I'm a bit late posting this as they were first broadcast in August, but Aleks Krotoski presented a 2 part radio series for the BBC World Service called 'The Culture of Gaming'

You may remember Aleks Krotoski from Bits, a late night Channel 4 games programme from the early 00s, which she presented with Emily Booth (whose name might get us some hits), and also Thumb Bandits with Iain Lee (whose name probably wont, no offence to him intended).

Anyway, in The Culture of Gaming Aleks, who had given up on gaming for the past 10 years, looks at games to see how, or even if, they have grown and expanded in emotional depth. That's an awkward way to explain it, but it should be enough to say she mentions Flower, Journey, chats to Molyneux, talks Papa & Yo and plays some Spec Ops.

Personally I think it could have gone further, and I'd have liked her to stick with Spec Ops longer (she debates whether she would have picked up on its themes if she went in blind, I think she would once she hit halfway).

The series is available for at least another year, and it is worth a listen if you're interested in the topic. Episode 1 and Episode 2

I've only gone and done another MFGamers video podcast, this time looking at the very good, if odd, El Shaddai Ascension of the Metatron

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Only tentatively news this, partly because I think we all just assumed this was the case, and partly because it's not really confirmation

Listeners to the 1up podcast will have heard SEGA's Constantine Hantzopoulos talk of PSN and XBLA when asked about 'Project Needlemouse'.

Like I said, nothing official, but it certainly makes sense

It's the second one, in which Ben doesn't show up, and we re-tread the old ground of Wii lacking graphical grunt, Trackmania Nations Forever and people that look like game characters.

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Stuff we discussed this show:

TrackMania Nations Forever

"Wii Is A Virus" says Epic boss

FIFA Interactive World Cup Documentary: Part 1 Part 2

FIFA Interactive World Cup Chat: Part 1 Part 2

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Oh, bloody hell, we jumped and did a podcast. This fortnight, saying the exact same thing everyone else has said about the Byron Review, Pro Evo and Rock Band on Wii, and the demise of consoles, all via the gift of Skype and a terrible internet connection that makes me sound like a 13 year old.

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