XXL Episode 30: Bleak Film Club – Speak No Evil (2022) / Threads (1984)
Apologies in advance – the next film club will be jollier, promise…
Episode
Episode 203: The Death and Life of Games Magazines (with Caspian Whistler)
What it’s like to work on a games magazine when it’s closing down and the rise of prestige games mags with A Profound Waste of Time founder Caspian Whistler.
Episode 202: What We've Been Playing (Dragon Age: The Veilguard, COD BLOPS 6, Batman: Arkham Shadow, Mario & Luigi: Brothership)
Beefy games chat this week on all of the above – plus The Rise of the Golden Idol, FF7 Rebirth and Apex Legends.
XL Episode 32: Two Giant Men Play Metal Gear Solid
‘You like to play Hotel Dusk, don’t you?’ Two hours on PlayStation all-timer Metal Gear Solid.
Episode 201: Backlogeddon (with Jay Baylis)
We all have too many games to play. Jay Baylis joins us to discuss how we all gathered massive backlogs – and what can be done to cure it.
Episode 200: Behind The Back Page
Only Jeremy Peel can save us now.
XL Episode 31: Back Page Episode 200 Q&A
We answer all your most granular questions about the making of the podcast ahead of 200!
Episode 199: From Games Journalism to Blumhouse (with Louise Blain)
One of our favourite returning guests, Louise Blain, discusses her current role as Creative Lead at Blumhouse Games.
XL Episode 30: Two Giant Men Build Video Game Theme Parks
Dear god.
Episode 198: What We've Been Playing (Metaphor: ReFantazio, Silent Hill 2, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom)
Matthew is zagging on the new Atlus RPG, is surprised at how much he’s enjoying Silent Hill 2, and is at odds with Samuel on the newest Zelda game.