On this episode, Rand discusses some recent video game-related news: the ExtraLives.org Pokéthon III raises at least $25k for the Free the Children charity, GameFreak says that the Pokémon franchise will “evolve” in 2013 and there will be some announcement on 8 January, and that the XBLA indie game Fez is set to go multiplatform in 2013.

Besides that, Rand discusses some games he’s recently been playing, and gives a mini-review of two indie games, Fez and FTL: Faster Than Light.

Rand also discusses the upcoming 14th and final book in The Wheel of Time series, A Memory of Light.