Dean and Nooch interview Matt Dahlgren from Eidos about the new Tomb Raider Anniversary game, a graphically enhanced remake of the original Tomb Raider game that established the Lara Croft franchise a decade ago.

Movie Critic Bruce Newman recommends movies with multimedia entertainment critic Marian Liu. His top ones include: “Stardust,” “The Simpsons Movie” and “Hairspray.”

Mike Antonucci and Dean Takahashi talk about the latest news in the gaming industry, including the falling state of Sony and the PS3 and the booming sales of the wii and Nintendo systems. Dean also shares details about the Halo 3 beta — including a release date.

“American Idol is down to two contestants. Will it be the very sweet Jordin Sparks or beat-boxer Blake Lewis? Mercury News news reporter Sandra Gonzales, Contra Costa Times TV critic Chuck Barney and ANG TV critic Susan Young give their take. They discuss Melinda Doolittle leaving the show, the judges, the fans, and give their own predictions for the winner. Mercury News music writer Marian Liu moderates.

And while it may sound like we’re in the same room - by the power of technology - here are four different reporters at four different computers across an ordinarily long commute.”

We’ve gone video. Yes, Inside Silicon Valley is now available in full color with moving pictures and everything. Find it here. For this show, we visited Brickhouse, the new idea incubator that Yahoo recently opened in the trendy South Park neighborhood of San Francisco. Yahoo is hoping that this new campus will evoke a start-up vibe and spur innovation within the company. Yahoo executive Bradley Horowitz explains how it will work.

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“Pan’s Labyrinth” is the subject of Bruce Newman’s discussion this week.

After reading that hyphy may be waning, hyphy fans give their opinion on what is going on. To voice your thoughts, please call (408) 920-5928. More of these podcasts with readers and fans are planned.

Mistah F.A.B. explains his name and his music.

Rapper A.E. from Oakland group The A’z talks about how radio politics hurt hyphy. To learn more, keep checking back on this ongoing story about Bay Area hip-hop.

Hip-hop journalists - the Bishop of Hip-hop, Ariel of Distortion 2 Static and Davey D - explain what happened with hyphy