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Unfortunately the Brian’s Guide website has fallen into the hands of evil cybersquatters, so instead here are some of my favourites.

In episode 89 of Rum Doings, we don’t discuss the whether there’s going to be a saviour for our scourge of bad language. But we do discuss Sesame Street, Jimmy Saville, Australian finances and what we like the least about getting married. It’s all part of our attempt to talk about positive things.

John practises some misogyny, then Nick demands we talk about the thick seam of homophobia that runs through the gaming community. Which takes us onto an attempt to understand why homophobia seems to be the go-to hatred for so many groups. We establish why having things in common isn’t the ideal recipe for a relationship, monotheism, and the joy of two duvets. Then tales of hunts for passports.

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Episode 88 of Rum Doings sees us wake up after a week’s sleep on Nick’s studio sofa. Emerging from this slumber we talk about how awful Terra Nova is, then remember that our topic isn’t: Is the National Lottery just a tax on the poor?

John then insults the religion of peace, and finally gets around to explaining why he’s excited about nothing. New beds, Nick’s daughter’s ghastly guttural dialect, and the joys of intra-race racism, all cross our lips. And what does “pique” mean? Nick’s determined to learn more about Minecraft, and then we remember the magic that was Rubik’s Magic.

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A few people are leaping to defend Eurogamer and the so-called “Simon Parkin” for their controversial review of Uncharted 3.

I would just like to say that I am reasonably delighted by this disgusting behaviour. The website clearly hates games, and clearly has no understanding of its audience, and it makes me mostly very happy. Why do they allow people like Simon Parkin to review games such as Uncharted, when it’s quite clear that he set out to slate it before he even started? Honestly, when I found out it was him reviewing it, I was hopping pleased.

Uncharted clearly deserves at least 10/10, despite any flaws it might have. Listing those flaws was a deliberate act of sabotage on the developers at Naughty Dog, and if I were them I’d be gnashing my teeth with pleasure. It’s just typical of Eurogamer, who make a habit of dishing out such insultingly low scores, and I think it’s time for their audience to take a stand and let them know just how mostly happy about it they are.

I spend at least 80% of my time being perfectly happy with the output of Eurogamer, and it is simply abysmal. At some point people have to take a stand. And I’m willing to come out and just say that I think Eurogamer is impressive most of the time, and I don’t care how upset they get by my saying that. It’s absolutely fine.

In Episode 87 of Rum Doings, Nick and John finally reconvene after a month’s gap brought on by weddings, honeymoons and appendectomies. So it should come as little surprise that in an episode in which we don’t discuss wasps: nature’s dustmen or hateful scourge, we talk about weddings, honeymoons and appendectomies.

New sofas, pudding wines, and goodness us, what’s this? The very first ever live Rum Doings consumption of a cream tea!

There’s theological debate about contemporary Christian music and bishops, tales of our appendices, and screaming nurses. And then a heartfelt series of thank yous for the remarkable generosity shown by Rum Doings listeners for John’s wedding. (Quick update: Debenhams have found lots of the missing items, and the throw appeared despite apparently not being paid for.)

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In episode 86 we drink rum that has been kissed by a butterfly, and practise our live cabaret show. There’s discussion of John’s cupboards, and the youth of today.

Then there’s the somewhat awkward bringing up of John’s wedding list. Which we then plug. Because we have no shame. Not even enough shame to not link it from here, nor to omit saying that the number is 312865. If someone wanted to donate toward the TV. Maybe. Ahem.

How to be friends with people of different intelligences? And how brilliant John is in the eyes of a five year old. And whether Nick should have another child. And then the scandalous revelations about how Nick would mistreat his younger brothers. How long will John live?

And that’s it until after John’s honeymoon. Unless he does record one out there. Which he probably won’t.

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Episode 85 of Rum Doings begins, as is quite topical for John, with discussions of wedding preparation. Then we ask the big question: who is still alive?

John speaks to some working class people, and then there’s chat about Dexter’s rehousing. Then there’s Nick’s exciting tale of a visit to the doctor! Tales of torturing our siblings, and then back to the wedding again. For instance, should John invite the Queen?

Oh, and there’s a new joke assignment, right at the end.

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Episode 84 of Rum Doings comes to you LIVE from when it was recorded, offering echoey discussions of all the most important topics of the day. Like whether we should ban printers. And honeymoons.

John has to break some bad news to Nick, and then pretty much ensures he won’t be having a great time on his honeymoon. Then we naturally move on to incest, and the advantages thereof. And how to continue the line of were-panthers. Then for some reason Nick brings up videogames again.

Why is Chicago great? Can you take a girl out of Wolverhampton? And are we immortalised by this rubbish? Learn about the importance of a safety pillow, and then Nick gives out his diet advice.

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Welcome to an echoey episode 83 of Rum Doings, recorded in our new echoey central London studios. In which we talk about some stuff. Look, I’m in the middle of moving house. I’ve been painting and washing and cleaning and unpacking and there’s so much more to do! You can find out what we talk about by listening! And you definitely should, because the ending is brill. Oh, and there are lots of answers to the mountain joke from 9,802 episodes back.

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In episode 82, recorded long, long ago, in the distant past, before what the world has come to know as “Those Riots”, Nick and John don’t ask why they don’t just fill all those potholes in? Instead there’s chat about the Creation Museum in Kentucky, to which neither John nor Nick has visited. And we strike upon the reason the dinosaurs died out!

Learn how to make mayonnaise, while Nick proves himself to be the new Michael Winslow, and soaks a mug of tea into John’s favourite chair. We prove that eggs are magic, and then plot selling Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Is the Bible magic? Is Rob Newman magic? And then some spectacular impressions of Melvin Bragg. We complain about more rubbish radio comedy, and then put our surviving listeners’ minds at rest.

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