This week we have some more news and an update of what we’ve been playing.

The podcast question was "Lot of Grump on the Blogoweb of late. Help cheer me up! Whats the most positive thing thats happened to you this month?"

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This week we return with a bumper crop of news, almost as if there were a couple of major games events happening. We then continue on with the latest operation cheap seats, which this time is Vanguard and some XBox Live Arcade games because Jon got caught up with them instead of playing what he was meant to play.

Vanguard
‘Splosion Man
Shadow Complex
Trials HD

The twitter question was "Brooding on The Death of Arcade Gaming at the moment. Regale me with your favourite memories of coin-ops of yesteryear!"

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This week we return to an overly hot studio and what we laughably call our normal format to give you some news and a long overdue update on what we’ve been playing.

The podcast question was "Help me do my homework this week! What is your favourite and/or most hated MMO Monster and/or Foe?", which is just getting really lazy if you ask me. Remember kids, friends don’t do homework for other friends.

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This week we have a mix of studio and live recordings as Jon decides to steal another podcasts presentation style again after replacing Van Hemlock with a sock puppet, and then we sit around outside and chat about games and wasps. But mainly wasps.

The twitter question was "Lifetime Subscriptions, liberation or lottery? Also, just how many Chillies can @jonshute fit in his mouth at once?" The actual answer to that was about a million schovilles and not the one given by Van Hemlock in the show.

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It’s the summer, so this episode is a road trip as we go off to the beach to build sandcastles and eat ice cream. We have some news, but mainly it’s a (maybe) interesting insight into what we’re actually like normally as we chat about inane subjects and thing you can’t see because it’s not a video podcast.

There’s also an announcement in there for something, but you’ll have to listen to find out what that is.

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This week we’re back with some news and the results of our latest operation cheapseats games, Runes of Magic and Grando Espada. The result of which may not have quite been the one intended when the feature was thought of.

The twitter question was "It’s Holiday Season! What game zone, map, city or hub would you take two weeks off work to go loaf about in?"

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This week we have a very special guest: Shawn Schuster from Massively and Through the Aftermath. We talk about the weeks news and then what we’ve been playing.

The twitter question was "What is the most useful real life skill you’ve gleaned from a computer game? I make a mean Lembas!". Remember folks, if Van Hemlock ever offers you lembas then don’t eat it! Follow @vanhemlock on twitter to see the friday question, or @jonshute if you want to hear about less interesting things.

You can find our blogs at vanhemlock.com and chimpsinspace.com, catch us on xbox live as van hemlock and senyek or stalk us in person if you’re really creative.

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It’s time for episode 60, which we celebrate with a lack of celebration and so launch into the weeks news instead.

This week we have the conclusion to the first round of operation cheapseats. Jon has been playing Jumpgate and Van Hemlock has been busy with Rappelz and we report back on what they’re like to play for two weeks.

This week the podcast question was "The first Op Cheapseats Free Trial Fortnight is in the bag! Which games next for @jonshute and for me? Recommendations please!" in another blatant attempt to get listeners to do all the work on the show for us. You can follow @vanhemlock to be part of the next one every Friday.

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This week we return with some more news, followed by more of what we’re playing.The twitter question was “Nothing particular burning a hole in my mind this week. Anything you want to ask us?” which may, or may not, have been a good idea.

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This week we’re back with some more news (which contains bad language, so be warned) followed by an introduction to our new feature which is stolen straight from Van Hemlock’s blog. So not really stolen then.

The twitter question was "Impressed with Beneath a Steel Sky at gog.com. What old and busted gaming classics would you want to see revived and playable?" and resulted in a less than productive weekend playing on a spectrum emulator. Follow @vanhemlock on twitter to be part of the next one.

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