A Winner Is You

26th June 2026 marks 30 years since the Nintendo 64 launched in Japan, and Alex went so mad with the pod format for one of his seminal console that we've had to cut the pod into two parts! We're taking you on a journey through every year of the console's life cycle (including some bonus prerequisite pre-release chat) from 1996-2001, with the key developments and news, plus our thoughts...

The Contrabulous Fabtraption of Professor Geoff Keighley has ended its sixth year, and we are here to pick its bones dry. Bones we didn't always enjoy, but that's because we're grumpy old gits. We talk about the highs and the many, many lows of Summer Game Fest 2026, capping it off with our individual top games announced (or shown again) over the course of the week - taking in anything...

For Castlevania's 40th anniversary year, we simply had to cover some 'Vania games, and what better than two of the series' best - Aria and Dawn of Sorrow on the GBA and DS respectively. These two classics get as close in quality to the inimitable Symphony of the Night as any other game has, but do either of them top that masterpiece? Better listen to find out. Say hi to us on BlueSky @...

2026 marks 25 years since the Dreamcast was discontinued and Sega left the video game hardware business behind forever. That doesn't mean they didn't bow out with an absolute banger of a console, though, so we're here to celebrate its legacy. We talk about its conception at a bereft and struggling Sega, its development, problems, and eventual downfall. We also each run through our own...

Our pal KDB returns to get draftin' and he's aiming for two victories in a row for the first time. Can he do it? Can he do it without colluding with David to screw over Alex? Find out, as the lads draft 10 games each from 2013 and aim for the highest total Metacritic score. Follow us @winnerisyou on BlueSky, and check out what we're playing in the lead up to the pod on rankone.global/a...

Come with us if you want to hear a podcast. We may have missed our self-imposed March deadline but it'll have been worth the wait. We chat about two of the greatest sci-fi action movies of all time in The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgement Day. Which is the better movie? Why have all the subsequent ones sucked shiny metal balls? Part two of the pod is focussed on 2025's throwback actio...

It's not Summer of Resi yet, but there's no way we're waiting that long to play the latest Resident Evil banger from Capcom. We talk through the game's different areas, try and work out the story, marvel at the fan service, ponder where the series goes next and, of course, stick it in our ongoing Resident Evil ranking. Come say hi to us on BlueSky @winnerisyou or @winnerisyoupod on...

As we finish off playing Resident Evil: Requiem for the next pod, let's get our teeth stuck into one of most unique and harrowing video games ever made. A warning: this pod is almost exclusively spoilers for No, I'm Not a Human. Make sure you spend the pocket change and play this unforgettable game before you listen to the pod. We talk our favourite house guests, moments, endings, and also...

KDB returns to fight the good fight for the highest-scoring video games from 1996 as we get drafting once again. It's an absolutely stellar year, but the threat of steals and kills of draft picks hangs heavy over our intrepid drafters. Will David's lead at the top of the league become insurmountable or will KDB finally get another win? As a bonus, there's also the 2026 draft, where we...

Six more games on the Nintendo Switch Online service - three from the SNES and three from the Mega Drive - were randomly drawn back in episode 118, and now they've come to collect. We played through Gunstar Heroes, MUSHA and Virtua Fighter 2 on the Mega Drive/Genesis, and Operation Logic Bomb, Spanky's Quest and Star Fox 2 on the SNES. Now we're here to discuss them and stick them in o...

Join us for a three-hour extravaganza to celebrate and denigrate the best and worst of video games in 2025. It's a little bit different, and more traditional, this year, as we're talking almost entirely about games that came out in the year, rather than just sticking to what we covered on the pod. Categories are: Best pickup (a little bit of bragging about whatever random tat we bought las...

We've already recorded our GOTY 2025 pod, but it'd be remiss of us to deny you this forgotten (by Alex, the dozy twat) episode from last November. To celebrate what was the PS2's 25th anniversary in 2025, we both created our own Top 10 lists of games on the platform. It's wall-to-wall bangers and the lists are pretty different! Come say hi on Twitter or BlueSky @winnerisyou and we&...

Merry Christmas, everyone! Our treat to you this year is the start of a new to-be-annual tradition where we've created an awards show with a twist. There are nine categories, from best game and best visuals to most disappointing and worst ageing, that must be filled by games from 1995, 2005 and 2015 - 30, 20 and 10 years ago respectively. There's a bonus spot for a 1985 game if we deem it...

It's the final draft of 2025, so we decided to introduce some new rules - each player gets one kill and one steal each. Any game can be stolen, and any game can be killed (stolen ones are subsequently untouchable). How will these new rules affect the game? Will David finally lose? Will KDB finally win? The result is a good podcast, whatever happens! Say hi @winnerisyoupod on Twitter or BlueSky...

This week marks the 25th anniversary of the PlayStation 2's European launch. To celebrate, we played every (except that really long JRPG for obvious reasons) launch game and we're going to rank them in a tier list with D being absolute stinkers, and S being the cream of the crop. The games are: Aqua Aqua, Dynasty Warriors 2, Fantavision, FIFA 2001, Gradius III and IV, International Superst...

We're going way further back in time for this draft as part of a new yearly bonus episode where we draft from 30 years ago. 1995 is first (1996 next year, obvs) and, by god, getting reliable scores for these games is a reet ballache. So, apologies for the messy caluclations, but there's still plenty to enjoy as KDB joins us for drafting fun once again - who can get the best total score for...

Or Project Zero II if you prefer names that are worse. That's right, it's Halloween and it's time to send off this year's Spooktoberfest with Tecmo's PS2 horror classic. Get out your camera obscuras, hold your twin sister's hand and keep your calendar free for a bloody ritual or two (in case the first one fails) as we dive deep into the game's setting, story, gameplay,...

Pack up your pagoda, stuff your satchel full of Ramune and whatever higashi is, as we begin spooky season for 2025 with Konami's newest entry into the Silent Hill franchise. It's part one of playing as Japanese schoolgirls, as we hit up Ebisugaoka for Silent Hill f. We talk the non-Silent Hill setting, the combar, puzzles, story, endings, and much more. Massive spoilers, obviously. Come sa...

As the last vestiges of the summer get swept away in the wind and rain, so too do we sign off the season with part two of the 4th annual Summer of Resi with a deep dive into one of the series' greatest games: Resident Evil 4. Come say hi on Twitter or BlueSky @winnerisyoupod, rate/review the pod on your platform of choice, share with your pals, check out the video version on YouTube or search...

YES! It's finally that time of year! Bust out your tank controls and your zombified dads, fill 'em full of SMG bulllets and have a little cry - it's time to play Resident Evil CODE: Veronica! We chat about the game's development, the gameplay, the visuals, the weapons, the characters, the bosses, and then we stumble through the story after realising we'd both somehow ignored im...

Hey, it's 2025 innit! That means we're a quarter of the way through the 21st Century. What that also means is we've had a cavalcade of cool games in the last 25 years. We're here to celebrate that with 25 games for 25 years - 2000 to 2025 (and yes, we know we're technically in the 26th year of the century but shut up). Well, more than 25, actually, as David and Alex both have t...

We ran the randomiser over all the SNES and Mega Drive games currently on the Nintendo Switch Online service, came up with three games from each console, played 'em and now we rank 'em. This episode features, for the SNES: F-Zero, Psycho Dream and Wild Guns, and for the Mega Drive: Earthworm Jim, Space Harrier 2 and Strider. Say hi on Twitter or BlueSky @winnerisyoupod

Another draft, another KDB appearance, another pod full of fun, elation, surprises, dismay, a winner, two losers and a whole heap of rambling. Speaking of rambling, skip to 34:22 if you want to get straight into the draft and avoid a whole heap of spoilers for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Come say hi to us on Twitter or BlueSky @winnerisyoupod, please rate/review on your platform of choice, and ch...

You know us. We love a good moan. Especially David, but ESPECIALLY Alex. We feed our blackened hearts with pure, grade A disappointment, so we're serving it up for your, hopefully more optimistic, palates. We take 10 disappointing moments or trends from gaming history and stick them in a tier list. Nintendo, GAME, Rare, Sony, Microsoft - they all better watch their backs. We're coming for 'em. Tel...

It's time for a good ol' fashioned knockout tournament! In the first of a new pod format (that we will continue to run with whether you like it or not), we're hosting a tourney to crown the king of the first person shooters. 12 games enter, 8 progress to the knockouts to be randomly drawn against each other on the road to the final. What will win? Halo? Half-Life? Goldeneye? Doom? Call...