Good news, 2P START! faithful, one of you has won a Wii! That's right, the Ready 2 Rumble Revolution contest winner will NOT receive the minimum prize of a 2P START! t-shirt, but instead will receive a Wii and a copy of the not-yet-released Ready 2 Rumble Revolution game! It turns out, 2P START! was the 5th most influential site participating in the giveaway, barely making the cut for the prize. So who wins? You'll have to listen to the podcast on Monday to find out as we will be drawing the name of the winner DURING the podcast recording live broadcast! So if you entered, just know that you have a 1 in 32 chance of winning, good luck!

Yay, a contest! A chance to win something! So how does it work? Well, we need to gauge how 'influential' 2P START! is in the gaming universe. You can help us figure that out by clicking on the boxing glove above to find out more about Ready 2 Rumble Revolution, the new boxing game coming out next month for the Wii. Then, leave a comment below telling us how you think it'll stack up to past boxing experiences on the Wii (Wii Sports Boxing, Victorious Boxers: Revolution, Showtime Championship Boxing, FaceBreaker K.O. Party) OR other boxing games around the corner (namely: Punch-Out!!). So what's the prize? Can't tell you yet because it depends on how influential 2P START! is. The more unique clicks that little boxing gloves gets, the better the prize. At a minimum we'll pick one lucky commenter at random to get a 2P START! t-shirt of their choice.

Note: Unique clicks means, once per computer/IP address, so don't waste your time clicking again and again.

In this episode, Tim and Ray discuss the many recent and future updates to 2P START! from the new review section to Hyper Fire to a potential site redesign. Also in store, an extended comic talk discussing the new Pixel Vision Adventures, and more!

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Apparently Ray made this game some time in college called Hyper Fire (actually it had no name, so he named it the other day). We had a good time playing it, seeing how high we could get our scores, so we thought we'd share it with you guys too. For a simple game made by a guy who knows essentially no programming, it's got a few nice touches like the music and the death animation. There's a potentially frustrating, but hilarious bug in there. Can you figure out what it is? Just refresh your page if it's too much of a problem.

Feel free to post some high scores in the comment section and let us know what you think of the game!

If you just CAN'T get enough of the 2P START! Live! podcast and gotta catch 'em all listen to 'em all, then check out The Lame Show this week as Tim makes a guest appearance to talk about the video game sales of 2008. Plus, another familiar voice makes a short, but surprising visit!

After months of laziness, we've finally tackled the Review page in the Extras section and I think the result is great! Newer reviews are split between console and iPhone, while Ray's older reviews are still viewable through a link at the bottom of the page. Check it out and let us know what you think!

Mom of the Year Award goes to my mom for making my dream a reality. A POW Block bar stool now welcomes guests to sit and play the Mario Bros. reproduction arcade cabinet. I found a couple old bar stools at a garage sale for $1. They were a bit rickety and had round seats, but my handy dad made a square seat and strengthened the stool with deep screws and some glue. My crafty mom took the pixel art POW Block I provided and got the black, white, blue, and light blue fabric needed and cut out the areas to pixel-perfection. After applying the pattern to the black fabric, she made a cushioned seat and wrapped it in plastic material so the POW would never come undone or get dirty. The best part is, sitting on the POW Block doesn't even use it up!

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Tim and Ray discuss the state of mature titles on the Wii along with other segments including Musical Misfits, Black Doom Award, a special Remix, and... Internal Server Error?

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As part of our ongoing roll-out of new content, we've added a "Ray's Music" section to the Extras section of the site. This includes the free Pixel Vision album, and a couple songs to demo from his most recent album, Jessica and the Silver Eclipse. Check it out!

Remember all that content we promised you for 2009? Well, let's start off with a wallpaper of the Lost in Translation comic in a variety of resolutions! Ray was really on top of things as he ensured the comic was exported at a high enough resolution to make wallpapers (good thinking Ray!). So enjoy!