XL Episode 26: Two Giant Men Play Beyond Good and Evil

You voted, we suffered! (Not really.) We played 2003’s Ubisoft classic Beyond Good and Evil in full for the first time – but how did it go?

June 10, 2024

Episode 180: The PSP Draft

Retro Gamer editor Darran Jones steps into the draft dojo to celebrate Sony’s first gaming handheld device.

June 6, 2024

Episode 179: From EGM to BitSummit (with James Mielke)

Hear about James’ journey from comic book artist during Marvel’s bankruptcy to becoming a key editor on a host of important media outlets throughout the ’00s.

May 31, 2024

XXL Episode 25: Two Immortan Joes Watch the Mad Max Movies

A ranking of the Mad Max movies by two men who would almost certainly be the oversized comedy sidekicks of rancid villains in Miller’s fictional universe.

May 27, 2024

Episode 178: The '00s Games Magazine Quiz and Mailbag

We each try and guess five mystery games based on snippets from their reviews in ’00s games magazines. Feel free to play along!

May 24, 2024

Episode 177: The Game Soundtracks Draft

Two Giant Men, 20 categories, dubious rules! Time for another draft episode, this time on the subject of video game soundtracks.

May 17, 2024

XL Episode 25: Dreamcast Roulette

Samuel and Matthew spent a Sunday afternoon playing a stack of Dreamcast games. Here’s how it went.

May 13, 2024

Episode 176: What We've Been Playing (Stellar Blade, Animal Well, Pepper Grinder, Dark Forces Remaster)

Here’s what we’ve been playing lately: Stellar Blade, Animal Well, Octopath Traveler 2, Dark Forces Remaster and Pepper Grinder.

May 9, 2024

Episode 175: From Mysteries To Metroidvanias (with Stuart Turton)

Matthew speaks to one of his favourite authors, Stuart Turton. Hear about his exhausting creative process, and what it takes to write a novel.

May 3, 2024

XXL Episode 24: Two Giant Anjin Watch Shogun

This episode is all about Shogun, one of the best TV shows of the year. We also talk a bit about the best TV of the year so far.

April 29, 2024