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Episode 253: The Oral Histories of Video Games (with Matt Leone)

This week’s guest is Matt Leone, former Special Projects Editor at Polygon.

November 14, 2025
Epilogue: Samuel starts Super Mario Sunshine after recording this podcast

XL Episode 44: Two Giant Men Play Super Mario Galaxy 2

The same thing we just did, only for 2010’s Super Mario Galaxy 2!

November 10, 2025
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Episode 252: Two Giant Men Play Super Mario Galaxy

A deep dive into an all-time classic on Wii.

November 7, 2025
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Episode 251: What We've Been Playing (Dispatch, Absolum, The Séance of Blake Manor, Ninja Gaiden 4), Mailbag + The Worst Zelda Quiz Ever

Samuel butchering a bunch of Zelda quiz questions. It has to be heard to be believed.

October 31, 2025

XXL Episode 41: Two Giant Men Hit the Film Festival Circuit

Matthew and Samuel both saw a bunch of stuff at the London and Bath film festivals – here’s how it went.

October 26, 2025

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