Lost in the shuffle yesterday, FOTB Alex McMillan is “doing” a Richard Osman’s World Cup Of Richard Osman’s House of Games you can still join in with. Check out his other tweets for the other ties.

We’ve just heard about the death of Just a Minute host Nicholas Parsons at the age of 96.

Has there ever been anyone still regularly broadcasting at that age? Incredible.

Join us for a good old chinwag occasionally referencing whatever is going on on Schlag den Star this Saturday from 7:15 UK, chef Frank Rosin takes on soccer legend (it says here) Mario Basler over 15 mystery events (our money is on “extending a tape measure vertically as far as possible before it bends under its own weight”) for Elton’s €100,000 briefcase. Johannes Oerding and Robin Schulz are your musical turns for the evening. Join us!

I discovered Tipping Point Blast this morning, ended up playing for half an hour and now basically hate myself.

It seems like a pretty natural tie-in, plenty of coin pushing apps on the market, this one’s got all the bells and whistles you could ask for (lights! Sound effects from the show! Bonus minigames where you can answer questions, spin wheels and drop more coins! Prizes! Flashing lights! More flashing lights! Even more flashing lights!).

It is empty calories, but it’s a slick experience. It’s also free to play with the option of buying extra coins in the shop if you want to, but you probably won’t need to. Brig’s Pro Tip For The Top – don’t bother with the cascade booster, just tap to drop in quick succession for basically the same effect. Do use the walls though.

It’s out on Android, presumably it’s out on iOS as well.

Happy Chinese New Year! To celebrate the Year of the Rat, here’s some Roland’s Rat Race I found on Youtube.

A quick round-up of stuff likely to be of interest that might have been lost in the shuffle:

• Spy Games, from some of the people behind US Mole debuted on US Bravo a few nights ago and apparently there are two episodes you can watch with the Dark Arts. We hope to watch them at the weekend, but if you’ve watched we’re interested in your thoughts.
• The 1% Quiz (this seems to have changed from “club” to “quiz” in the last few days), effectively Whittle with brainteasers with Lee Mack we understand, is looking for contestants/audience for a runthrough in Salford on the 29th. Tickets SRO.
• Beat the Chasers films at Elstree end of next week and weekend. Tickets SRO.
• Creationism, where Noel Fielding presides over a celebrity contest of arts and creativity, films at the Riverside Studios (hurrah for the reopening of studios in London) on February 7th, tickets SRO.