Hamish is ill and not coping with it well. Nico is tired. Time for three-and-a-half hours of speaking.

• Hamish's PC woes and how it resulted in him playing The Surge
• Recapping the Metallica/Swizz Beats collaboration that you ABSOLUTELY MUST check out
• Playerunknown's Battlegrounds recalibrates the way we view violence in games
• Nico played Injustice 2 and Prey and he liked Injustice 2 and doesn't like Prey
• E3 plans, baybee
• The rocky future of Hitman, as well as too many new release announcements to possibly care about
• More... Trackmania 2?
• Exploring the relationship between developers and critics, or art and artist

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