Episode 271: Unsung Aspects of Video Game Design (with Emma Kent)
Former Eurogamer reporter Emma Kent is our guest this week!
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Episode 270: The Best Games of 2018
Two top 10 lists from an amazing year for video games.
Episode 269: Becoming Pals with Hideki Kamiya and Other Stories (with Andy Robinson)
VGC’s Andy Robinson is this week’s guest.
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.
Episode 267: Two Giant Men Play Resident Evil Requiem
A deep dive into the year’s first big game (sorry, Mario Tennis).
Episode 266: Games Court 2026
Judge Castle tackles listeners’ moral dilemmas in the return of podcasting’s worst format.
Episode 265: The Video Game Levels Draft (with Ashley Day and Dave Scarborough)
Who can pick the best levels out of Samuel, Matthew, Dave and Ash? You decide.
Episode 264: Writing the Book on Nintendo + the Top 10 Most Underrated Nintendo Games (with Keza MacDonald)
Five years later, The Guardian’s Keza MacDonald returns to the podcast to talk about her new book, Super Nintendo.
Episode 263: Three Giant Men Play Grand Theft Auto IV (with Jeremy Peel)
Joining us to dissect the first HD GTA is beloved third host and freelance writer extraordinaire Jeremy Peel.
Episode 262: What We've Been Playing (Skate Story, TR-49, POPUCOM, Wheel World, The Case of the Worst Day Ever, The Berlin Apartment)
A mop up of some neat games we missed from 2025, plus Matthew’s thoughts on the newest game from Inkle.