It's hands-on time for the second of this week's podcasts and for this episode Rob, Fraser and Chris put Squareball, Need for Speed: Shift and Space Invaders Infinity Gene all through their paces.

Despite some seriously adverse circumstances, this week's podcast is as full as ever, covering Assassin's Creed II's App Store slip up, Gameloft's staggering App Store sales and Alex's idea for a snow themed iPhone game.

We're first footing the App Store with a full review of 2009 in the form of one of Pocket Gamer's blessed top tens.

Glyder 2 and N.O.V.A. get the hands-on treatment this week before Rob and Chris spill all the gory details of the Pocket Gamer Christmas party.

In the news Unreal 3 Engine makes its way over to the iPhone 3GS, Parachute Panic’s four millionth download and the appearance of an iPhone NES emulator. Plus Alex Rennie pitches an oddly familiar sounding idea for a game.

This week, Fraser, Chris and Rob go hands on with Avatar and Wire Way before running through all of the week's reviews and scores on Pocket Gamer.

This week, we cover the disappointing Ridge Racer, the disappointing sales of the fantastic Orbital and the fact that the Guardian thinks Pocket Gamer is ace. And Alex Rennie drops in to pitch the most ridiculous app you have ever come across.

For the second part of last week's episode, Rob and Fraser weigh in on geoSpark and Driver with full hands-on reports before running through every iPhone game reviewed on Pocket Gamer over the past seven days.

For the second part of last week's episode, Rob and Fraser weigh in on geoSpark and Driver with full hands-on reports before running through every iPhone game reviewed on Pocket Gamer over the past seven days.

This week, Rob and Fraser tackle the dark side of the App Store, field a game pitch from the notorious Alex Rennie and chat about Mirror's Edge in our new split episode format.