Episode 257: The Top Emotional Moments in Games (with Lucy Blundell)
The games that hit players with emotional gut punches. Plus! A fansite exclusive! Some content that was cut from the episode! Worth Seven Pounds!
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Episode 256: Top 5 Metroid Games (with Jay Baylis)
Jay Baylis joins us once again! In time for the release of Metroid Prime 4, Matthew and Jay each share their top 5 games in Nintendo’s series.
Episode 255: The Back Page Episode + ARC Raiders (with Phil Savage)
The podcast eats itself! The Back Page finally dedicates a whole episode to its namesake. How do back page jokes go wrong?
XL Episode 45: 50 Truths About Games Journalism
As the podcast turns 5 years old, it’s time for two blokes to offer advice no one asked for about working in games media.
Episode 254: The 16-bit Games Mega Draft (with Ashley Day and Dave Scarborough)
Four giant men compete to pick the best games on the Mega Drive, SNES, Neo Geo and Amiga.
Episode 253: The Oral Histories of Video Games (with Matt Leone)
This week’s guest is Matt Leone, former Special Projects Editor at Polygon.
XL Episode 44: Two Giant Men Play Super Mario Galaxy 2
The same thing we just did, only for 2010’s Super Mario Galaxy 2!
Episode 252: Two Giant Men Play Super Mario Galaxy
A deep dive into an all-time classic on Wii.
Episode 251: What We've Been Playing (Dispatch, Absolum, The Séance of Blake Manor, Ninja Gaiden 4), Mailbag + The Worst Zelda Quiz Ever
Samuel butchering a bunch of Zelda quiz questions. It has to be heard to be believed.
XXL Episode 41: Two Giant Men Hit the Film Festival Circuit
Matthew and Samuel both saw a bunch of stuff at the London and Bath film festivals – here’s how it went.