Episode 199: From Games Journalism to Blumhouse (with Louise Blain)
One of our favourite returning guests, Louise Blain, discusses her current role as Creative Lead at Blumhouse Games.
Special Guest
Episode 197: The PS4 Draft (with Dave Scarborough)
Returning guest Dave Scarborough (who?) joins us for our next three-person draft, focused on the PlayStation 4.
Episode 195: PC Gaming Draft 2010-2019 (with Jeremy Peel)
The draft is back, this time with unofficial third host and PC gaming expert Jeremy Peel!
Episode 193: Why Japanese Games Have Thrived Since the Xbox 360 Era (with Jay Baylis)
Cassette Beasts developer Jay Baylis rejoins us to discuss how Japanese games have been perceived since the 360 era.
Episode 191: Writing the Book on Alien: Isolation (with Andy Kelly)
With the release of Andy Kelly’s book Perfect Organism: The Alien Isolation Companion coming up, we asked him about the game and his hottest Alien takes.
Episode 185: From The Miller Report to Wrestling (with Simon Miller)
Our guest this week is wrestler, video personality, consultant and all-round good guy Simon Miller!
Episode 180: The PSP Draft
Retro Gamer editor Darran Jones steps into the draft dojo to celebrate Sony’s first gaming handheld device.
Episode 179: From EGM to BitSummit (with James Mielke)
Hear about James’ journey from comic book artist during Marvel’s bankruptcy to becoming a key editor on a host of important media outlets throughout the ’00s.
Episode 175: From Mysteries To Metroidvanias (with Stuart Turton)
Matthew speaks to one of his favourite authors, Stuart Turton. Hear about his exhausting creative process, and what it takes to write a novel.
Episode 174: From OPM to Rolling Stone to IGN (with Rachel Weber)
This week’s guest is Rachel Weber, who probably has the most varied and fascinating career in games media of anyone who’s appeared on the podcast so far.