XL Episode 29: Top 50 Third-Party Nintendo Games

We forgot fucking Monkey Ball! The rest of the list is pretty good.

September 15, 2024

Episode 194: What We've Been Playing (Astro Bot, Space Marine 2, Star Wars: Outlaws, Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club)

So many good games to discuss this week! Astro Bot, Space Marine 2, Star Wars: Outlaws and the new Famicom Detective Club game. An array of treats…

September 13, 2024

Episode 193: Why Japanese Games Have Thrived Since the Xbox 360 Era (with Jay Baylis)

Cassette Beasts developer Jay Baylis rejoins us to discuss how Japanese games have been perceived since the 360 era.

September 7, 2024

Episode 192: Star Wars Outlaws First Impressions, Gamescom 2024 and Emergency Mailbag

Matthew talks about the first few hours of Star Wars Outlaws, Samuel explains what he ate at Gamescom 2024, and both of us answer questions from the listeners.

August 30, 2024

XXL Episode 28: Two Giant Men Rank the Alien Movies

Apologies in advance to fans of Alien 3!

August 24, 2024

Episode 191: Writing the Book on Alien: Isolation (with Andy Kelly)

With the release of Andy Kelly’s book Perfect Organism: The Alien Isolation Companion coming up, we asked him about the game and his hottest Alien takes.

August 23, 2024

Episode 190: What We've Been Playing (Anger Foot, Ace Attorney Investigations, Thank Goodness You're Here, Nobody Wants To Die)

Here’s what we’ve spent our respective summers playing: an array of indie/AA games ranging from disappointing to good.

August 16, 2024

XL Episode 28: Two Giant Men Play Perfect Dark

We dig deep into what’s aged well about this game – as well as what’s had us screaming at the telly.

August 12, 2024

Episode 189: Nintendo Top 50 Part 3 – The Final Countdown

At last, here’s the final part of our Nintendo top 50 list project.

August 9, 2024

Episode 188: Nintendo Top 50 Part 2 – Assembling the Longlist

The Godfather Part II of podcasts is here!

August 2, 2024