XL Episode 48: Two Giant Men Play Grand Theft Auto: The Lost and Damned + The Ballad of Gay Tony

With GTA 4 done and dusted, we turn our attention to The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony.

February 9, 2026

XL Episode 47: Two Giant Men Play GoldenEye 007

Samuel went over to Matthew’s house. They finished GoldenEye 007 on N64 in an afternoon.

January 11, 2026

XL Episode 46: Our Top 5 Game Awards Trailers...and Some Cursed Xmas Panto Nonsense 2025

Things got weird in our latest Patreon episode. It’s better not to try and explain.

December 15, 2025
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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.

November 24, 2025
Epilogue: Samuel starts Super Mario Sunshine after recording this podcast

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!

November 10, 2025
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XL Episode 43: Two Giant Men Play Some Old NES Games

How much has playing a load of old Atari games in recent weeks changed our perception of the console?

October 13, 2025

XL Episode 42: Two Giant Men Play Some Old Atari Games

A fascinating (if sometimes cursed) deep dive into where things went wrong for the company that popularised home video game consoles.

September 14, 2025

XL Episode 41: One Giant Man Cranks the Playdate (and Some Other Chatter About Niche Handhelds)

Matthew has played around 40 games in the catalogue of the Playdate console – but are his hands just too big for the tiny handheld?

August 11, 2025

XL Episode 40: The Shuttered Studios Draft

The Two Giant Men compete to pick the best 10 games made by sadly departed studios – call this a tribute to their finest work.

July 13, 2025

XL Episode 39: Our Top 10 Most Anticipated Games of 2025 and 2026

Two top 10 lists of our most anticipated games from the various livestreams this year.

June 15, 2025