Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity

At this moment, writing something topical and entertaining seems to be the last thing my brain wants to attempt. Having just finished my working day, my thoughts are littered with fragments of code, all swimming through a sea of tabs, keywords and semicolons, battling for my attention. They will not get it now but their time of rest is some way off. Developers are weird.

In this episode we discuss our old game making endeavours (again), Unity, New 3DS, Twitch, Quantum Break, Pokken, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions, Gamergate, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon, Starbound, Kerbal Space Program, Batman: Arkham City, Civilization V, Mario Kart 8 and there's also our "now fast becoming a regular feature" bit where Zac gives FTL advice.

So despite it being an episode with a number that coincides with one of Rob's favourite game series, we fail to bring up the connection with John-117, better known as Master Chief. So now the connection has been made Rob can continue his internal monologue that constantly hypes the Halo Master Chief Collection.

In this bumper episode we talk a lot of crap but also mention Gamescom, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Super Time Force, Super Time Force Ultra, Forza Horizon 2, Minimum, Plants Vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare, Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain, Guardians of the Galaxy, FTL, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon, Beyond: Two Souls, The Witcher 2, Crimson Dragon, Tiny & Big in Grandpa’s Leftovers, Evolve and other nonsense.

It's a biggie! The milestone of 100 episodes has been reached and by total luck it’s also time to sort out the weak from the guff as we do The SaladCast GOTY Awards 2013! Get hype!

It should come as no shock that there will be spoilers and dumb decisions ahead. You have been warned.

Why is it considered such a British thing to talk about the weather? Is it that it's more unpredictable in this country or is there some deep seated fear in all of us that suddenly all of the world’s worst weather will arrive and tear up our small land mass? Either way, Zac thinks it’s been hotter so far and does not approve.

This week we tear apart what little we know about the XBOX ONE and how little Microsoft know about good PR. There’s also Catherine, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon, Crysis Warhead, Call of Duty: Ghosts and Sonic Lost World.

As we draw ever closer to the "reveal season" some news just can't contain itself and slips free. This way it gives us something to talk about before the noise of E3. The games are coming and we must be ready for them.

This week there’s DmC, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (and whether or not it’s racist), Bioshock Infinite, EA and Star Wars, Gran Turismo 6, Burnout Paradise, Star Trek, Half Minute Hero and Crysis Warhead.

Greece should have won Eurovision clearly.