I am fighting with Dishonored, qrth-phyl and Kairo at the moment; not sure when Gear Up is going to squeeze into the picture! (Kairo is great. I have finished it but digging up all the secrets is taking some time.)

I’m excited about Gear Up and the more I hear about Hotline Miami the more I want to play it. I really ought to have checked it out at the expo but, y’know, it wasn’t like there was a shortage of other things to distract me! Great podcast as usual HM.

Luftrausers – that’s Rami Ismail. He’d just had his PS Vita stolen, too.

The podcast was a lot harder to put together than last year’s video, actually. I had auto-level on which meant the voice recorder kept changing the volume levels at odd points and I needed to fix that in the editing. Next year, I might just set a fixed level and make sure I hold the recorder at the right distance.

I’ve played Kairo several times now (I’m waiting for the final release to play One Last Time) and I wonder whether I’ve spotted all the secrets. Kairo is a world where things are “hidden in plain sight” – the visuals are remarkably clear. After talking to Richard about the game, I realised I hadn’t been thinking enough about the shapes and machines I’d encountered. Definitely looking forward to my final trek through Kairo.

It seems that the PSP version of Where is my Heart? features some help bubbles telling you how to do certain things. Unfortunately these didn’t seem to be in the PC version yet.

Ahh, I knew Don’t Starve reminded me of something: Shank! I saw Klei then the penny dropped. Didn’t get a chance to play it, but it did look lovely.

From what I saw of Luftrausers, it reminded me of a more arcade-y Wings of Fury on the Amiga — which is a good thing. Blimey, the dev’s voice was sounding very hoarse as well. Poor sod. I felt for all the developer’s voices over the expo.

Regarding headphones: I think the general volume of the expo equated to, or exceeded that of the various headsets hooked up unfortunately. I turned up several pairs but it just distorted the output or hurt me. Or both. I’m very impressed by the quality of your recordings actually!

Nice to listen to Sylvia properly instead of being distracted by the game! I think I’ve fallen in love with Zineth since playing it again at home.

A Bastard: ‘a single joke’ is the perfect way to describe it! And a good joke too. My god, George Buckenham is a bundle of energy and excitement!

Looking forward to Kairo. The layers of secrets sounds intriguing. I’m also amazed at how humble a lot of these developers are (“I didn’t think my game would get in”). I liked what Perrin was saying about the hint system as well, that going on the internet to look for a solution is immersion breaking, and how certain gamers want shorter experiences that last a few sittings. All interesting stuff.

Right, I’m up to 53:30 and will have to listen to the rest later (lunch is over ;-)). Looking forward to it!

@matt: Hopefully you’ll get your Mac build soon. I feel bad about Zineth because I didn’t really experience it when I gave it a go before: I didn’t “get it”. There are reasons for that and maybe I’ll moan about them sometime soon.

IF THE FIRST THING YOUR MAC BUILD SAYS IS “RIGHT CLICK ON THIS BUTTON,” YOU HAVEN’T MADE A MAC BUILD.

OK. I feel a little better. (And I did write them to see if there’s a workaround. If there isn’t, I have a suggestion for them. No really! A constructive one!)