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.

Apotheon, Donut County, International Jetpack Conference and An Appointment With FEAR are among the IGF entries discussed, as well as the excellent non-IGF puzzle game Mirror Isles. Also! Architecture in games, places from which you don’t want to buy milk, poetry about beheading orcs, the hazards of playing Dota while seated on an exercise ball and why Michael Bay’s films are like a pork pie and/or a Star Baby.

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Our intro music is by The Mandibles from their track Clambake. Many of the band members now tour as Count Bobo And The Bullion.