Episodes 20
Avg. Duration 1h 1m
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Since Dec 2020
Latest Episode Dec 2024

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Two Millennial dads - Mike and Jymbo - talk about games. The art, the science, the ups, the teraflops.

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S2E5 Special: Game Awards 2024 & Games of the Year

Dec 14, 2024 1h 47m

OK OK. We were just slightly excited. We wanted to talk Games of the Year and then Game Awards also came along and gave us so much meat to get excited about. Much meat-based excitement. So you know…

S2E4 S2 #4. My Perfect Console

Dec 17, 2023 1h 20m

Hello! Today we're talking all things consoles - what was our first, what have been our favourites? We're also digging into expectations for the Switch 2, and a little bit about the Zelda movie. This…

S2E3 S2 #3. Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Jun 04, 2023 1h 7m

Jymbo & Mike are back. Get ready to hoik on your tunic and shake your Sheikah Slates, because this time we're diving into Nintendo's new epic, Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. We're covering first…

S2E3 Special: Games of the Year 2022 (with @LostLevelsClub)

Dec 09, 2022 1h 45m

Hello! Did you miss us? Never to be out-listed, and in anticipation of The Game Awards, Mike & Jymbo gang up with NEW people (!) - Mike & Ting from Lost Levels Club podcast - for our first…

S2 #2. Nintendo Direct 02/22

Feb 20, 2022 1h 3m

Never to be out-Nintendo-fanboyed, Mike and Jymbo embark on a highly rigorous analysis of the Nintendo Direct of February 2022. Lots of announcements! Some quite interesting and exciting ones! Lots…

S2E1 S2 #1. New Year Gaming Resolutions 2022

Jan 28, 2022 50m

Wh-wh-wh-welcome back! We're finally here! After a brief hiatus of 6 rather than 2 months (who's counting, eh?), Jymbo and Mike are back for a Series 2, kicking off with Gaming Resolutions. We've had…

S1E12 Special: The Game Awards 2021 & Games of the Year

Dec 12, 2021 1h 11m Bonus

OK, we got excited. The Game Awards were actually very good! So we came out of temporary retirement for one last job.  We catch up, talk all things Game Awards, review the announcements, and talk our…

S1E11 Special: E3 2021 Reactions

Jul 02, 2021 1h 4m Bonus

Hello! With all the E3 announcements, and Nintendo's surprisingly good line-up, we just had to dip back in for a special post-match analysis. This was recorded the day after E3 ended, around June…

S1E10 #10. New Generation: 6 Months On

May 08, 2021 1h 2m

We end where it began. For the 10th episode we go back to the topic that started the pod in the first place: the battle of the PS5 vs Xbox Series consoles.  Six months on, have our opinions changed…

S1E9 #9. Games as a Service

Apr 16, 2021 54m

Hello! This week Jymbo and Mike are answering the ultimate question: are Games as a Service really evil incarnate, or is there hope for them yet? To provide an entirely unbiased, well-researched base…

#8. Dad Gaming

Mar 28, 2021 56m

This week we're answering a question from Mike's sister from very early on: how has our attitude to gaming changed since becoming parents? Do we notice any difference in the kind of games we…

S1E7 #7. Remakes & Remasters

Mar 19, 2021 58m

Hello hello. This time we're looking at Remakes & Remasters. What makes good ones? Are they good? What makes a master a master? Or a make a make? And also, what games would we like to see get a…

S1E6 #6. Game Movies (& Movie Games)

Mar 06, 2021 1h 26m

THIS WEEK. Mike & Jymbo discuss the best and worst of movies based on games. It was meant to be short! Boy was it meant to be short. But those pesky digression pixies got in the way and we got…

Bonus: Listener Questions #1

Feb 07, 2021 29m

Otherwise known as testing out the Anchor voicemail feature...!  (Which you can use here.) Here we're answering 3 questions, from Zu, V and Mitch:  - What makes Zelda Breath of the Wild a Zelda…

S1E5 #5. What makes an Iconic Game?

Feb 06, 2021 49m

This week we're going deep on 'iconic' games. Which games do we think fit the bill? Are there common traits? How did they do commercially? We had a great time with this question, asked by…

S1E4 #4. Hopes for 2021

Jan 24, 2021 47m

We've done a hell of a lot of looking back so far, so today we're looking forward for once!  Let's look at 2021: what are we excited about? What would we like to see? What are we hoping for? On the…

S1E3 Bonus Mini-sode: 90s Nostalgia

Jan 19, 2021 6m Bonus

This is just a hit of pure nostalgia.  When we got looking back,  we ended up on quite a few tangents. We had to cut them out of the main ep, but for those people who were very specifically growing…

S1E3 #3. Games of All Time

Jan 10, 2021 1h 8m

Hello! Happy New Year! We're feeling all nostalgic here for older, better times, so this week we're looking at our top 5 Games of All Time. Mike keeps forgetting that the point of a Top 5 list is…

S1E2 #2. Game of the Year

Dec 20, 2020 1h 9m

It’s been a packed week! Jymbo and Mike are sleepy, but we talk The Game Awards 2020, Disney’s 52-title mega-reveal, Cyberpunk and our own Games of the Year.  ----------------------- Show notes…

S1E1 #1: New Generation

Dec 04, 2020 1h 13m

Welcome to Xdrive Megabox! Games analysis and retrospectives from two slightly tired Millennial dads. Today we're looking at the new generation of consoles, the PS5 and Xbox Series X and S. We…

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