Another long and not so topical issue this week as we take a glance at the gaming media. Rob being part of this has rather a lot to say, some of it even interesting. In bollocks of the week we try to avoid the OnLive issue and take a look at indie gaming business models. In you shouldn't play this Rob defends the best duck hunt game in years and Perrin slags off a Lord of the Rings title. We are getting very professional at all this aren't we?

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Our reader question for this week: What BIG ISSUE would you like us to cover?

We're running slightly long this week at a little over 50 minutes as Perrin and Rob get into a rambly discussion about the ins and out of video game piracy. It's taken us 7 weeks longer than we expected to actually have some serious on air disagreements but who knows if it was worth the wait?

In bollocks of the week we take a look at a storm in a tea cup brewing over Tale of Tale's The Path and generally talk a load of the same kind of rubbish we do every week. Why are you still downloading this rubbish?

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iTunes Users: I screwed up the time stamp on the last episode, so if you've grabbed that already iTunes think it's from April. This means your iTunes won't auto download new episodes for the next few weeks. You'll have to manually hit the download button. Sorry about this.

Reader's question for next week: If you could bring back one old forgotten game or franchise you loved and feel has now been forgotten what would it be? Answers in the comments thread please. Best answer wins +4 self esteem!

In our effort to find a more whimsical topic we've decided to cover online Flash games. There's some really interesting stuff out there in terms of quality and a variety and we give a run down of some of Perrin's favourites while Rob voices is his disapproval and appropriate intervals. Included below (under the read more link) is a full list of the games we covered if you want to try them out for yourself.

I'd tell you what we cover in Bollocks of the Week and You Should(n't) Play this but I think that would ruin the surprise.

Also for next week's show we want you to let us know your answer to the following: "If you could adapt any horror film or series into a game, what would it be and how would you make it work as a game?". Answers in the comments thread or via our contact form and we'll discuss it in next week's show.

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3 weeks and 3 podcasts, it's almost like we're competent. Last week we talked about multiplayer shooters, this week single player shooters. We promise we'll be talking about less testosterone driven stuff next week. But for now Perrin takes a bash at F.E.A.R. 2 and FarCry 2 while Rob brings us a look at Resistance 2 and an "accidental early review of Killzone 2".

On top of that we delve into the thorny issue of MMO server logs, the merits of Lara Croft and Rob's destructive encounter with God of War 2. All that and more, and we're not even charging!

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