In 2012, most video game news seems to revolve around America.

Well, b-a-to-that.

We stand for Queen, Country and Video Games.

BRB, UK. Worst teeth, better accents.

Hello. Worst teeth, better accents Hello, hello and indeed a hoi-hoi, you might have noticed that Dan has a bit of an action change action.

I was going to say you sound more Scottish than usual this weekend.

Yeah, I've been to Glasgow for a long time and as it happens I've changed my name to John.

No, Dan is not here this week.

This is the Big Red Barrel UK podcast. Don't adjust that dial, not that you've got one because... I thought I was the person that wasn't here. No, you are here this week. Anyway, I am John and with me, that man in your other year. On in both years, I don't know. Depends on how this is recorded. Stereo, Mono, I don't care right now. Someone else can tell me about that later.

We have with us from East Finchley in London, Mr. Tim H, depends on how this is recorded. Stereo, mono, I don't care right now. Someone else can tell me about that later.

We have with us from East Finchley in London, Mr. Tim Hibbs. Say hello Tim. Hello, Tim. That's good. That's good. You're doing all right, you played a lot of games this week? No, unless you count Garfield, which apparently you don't. I, no, it's a cat.

You can't play a cat.

Okay.

It's a game involving Garfield that I've played an inhumane amount of, but still. But it's all right. To make up for the fact that Dan isn't here this week, because he is very ill, and making friends with Huey and Blur in the toilet, we've managed to get the second best thing next to Dan, an American. We have, um, actually no, I tell a lie. He's got two letters the same name as Dan, really. It just goes differently after the first two letters. He doesn't, actually. We've managed to get Bain himself here to join us today. Say, hello, Ben. Are you there? Are you there? I'm here.

And welcome to the podcast of your reckoning.

He's lost it already.

Ladies and gentlemen, Dave of Big Red Barrel is here with us instead of Dan.

How are you doing, Dave?

I'm doing great.

Suck it, Dan.

I'm here.

That's great. Yeah, so we're all here this week. We've been playing a tiny amount of games, really, but I've not really been playing much at all this week. We've either been playing things. Dave has been flying all across the country of America and playing games, so, you know, that's why we've gone on the show as well,

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