In which nations may or may not be sundered. Tom S, Chris and Marsh are joined by Hot Duke Matt Cox, who’s been playing ho-hum robo-moba Minimum. Chris raises a stein to Wolfenstein and Marsh keeps it rail in score-attack subway-sim Mini Metro.

This week Tom F, Tom S and Graham are joined by Castles in the Sky co-creator Jack De Quidt for an unusually long and segue-woven discussion of Firewatch, Eidolon, Far Cries 2, 3 & 4, Ubisoft's formulae, and reasons to make morally terrible choices.

In which special guest Phil Savage brings us tales of calamitous chair physics (and pickles) from vintage bugfest Boiling Point. Marsh interrogates robots in The Fall and Tom Senior puts a bit of stick about, courtesy of some snazzy peripherals.

In which half the cast means twice the booze. Tom S and Marsh discuss, with dwindling coherence, a double serving of DLC for Dark Souls 2 and Bioshock Infinite. Plus: taking FEZ for a spin and closing the loop in Silent Hills’ “playable teaser”.

The Toms, Chris and Graham gather to to discuss the viscosity of Les Enfants Terribles in Metal Gear Solid 5, concoct horde entrapment strategies in Fortnite, dissect the turn-based stealth of Invisible Inc. and bludgeon hawks to death with trees in Secrets of Raetikon.

Gamescom special! Chris, Tom S and Graham cozy up in a German hotel room to discuss their experiences at the worlds largest, loudest, sweatiest celebration of free t-shirts and also videogames sometimes.

The entire Crate & Crowbar proprietorship congeal to judge unlock-em-up The Room (good), multiplayer persuade-em-up Velvet Sundown (mad), balance-tough-social-situations-em-up Gods Will Be Watching (not to our tastes), and launch-em-up Kerbal Space Program (awesome).

In which Chris returns from The International and takes us to wizard school, correcting the Dota follies of episodes past. Plus: Tom F buys a new PC to run Saints Row 4, Graham harries criminals in asymmetrical tactical shooter Due Process, and Marsh has a high percentage chance to hit the turn-based, tactical Halfway.

In which we watch wizards get rich and wonder: how? And why? And was it even fun? Plus: Marsh and Tom F slip into the bushes during multiplayer stealth game Of Guards And Thieves while Tom S sets sail upon a Sunless Sea.

Marsh, Tom F, Tom S and returning guest Rich Stanton gather to discuss gaming crates good and bad. Tom F's been throwing them around in Divinity: Original Sin, Rich has been opening them in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, and we've all been pushing, pulling and poking them in virtual worlds everywhere as gaming's love affair with boxes comes to an enthusiastic middle.