 

Jon-Paul C. Dyson Director, International Center for the History of Electronic Games jpdyson@museumofplay.org +1 585-410-6341

or

Eric Wheeler Curator, International Center for the History of Electronic Games ewheeler@museumofplay.org  +1 585-410-6398

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Do game companies take the easy road for sequels?  That's the stirring topic of choice for episode 27 of Jumping the Shark.  Co-hosts Brandon Cackowski-Schnell and Danielle Riendeau along with Producer Todd Brakke and GameShark.com E-i-C Bill Abner talk about what they've been playing and the oversimplification of games in the name of accessibility.

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It's episode 26 and to celebrate we're flying without a topic, unless you count railing against Lebron James a topic.  Cohosts Danielle Riendeau and Brandon Cackowski-Schnell along with Producer Todd Brakke and GameShark.com E-i-C Bill Abner talk about all sorts of what they're playing including Crackdown 2, Puzzle Quest 2 and some board game involving danishes, or maybe it was the Danes.

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Producer Todd is AWOL but joining us is Fidgit blogger, Quarter to Three proprietor and games writer extraordinaire Tom Chick. Woo-hoo!  Co-hosts Brandon Cackowski-Schnell and Danielle Riendeau along with GameShark.com E-i-C Bill Abner and Tom talk about Crackdown 2, Transformers: War for Cybertron and how leveling is killing games.

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