Learn all the secrets of the neighbourhood as a house painter, investigate what's happening on The Foundry message boards, a lovely match 3 narrative game turns evil and also see the hot new fashion at the circus. In this Global Game Jam themed episode, Ben and Trevor use last years theme "what home means to you" as a warmup to the upcoming Global Game Jam 2020.

Ben and Trevor give some Super Sized Click Pitch a go this week, combining adjectives, nouns and dirty jokes into some game designs, including:

• The bureaucracy of the brain
• The Haunting of Animal Crossing
• Necromancer Hitman
• True love's curse
• and more!

Play as pets attempting to achieve pure love from their owners, manage a health spa, announce at the X games with Monkey Island - insult sword fighting inspired mechanics and we discover the truth behind Tinder algorithm. All these games and more on this episode of Bit Storm.

It's a week for movie and TV game tie-ins, and Ben and Trevor tackle Spielberg's classic Arachnophobia, create a management sim out of The Good Place, bring back the classic 16-bit era of Disney platformers to some modern Pixar films, pull Jack Bauer out of retirement, and more!

In our third annual Game of the Year special we discuss the GOTY games that don't exist but should! With pitches ranging between 2 and 5 words from some of the best and brightest of the AGPN network and Twitter, Bionic Commando, managing a national park, Day of the Tentacle, bionic women and robot dinosaurs and a father son wrestling trip feature heavily.

What if the War on Christmas ended, and Christmas won?

What happens when the Coca Cola company enslaves a powerful genie?

What exactly is happening on the 54th floor of Xmas, Inc?

Do you hear that Elf on the Shelf whispering in your ear?

It's the Bit Storm Christmas episode, and Ben and Trevor are getting jolly with some Christmas Click Pitch!

Ben and Trevor return to the games of their youth and try to re-imagine what could be done with today's technology, with games such as Alone in the Dark, Manhunter: New York, Micro Machines and Descent.

Solving crimes with champagne, the Lemonade Mafia, a flappy super hero, Clown Battle Royale, a giant moon monster, and more as Ben and Trevor jump back into some more Click Pitch!

Another narrative heavy episode this week, with games such as a dodgy wine bar owner trying to get an insurance payout, Trinity's origin story from the Matrix and a GIT based game where you modify the game progress and merge story lines.

The story of 3 generations of women in technology, secretly trimming a friend's bonsai, changing time with scissors, and what happens when Trump nukes his own country? All this and more as Ben and Trevor play some more Click Pitch.