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Chris starts off with his obsession over all things pinball related, especially when it comes to Pinball FX.  It is getting so bad this man should think about buying shares in the developer.  He has Pinball FX games on his PS3, Xbox 360, iPad and now 3DS.  He chats about how the 3D actually helps with gameplay and the fact that he is better at the 3DS version than any other due to the fact that it is slower.  Forza 4 also gets a look in with the SHFTS racing series still going strong.  Mario Kart 7 is also discussed and is deemed a worthy addition to the series, but not the best.Tara chats about her time in Skyrim as a leader of the thieves guild and also makes positive noises about Black Adders series 2 to 4.  She is less charitable about the film Troll 2 however. In the news we cover OnLive launching on Android based devices, people blocking ads in XBL, Shigeru Miyamoto not retiring and all XBox 360 dashboard apps

We open up with talk on Fusion Genesis, not Fusion Galaxy as we call it during the show and marvel at its depth and complexity, especially considering the fact that it is a two-stick shooter.  Tony shares his experience with Skyrim by explaining how he effectively broke the game while Alphabox plays a Cabela title, all thanks to advertising during Monday Night Football.We sign off with news that includes another PS Vita story.  By way of reaction, a challenge is made to play Mr Beans Wacky World Wii game. The hosts however could not think of a challenge to take up on this, so they asked the listenership to provide one.  Email your suggestions in at mailbag at shfts dot com. Running time: 01:21:13

This week Kropotkin, Alphabox, Hendrix and Tara share their adventures in the land of Skyrim.  This includes giant baiting and should not be missed.  Krop and Hendrix chat about their experiences with Star Wars the Old Republic and declare it to be very entertaining, despite the MMO shackles it is burdened with.  Alpha finishes Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 and finds it to be an entertaining romp.  He does not rate the multiplayer when compared to Battlefield though, much like everybody else.  Tara tells of her struggle between playing Saints Row the The Third and Skyrim and she feels very torn. We sign off with news on a console port of Diablo 3 and I Am Alive not coming to the PC.Running time: 01:24:33

Neil, Tara and Chris are the hosts of this weeks SHFTS, and we start off with a chat about how crazy Skyrim can be when you get chased down by a giant.  We also have a discussion on the Halo remake, Zelda Skyward Sword and the SHFTS Forza 4 racing series that started this week. Assassins Creed also gets a look in along with the question over whether or no video games are art.  Yes, we went there. We end with gaming news which included stories on Skyrim game saves ruining the game on the PS3, Minecraft finally coming out and Torchlight 2 being delayed. Running time: 01:53:59

Chris and Tony chat about their experience at Replay Expo in Blackpool while Neil tells us how he has finished off Rage The Witcher and is now considering moving on to the Witcher 2.  Tara has a dabble with the indie games section on XBLA and gets more than a little burned by Dark Delve.  We also cover details on how you can take part in the SHFTS Forza 4 racing series.We finish off with gaming news that includes stories on subscription falls for World of Warcraft and Sony charging people to transfer their UMD PSP games onto the Vita. Running time: 02:11:57

Hendrix likes Battlefield 3 a lot.  Certainly a lot more than his digestive system does for White Castle burgers.  Alphabox shares his experiences with Dark Souls briefly before he goes off to pick up a second hand Xbox 360 steering wheel.  Tara meanwhile is squealing over the news that there is to be a new Rainbow 6 game. Running time: 01:06:25

Tara and Chris open up the show with chat about Forza 4, Battlefield 3 and the Bourne series of films. Thankfully their wittering is put to a halt with a great interview with Neil Rennison of Tin Man Games.Running time: 01:44:25

With BloodShot Robot gone the crew do their best to cheer themselves up, only to make themselves feel even worse by regaling each other about the experiences they had with Ace Combat Assault Horizon.  For that game does little to progress the long running franchise as Hendrix is so very quick to point out.  It is not all bad however, as Forza 4 proves to be a tad more worthwhile to spend ones time on, at least that is according to resident petrol head, Mr Hendrix. Running time: 01:55:59

A two person podcast this week, with Chris ORegan and Tara Nelson discussing a large variety of games.  Chris chats about his time on Rage, Gears of War 3, Blood Bowl and Scoregasm, while Tara declares Dungeon Siege 3 completed and ponders what to play next. The Sims 3 pets seems to be the favourite. Running time: 01:22:52

Tara kicks off with some positive words to say about the latest Driver game, while both Pat and Chris decry Dark Souls for making co-op multiplayer with friends an impossibility, unlike its predicessor. Neil is ploughing his way through the first Witcher game only to find that it really does deserve its 18 certificate. Running time: 01:18:32

Kropotkin starts off proceedings with chat about two tech-demo games, Hard Reset and Shadowgun.  He also covers Another World on iOS and some of the games he played at Eurogamer Expo.  Tony chats about his time at Eurogamer and his experiences with OnLive.  Mr Champlin tells us how he has turned into a boardgame geek care of Conquest of Nerath and Neil signs off the first half of the show with his time on The Witcher. In the news we cover Rage having an 8Gb install on PS3, Square Enix admitting failures over Final Fantasy XIV, Journey and Fez drifting into 2012,  ITV showing video game footage and trying to pass it off as real and details on the 4th Humble Indie Bundle. We sign off with your emails and voice mails.Running time: 02:04:10

Pat McTie makes a fateful return to the SHFTS fold this week by announcing his retirement from iRacing. This is greeted with some disbelief by the rest of the crew. Do listen to find out what the rest of the SHFTS hosts have been distracting themselves with this week. Running time: 01:09:06

Chris opens up this episode with news that he's just built a brand new PC and proceeded to bang on about how stupidly fast it is.  He also chatted about his visceral experience with Space Marine and also how much fun he was having playing Heroes of Neverwinter on Facebook.  Tony shares his thoughts on the HD remake of God of War 2 and how disgusted he felt playing Cabelas Big Game Hunter 2008, all for the sole aim of getting achievement points.  Jason pitches in with his thoughts on GunStringer, Renegade Ops and Dead Island, the Zombie RPG as he describes it.We finish off with news on a remake of Syndicate, GameStop making an Android based tablet, EA Sports selling a free to play browser game as a full priced title on the PC and a dumb external battery for the Vita. Enjoy and while you are at it, send us an email with your questions and thoughts to mailbag@shfts.comRunning time: 01:29:29

The SHFTS crew discuss the new releases that are flooding in with the 4th quarter starting off after Madden hits the shelves. Chris talks about his experiences in Deus Ex Human Revolution and reveals his obsession with stealth play.  This leads to some discussion over Splinter Cell multiplayer from old, that required people to take down a spy that was played by another player.  Crimson Alliance is covered and some positive noises are made about it by all those that played it. Running time: 00:52:47

We have a brand new set of hosts to add to the SHFTS crew to mix things up for ya. Tara Nelson, Neil Brooks and Tony Atkins are now part of the pool of hosts for SHFTS. Listen to their introductions to the show and then hear them witter on about all things gaming. Welcome to the new dawn of SHFTS, stick around as it is guaranteed to be a blast. Running time: 02:38:21

PAX 2011 has come and gone and it was a blast.  Listen to Hendrix, BloodShot Robot and Kropotkin shoot the breeze about what they saw there as well as their exploits outside of the show floor.  We also have a very special announcement to make concerning the show, so do please listen. Running time: 02:08:12

Kropotkin starts the show off with his experiences at Gamescom last week.  This included previews of Dark Souls, Dragons Dogma, F1 Online and Borderlands 2 to name but a few.  BloodShot Robot follows up with the Phantom Lap Board he recently bought as well as Arma 2 and Lego Universe.  He also shared his thoughts on the recently patched EYE first person RPG hybrid game that appeared on Steam last week.  Alphabox jumps in with yet more Fallout New Vegas and his frustration over a lack of games to play while Hendrix berates Microsoft over their handling of his account being hacked.   We sign off with gaming related news that includes the PS3 never getting cross-game voice chat and the PC version of From Dust being handled quite badly by its publisher, Ubisoft.Running time: 01:31:37

Resistance 3 beta test anyone? Well Hendrix was not so keen and then berated the very existence of the franchise. Alphabox chats about his obsession over playing Fallout 3 New Vegas.  BloodShot starts playing EYE Divine Cybermancy that is a weird FPS RPG that has the ingredients of being great, but fails to be thanks to poor AI in the enemies.  Running time: 00:52:30

iRacing has really got its claws into Hendrix has he tells us about his in game cataclysmic crash he had last week. He denies picking up any purple tyres or indeed a +7 steering wheel though. Alphabox meanwhile struggles through Fallout New Vegas by trying to remember what he as doing in the game. All we got out of him was something about a talking TV. BloodShot chats about his experience with the MacBook Air and its mayfly like battery life and Kropotkin shares his thoughts on Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet.We finish off with the news, that includes Dragon Age 2 vanishing from Steam, Diablo III items being bought with real money, PS Vita being delayed to 2012 in the west and a free to play iOS game charging $500 for a single virtual item.Running time: 01:14:56

Bloodshot Robot spends the show destroying his liver thanks to Newcastle Brown Ale, Hendrix gets an email from PSN that boasts that Resistance getting a greatest hits collection and Alphabox lays into the Wii and compares it to Kinect and Move fails in comparison. Running time: 01:14:13