Far Cry 3 has been praised from the highest mountain to the darkest jungle glade.  But is the game more prey than predator?

Music: Amanita Muscaria by Jeris

We speak to Johnnie Excel, competitive eater and StarCraft 2 player, about competitive eating's culture, tactics, future and more.

Johnnie's YouTube channel

CNN article on Kobayashi arrest

S: Put Your Hands Up (Dubstep Version) A: Chandubaba

We talk about Dust: An Elysian Tail, find out what it's like to go game shopping in Yongsan (South Korea's Akihabara) and find out if Crysis is more pavement than playground.

Music is Nadeya (Club Mix) by Destinazione Altrove, used a sample from Nadeya from Mentorrecords featuring Afroganic.

For our alternative 2011 'GOTY' show, we asked listeners to make up awards and choose games to win them.  That way, games win awards that reflect how you felt about them, not how the industry decides to categorise them.  The show has one bit of swearing, but it's a heck of a doozy.

Background music: http://incompetech.com/

Outro: Candy in the Sun by Koortwah.

It's time for our third-annual awards show!

Tell us about a game you played in 2011. Create an award for it to win. This is not a GOTY show.

the two years we’ve run an awards show that is a year late and doesn't have any categories.

By doing 2011 games you've had more time to play Xmas AAA titles. We don’t have categories because we dis/like games for different reasons.

Pick a 2011 game & create an award for it. The award can be anything you want. It doesn’t have to be ‘the best’. It just has to be about your experience, good or bad, silly or serious. You can include board, web and mobile games too.

Example awards:

LA Noire: ‘Most accurate portrayal of mental illness in the police force’

I really connected and understood Cole’s outbursts. Isn’t he the everyman for the id and super ego battle within ourselves? *smokes pipe*

Comment here or email us: hatchetjobshow [AT] gmail [DOT] com

Here’s a list of 2011 releases to jog your memory.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_in_video_gaming#Game_releases

Have at it!

In this super-short film review, you'll hear about Brazilian films Elite Squad and Elite Squad: The Enemy Within.

Music is Ice and Chilli by _ghost .

We discuss co-op game mechanics, segue into paid unlocks and invent (possibly) the worst game in the world.

Music is 'Cuss The Sky' by Camburn.

Is Predator 2 a cultural artifact?  Are the Saints really needed in Saints Row 3? Is X-Com still good? Does nostalgia drive game purchases? What's it like gaming on a projector?

Kara Leung interview 

Box Shot AKA Smuggler's Cramp

E.S. Posthumus

[Post-show, a transgender listener sent the following links]

Gender & presentation in Saints Row 2

How videogames helped me go from boy to girl