XL Episode 32: Two Giant Men Play Metal Gear Solid

‘You like to play Hotel Dusk, don’t you?’ Two hours on PlayStation all-timer Metal Gear Solid.

November 10, 2024

XL Episode 31: Back Page Episode 200 Q&A

We answer all your most granular questions about the making of the podcast ahead of 200!

October 28, 2024

XL Episode 30: Two Giant Men Build Video Game Theme Parks

Dear god.

October 14, 2024

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

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

XL Episode 27: The Limited Run Competitor Draft

Big Sammy Holdings and Matthew Castle Productions are back! This time, each company launches their own Limited Run-style physical games publishing service.

July 8, 2024

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

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

XL Episode 24: GOTY Lists Revisited

The podcast fully eats itself and we rate our old GOTY choices. It’s rather deranged, please enjoy.

April 15, 2024

XL Episode 23: Two Giant Men Play Hitman: Blood Money

We went back and played an older, extremely influential Hitman game – but how does it hold up?

March 11, 2024