The show must go on, a big thanks to everyone who made donations and send messages of support so pin back your lugholes and have a listen to this edition of the Cranky Gamers podcast.

Toz play's his surprise game of the year Hitman: Absolution  and continues to work his way through the Black Ops 2 campaign. I invested plenty of time in to the Zombies and multiplayer side of BLOPS 2 and progressing through the Halo 4 campaign on Legendary. With details of the Minecraft treasure hunt, the Cranky Gamers Call of Duty clan and how you can bag yourself some great prizes just for taking part in the Cranky Gamers end of year award.

The news may be a bit thin on the ground but there is plenty of  to discuss from the Wii U to Karaoke and next gen consoles, you will never bend down in the dentist's again.

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Due to funding this may well be the last Cranky podcast, all will be explained at the beginning of the show.This show is dedicated to Sid Waddell a legendary dart's commentator not the same without him, anyway a busy week both gaming and non-gaming for me, playing my console off-line for a night was an adventure in its self.

We cold almost call this a Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 special as for me that's the only game I have been playing all week but luckily Toz has got plenty of other games to chat about. We have plenty of news to discuss from the Halo 4 takings that pale into significance when compared to the Call of Duty and how Microsoft have been rewarding their loyal customers with the 10th anniversary of Xbox Live this week. There is the first ever ahhhh moment in an and finally story which should bring a little smile to everyone's faces and some interesting questions from the listeners this week, what feature would you add to your console?

Which collectively gives your for your listening pleasure Show 180, enjoy and please give some feedback either here on the web site, the forums or a review on iTunes.

Wow, take a deep breath and get ready for a marathon show 179, Toz starts off by bragging that he has done 95% of his christmas shopping and gets told to come back next year when he goes to get measured for his wedding suit

On Monday I had a midnight trip to Game to get my copy of  Halo 4 which ends up staying in my machine all week, check out the multi-player review here.

On the gameplay front Toz goes back to a couple of PS3 titles that he missed out on first time round and gets to try out 'SmartGlass' on his iPad and I give you my thoughts on Halo 4 multiplayer.

We have a good selection of news stories including yet more generous offers from Microsoft for playing Halo 4 but some even more generous offers if you have an Amex card. We announce the winner of the Forza Horizon competition and answer more of your questions about anything and everything.

It all mounts up to a great show 179 for your listening delights, feel free to add your comments and feedback

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It's half-term week and we both get plenty of gaming in, Toz finally gets to talk about the two games he had on embargo (Need for Speed Most Wanted and Halo)

Toz also does a comparison between NFSMW and Forza Horizon he also gets stuck in to Borderlands 2 on his PS3. I give out our player of the week in Fifa and also a few more tips for Fifa Ultimate team.

We announce the winner of the Minecraft competition and give you another week to get your entries in to win Forza Horizon, there is a bumper news section and a chat about Fifa 13 on BBC's Watchdog. The community have been busy sending in another bulging post bag of questions. This is the explosive fireworks edition of Cranky Gamers UK show 178. Enjoy !!