It is true to say that Valentine’s Day, for those that celebrate it, is traditionally associated with chocolates and flowers, perhaps stretching to jewellery and perfume if you’ve been very bad. These are all fine gifts, but dare we say it a little boring when the gifts could be about games.
 
In an effort to make games-as-Valentine’s-Day-presents the socially acceptable norm, we present the “Love is in the Air” Gerbil Physics poster (see http://bit.ly/cUaIwo). This features a plush velvet crimson box choc full of your favourite physics-student gerbils in a romantic …

 
Ouch Games is announcing their upcoming game Dust Devils and revealing concept and screenshots.
 
Mankind was on the brink of destruction and had exhausted Earth from all its natural resources. A space exploration team then discovered that our neighbor planet Mars has a crystal that we could harvest energy from. Our last hope was to excavate those crystals. One year later the largest space launch in human history where launched to secure our future existence.
 
We thought we were ready for Mars, the thin atmosphere, the temperature and the tough environment, but …

OneBigGame, the non-profit publisher of videogames, rings in the new year with its music puzzle game Chime, available now on Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. Chime is available for a price of 400 Microsoft Points ($5 USD) on Xbox LIVE Arcade for Xbox 360, and OneBigGame will donate net proceeds to charity partners Save the Children and Starlight Children’s Foundation.
 
Save the Children is the leading independent organization creating lasting change in the lives of children and, next to many other countries, …

We are back and refreshed after having a week off. This weeks podcast is longer than normal due to the excessive amount of games we have been playing just to give you guys the low down on whats hot and whats not.
 
We also have some interesting news this week including Mario wielding a blade and we also have an interesting discussion comparing consoles.
 
We hope you enjoy the show and please don’t forget those all important Itunes reviews