Graham, Chris and Marsh discuss Starseed Pilgrim, Monaco, and the impact of Dota 2 on our collective humanity. Plus the hot questions of the day: can you make a shooter without combat? What does Marsh dance to in the morning? Is Chris secretly an a**hole?

As I say at the beginning of the recording, there were some hardware problems with my microphone setup that cause intermittent issues later in the episode. The cable in question has been punished.

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Graham – @Gonnas
Chris – @CThursten
Marsh – @marshdavies

Show notes

• A commencement speech given by author David Foster Wallce at Kenyon College, Ohio. Somehow we have decided that this is relevent to computer games where you make wizards push lanes.
• Gamasutra report on Riot’s League of Legends player behaviour experiments.
• Cassandra Khaw’s Monaco review.
• Andy Kelly’s Videogame Toilets tumblr.
• ‘The Moon’ from the Duck Tales soundtrack, the song that will play at Marsh’s funeral.
• ‘Betus Blues’ from Super Meat Boy, or what it sounds like inside Chris’ head when someone asks a question about MMOs.
• Chipzel’s Super Hexagon soundtrack and Souleye’s VVVVVV score, Graham’s preferred lullaby.
• Smooth McGroove’s acapella rendition of the Street Fighter II Guile Theme, or what it sounds like when PC Gamer UK conquer a deadline.
• A forum thread with screenshots of the PCG vs. RPS Planetside 2 scrap, including that time I got my gunship stuck upside down.
• To answer MaxUrsa’s question about wireless headphones, Dave James scores Corsair’s Vengeance 2000 set 88% in the upcoming PCG 253 Tech Supertest.
• Alteraction’s MASQ, the open-ended adventure soap opera that Graham recommends.
• A horse dressed up as a lion: apropos of nothing, I just wanted to reward you for reading all these show notes.

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We’ve waited a little while to record our discussion of Bioshock Infinite: but now that we’ve all finished it, it’s time to go to town. Flying town.

In this podcast special, Chris, Tom Francis, Marsh and Graham discuss the game in detail, from the ups and downs of the plot to the combat, characters, and ending. It goes without saying that we spoil absolutely everything. Don’t listen to this until you’ve played the game all the way through.

Find the rest of the PC Gamer UK podcast here, and subscribe on iTunes to have each new episode delivered directly into your life, as if from another dimension. Here’s a link if you’d like to download the MP3 directly, and here’s the podcast on YouTube. Don’t forget to follow PC Gamer UK on Twitter, and your Biopod Infinicasters today were:

Tom Francis – @Pentadact
Chris Thursten – @CThursten
Marsh Davies – @marshdavies
Graham Smith – @gonnas

You could also read Tom’s review of Bioshock Infinite, if you like.

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In this episode we discuss the crime games of yesteryear, the team’s adventures in Red Orchestra 2 and Chris’ first faltering steps into Defiance. Also featuring round two of our’ ongoing attempt to figure out Tomb Raider and what happens when Graham answers Twitter questions before he’s had his milk.

You can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes or download the MP3 directly. You can also listen on YouTube. To ask us questions, follow the PC Gamer Twitter account – we’ll put out a call in the morning before we record, which is usually a Monday. You can also follow us individually:

Chris – @CThursten
Tom Senior – @PCGLudo
Graham – @Gonnas
Marsh – @marshdavies

Show notes

• Graham’s Red Orchestra 2 review from a while back.
• Chris’ Tomb Raider review. Last time, we promise.
• First footage of EA’s next shooter, ‘The Adventures of Captain Gets His Leg Trapped Man’.
• Current descriptions of Thief 4′s plot describe Garrett as returning to The City, so it sounds like the new game isn’t quite a straight reboot.

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In this episode, Chris, Tom Senior and Tom Francis discuss Starforge, Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance Forever, Heart of the Swarm, Dishonored: Knife of Dunwall and more, including the concept of mass extractor veterancy, the sad sight of a vomiting whale, and your questions from Twitter.

You can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, download the MP3 directly or listen on YouTube.To ask us questions, follow the PC Gamer Twitter account – we’ll put out a call in the morning before we record, which is usually a Monday. You can also follow us individually:

Chris – @CThursten
Tom Senior – @PCGLudo
Tom Francis – @Pentadact

Show notes

• Starforge, the space-Minecraft-that-doesn’t-quite-work game that Tom Francis has been playing.
• The Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance Forever community project.
• Tom Senior’s Dishonored: Knife of Dunwall DLC preview.
• Chris’ No Trace Dishonored diary video series.
• Channel 4′s Spaced offers a glimpse at what it would look like if everyone had Daud’s point-for-a-ninja power.
• Rich’s Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm review.
• Tom Francis’ review of Bioshock Infinite.
• Tom Senior’s review of Mass Effect 3: Citadel.
• Richard Cobbet’s Crapshoot on Granny’s Garden, which terrified tiny Tom Francis.
• Homeworld 2: Complex is the Homeworld mod you’re looking for.
• Korean StarCraft pro Firebathero dances into the sea.

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Chris, Marsh and very special guest Mike Bithell, creator of the BAFTA award-winning Thomas Was Alone, discuss Sim City, Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army, Tomb Raider, the Arma 3 alpha, the morality of Kickstarter and why triangles should just go home.

Also featuring the industrial nightmare of Novathurstengrad, vague caveat-laden descriptions of Mike’s next game and an analogy that we might not simply be advanced enough as a species to successfully assemble.

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Mike – @mikebithell
Marsh – @marshdavies
Chris – @cthursten

Show notes

• Our review of Sim City.
• Our review of Tomb Raider.
• Somewhere you can buy Thomas Was Alone.
• Our Let’s Reboot series about classic games reimagined for today.
• Just because we can build something doesn’t mean we should use it in an extended metaphor.

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After a break, we’re back. Chris, Tom Senior and Marsh discuss Antichamber, DmC, The Witcher, Destiny, the inner workings of Valve and a game called Half-Life 2 that is pretty good apparently.

Also featuring an ass palace, places where one may or may not take a horse, the playground circular saw craze of the 1990s, a wonderous squirrel experience, and possibly the most inept attempt to begin a podcast since the last time we tried to begin a podcast.

We also talk about Rome II, Aliens: Colonial Marines, and the games of David Johnston.

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Marsh – @marshdavies
Chris – @cthursten

Show notes

• Our review of Antichamber.
• Smudged Cat games.
• Half-Life 2 is a good computer game! Who knew. No link here: just registering my surprise. Again.
• Our review of the petition-tastic DmC: Devil May Cry.
• Some pictures of Destiny, Bungie’s game about a magic space ball or something.
• A blurry screenshot of whatever Respawn Entertainment are doing.
• Via Eurogamer: the PS4 will not block used games.
• MAXIMUM SQUIRRELS “Nine out of ten.” – Martin ‘Marsh’ Davies
• Our Aliens: Colonial Marines review, Kotaku’s report on its troubled development, and a xenomorph with a tiny little invisible piano.
• Someone call a doctor. Chris has a case of not-really-thinking-this-through.

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This week, Chris and Toms Senior and Francis talk Teleglitch, SimCity, Crysis 3 multiplayer and more. Includes our thoughts on the troubles at Gas Powered Games, Jon Blow’s next game, and your
questions from Twitter.

You can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, or download the MP3 directly. The YouTube version will be going up early next week as I’ve, er, got a train to catch.

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Chris – @cthursten
Tom F – @pentadact
Tom S – @pcgludo

Show notes

• Gas Powered Games’ Wildman Kickstarter and Matt Barton’s interview with Chris Taylor.
• Our collected thoughts on Crysis 3 multiplayer, plus The Hidden: Source mod.
• /r/GuildWarsDyeJob, the Guild Wars 2 dress-up subreddit that Chris is weirdly excited about.
• The Dota 2 character art guide.
• The nascent Twitter feed for the Absolute Bedlam Dota 2 tournament.
• Try a round or two of Cheese or Font.

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Graham, Chris and Marsh discuss Kentucky Route Zero, Dark Souls, Deus Ex and more in the latest episode of the PC Gamer UK podcast. Also featuring Increpare’s Slave of God, NVidia Project Shield, Piston and your questions from Twitter. Marvel as we identify an entire new genre of adventure games! Sigh with relief as Chris looks like he might be starting to talk about Mass Effect again, but doesn’t! Shake your head slowly as, at a certain point, we forget entirely how to speak!

You can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, or download the MP3 directly. You can also listen to it on YouTube. Follow PC Gamer UK on Twitter to be informed when we’re putting the call out for questions. Alternatively, follow us as individuals:

Graham – @gonnas
Marsh – @marshdavies
Chris – @cthursten

Show notes

• Philippa Warr’s Kentucky Route Zero review and Cardboard Computer’s A House in California.
• Increpare’s Slave of God

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Chris, Graham and Tom Francis discuss Kerbal Space Program, Mass Effect 3, the output of Double Fine’s Amnesia Fortnight and much more, including 2012′s impact on the game industry and our predictions for 2013. We also talk about Bioshock Infinite (which Tom has played) and the experience of being chased through an office building by Hitler (which Tom has dreamed). Twitter questions also feature.

You can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes here and download the MP3 directly from here. You can also listen to it on YouTube, if you prefer.

If you’d like to ask us a question, follow @pc_gamer on Twitter – we’ll put out the call for questions the morning before we record, which is usually a Tuesday. Except when it’s an entirely different day. It’s frequently an entirely different day. You can also follow us as individuals, if you like:

Graham: @gonnas
Tom F: @pentadact
Chris: @cthursten

Show Notes:

• Kerbal Space Program, which Graham has been playing.
• Tom’s spoiler-free preview of Bioshock Infinite.

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Chris, Tom Senior and Martin discover headphones and subsequently blow their own minds. Also featuring discussion of Company of Heroes 2, Warface, and Far Cry 3 co-op – plus your questions from Twitter.

This weeks episode was recorded while a record number of podcast-contradicting news stories occurred, such as THQ’s bankruptcy and the Dota 2 Christmas switcheroo. Also, the world does not appear to have ended.

Oh well. Merry Christmas anyway, I suppose.

Show notes

• The Penny Arcade Report’s interview with Far Cry 3 writer Jeffrey Yohalem.
• Craig Lager’s preview of Company of Heroes 2.
• Nasa’s Mayan apocalypse video (via The Guardian).

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Chris, Marsh and Tom Senior discuss Darksiders 2, Little Inferno, Long Live the Queen, Super Hexagon, Far Cry 3 and much more. Features at least two rants, the Steam charts, and your questions from Twitter.

Show notes:

• Marsh’s Darksiders II review.
• Tom F’s Far Cry 3 review.
• Super Hexagon.
• Long Live the Queen (borderline NSFW, or at the very least you’ll get a funny look).
• Little Inferno.
• Jenn Frank’s Allow Natural Death.
• The #1reasonwhy and #1reasontobe hashtags.

Awful if true answers:

• Darksiders II developers Vigil have not been closed.

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Chris, Tom Senior, and Rich discuss the soon-on-PC Assassin’s Creed 3, Football Manager 2013, Planetside 2, some game called Call of Duty, and much more – including plenty of Twitter questions and the first novelty physical challenge in the podcast’s history.

You can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes here and download the MP3 directly from here.

Please excuse Chris’ periodic background coughing, by the way. He’s currently recovering from the plague but is trying to hold on to his cough because he feels that it lends him an air of tragic defiance. He is wrong. It’s just gross.

Apologies if we didn’t get around to your Twitter questions this week – we had a lot more than we had time for. Hopefully we’ll fit a few into the next episode.

Show notes

• Assassin’s Creed 3 will have fewer bugs on PC, say Ubisoft.
• Chris Schilling’s Football Manager 2013 review.

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Chris, Tom F, Marsh and special guest Eskil Steenberg discuss game design, XCOM, mechs, gangsters, and finally figure out exactly what Love is. Featuring the exclusive and completely unplanned announcement of Eskil’s next game, the world’s most questionable MechWarrior Online set-up, and the adventures of the only man in Atlanta smart enough to repeatedly kick another man in the testicles.

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Show notes

• Love, Eskil’s free indie online game-with-MMO-elements-but-not-an-MMO.
• MechWarrior Online is now in open beta. Chris and Rich recorded a hands-on last week.
• Omerta: City of Gangsters, where men are men and balls are kicked.
• Element4l, the state-switching indie platformer.

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Martin, Chris and Tom Senior discuss wibbly wizard whirlwinds, the problem with peace, returning to Guild Wars 2 and what today’s games might taste like if they were food. Also featuring the Steam charts, your questions from Twitter, and an exploration of hamster Objectivism.

We’ve noticed some comments about people not being able to see the Flash podcast player on previous episodes. This may be down to an ad blocker – if you’re running one, you may need to temporarily disable it. You can always subscribe on iTunes. And you should!

Show notes:

• Shepard’s awkward, awkward dancing.
• Adam Jensen can dance if he wants to, he can leave his friends behind.
• Star Wars: The Old Republic free to play details.
• Our Dishonored podcast special.

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We left discussion of Dishonored out of our latest podcast because only Tom F, Graham and I had finished it at the point of recording: but it’s one of the best games this year, and we’ve got a lot to say about it.

In this podcast special, we talk about our experience of the game in detail, including the plot, mechanics, missions and more. Needless to say, there are major plot spoilers throughout: do not listen to this unless you’ve finished the game.

Read Tom’s full verdict on the game in his Dishonored review. You can also check out my three alternate rulesets for the game – and vote on which you’d like to see turned into a diary series – here.

Note on the audio: A few speakers become quiet as they’re talking in this episode. This is because we have a tendency to gesticulate that sometimes takes us away from our microphones. Next time, we are going to use elastic bands to tie people to the desk. By their necks.

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Graham, Rich, Chris and Tom F return after a long hiatus, discussing Little Inferno, XCOM, The Walking Dead, playing competitive games in order to relax, the ethics of teleportation, and what Worms says about you.

Ever wondered what we look like? Ever wondered what we look like to Marsh? Well, wonder no more! Our brand new web editor has furnished us with the podcast caricatures that you see above. Look at our little faces. They are pretty much all the same, but: Rich, Graham, Chris, Tom, from left to right.

Show notes:

• The official site for Little Inferno.
• Chris’ XCOM Ironman guide and Evan’s review.

Show notes bonus round: ‘AWFUL IF TRUE’ ANSWERS REVEALED!

Post-show research has revealed that Borderlands 2′s Season Pass does not include the Mechromancer DLC, Dishonored is currently at number two on the Steam Charts, and dogs are flammable.

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Chris and Toms Francis and Senior introduce new Web Editor Marsh Davies to the podcast, discussing Hotline Miami, Guild Wars 2, Universe Sandbox, Planetside 2, XCOM and more, including the Steam charts and your questions from Twitter.

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Chris and Tom bid farewell to Owen and discuss his time with the Oculus Rift as well as Hawken, Battlefield and Call of Duty co-op, Diablo 3, Guild Wars 2 and, for the first and final time, musical theatre.

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Show notes

• Our video interview with Oculus Rift creator Palmer Luckey and hands-on with the headset.
• Chris’ Guild Wars 2 review in progress.

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This week Owen, Chris and Tom Senior discuss the Source 2 rumours, SW:TOR free-to-play, the decline in WoW subscriptions and their very real and surprisingly detailed fear of vomiting uncontrollably while using the Oculus Rift. Also featuring the Steam charts, Skyrim, The Walking Dead adventure games, and your questions from Twitter.

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Show notes

• Source 2 rumour round-up.
• Oculus Rift’s Kickstarter success.
• The Old Republic goes free-to-play, World of Warcraft loses 1.1 million subscribers.
• Evan’s reviews of The Walking Dead: Episode 1, Episode 2.

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Graham, Tom Francis, Rich and Chris discuss Steam sales, the state of Kickstarter, Valve’s Greenlight project, Dota 2 and more – including your questions from Twitter. Also featuring Graham’s Steam press account hubris, Rich’s need to be brilliant at everything, Tom’s on again, off again relationship with Defence Grid and how Dota 2 made Chris realise that he’s a bad person. On the subject of Dota, Tom Francis would like it known that he disagrees with the imaginary Tom Francis whose opinions Rich quoted in the last podcast.

“I said something along the lines of: it seems like if you get behind early on, you can never catch up because the enemies are too high level to kill, but it still takes you 45 minutes to lose. Which, if true, is bad design. There are lots of other reasons Dota 2 isn’t my kind of thing, but the others are just a difference in taste.”

Apologies to anyone offended by the views of imaginary Tom Francis. Blame Rich. He’s brilliant at taking the blame.

We’re aware of a few interference issues with the sound. Sorry about that, everyone – Graham was waving his phone around. We’ve managed to cut his yells of “woo, look at me, I’ve got a phone” out of the mix but unfortunately the interference itself is harder to isolate. We’ve all learned a very important lesson about phones.

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Show notes:

• High Tea – the historical trading game that Tom mentions.
• Gravity Bone, the predecessor to Thirty Flights of Loving, is available on the Blendo Games website.
• Tom’s write-up of the Steam Greenlight announcement.
• Our Tribes: Ascend showmatch. No, we are never going to stop linking to this.

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Apologies for the delay in getting this week’s podcast to you, listeners. We had a technical issue whereby Chris’ voice was very very quiet. It took a long time before we realised what was wrong: we knew he was trying to tell us something, but, well, we had no idea what it was.

This week Chris, Rich and Tom Senior gather to discuss Dota 2, Dragon Age 2, Spec Ops: The Line, The Walking Dead games, Killing Floor, Endless Space and more, including the Steam charts and your questions from Twitter.

Tom would like to offer his sincere apologies to oboists everywhere. He doesn’t mean a word he said. Really.

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Show notes:

• Tom Francis goes hands-on with Dishonored.
• Chris’ Rome 2 preview and video interviews.
• Our Minecraft server.
• The PCG Planetside 2 forums.
• Gummy vitamins.

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Graham, Tom, Rich and Chris discuss FTL, The Witcher 2, Indie Game: The Movie, the Steam charts and answer your questions from Twitter. Also featuring exclusive information on the breakfast preferences of the PC Gamer team. Graham likes sausages.

We also talk about the overcrowded MMO market, Hitman: Absolution, the future of competitive Dota, and whether or not you should build your next gaming rig yourself.

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Chris, Owen and Tom Senior emerge from the E3 news cave to discuss the expo’s highs and lows as well as Max Payne 3 multiplayer, Diablo 3′s endgame, Frozen Synapse RED, the PC Gamer Planetside 2 sitcom, John Carmack’s VR headset, and much more.

We also explore Owen’s take on where mana comes from, the Uplink mods of yesteryear, and just what might be in Peter Molyneux’s Curiosity box. See below for show notes.

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• Graham’s dream of a press conference for PC gamers.
• The Watch Dogs and Assassin’s Creed 3 E3 demos.
• John Carmack’s VR headset.
• The rest of our E3 coverage for days one, two, and three.
• Ace of Spades, the competitive Minecraft-a-like that Tom mentions.

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This week, Tom Francis, Graham, Rich and Owen convene to talk about Rayman Origins, Fifa, Diablo 3, Skyrim DLC, DayZ, Bohemia’s Carrier Command Remake, X-COM, Ghost Recon Online, the Steam charts and your questions from Twitter. All in all, it’s a very positive experience.

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Graham, Chris and Tom Francis gather to discuss the Portal 2 Perpetual Testing Initiative, Diablo 3, Torchlight 2, upcoming MMO The Secret World and Deus Ex: Human Revolution’s problematic cutscenes. We also talk about Graham and Rich’s ongoing FIFA 12 rivalry and (try to) answer your questions from Twitter. Also, we decide that capitalism doesn’t work. See below for show notes.

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• Chris’ Portal 2 Perpetual Testing Initiative hands on video and the final map.
• Tom’s Torchlight 2 video series.
• Chris and Tom Senior’s first look at The Secret World.

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Graham, Chris, Tom Francis and podcast debutante Tom Senior gather to discuss the Steam charts, roBurky, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Call of Duty, The Witcher 2, Dishonored, Crysis 3, and more. We also find time to appreciate Drell fabulousness, pick apart the Valve employee handbook, get our real and fictional religions confused, and answer your questions. See below for show notes.

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• Chris’ Dishonored preview and interview.
• Evan’s Crysis 3 preview, and Tom’s interview with the game’s developers where they discuss the return of aliens to the series.
• Our Tribes: Ascend showmatch.

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Tim, Graham, Tom and Chris convene to chat about the PC gaming matters that have been tickling their brains recently, and beards. Topics include roguelikes, Guild Wars 2, The Darkness 2, Assassin’s Creed and the Steam Charts. We also take some of your questions from Twitter and talk about Mass Effect 3 in less than twenty, spoiler free words.

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Tim, Tom Francis and Chris Thursten talk through the latest Steam charts, discuss Batman: Arkham City and its DLC (really, this time), worry that PC gaming has become too connected, answer some good questions from Twitter, and – with a lot of warning and only at the very end – discuss an exciting level-35 Imperial spoiler for The Old Republic. There are also spoilers for KOTOR and eventually Arkham City in this section.

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It’s a new year, which means a brand new, super shiny, revamped PC Gamer UK podcast! True, there are many similarities to the old PC Gamer UK podcast, but the studio was decidedly cooler than usual on account of it being winter now. Tim, Tom, Graham and Rich gather to discuss our gaming new year resolutions, with words on Dota 2, our most unusual picks for this year’s top 100 and our gaming predictions for 2012.

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Nothing is safe in a post-Mists of Pandaria announcement world. This month Tim, Tom, Rich and Graham get together to discuss the revelations at Blizzcon. It’s not long before the conversation turns to Skyrim. Battlefield 3, Modern Warfare 3 and Steam sales also get turned over in episode 62 of the PC Gamer UK podcast.

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Tim’s had a baby! That means his ideas about what’s been happening in the last couple of weeks in the world of PC Gaming are sketchy at best. Graham, Rich and Owen step in to help bring Tim up to speed, with discussions about Planetside 2, Rage, Battlefield 3, the Project Zomboid disaster and a brief debate about whether or not horses are evil (they are).

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Day[9] is one of the most charismatic, knowledgeable, and downright likable shoutcasters on the Starcraft II scene. Rich MCC loves him a little bit more than most. That’s why we sent our staff writer to meet Day[9] earlier in the week, armed with a recording studio and pair of microphones.

He returned with bumper, Starcraft II-themed edition of the PC Gamer UK podcast where the pair talk about future expansions, what it’s like to live a life laced with Starcraft II, and the current state of e-sports.

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For our audio impressions of the first ten hours of the game, check out our Deus Ex: Human Revolution impressions podcast, or our three diaries, The Psychopath, The Hacker and The Thinker.

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We each talk about the way we played it, how the game responded, our favourite augmentations, and how the game measures up to the mighty original.

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Tim, Tom, Rich and Graham amass for episode 52 of the PC Gamer UK Podcast. Topics include our Crysis 2 review, Graham’s recent visit to the Eve Fanfest in Iceland, and Tom’s own indie game, Gunpoint. We also answer a bundle of your ridiculous Twitter questions (we love them really).

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Tim, Tom, Rich and Craig amass for episode 51 of the PC Gamer UK Podcast. Topics include our Dragon Age 2, Total War: Shogun, and Bulletstorm reviews, along with Tom’s hands-on with Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Craig gives his first impressions of Battlefield 3 too. Basically, it’s a podcast that’s mostly concerned with men holding weapons. Nothing wrong with that.

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To help explain what we’re talking about a bit, Nidhogg creator Messhof was kind enough to let us post a video of Graham and I playing it. It’s embedded below.

It works something like a two-player version of the original Prince of Persia – whoever is killed in the initial swordfight takes on the role of a guard, trying to stop the other player progressing. He respawns endlessly until he succeeds in killing the other player, at which point their roles reverse and the former guard can now progress in the opposite direction. The swordplay – largely thanks to the ability to simply throw yours at the enemy – is hilarious.

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This is an extra-long bonus ultra podcast, bonusly ultra-soon after the last one, to make up for our unexpectedly long hiatus. And as a special favour to anyone sick of hearing about them, we barely mention StarCraft 2 or Minecraft. In two week’s time, we’ll be countering this with a favour to anyone who isn’t: a Minecraft special about why the game has taken such a firm hold of so many people.

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Rich explains what’s new in Dragon Age 2, and tries to excuse BioWare using the term ‘hotrodding the art style’. Tim’s seen Relic’s Warhammer 40K shooter, Space Marine, and has lots of good things to say about Company of Heroes Online. Craig actually talks about a strategy game for the first time ever, and it’s one in which ‘raise the GDP of China’ is a mission objective. Meanwhile Tom – hello – explains the brutal difficulty of trying to bake 300 loaves in Stronghold while stalking mounted archers with your slow but unstoppable terminator king.

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Tim, Tom, baby Boomer and Graham. Taking the pic: Craig.

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Tim, Tom, Craig and Rich talk about how they’d reboot PC gaming, how combat works in Crysis 2′s big city, why XCOM will be awesome, the surprising joy of Frozen Synapse, and why kids and war don’t mix. One of the reasons, anyway. Grab the MP3 here, subscribe here.

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• The pain and pleasure of Starcraft 2.
• More on the Doctor Who Adventure Games, and why they’re PC only.
• Splinter Cell: Conviction’s violent streak.
• Why the Brothers In Arms games were awesome.
• Modding Just Cause 2 to insanity.
• How a £500 PC can run Just Cause 2 at 1920×1200 and record full resolution video of everything you do while running at a steady 30 fps.
• Ode to the M60 in Battlefield Bad Company 2.
• What’s up with Alan Wake.
• What games from the past we’d like to see remade.
• At the very end, with plenty of warning, we discuss the genius of Mass Effect 2′s ending.

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Just Cause 2 (6m 44s). The best thing to grapple onto, the best thing to destroy, and the best terrible one-liner.

Supreme Commander 2 vs Starcraft 2 (13m 25s). Why Graham loves the gun that fires tanks, why Tom loves the stabby tentacle turrets, and why Tim’s torn between the two.

Stalker: Call of Pripyat (22m 33s). Craig and Tom share horrifying stories, and both do their impression of the Bloodsucker’s “BLEURGHLGURGHLE!” attack.

Mirror’s Edge (33m 18s), and the guy whose job it is to run out in front of PhysX-modelled plastic sheeting and get kicked through it.

Assassin’s Creed 2 DRM (37m 35s). We don’t really think it’s all that great. The game is, though.

Portal 2 (46m 55s), and the paintgun game that inspired it.

The PC Gamer blog (56m 25s). Woo!

Questions from Twitter (59m 30s)! “What important should audio be in games?”

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Episode 38 – Karma Minds

Tim, Tom, Graham and Craig discuss all the juicy Fallout: New Vegas details, the surprising joys of Supreme Commander 2, the endless betrayal in Neptune’s Pride, invading Paris in Napoleon Total War, and who they’re sleeping with in Mass Effect 2.

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Episode 37 – Daddy Sense

Tim, Tom, Graham and Rich talk about our BioShock 2 review, lying in Ruse, capturing goblins in Wurm, mainlining dungeons in WoW, and enveloping other ships in Captain Forever.

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Episode 36 – Merry Festivus

Tim, Tom, Craig and John talk Star Trek Online, Just Cause 2, Deus Ex, The Longest Journey and what’s wrong with the PC.

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Episode 35 – No Heartbeat

Tim, Tom, Graham and John talk about why APB is exciting, the joys of Torchlight, the flaws of Modern Warfare 2, and the MMORPG where you can dig tunnels.

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Episode 34 – Komodo Dragon Age

Tim, Tom, John and special guest star and former Edge drone Martin Davies discuss our Dragon Age review, whether Left 4 Dead 1 has stood the test of time, why you should play Borderlands, the world’s worst spider bites, and of course Modern Warfare 2.

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Episode 33 – Chaos Rising

Mafia 2 is going to be amazing, Champions Online has gone a bit wrong, Cataclysm has a secret you can see from space, Majesty 2 is hilarious and Section 8 is great. Oh yeah, and there’s a new Dawn of War 2 expansion. See www.pcgamer.co.uk for more.

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Episode 32

Tim, Tom and Graham reveal Napoleon: Total War, talk up Batman: Arkham Asylum’s strengths and problems, compare notes on Brink, rave about their time playing Diablo 3, and discuss Starcraft 2, WoW Cataclysm, and the TF2 update. Phew.

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Episode 31

Tim, Tom, Graham and freelancer John Walker record their longest podcast ever. In the process, they discuss C&C4, why you should build your own PC, answer your Twitter questions and completely forget to discuss Spore Galactic Adventures.

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Episode 30

Tim, Craig and John discuss The Old Republic, All Points Bulletin, and Edmund McMillen, as well as answering this month’s crop of questions from Twitter. Despite being a man down, they made it our longest podcast ever.

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Episode 29

Ross, Tim, Tom and Craig discuss the Team Fortress 2 Spy Vs Sniper update, tanks and motorbikes in World of Warcraft, juicy zombie murder in Killing Floor, the story emphasis of Left 4 Dead 2, and answer Twitter questions about what makes us moist.

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Episode 28

Ross, Tim, Tom and Craig speak of Starcraft 2, ArmA II, Spelunky, Left 4 Dead Survival Mode, World of Warcraft antics, PC Gamer’s big redesign, and, as ever, answer everything directed at the PC Gamer Twitter account: www.twitter.com/PC_Gamer

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Episode 27

Ross, Tim, Tom and Craig: 1) Discuss what 2K showed Tom of BioShock 2. 2) Spill all on what Plants Vs Zombies is like to play. 3) Strongly suggest that Ross doesn’t want to ‘do’ your mum.

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Episode 26

Ross returns from his mysterious absence, and Steve Williams joins us. We talk FM Live, games and beards.

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Episode 25

No-one knows what happened in this episode – like a tortoise in the mist, it is lost.

You can still download it though.

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Episode 24 – Admiral Failure & General Vague

The team discuss admirable failures, Admiral Failure, and General Vague.

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Episode 23

In our longest podcast ever, Tim Edwards, Tom Francis, Craig Pearson and racist funnyman Steve Williams talk the evils of Prince of Persia, the joys of GTAIV’s video editor, what got cut from World of Goo, and what Valve could call a Left 4 Dead sequel.

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Episode 22

With Tim Edwards, Craig Pearson, Graham Smith, John Walker.

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Episode 21

With Ross, Tom, Craig and John. Without the calming influence of Tim Edwards, discussion veers drunkenly to Fallout 3, World of Goo and the overall benefits of drinking from irradiated toilets.

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Episode 20

With Ross Atherton, Tim Edwards, Craig Pearson and John Walker.

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Episode 19 – Gentleman’s Relish

Tim doesn’t know what it is, Ross does, and at some point we talk about games.

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Showdown Podcast

Tales from the wonderful PC Gamer Showdown, a live event where we met you, did a gameshow, and many free Darwinians were had.

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PC Gamer Podcast: Top 100 Rant Spectacular

We discuss our picks for the Top 100, and the reasons for the order we chose, in a much more civil fashion than we did when coming up with it.

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Episode 18

What we’re most excited about from E3, what’s going on with the Reader’s Top 100, and an end to the numbering madness – which is why there’s no Episode 17.

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Episode 16

We have a special guest in the studio this month in Kristen Salvatore, Editor of PC Gamer in the US. She’s joined by Ross, Tim and Tom to discuss special relationships, editorial titles, Operation Flashpoint 2, and, occasionally, matters of import.

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Episode 15

Special note: the podcast has been enhanced with pictures and links. We know the extras work with iTunes and iPods; but we can’t guarantee the images will appear on other mp3 players. Sorry. Feel free to say we suck.

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Episode 14

With no Tim this month, disaster is only narrowly averted by Ross, Graham, Tom and Craig as they babble about today’s PC gaming. Including our exclusive look at Empire: Total War, cliches and things that don’t suck.

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Episode 13

It’s a bit sweary this month – sorry about that. i don’t know what came over us. Perhaps we were filled with manly excitement about Dawn of War 2 – because that’s what our new issue is about. Raaaarrrghh! Fuck! See?

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Episode 12

Like a giant green diamond, dominating the skyline, the Sims 3 is here. And we’ve seen it. Learn what EA have planned for Sims fans, and how Tim has taken inspiration from the Sims for new ways to seduce his girlfriend.

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Episode 11

Stalker: Clear Sky is clearly a beautiful game, but we have one question. Why so many gas-masks? Is it a fetish thing? Or is it something else? We also have exclusive Team Fortress 2 news, an important question about a Pyro, and, as usual, the latest charts.

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Episode 10

It’s Craig’s birthday this week. Rather than offer up a song, congratulations and a prize for surviving another year, we’ve instead subjected him to a pop gaming quiz. PC Games are also discussed.

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Episode 9

It’s Christmas! Woo! Cue extended discussion of famous Christmas bits in games, how brilliant snow is, and what we’re going to be playing in 2008. Also news of Actiblizzardard, Deus Ex 3, and, err, bones.

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Episode 8

We have an important question: with limited resources and little time between now and Christmas you have a choice between two games: Crysis or Unreal Tournament 3. Which to choose? Graham and Tom provide answers, and they involve punching chickens into orbit.

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Episode 7

Beards are brilliant. Luxurious. Warming. Tender. Most of the PC Gamer team are thinking of growing facial fungus to protect against the cooling winter. That, and other important issues of the day are discussed in new episode.

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Episode 6

Oh god. You really don’t want to know what Tom’s favourite Sea Song is. This month, we answer some really important questions of the day. Like how tired are you allowed to be at work? What’s better: Team Fortress 2 or Enemy Territory: Quake Wars. And does paint count as clothing?

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Episode 5

This month Ross, Tim and Tom are joined by Jon Hicks, master of Windows magazines, and Microsoft apologist. We’ll be discussing camel pr0n, chart toppers, the Anasazi, and some PC Games. Do have a listen, and let us know what you think here or on our forums.

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Episode 4

This month Ross, Tim, Tom and Craig tackle the really important issues of the day. Like whether we could take the PC Gamer US writers in a wrestling match. And what’s our favourite Belgiam ale.

Also discussed: Bioshock, the forthcoming Leipzig Games Connection, the disappointment of E3 and some PC games. Make sure to let us know what you think in the forums or in the thread below.

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Episode 3

This month Ross, Tom, John and Kieron tackle the important issues of the day. Like who has the best nuclear fallout shelter. And whether you can really have enough snow.

Also discussed: Battlefield theme tunes, censorship, and some PC games. Make sure to let us know what you think in the forums or in the thread below.

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Episode 2

This month Ross, Tim, Craig and Tom are joined by wandering troubadour Al Bickham, who’s suddenly discovered the magical powers of the banjo. We’re so sorry.

Also discussed: Nazi cosplayers, eating dog, zero-g clowns and some PC games. Make sure to let us know what you think.

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Episode 1

Ross, Tim, world famous freelancer Kieron Gillen and not-at-all famous freelancer John Walker continue to work out those second episode kinks.

Also discussed: The week’s charts, World of Warcraft, Stalker, not The Sims, Supreme Commander, topless former PC Gamer writers and Ross’s mum.

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Episode 0 (Pilot)

This month Ross, Tim, Tom and world famous freelancer Jim Rossignol work out those first episode kinks.

Also discussed: The Sims zeitgeist, their favourite seasons, hardcore drugs, Battlestar Galactica spoilers and the upcoming Warhammer 40K massively multiplayer game.

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