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H.P.A.W.
Presentation
Hosted by	Mempf Kaisuke Biske Teclis
Genre	Video Gaming
Updates	Bi-Monthly
Length	1 hour
Production
Video format	HD 720p/Ipod SD
Publication
Original release	June 14th 2006

H.P.A.W. is a video game podcast created by Mempf, and hosted by the H.P.A.W. team, which currently consists of Mempf, NW Striker, WorldGone Awry, and Teclis. Currently, the team is based in Canada. Each episode features one or more video games from many different consoles that the team peruses, always accompanied by visual feedback of the game in action, as well as the H.P.A.W. team's commentery in the background as the game is being played.

Cast

All of the cast members refer to each other by their aliases during the show. Currently, the permanent cast members include Mempf, NW Striker, WorldGone Awry and Teclis. The show was originally created by Mempf, NW Striker, and WorldGone Awry(at that time he was called MsgtBush); Teclis was added as a permanent cast member later, though he had appeared on the show before. Many H.P.A.W. episodes include appearences by guests, also going by aliases. Guests on the show include Dante the Jedi, Kaisuke, Biske, Leto, Slayer, Black Light, BlueD, JokeRRR, Nick, FSR Ghost, Mmac, thewest17, Dark Elf, Remy(Ar4wy), Default, and Riot Russ

History

The H.P.A.W. team's first episode appeared on June 14th, 2006, and was about The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. At that time, they were hosted by Gamespot. Eventually, the videos switched from GameSpot to Google Video, and finally to YouTube. H.P.A.W. also got it's own website on October 20th, 2006, and from then on all of their videos appeared on their website in downloadable form as well as on their video hosts. Teclis joined the permanent cast on August 9th, 2006 for the Chromehounds episode. H.P.A.W. has been updated relatively frequently since than, with new episodes every week or every other week.

List of Episodes

2006
June 14th, 2006: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
June 21st, 2006: Fight Night Round 3
June 28th, 2006: Metroid Prime Hunters
July 5th, 2006: Super Smash Bros. Melee
July 12th, 2006: Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
July 26th, 2006: Battlefield 2
August 1st, 2006: Fable (video game)
August 9th, 2006: Chromehounds
August 16th, 2006: Dead Rising
August 23rd, 2006: Soul Calibur III
August 30th, 2006: Just Cause (video game), Halo: Combat Evolved
September 6th, 2006: Forza Motorsport
September 13th, 2006: Lego Star Wars II
September 27th, 2006: Star Wars Battlefront 2
October 4th, 2006: Saint's Row
October 11th, 2006: F.E.A.R. Extraction Point
October 18th, 2006: Battlefield 2142
October 25th, 2006: Splinter Cell: Double Agent multiplayer
November 1st, 2006: Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
November 8th, 2006: The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
November 15th, 2006: Mortal Kombat: Armageddon
November 22nd, 2006: Wii, Wii Sports, Rayman Raving Rabbids
November 29th, 2006: G.R.A.W.
December 6th, 2006: SSX On Tour
December 13th, 2006: Resistance: Fall Of Man
2007
January 30th, 2007: Mario Kart 64, Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz, Wario Ware: Smooth Moves
February 7th, 2007: Call of Duty 3
February 28th, 2007: Crackdown
March 14th, 2007: SSX Blur
March 28th, 2007: Battlefield 2142: Northern Strike
April 11th, 2007: Super Paper Mario
April 25th, 2007: GRAW 2
May 9th, 2007: Super Mario Bros., Bomberman '93, Star Fox 64
May 23rd, 2007: Halo 3 Beta
June 6th, 2007: Mario Party 8
June 27th, 2007: Shadowrun
July 18th, 2007: Rainbow Six: Vegas
August 1st, 2007: Mario Strikers Charged
August 15th, 2007: BioShock Demo, Metroid Prime
September 19th, 2007: Medal of Honor: Airborne
October 17th, 2007: Portal (video game)
On October 22nd, 2007, the H.P.A.W. team went to that year's E for All, during which they provided extensive video coverage of the events that were occurring, as well as some interviews and some game coverage.
November 7th, 2007: Halo 3 multiplayer
November 21st, 2007: Super Mario Galaxy
December 12th, 2007: Guitar Hero III
2008
February 2nd, 2008: Rock Band
February 20th, 2008: Skate.
March 26th, 2008: Call of Duty 4
April 9th, 2008: Super Smash Bros. Brawl
July 25th, 2008: Mario Kart Wii
August 7th, 2008: BioShock
October 16th, 2008: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
November 14th, 2008: Fallout 3 marathon final thoughts
December 3rd, 2008: Dead Space

Marathons

Every now and then, the H.P.A.W. team does a marathon, in which they take a recently released game and play that game for a certain number of hours at once. During these marathons, the cast members tend to cycle in and out, due to the strain of playing one video game for so many hours.

List of Marathons

Splinter Cell: Double Agent-12 parts-6 hours

• This is a start to finish marathon

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess-28 parts-14 hours

• This marathon originally only had 24 parts released to the public, but the final 4 "Lost Parts" were released later

Gears of War-12 parts-6 hours

• This marathon was shortened after the game disc began to have problems

Kingdom Hearts II-52 parts-26 hours

• This was a start to finish marathon

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion-10 parts-10.5 hours
The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles-12 parts-12 hours
Resident Evil 4-12 parts-12 hours
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption-13 parts-12.5 hours
Halo 3-6 parts-6 hours

• This is a start to finish marathon

Mass Effect-13 parts-13 hours
Call of Duty 4-6 parts-6 hours

• This is a start to finish marathon

Super Smash Bros. Brawl-6 parts-6 hours
Grand Theft Auto IV-12 parts-12 hours
Metal Gear Solid 4-16 parts-17 hours

• This is a start to finish marathon, as such, the final part had to be expanded to 2 hours to accommodate the game's ending

Fallout 3-12 parts-12 hours

H.P.A.W. UK

On April 25th, 2007, Dante the Jedi (a British friend of the H.P.A.W. team) created a spin-off of H.P.A.W. called H.P.A.W. UK. The format for the episodes is basically the same, with each episode centering on a specific game. Dante the Jedi hosts H.P.A.W. UK with his co-host Col. Keyroy. The H.P.A.W. UK episodes:
April 25th, 2007: Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
June 20th, 2007: Half-Life 2:Episode One
January 30th, 2008: Team Fortress 2

Unofficial H.P.A.W.

Several times Mempf will host an "Unofficial" H.P.A.W. episode, usually with him and one other person playing a game of choice.
List of Unofficial H.P.A.W. episodes:
December 20th, 2006: Wii, Virtual Console, Halo 3 Documentary
December 29th, 2006: Bomberman '93, Gears of War, Trauma Center: Second Opinion
January 2nd, 2007: Gears of War
January 17th, 2007: Wario Ware: Smooth Moves
April 1st, 2007: Supreme Commander
There was also an unofficial marathon:
Metroid Prime-11 parts-11 hours