Episode 99: Best Visual Novels (with Lucy Blundell)
Lucy Blundell joins us to discuss one of Matthew’s favourite genres: the (usually) non-horny visual novel.
Episodes
Episode 98: From MinnMax to Game Informer (with Ben Hanson)
We’re joined by Ben Hanson of MinnMax on this episode, who shares a bunch of great stories from his many years making videos.
Episode 97: Games Court – Judge Sammy's Garbage Barge
A grim fate awaits anyone who gets on the wrong side of Judge Big Sammy.
XXL Episode 6: Star Wars Movies Ranked (or, Star Wars: Good or Bad?)
We’re ranking the Star Wars movies. Apologies in advance for the mountain of bad takes you’re about to endure.
Episode 96: GTA Clones on Trial
From The Getaway to Sleeping Dogs, this week Judge Matthew Castle puts the open world games that followed in GTA 3’s wake on trial.
Episode 95: The Lucasarts Adventure Games Hall of Fame (with Ashley Day)
We try to boil down the complete library of Lucasarts adventure games into five representative titles.
XL Episode 6: Best 7/10 Games
In this episode, we boil down the idea of what a 7/10 game is, making it far more confusing than it really should be.
Episode 94: Splatoon 3 + Nintendo's Newer Series Explained
Matthew talks us through his many hours agonising over a Splatoon 3 review.
Episode 93: What We've Been Playing (September 2022)
Saints Row, Arcade Paradise, Ryse: Son of Rome, Splatoon 3, Star Wars: Rogue Squadron and Escape Academy are the games discussed.
XXL Episode 5: 20 Thriller Movies We'd Recommend To Anyone
Everything from Blow Out to Christopher Nolan’s Insomnia gets a namecheck in this genre-centric episode.