...and hosted by me!

You can find it here. As those of you who've been following the podcast will know this is my first time hosting it... and don't worry, it's not going to become a regular thing.

As explained in the intro, Guy's been struck down by swine flu, Luke's off on a super-secret mission for us, and Mark is having fun moving house... which left me. I rather enjoyed the challenge, and think that our brief show worked rather well, under the circumstances... it'll take more than a few piggy sniffles to get the GSUK podcast.

Hope you like it.... we've got all the usual segments (though the news discussion is a little brief), and have two competitions to give away 20 Champions Online beta keys and 5 signed copies of Ashes Cricket 2009 on PS3. So go give it a listen... and be gentle.

A couple of updates from me for today...

First up, we have a competition that's running alongside this week's Start/Select! We've teamed up with the nice people at Fox to give you the chance to win not only Max Payne on Blu-ray, but also a 40" HDTV and a PS3 just to make sure you can watch it.

What you need to do is watch the latest Start/Select, which features an interview I did with John Moore, the film's director, and answer a simple question... easy.

Other than that joy, I have just discovered a little flash game that is oddly compelling, much in the way that Progress Quest was, albeit in a much prettier way. Thankfully it's got fairly strict limits plugged into it so it can't waste more than about 5 minutes a day, but it did make me smile. Anyway, take a look and judge for yourself.

I mentioned last week that there was another competition coming and I can finally reveal what it is...

We've teamed up with Sony to give you the chance to win one of five PlayStation 3s complete with a copy of Resistance 2... and the winners will get a chance to face off against the GSUK staff in Resistance 2 in an episode of Start/Select next year!

To enter, just head over to the competition page, answer the question, and give us your details.

Simple. Good luck!

It's all go around here at this time of year... and I've got your second competition today good to go.

Head over to London Calling in the next 25 3/4 hours (that's until 1800 on Wednesday December 3), and you can win a limited edition copy of Call of Duty: World at War on PC!

There's good reason for the short timescale, so head over to LC, check it out, and enter.

Good luck!

I have two competitions for the delightful readers of GameSpot UK this week, but only one to tell you about right now...

We've teamed up with GameStation to give one lucky reader their top ten games of the year: World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King for PC, FIFA 09 and Little Big Planet on PS3, Gears of War 2, Call of Duty: World at War and Tomb Raider Underworld on Xbox 360, Professor Layton and the Curious village on Nintendo DS and Football Manager 2009 on PSP.

Head on over to the competition page and enter now!

I'll have new on the second competition just as soon as the prizes arrive in the office and I can post a photo to show we've got them in time to get to you for Christmas!