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Didn’t attend the Eurogamer Expo? Didn’t catch the Q&A that Tom Bramwell and Ellie Gibson did in London? Dont worry, the site has you covered by giving you all 40 minutes of it.

Oh, and there is the stark realisation that no one has a PSPgo. Oh dear.

Find it through here.

Lots going on this week. The latest episode in our amazing podcast features Cryptic legend Jack Emmert on the imminent launch of anticipated MMO Champions Online, as well as EG.net dep ed Ellie Gibson talking to Steph and I about the mighty GamesCom.

There’s mention of sausages and sex with aliens in there, as well. What more do you want? Play it in your browser; download it: the choice is yours.

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The 2008 Games Media Awards in London last night saw Edge take the gong for best UK mag and Eurogamer win for best British site last night, with Eurogamer’s Ellie Gibson and PC Gamer’s Tom Francis winning best online and print writers respectively.

Full list of winners below. We live-blogged it as well, as you can see here.

• Games Media Legend; Sponsored by Atari: Steve Jarratt
• Games Magazine: Edge
• Games Website: Eurogamer
• Games Broadcast: Games Night on X-League.TV
• Specialist Games Writer, Print: Tom Francis, PC Gamer
• Specialist Games Writer, Online: Ellie Gibson, Eurogamer
• Rising Star; Sponsored by Rising Star Games: Simon Millar, X360
• Mainstream Magazine Games Writer; Sponsored by Ubisoft: Simon Munk, FHM
• National Newspaper, Best Games Coverage: The Guardian
• Regional Games Columnist – Dave Cook

Lists are brilliant. Channel 4 built a business out of them, so we’re not ashamed. Here are the ten most respected, influential games journalists working the UK trade today. These are the people PR want to kiss, the people you don’t leave alone in a room with your CEO, the people who’ll make you money if you give them power. Your opinion and that of other journalists, both in the UK and abroad, is formed by the names you’ll see below. These are the people that choose what you see.

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Eurogamer’s editor and deputy editor, Tom Bramwell and Ellie Gibson respectively, make an appearance on this week’s OneLifeLeft, Resonance FM’s London radio show. We’re saying this in all honestly: this is nowhere near as rubbish as it used to be. That’s supposed to be a compliment, Ste (Curran, the guy that makes it with another lady called Ann Scantlebury and another man called Simon Byron). We’ll storyify it when they put up new podcasts from now on. Get the new one here.