Pip, Alice and Adam gather round the podfire for warmth to talk about the lies (told by Adam) of Gamescom, the chilly wastes of The Long Dark, the beautiful rain of Playerunknown's Battlegrounds, and the deadly climates of No Man's Sky.

We then turn to you, to discuss reader's favourite in-game weather. And somewhere in the middle there's also a long discussion about karaoke, for some reason.

Gamescom is like this: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/08/07/gamescom-2015-overview/

Artifact is a Dota card game: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/08/09/valve-announce-artifact-dota-2-card-game/

Pip reviewed The Long Dark ep 2: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/08/08/the-long-dark-episode-2-review/

Adam previewed Frostpunk: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/06/26/frostpunk-preview-survival/

More Plunkbat chat: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/07/25/the-tactics-and-tension-of-playerunknowns-battlegrounds/

Details of No Man's Sky's new update: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2017/08/11/no-mans-sky-atlas-rises/

The best 7/10s including Mad Max: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/08/04/best-average-action-games-on-pc/

Alice's mod readme Tumblr: http://readmedottxt.tumblr.com/

This is Adam Smith: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7488348.stm

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