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

XL Episode 38: Two Giant Men Play Metroid Prime

Our deep dive into 2002’s Metroid Prime is finally here!

May 13, 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