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Episode 275: The Xbox Live Arcade, PSN and WiiWare Draft

Our first two-person draft in ages!

April 24, 2026

Episode 274: Game Design Crimes (with Jamie Smith)

New podcast format time! 10 of our listeners’ biggest gripes with games get litigated in a Room 101-style format (except legally distinct).

April 17, 2026

Episode 273: What We've Been Playing (Crimson Desert, PS5 Pro, Tomodachi Life, Raccoin, Returnal, The Ratline)

Is Crimson Desert good? It’s complicated, but not quite, according to Matthew Castle.

April 10, 2026

Episode 272: Mailbag

What Matthew thinks of Crimson Desert, new DLC for old games, how 360-era classics would score now in reviews, dream Helldivers 2 warbonds and more nonsense.

April 3, 2026

Episode 271: Unsung Aspects of Video Game Design (with Emma Kent)

Former Eurogamer reporter Emma Kent is our guest this week!

March 27, 2026

Episode 270: The Best Games of 2018

Two top 10 lists from an amazing year for video games.

March 20, 2026

Episode 269: Becoming Pals with Hideki Kamiya and Other Stories (with Andy Robinson)

VGC’s Andy Robinson is this week’s guest.

March 13, 2026

Episode 268: What We've Been Playing (Reanimal, Marathon, Dark Auction, Yakuza Kiwami 3, Romeo is a Dead Man, PARANORMASIGHT: The Mermaid's Curse, Denshattack!)

What we’ve been playing lately that doesn’t feature Leon S Kennedy.

March 6, 2026

Episode 267: Two Giant Men Play Resident Evil Requiem

A deep dive into the year’s first big game (sorry, Mario Tennis).

February 27, 2026

Episode 266: Games Court 2026

Judge Castle tackles listeners’ moral dilemmas in the return of podcasting’s worst format.

February 20, 2026