DF Retro Super Show #006: 2006 - Revisiting An Amazing Year For Gaming - Oblivion, Zelda, Gears+More @DigitalFoundry

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It's 20 years on from 2006 - an absolutely pivotal year in gaming as the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 heralded the arrival of a new console generation with some amazing visuals, where Nintendo Wii arrived to disrupt the HD gaming narrative and where the PS2, Xbox and GameCube continued to deliver some remarkable titles. In a gigantic new episode of the DF Retro Super Show, John is joined by Coury and Marc to go through a mammoth amount of incredible games across a diversity of systems.

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00:00 - Introduction
01:41 - What have we been playing?
16:35 - Main Topic: 2006 in Video Games
23:52 - Quarter 1, 2006
1:08:50 - Quarter 2, 2006
1:42:49 - Quarter 3, 2006
2:04:29 - Quarter 4, 2006

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