Episode 594: Sony, Swimsanity and Turkey

This is the third attempt in as many weeks at making an episode.

There’s no real news items this Thanksgiving as the podcast is giving away free Swimsanity codes and talk about the games they’ve been playing that month.

Let us know what you think and win a Swimsanity code.

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