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In this Cost of a Coffee special, the Prof and Brian are inspired by an ape uprising to discuss updates to games we've reviewed or admired from afar.

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“Every day in the United Kingdom we spend £2.5 million pounds on coffee, which is fine with me as working with my lab assistant Brian here, does my head in.â€

“Howay there Professor.â€

“I’m Professor Kelvin Harris, the resident scientist for Codec Moments and this week we’re not on a mission to highlight interesting and unusual games that you can buy instead of your daily cappuccino.  Instead, we’re here to discuss some recent updates to a few of the games that we've reviewed previously and a couple of really interesting updates to games that we've never reviewed.â€

“That is crazy bonkers Professor, what’s brought this on?â€

“Well Brian, with the release of ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’ in the UK last week, it inspired me to go back to Ndemic Creations (http://www.ndemiccreations.com/en/) simple but addictive strategy game, Plague Inc. (http://www.ndemiccreations.com/en/22-plague-inc) and check out the new Simian Flu pack.  Based on my work for the government at Porton Down, Plague Inc. tasks you with creating an epidemic that will spread uncontrollably and unabatedly across the globe, eventually wiping out all human existence.â€

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“Remember that time you created SARS Professor?  It was rubbish.â€

“It might yet mutate Brian, you may come to rue this day.  Plague Inc. is perhaps my favourite game to date, allowing me to model transmission, mutations and resistance of virological, bacteriological or biological vectors on a global scale, from the comfort of my living room; all for purely theoretical reasons of course.â€

“Is that why you wear that yellow balloon suit and scuba tank when you play it Professor?â€

“A good scientist always has the appropriate Personal Protective Equipment, or PPE, Brian.â€

“Oh right, I thought PPE was that lesson in school when I had to jump on a little trampoline in my pants ‘cos I’d forgotten my gym kit.â€

“Simian Flu is the third add-on pack for Plague Inc, following the Neurax Worm and the Necroa Virus.  It challenges players to not only develop a deadly disease capable of eradicating human life, but to also orchestrate an ape uprising across the globe.  It ties in with the Dawn of the Planet of the Apes movie and provides a steep difficulty curve having to manage a battle on two fronts as you prevent humankind from eradicating the disease, whilst also having to stop them from wiping out the simian insurgency.  All in all it’s a great addition for just over £1 and it’s satisfying to see that the fake news headlines that appear in the game are being kept topical with comments about Suarez and Destiny appearing now.â€

“But I don’t like Monkey’s Professor, that one we had in our lab kept calling me an idiot and telling me what to do.â€

“For the last time Brian; that wasn't a monkey, it was me with a beard.â€

“What about something with planes Professor? I LOVE Pocket Planes.â€

“Well sadly there’s been no update for Pocket Planes recently Brian, but Air Tycoon 3 (http://www.codecmoments.com/game-review/air-tycoon-3/) has had an update to add an additional 10 cities including Shenyang, Nizhny Novgorod and Okinawa, along with some more planes; look Brian your favourite is there, the Boeing 737-900F.â€

“Professor, you know I only like the Boeing 737-900C.  Anyway, Air Tycoon 3 is BORING, no matter how well it