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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 The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess-28 parts-14 hours Gears of War-12 parts-6 hours Kingdom Hearts II-52 parts-26 hours 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 Mass Effect-13 parts-13 hours Call of Duty 4-6 parts-6 hours Super Smash Bros. Brawl-6 parts-6 hours Grand Theft Auto IV-12 parts-12 hours Metal Gear Solid 4-16 parts-17 hours Fallout 3-12 parts-12 hours
 * This is a start to finish marathon
 * This marathon originally only had 24 parts released to the public, but the final 4 "Lost Parts" were released later
 * This marathon was shortened after the game disc began to have problems
 * This was a start to finish marathon
 * This is a start to finish marathon
 * This is a start to finish marathon
 * 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

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