Before Garnett and Brian head to Texas for QuakeCon, they sit down with Jeff to record this week's show. It's a broad swath of gaming in Whatcha' Been Playin? ranging from more Madden and Starcraft 2 to Arc Rise Fantasia and even Minecraft. Your thoughts from our conversation last week about the viability of female characters leads the Warning before the subject turns to the line between fun, engaging game design and frustrating compulsion to beat a game. And in the front page there's news of new Borderlands DLC and the celebrity voice cast in Fallout New Vegas. Due to travel we recorded early this week but we'll have Jeff's reaction to Bioshock Infinite and look at July's sales figures next week.

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With the summer release window of Imageepoch's Wii-exclusive RPG Arc Rise Fantasia approaching, publisher Ignition has opened the flood gates and released several new videos of the game, including one that you'll only find here on Shacknews.

First up is that exclusive footage, which offers a glimpse of the game's battle system along with its various choices and quips: