Episode 250: 10 Games We Enjoyed During Steam Next Fest – Plus a Handful of Duds

A deep dive on the demos we tried during Steam Next Fest, hopefully giving you a few things for your wishlist.

October 24, 2025

Episode 249: The 'Games Set in Japan' Hall of Fame (plus Absolum and Ball X Pit)

We assemble a list of the 10 key games set in Japan. Did we get it wrong? Probably.

October 17, 2025
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XL Episode 43: Two Giant Men Play Some Old NES Games

How much has playing a load of old Atari games in recent weeks changed our perception of the console?

October 13, 2025
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Episode 248: What We've Been Playing (Silent Hill f, Ghost of Yotei, Baby Steps, Expedition 33 Revisited, Plus More)

Matthew has Covid! Poor chap. At least he got through all six seasons of Justified.

October 9, 2025

Episode 247: Reassuringly Finite (with Jon Denton)

Hear about Jon’s journey from gamesTM to being pals with The Weeknd.

October 3, 2025
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XXL Episode 40: Two Giant Men Watch Mad Men Season 1

Revisiting the amazing first season of Mad Men.

September 28, 2025

Episode 246: The Best Games of 2017

A massive year for games; a bleak year for at least one giant man.

September 26, 2025

Episode 245: Mailbag (Now Featuring Trace Amounts of Nutritional Value)

It’s a bloody mailbag! Please save your shrugs for the end.

September 19, 2025

XL Episode 42: Two Giant Men Play Some Old Atari Games

A fascinating (if sometimes cursed) deep dive into where things went wrong for the company that popularised home video game consoles.

September 14, 2025
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Episode 244: What We've Been Playing (Mafia: The Old Country, Shinobi: Art of Vengeance, Kirby on Switch 2, Hollow Knight, MGS Delta: Snake Eater, Shuten Order)

The stack of games we’ve been chewing through lately.

September 5, 2025