Here’s what happens when shipping containers take over the world: they take over space too. Zac and Rob go out to reclaim lost cargo from the evil clutches of the container people for profit.

This one’s for all you marathon runners. Had we put this out ahead of the race we’d have got the average person through around 13 miles. You can call your own cab from Tower Bridge though.

In this episode: Rob goes blind, Zac dislikes Overwatch, betas are not played, Factorio gets modded, Metal Gear sells a car, Starfox divides, puzzles get witnessed and Titanfall gets a sword.

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You are a member of a well equipped army of big headed guys until you get shot out of space and crash on an unfriendly planet… why is it always an unfriendly planet where everything sucks? Zac and Rob attempt to shoot their way back to the cold vastness of space in Capsized.

Fair warning, we had quite a few problems with the captured footage. This is edited down to cut out most of the rubbish but will suffer from stuttering here and there.

This episode has EVERYTHING. Possibly anything that’s ever been said in human existence is crammed into this extra long SaladCast instalment. We’ve got running, rumours, Sonic’s Olympic garb, parking tickets, web development plugs, Zac’s eating habits, esports lifestyles, Shoutcast Radio and, in a surprise twist, video games!

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Pinball has a long history when it it comes to video games. Zac and Rob at happysalad have a particular fondness for the genre and it’s about time they expressed it in video. So here’s Pinball Illusions from Digital Illusions Creative Entertainment… or DICE. Yes that DICE.

Need a new diet plan for 2016? Don’t eat Chocolate, play games instead. Take your mind of the sugar with the sweetness of staying alive in Alien Isolation. Eat mushrooms instead with New Super Mario Bros. 2. Simulate the feeling of being slighter further away from chocolate by going for a drive in Burnout Paradise or a greater distance in FAST Racing NEO. Grow your own chocolate alternatives that you can’t even eat in Stardew Valley. All this advice comes courtesy of the SaladCast.

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Sonic Colours was actually a pretty great Sonic Game that finally got “Modern Sonic” feeling good. It really deserves more attention than it gets. To help you do the right thing here’s a remix Rob cooked up of one of the more memorable tunes from the game that just landed on OCRemix.

If you want a bit more you can visit Rob’s SoundCloud here.

Team Sonic make their way through a mysterious hanging castle because it’s in the way and isn’t really that spooky and… OH MY EYES! THEY MELT! …then there’s a selection of flying fish fortresses. Sonic Heroes is starting to wear Zac and Rob down.

Season 7 is here and so too is our new audio gift. A new theme tune… hold on we don’t have one? Well I guess you can have some old jaunty brass instead.

In this episode there’s tragedy, news and reviews! Nintendo Direct, Microsoft’s PC game, Mario, Hand of Fate, Picross, Cities, and not Harvest Moon.

What else did we forget? Oh bugger there’s that Life Is Strange coverage we don’t talk about.

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How many bros does it take to liberate the world? Quite a few if they are all composed of 80’s action heroes. That’s the key message of Broforce. Zac and Rob brave the jungles of terror.

If one person doesn’t really know what they are talking about and another person doesn’t have a clue about their own words, do they combine into fact or is this how culture begins? This episode attempts to answer this question with spectacular results.

This week there’s plenty of new Pokémon, Rob finishes Metal Gear, Zac avoids DLC, Dan breaks his stuff and vague news is back. Trust cautiously.

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Sonic and friends continue their pointlessly on foot trek across the planet in pursuit of Eggman. This time we have canyons, rails, vertical platforming and team deathmatch… all the best stuff in a Sonic game (sarcasm). Join Zac and Rob being relieved of their will.

After a week off for Dan to get some surgery we’re back and Zac and Rob have colds. Go figure.

Plenty of news this week as the games industry comes out of hibernation featuring Rocket League, money, Peter Molyneux, legal fights, Amazon, poopy PC ports and Nintendo. Welcome back!

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It should go without saying, but as this is a puzzle game watching this video will likely spoil some of the “I’m a genius” feeling this game appears to give. For the rest of you, watch Rob struggle with lines and grids as Zac attempts to introduce The Witness.

Sonic Heroes seems to have been largely forgotten when bad Sonic games are talked about. Why is that? Zac and Rob aim to break the silence with a complete playthrough… oh joy.

What does it mean if you get “Enter Sandman” stuck in your head for a day and you haven’t even heard the song in, like, forever? Does it cement it as a badass song? Is it destined to get on my nerves? Am I doomed to cause people to sleep forever? The answer may be found in your reaction to arcane recordings of the SaladCast. I hear there may be talk about the games we can’t quite finish yet, VR pricing, vague news, and not dying in the snow and a hidden message if you listen in reverse.

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Time for another fumble through the random stuff we end up with on Steam. In Bridge Constructor Zac and Rob build some bridges. Were you expecting something else? Maybe a diplomatic drama?

Once again we are graced with a guest in the form of Richard Kemp (DJKippling) to bring his skew to the cast. In this episode some VR and eSports news, injury predictions, PC hardware, Kickstarter backing, caring about achievements and maybe some actual game chat.

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For those who don’t want to sit through the crazy long GOTY podcast you can find a list of the winners right here. Click through to reveal all.

Oh boy oh boy oh boy! It’s time for the end of year special show: GOTY 2015! We must scrutinize the heck out of 2015 for the good of mankind, for it is written: “Those who podcast, must arbitrarily award.” There’s a lot of difficult decisions and few easy answers in one of the busiest gaming years in memory an you can find out exactly how the team arrive at their conclusions (a blog with the results will go up later).

Fair warning: we may talk about story spoilers and mention the Weak Ass Californian Gap.

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