Wait, no, this isn't it - no one change their clocks this weekened. USA, come on, you should already be on top of this. And UK, our turn is next weekend. Hold tight. Time isn't real, the past year has taught me, yet I'm pretty sure some sort of ad hoc time deity can form from collective belief and god help you if you anger it. So weekends? Ha ha, yes certainly I believe in weekends, a very real period of time right there. Please, please, I beg you please, join me in recognising the weekend by telling me what you're playing this one.

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Verdansk is James and I's second home, a less-than-safe space to relax after work and pull some triggers. It's a place we deeply care about, and now it's filled with undead. Initially, we'd welcomed them in with open arms, but now they're starting to bore us. And we share our desperation to see something, anything> come of their presence in this episode of the Audio Bang.

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Fallout games may be grim, but even the wasteland doesn't usually let you harm children. Thank goodness for mods, right? One particular Fallout 3 mod lets players with the cannibal perk gobble down an infant in the The Pitt DLC, which one of my favorite speedrunners has endeavored to do in under 20 minutes. Why on earth would he want to speed eat a baby? It's more wholesome than you think, actually.

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Payday series developers Starbreeze have not had a breezy few years. In 2019, they faced the serious threat of shutting down due to their financial situtation. Things eventually started looking up after their restructuring process and they reiterated plans for Payday 3 following the completion a publishing agreement.

They've now indeed signed on with co-publishers Koch Media. They've also doubled down on those plans to launch their next grand co-op heist 'em up in 2023. That's not as far away as it was the first time they said it, but it sure still isn't soon.

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Bad news, bat gang. The upcoming Warner Bros. bat family action game Gotham Knights is getting punted into 2022. Previously announced for launch this year, WB say that the knights crew need more time before they're ready to fight crime. Bruce Wayne's protege foursome are now expected to hit Gotham's streets sometime next year, though WB haven't yet specified when.

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Last month, Paradox launched an optional subscription service for Crusader Kings 2 which gave access to all its expansions and DLC for a small monthly fee. Now they're doing the same with another grand strategy game. Yesterday they launched a separate subscription for Europa Universalis 4, once again offering all the expansions and DLC for a price of £4/month. And it's still optional, they're still selling stuff separately too.

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Night City contruction continues as CD Projekt Red plan another patch for Cyberpunk 2077. Patch 1.2 isn't out yet, but CDPR have now detailed some of the issues that it'll tackle. There are some pretty familiar annoyances on the list, from cheaty police response times to vehicle handling woes. They've not specified when patch 1.2 will launch, but have previously announced plans to release it this month.

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Phasmophobia is scary enough as it is. I've been playing for months and I still sometimes squeal like a small child when a ghost chases me. I won't ever muster the courage to play in VR and I will never, ever have a desire to play wearing a haptic suit. I'd really like to watch someone else do it though. For you absolute horror fiends, Phasmophobia has just added support for Bhaptics Tactsuits for some extra jumpscare fuel.

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Nvidia have announced a string of price changes to their cloud gaming service GeForce Now. The monthly subscription service is now in its second year after leaving its beta phase in February 2020, and early subscribers were able to use the premium version of GeForce Now for as little as £4.99 per month in the UK. However, this Founders membership has now been replaced by a new Priority membership, which costs £8.99 / €9.99 / $9.99, doubling the original monthly cost.

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On finishing work for the day, I normally power down my PC and retreat to our living room downstairs, either settling in for some TV with our cats, or reading a bit of my current book with our cats. Our cat Midna (named for the similar-ish markings she shares with The Legend Of Zelda character) is particularly friendly when we're in the living room, wedging herself between my shins if I've got a blanket over them, or scooching into the tiny gap between me and the arm of the sofa. It's nice. Cosy. Chill. Peaceful.

I'm telling you this because nearly every night this week I have foregone a big chunk of our usual evening cat cuddling routine in order to carry on playing Dorfromantik, a very relaxing hexagonal city-builder from tiny German team Toukana Interactive. And yes, I don't know what's got into me, either.

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