Episode 120: From PC Zone to Writing Games (with Will Porter)

Will Porter, former PC Zone editor turned game developer, is our guest this week.

March 17, 2023

Episode 117: The Wii U Hall of Fame (with Ashley Day)

Our task this week is to construct a 10-game hall of fame (or perhaps hall of infamy?) for the Nintendo Wii U.

February 24, 2023

Episode 115: The Wii and DS Years of Official Nintendo Magazine (with Neil Long)

Former ONM editor and Mobilegamer.biz founder Neil Long is this week’s guest.

February 10, 2023

Episode 107: Leaving Games Media (with Andy Kelly)

Andy Kelly is back to discuss his exit from games media after 18 years – and to share eight review scores he got slightly wrong.

December 9, 2022

XL Episode 7: Top Zelda Moments (with Katharine Castle)

Katharine Castle joins us to recount a whole host of great moments from The Legend of Zelda’s history.

October 17, 2022

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.

October 14, 2022

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.

October 7, 2022

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.

September 23, 2022

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.

September 16, 2022

Episode 91: From Edge to Hit Points (with Nathan Brown)

Hear what goes into an Edge 10, as well as thoughts on Destiny, E3, Street Fighter and the world of videogame consulting.

August 19, 2022