Silent Hill series
This has been on the agenda since before day one and we have discussed it many times. Personally I would be happy to just play the original trilogy and ignore The Room (which wasn't a true SH game but a rebranding), Homecoming and Downpour but as you can see, some of the others feel we should do all (bar handheld spinoffs possibly) or nothing. As Tony said, given that we've just done a lengthy series on a Konami franchise we'll at least leave a decent gap until we give them our love again, even though they are possibly my favourite game creator of all.
de Blob
I've played both, completed the second. I put this on the list at some point but there was very little interest from the team.
Yakuza
Either a series or a special on Yakuza has been mooted several times and the franchise remains firmly on the list.
Disgaea
Absolute nightmare! With four main games in a series each demanding hundreds of hours from the player this would be quite a challenge. I'm a fan of the genre for sure but this may prove impractical. I'd love to do a Vandal Hearts show, or possibly even FF Tactics and sequels but again, practicality is an issue.
Gregory Horror Show
I put this on the original list but there wasn't much uptake from the crew. A fascintaing game that would be interesting to discuss for sure.
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
Once again, I'd want to do the trilogy. Lengthy games but possible - part of my personal backlog.
Osu! Tatake! Ouendan
We've just done some quirky Japanese rhythm games but we have some Ouendan fans on the team so this could happen at some point. It is, or has been, on the list.
...have always found the more interesting shows the one where the title may be more of an unknown quantity, or slightly less mainstream.
I tend to agree, but we don't want to become all about the niche. We treat each game on its own merits and we all enjoy playing mainstream stuff as much as we do the more esoteric titles. C&R is all about the love of games regardless of their development or advertising budgets. Also, we do have to consider that we want to attract listeners. The Metal Gear Solid 3 show has been downloaded three or four times for every one download of the LostWinds episode for example.