While wandering the long, barren corridors of Valve HQ I stumbled upon Chet Faliszek and Erik Wolpaw, the two men who a few years ago made up the members of Old Man Murray. Bundling both of them into a big sack I carried them into a room packed with buzzing PCs and forced them to join in on a podcast to discuss the release of Left 4 Dead 2.

The planets aligned. The Mayan prophecies were proven true. All four Ultimate Controllers of Rock, Paper, Shotgun gathered together in one echoey lounge to create an electronic wireless show for the ages. Led by your tweeted contributions we discuss the highest matters of the day in a manner suited by fine gentlemen.

Jim and John gather once more to discuss PC games. With their voices.

Alec, Quinns and Kieron gather together to talk all things PC Gaming and/or feel bad. Topics include Gridrunner Revolution, Borderlands, Superhero Games, what achievements are for, Space Hulk and a load more. ACTIVATE EARS!

Okay, okay, you can stop the email campaign, the angry letters in the post, the furious sky writing - there's a new podcast. Join Jim and John as they attempt to upset every listener from the young to the grumpy, while almost discussing videogames on a few occasions. Of course your Twitter questions fuel our rampant discussion, and indeed our dreadful manners.

It's time again! Quinns and Kieron talk about stuff and things. Stuff and things include Batman, AI War, Champions, Space Hulk and stuff and things. It's recursive like that.

Imagine a world where there was a new Rock, Paper, Shotgun Electronic Wireless Show to listen to. Imagine harder! You made it happen! Jim and John teleported into the RPS under-sea bunker to record an episode of game-based chitter. With your tweets much frivolity occurs, in what is unquestionably the most edited podcast of all time. Plagued by knocks at the door, madmen strimming outside the window, helicopter attacks and an earthquake, a lot of fun is to be found seeing if you can spot the concealed gaps.

A million hellos, and fifty welcomes to a new podcast. Jim and John (or "Jihn" as the tabloid press now call them) gathered their arms and legs together and produced a brand new audible recording. And yes, this time it is indeed audible! There's no rational explanation found in science or myth for why the last one sounded like bad dogs, but it's back to its usual just-about-good-enough standards. In fact, this week the audio quality is so high you can detect every microscopic creak from John's creaky chair. This is good. No, it's good.

In a Twitter Questions Special, the lusciously industrious pair take your queries upon themselves and proffer responses to invigorate and delight.

Well crap. Every few months the Podcast Gods demand a sacrifice lest they destroy the Earth, and sadly it befell this week's podcast. Jim and John gathered in their usual stylish fashion to create a beautiful new podcast for you, created something magnificent, and then discovered after that it sounded like it had been recorded over CB radio at the bottom of a bin. There's no rational for this. There's no logic. Same setup as always. Horrible quality. So, we're putting it up anyway, as our voices <em>can</em> be clearly heard, but with our sincere apologies. (Although I think it's still better quality than the first few recorded on Kieron's dictaphone, so it's all about perspective.) Should you be willing to listen through the muffle you'll hear us discuss the role of art direction in games, favourite gaming soundtracks and ponder the potential for a unified gaming platform.

What ho! A podcasting we did go. And a merry old blah blah something. Jim and John squeezed into the RPS telephone box to record a new podcast, where we not only mentioned subjects, but then went on to discuss them. Amongst that which exited our mouth was the nature of open world gaming, easter eggs in The Dig, why Bookworm Adventures was great, and what defines an MMO.

Alec and Kieron, together, as nature intended. Staring out the window and discussing those ever-popular computertronic entertainogames.

Well cor and blimey, it's a new podcast. Sorry about the delay since the last - we all lost our feet, and then were trapped by elephants. Recovered and recompiled, Jim and John spoke out loud into a recording microphone, and now offer the result to the warm folds of your ear. Sat on John's patio, surrounded by cats and revving engines, we soaked in the warm July sun and chatted about matters of PC importance. Matters such as the nature of previewing, Burnout Paradise, and which playground games should be made for PC.

It's Kieron and Alec! And dear God do they need an editor. Topics discussed include the Sims 3, Left 4 Dead, the BNP and bringing sexy back.

Aw yeah. Days before the shock Left 4 Dead 2 announcement E3, our own travelling chappie John Walker sat down with Valve's Chet Faliszek to dredge up incredi-details on the zombie sequel. They also talk about their mums, and John makes a naughty swear.

Jim and John gathered, and words were exchanged. We recorded them. Now you listen to them. It's so simple it just might work. Here's what we talked about, in literally no order, which makes Kieron furious! We talked about hating stuff that's free, John being a functional Christian, RPS's plans for invading E3, game sequels we want to see, the potential for Thief 4 and Deus Ex 3, and whether it's okay to dislike Civilisation IV. We also talk about games! Like Damnation, Riddick, Thief, Thief Deadly Shadows, and Ultima Underworld II. It's so much, and it's so delightful!

Why hello there fancy lady and/or gentleman. We're very glad you came, as we believe what we have for you is of great interest. Believed to be the eighteenth podcast from the legendary Rock, Paper, Shogtun website, this audio recording is filled with wits and charms of the like unknown since the Mighty Cataclysm Of 2042. Upon listening your eyes shall be filled with discussions of Plants Vs. Zombies, a smattering of Braid, discussion of Velvet Assassin, and the demise of 3D Realms.

Alec and Kieron are joined by RPS roaming reporter Quinns to discuss Demigod, Wurm Online, Dead Space, Stalin Vs Martians, Strategy games as narrative games, Borderlands and cooking tips,

Welcome to our first ever sixteenth Electronic Wireless Programme. It's Jim and John this week, once more gathered in John's gloomy room to record their completely not gloomy podcast. Under our terrifying wordgaze comes Mafia II, Stalker: Clear Sky, Zeno Clash piracy tactics, and the comments of Heather Chaplin.

Kieron and Jim use the iffy magic of Skype to have a lightning-fast podcast discussing Zeno Clash, DemiGod's release problems, D&D4th Edition, Alpha Protocol's chances of success and what they're having for dinner.

John and Jim gather, open their mouths, tip forward, and then words start spilling out all over the place. It's discussions of games like BioShock 2 and The Secret World, as well as important information about the religious festivities of Horace the Endless Bear.

Kieron grills Leigh Alexander over her time at GDC2009. Leigh grills Kieron over his time at the zoo. Also, some Path-chat malarkies. Go Electronic Wireless!

Jim and John gather to mouthspeak about PC gaming and beards for the entertainment of the masses. Wonder at how they say thoughts aloud, gasp at the interruptions from local wildlife, be astonished at our lusting after news readers with lisps, and then be brought back down to Earth by the intricate discussion of the important gaming matters of the day.

An RPS Special. Kieron Gillen talks to Leigh Alexander on her living room floor on the subject of her history in games, sex and sexuality and how much booze they've drank. Hurrah!

Jim and John grab gaming by the throat, then get a hold of themselves, apologise, and chat about it nicely. The Path, Eve, and the winner of the RPS Jingle contest all appear.

In which Kieron and Alec discuss a lot of real-time strategy games, worry about what happens to old videogames journalists and display a frightening lack of knowledge about Napoleonic history.

Jim Rossignol and John Walker gather to discuss all things PC gaming, including an exciting glimpse of the future. Plus, there's the first ever RPS podcast compo. Ooooo.

Jim and John gather to discuss matters of PC gaming, snow-related issues, and why they're better than Alec and Kieron.

In Episode Six we're joined by Valve's Erik Wolpaw, for discussion of co-op gaming memories, Left 4 Dead, and the skill behind decent voice acting in games.

The fifth episode of our simply astonishing podcast, this time with all four of us - Kieron Gillen, Alec Meer, Jim Rossignol and John Walker - in one room, in Seattle.

This week Kieron Gillen and John Walker attended the PC Gamer Showdown. Come Sunday morning, tired but tired, they snuck away to a hotel room for some "private time". This is the result.

The Rock, Paper, Shotgun Podcast Test Episode - hideous, hideous sound quality. You've been warned.