What would you call the famous Dutch explorer Abel Tasman if he had a penchant for cross-dressing? A Trans-Tasman!

"Has anyone seen my map of Tasmania?"

Trans-Tasman is also the term we can now apply legitimately to the IGN AU Pubcast, given we now have a bona fide Kiwi on the AU team, Lucy O'Brien! Lucy brings with her a lifelong passion for games, a thirst for booze and an accent that seems to make every other word sound like "sex". In short, she fits right in with the rest of the Pubcast crew!

Here's what we discussed in Episode 44:

  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 - it's set in the future, but will that make it Back to the Future II-style awesome or Battlefield Earth-style awful?

  • Max Payne 3 - Luke dug into a significant stretch of the game's single-player campaign and offered to share his thoughts. Unfortunately none of us can read minds so we got him to speak about it instead.

  • Perfect Strangers: The Videogame - the suicide prevention website should just redirect to this site from now on.

  • PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale - the team delivers its verdict on the initial roster line-up, plus offers suggestions of potential character inclusions. Er... Captain Falcon was in a PlayStation game, right?

  • The team answer even more of your questions from our Facebook page!

  • Plus, doddering old Diablo advisor Deckard Cain goes in the emergency ward's front door to have his back door examined in our opening sketch!


  • Don't delay, listen today! Episode 44! Make sure you rate us on iTunes, follow us on Facebook and write to us!

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