Ara is unable to reconcile Microsoft's decision to raise the price of XBOX Live Gold membership and has a similarly difficult time understanding the decision behind their new-fangled XBOX 360 controller, as do Molly and Alon. Also, the team takes a stab at a listener email and explains why you should feel good about buying games after price drops.

In this episode, you'll learn why GameStop has no choice but to sell downloadable content in its traditional retail environment, why Alon is furious with a long-time listener of the show, and why achievements may be destroying your very desire to play games.

Ara's new game is finally revealed! We're very excited... it's like having a new baby in the family. GameCrush girl and Golgotron staffer, Molly, joins the cast and defends her undying love of the Sony PlayStation 3 while philandering with an XBOX 360.

Ara finally got around to playing Castlevania: Harmony of Despair. While he's not terribly critical of the game itself, he manages to be upset specifically with the demo. Another XBOX Live Arcade game getting a lot of attention these days is Limbo, and we give it just about as much attention as it deserves. Ara takes a surprising stance toward Mike Newell's claim that games can't convey human emotion. Alon conveys emotion when he learns about Carrianne Howard, the stripper who'd prefer to be making games.

In this exciting episode we have the glorious return of Alon! He details his exploits into Castlevania: Harmony of Despair. We also welcome to the scene, Adam Burch, whose presentation about Shadow of the Colussus was featured at Ignite #7. Adam discusses his love for the brawler God Hand. Is CHAD good as a singleplayer game? Do all Burches like videogames? Will Alon ever reach the first place? All these questions and more are answered in Chatterbox 340!