Episode 226: Mailbag (sandwich + game pairings, writing cover features, other nonsense)

It’s time for another round of listener questions as we each recover from the 50 hours of games we played for last week’s episode.

May 2, 2025

XXL Episode 35: The Best First Episodes of TV Shows Ever

Everything from Battlestar Galactica to Peep Show comes up in this one, which digs into the best pilot episodes of shows ever.

April 29, 2025

Episode 225: What We've Been Playing (Blue Prince, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Promise Mascot Agency, Tempest Rising)

It’s catch-up time, as a spring wave of fantastic games hit at once!

April 25, 2025

Episode 224: The Xbox 360 Mega Draft (with Dave Scarborough and Ashley Day)

The four-person draft is back! Samuel, Matthew, Ashley Day and Dave Scarborough are fighting over the best games on Xbox 360.

April 18, 2025

XL Episode 37: The Lukewarm Console Exclusive Games Hall of Fame

From Killzone: Shadow Fall to Blinx: The Time Sweeper, we create a hall of fame dedicated to platform-exclusive mediocrity.

April 15, 2025

Episode 223: One Giant Man Plays The Nintendo Switch 2 Line-Up

Matthew plays all the Nintendo Switch 2 demos (except some ports no one cares about).

April 11, 2025

Episode 222: Two Giant Men React to the Nintendo Switch 2 Reveal

Here are our thoughts on the new Nintendo console so far.

April 4, 2025

Episode 221: Atomfall and the Best, Worst and Most Cursed Games Set in the UK

After 30 minutes of chatter about Atomfall, we try to pick the 10 games that best represent Britain as a virtual setting.

March 28, 2025

XXL Episode 34: Bong Joon Ho Movies Ranked

Ah, this seemed like a slightly more exciting idea a month ago! Nevertheless.

March 24, 2025
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Episode 220: What We've Been Playing (Assassin's Creed Shadows, Split Fiction, Avowed, Pirate Yakuza, Threshold)

Matthew has played 20+ hours of Assassin’s Creed. Samuel turned it off after three and played Avowed instead.

March 21, 2025