We're taking you on a trip to space this month, with a brief stop at the delightfully odd town of Sprankelwater where we join Tiny Terry for an excellent little collect-a-thon, and plenty of laughs along the way. Tiny Terry's Turbo Trip is our book club game of the month, for PC, Switch and PS5.

Meanwhile, our own Tiny Tibbs has bought himself a new VR setup and has lots to say about it. Sticking with the acronyms, we also have a lot more to say about AI in what we hope is a relatively balanced view of the current state of it.

For good measure, we also finish off the first chapters of our two Sega Power video game novels!

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We're playing Tunic this month in the book club!.. well, as much of it as we can, at least. We're getting on a bit now, you see, and we struggle with challenging combat - especially parrying for some reason. But we give an an honest take on this beautiful but deceptively tricky game for modern platforms.

The show is packed to the brim with other goodies though, including two separate hands-on previews! Ollie went to London to have a go on the upcoming Evercade Nexus console and its pack-in Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie double pack! He also found his way onto the closed network test of Sega's new Crazy Taxi game too, and has much to say about both!

Plus Word Factori, Super Woden: Rally Edge, an Incoming Indie that leaves us feeling a bit awkward, and perhaps best of all, Tibbs found his Golden Axe and Road Rash unofficial novels that came free with Sega Power magazine, and you bet he's going to read them to us!

Incoming Indie: Lightspeed Lina (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cornflowerblue/lightspeed-lina)

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As it's episode 80, we thought we'd mark the occasion with a bunch of 80's games! The book club is a triple decker this month, with Alex Kidd in Miracle World on the Master System, Metal Gear on the MSX2 and the arcade version of Golden Axe!

The first half of this huge episode gets a bit more serious mind you, as we discuss Sony's extremely controversial decision to cease all production of physical media from 2028 onwards, and the kind of ripple effects this will have on the industry going forward. Once again, we outline the importance of video game preservation and what an all-digital future means for still being able to play games even four or five years after their release.

Luckily, normal service resumes in the second half, as we discover how Alex Kidd once completely scuppered Tibbs' chances for romance, Ollie quickly loses interest in Tellybugs, Twitch blatantly lies to use by pretending we have friends, and we laugh at another Sony gaff, as they introduce their newest mascot - an anxiety-ridden cartoon bear designed to take the Hello Kitty fanbase by storm.. Yes, really.

Plus, Denshattack!!, Penny's Big Breakaway and gardener's corner asks can plants feel pain? (no).

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