The latest Co-Opticast is baked, piping hot, and ready to eat with warm gooey cheese. The latest episode features Mike and Nick examining the bigger stories in cooperative gaming over the past two weeks including Uncharted 2's surprise co-op announcement.

Mike gets down and dirty with Earth Defense Force 2017, and the crew examines Innovations in Co-Op Gaming.

All of that is packaged in a ready to deliver 45 minute episode.

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WooT Fairytale Fights! Also, you're on.

(I think the nostalgia for others has a lot to do with why I didn't digg much of D2.)

"Yeah...I have a 30-inch TV, and everybody comes over an' comments on how small it is...and I get really angry at them."

That sounded so uncharacteristically feeble, I laughed out loud in my truck.

Great cast guys. Keep up the good work!

As far as innovations in co-op, I would dare to say social features like Friend's List and party chat.

They were necessary elements that at least at the beginning of the console online service were geared towards MP games. As there wasn't any (or hardly any) online co-op games on the consoles last generation.

These may have existed before in some way, but only until they were executed for consoles did devs really take advantage of the co-op capabilities platforms offer.