Todd is back from Sweden and he brought Troy Goodfellow with him. Together they tell us all about Paradox Days and the bevy of games shown there. Revel in tales of Crusader Kings 2, Napoleon's Campaigns 2, A Game of Dwarves, War of the Roses and Warlock. Then, Bill and Danielle yell at each other about how big the games industry is before Brandon makes a valiant effort to get people to buy Quarrel.

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Todd is off gallivanting in Sweden but Tom Chick stops by to talk about his recent decision to review games exclusively for Quarter To Three and how that ties in to the current changes in games journalism. After that we talk some Kingdoms of Amalur, the Saints Row 3 DLC, Scary Girl, the Mage Knight board game and why the Eastern Front is just not fun.

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With all of us, well all but Danielle, in the thrall of Ascension, we take some time to talk about the digital board gaming revolution currently taking place on the iPad. What games work, what don't, and what would happen if Todd suggested to Bill's gaming group that they play Ticket to Ride. Here's a hint, it ain't pretty. Then Danielle talks about the joys of downloadable games on the 3DS and we talk a little about the Fiona uber-table from CES.

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It's a brand new year and a brand new format for Jumping the Shark! Bill, Danielle, Todd and Brandon get together to talk about their most anticipated games of 2012, a little Skyrim, a little Dance Central 2, some Star Wars: The Old Republic and why Tom Chick is not the right person to challenge to a game of Ascension.

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It's been a long tough week of vacationing for the Jumping the Shark crew, with Brandon and Danielle each taking a well-earned week off, but Todd, Bill, and Tom Chick hold down the fort just in time to ring in the new year. This week, Bill feels the age in the bones of Assassin's Creed: Revelations and wonders just why Ezio doesn't seem to as well. Tom tells us why All Zombies Must Die and shares with us the single strangest reason we've ever heard for having given the Gears of War season pass a tryout. And Todd sinks deeper and deeper into the galactic politics of Star Wars: The Old Republic. Start 2012 off right, with Episode 104 of Jumping the Shark.