Whilst the debate rages on over the fairness of having to pay for additional content to feed your rampaging Oblivion addiction, Bethesda has just revealed some interesting new information on the forthcoming ‘Thieves Den’ add-on for the game. Bethesda developer Ashley Cheng said, "Basically, it's Goonies."

The mission charges you to take control of a cavernous lair, in which you will find an abandoned pirate ship. Hmm, sounds familiar! Once you have control of the ship and the cave, you can get together your own band of scurvy-ridden ne'er-do-wells and plunder for booty.

Bethesda also has a further additional six or seven downloadable add-ons planned, including an epic dungeon, which they will be releasing every three to four weeks. This is in addition to ‘proper’ expansions to Oblivion, which are also in the pipeline for later dates.

While SPOnG has not yet fallen foul of Oblivion addiction, many of our friends and colleagues have. Indeed, the idea of playing a Goonies-inspired mission in the game is tempting us to fire up the 360 version we still have sitting under the telly. But we are strong. We can resist the temptation.

If Oblivion is a problem that is affecting you, your friends or your family, then we advise you to seek psychiatric help. It is an addiction. Fight it.

Speaking to an Oblivion sufferer earlier today, who is clearly deluded from living in a fantasy world for five or six hours a day, said: "It’s not an addiction at all – don’t fight it, feel it!"