Marsh and Chris are joined by special guest Pip Warr to discuss Steam's winter sale, ongoing troubles in the land of Early Access, Massive Chalice, Minecraft art games, Smite and more. Enhanced, as ever, by the timeless wisdom of Literal Chris Pratt.

Tom S, Tom F and Graham gather to discuss the latest Ubifruits from this year's release season, as Tom S squats on the stunted bollard of Assassin's Creed Unity and Graham and Tom F scale the wonderful heights of Far Cry 4. Plus, Tom S puts himself on Overwatch, Tom F becomes an Endless Legend and Graham poops himself to death in NEO Scavenger.

Tom F, Marsh and Chris gather to discuss news of Just Cause 3's announcement, space city tourism in Bernband, the virtual (and real) hot cave chat phone line Here and There Along the Echo, and, at last, Chris can talk about the full game of Dragon Age: Inquisition. And boy will he. Also discussed: game trailers that made us feel things, and the sine wave of critical backlash and adoration that follows everything anyone loves, forever.

In which we are so excited by Game Journalist Christmas that we forget to say who we are. Also: Tom F, Graham and Marsh answer the latest Call of Duty with varying levels of enthusiasm while Chris gets frothy about the first hours of Dragon Age 3.

In which the sky splits asunder, illuminating the pallid, rictus faces of Marsh, Tom S and Tom F as they discuss spoooOOOOoooky games like Alien: Isolation, The Evil Within and, er, Civilization: Beyond Earth. Also booted: Lords of the Fallen.

Tom F, Chris and Graham gather to drink glasses of fine dry sherry, but also to discuss some fine dry videogames. Tom travels Kentucky Route Zero and builds a Defense Grid 2, while Chris goes Civilization: Beyond Earth. Graham just drinks.

This week Graham, Tom F and Tom S and talk about mind-controlling Uruks in the grassy second half of Shadow of Mordor, being manipulated into giving EA money in FIFA Ultimate Team, being funnelled into 720p corridors in Final Fantasy XIII, bad games with good personality, good games with bad sequels, and bad games with good mods.

In which Tom F, Marsh and Graham master shadows in Styx: Master of Shadows, become the shadow in Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, embrace the light in Hyper Light Drifter, and get killed in the shadows of Alien Isolation.

In which Chris, Graham and Marsh are joined by RPS co-founder John Walker to talk about Shadow of Mordor, Sherlock Holmes, Ethan Carter, FIFA 15, Shadowrun Returns, and somehow - across multiple subjects - various dads.

Marsh, Chris and Graham curate their thoughts about Steam curation, then talk Star Citizen and Elite: Dangerous, the dark future of Brigador, the bright future of Sim Hero, and Marsh's time spent formulating The Masterplan.