XXL Episode 42: Our Favourite Films and TV Shows from 2025
One more three-hour pod to see out 2025.
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Episode 259: The Best Games of 2025
Two top 10 lists of the best games from 2025.
Episode 258: The Alternative GOTY Awards 2025
Need a video game awards show with dumb categories no company would ever sponsor? We’ve got your back, once again.
XL Episode 46: Our Top 5 Game Awards Trailers...and Some Cursed Xmas Panto Nonsense 2025
Things got weird in our latest Patreon episode. It’s better not to try and explain.
Episode 257: The Top Emotional Moments in Games (with Lucy Blundell)
The games that hit players with emotional gut punches. Plus! A fansite exclusive! Some content that was cut from the episode! Worth Seven Pounds!
Episode 256: Top 5 Metroid Games (with Jay Baylis)
Jay Baylis joins us once again! In time for the release of Metroid Prime 4, Matthew and Jay each share their top 5 games in Nintendo’s series.
Episode 255: The Back Page Episode + ARC Raiders (with Phil Savage)
The podcast eats itself! The Back Page finally dedicates a whole episode to its namesake. How do back page jokes go wrong?
XL Episode 45: 50 Truths About Games Journalism
As the podcast turns 5 years old, it’s time for two blokes to offer advice no one asked for about working in games media.
Episode 254: The 16-bit Games Mega Draft (with Ashley Day and Dave Scarborough)
Four giant men compete to pick the best games on the Mega Drive, SNES, Neo Geo and Amiga.
Episode 253: The Oral Histories of Video Games (with Matt Leone)
This week’s guest is Matt Leone, former Special Projects Editor at Polygon.