Episode 229: The Best Games of 2005

Enjoy tales of college woes and secret freezer politics. Nonsense podcasting awaits.

May 23, 2025

Episode 228: GOTY 2025 Check-In

Here’s an episode we airlifted out of our collective asses.

May 16, 2025

XL Episode 38: Two Giant Men Play Metroid Prime

Our deep dive into 2002’s Metroid Prime is finally here!

May 13, 2025
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Episode 227: Games Court – Castle Island x Blue Prince Edition

20ish listeners’ pre-owned purchases go on trial before Judge Castle, as Games Court returns!

May 9, 2025

Episode 226: Mailbag (sandwich + game pairings, writing cover features, other nonsense)

It’s time for another round of listener questions as we each recover from the 50 hours of games we played for last week’s episode.

May 2, 2025

XXL Episode 35: The Best First Episodes of TV Shows Ever

Everything from Battlestar Galactica to Peep Show comes up in this one, which digs into the best pilot episodes of shows ever.

April 29, 2025

Episode 225: What We've Been Playing (Blue Prince, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Promise Mascot Agency, Tempest Rising)

It’s catch-up time, as a spring wave of fantastic games hit at once!

April 25, 2025

Episode 224: The Xbox 360 Mega Draft (with Dave Scarborough and Ashley Day)

The four-person draft is back! Samuel, Matthew, Ashley Day and Dave Scarborough are fighting over the best games on Xbox 360.

April 18, 2025

XL Episode 37: The Lukewarm Console Exclusive Games Hall of Fame

From Killzone: Shadow Fall to Blinx: The Time Sweeper, we create a hall of fame dedicated to platform-exclusive mediocrity.

April 15, 2025

Episode 223: One Giant Man Plays The Nintendo Switch 2 Line-Up

Matthew plays all the Nintendo Switch 2 demos (except some ports no one cares about).

April 11, 2025