BBC Radio 5 Live

Let's Talk About Tech

BBC Radio 5 live’s award winning gaming podcast, discussing the world of video games and games culture.

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BBC Radio 5 Live

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Technology

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Latest episode

Oct 10, 2025

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Episodes

Game On - Back to The Borderlands 10.10.2025

After a 6 year gap the Borderlands series returns with Borderlands 4. President of Gearbox Studios, Randy Pitchford joins Adam to talk about the Joy of Loot and more.

Game On - It's Cumbria, but not as we know it. And it's BAFTA time again! 06.04.2025

PC GamesN's Nat Smith joins Adam to talk about the upcoming BAFTA awards and Rebellion's action survival game, Atomfall. The game's creative director Ben Fisher talks about the game's creation and the Rebellion way to make a game.

Game On - Returning to The Mothership and looking ahead to the London Soundtrack Festival 2025 10.07.2024

The capital's first annual Festival dedicated to celebrating the music of film, TV and games will take place from 19–26 March 2025 and Adam's spoken to festival director, Tommy Pearson and composer, Stephen Barton. Find out more at londonsoundtrackfestival.com And we've returned to the Homeworld galaxy for the third game in the series. Do you remember the Karos Graveyard and the Great Nebula of Ka...

Game On - Elric and Citadel of Forgotten Myths 18.01.2023

Michael Moorcock - author, editor, musician - joins Adam to talk about Citadel of Forgotten Myths, the book that will be (he says) the last appearance of his doomed hero, Elric of Melniboné between the covers of a novel. It's a wide-ranging conversation that barely touches the surface of Moorcock's long, incredibly productive career.

Game On - BAFTA goes to Hades 23.03.2021

With the 2021 BAFTA Games Awards moments away Adam speaks to two of the nominees from Supergiant Games. The writer, Greg Kasavin and the actor, Logan Cunningham are both in the running for their work on Hades.

Game On - Safety online and a new era for Star Wars 02.02.2021

Online safety discussed with Lorin LaFave and Andy Robertson. And New York Times bestselling author Charles Soule joins Adam to talk about The High Republic.

Game On – Now with added Nolan North! 21.12.2020

Talking about games with the Gaming Grandma, sidestepping The Discourse and Andy’s Xmas Crackers Has the Pandemic changed the way families game? The Gaming Grandma and Dr Lynn Love from Abertay University give Adam their view. Ewan Moore from GAMINGbible and FamilyGamerTV’s Andy Robertson talk more about family gaming and much more besides. And there’s oodles of Nolan North action as we talk about...

Game On - Playstation versus Xbox. Seconds out, round 4! 29.09.2020

Weeks away from the launch of Playstation and Xbox's latest machines the Washington Post's Gene Park joins Adam to look at what's on offer. Industry veteran, Mike Fisher has his own modest proposal and, if you're quick, you can still take part in the Leeds Digital Festival. The organiser and one of the city's tech companies explain more about Silicon Moor™(pending.)

Game On - It's cold, it's dangerous, it's Wasteland 3 08.09.2020

Veteran games creator, Brian Fargo and Wasteland 3's music supervisor, Mary Ramos join Adam to talk about the way they're putting a soundtrack on a post-apocalyptic American adventure. PC Gamer's Jody Macgregor reviews the game in this edition.

Game On - Of falling and falling and Fall Guys 25.08.2020

No more steps, that's what Mediatonic's Megan Ralph promises Adam in this edition of Game On. Fall Guys has been this year's surprise summer hit but what's helped the game get to the top of the goop slide?

Game On - Of falling and falling and Fall Guys 25.08.2020

No more steps, that's what Mediatonic's Megan Ralph promises Adam in this edition of Game On. Fall Guys has been this year's surprise summer hit but what's helped the game get to the top of the goop slide?

Game On - The Island Doom of the Wisps 31.03.2020

Odee joins Adam to talk about the cancellation of the COD League's live events and then it's on to talking about not one, not two but three games! Animal Crossing NH, Doom and Ori and the Will of the Wisps. Can you spot the deliberate mistake in this edition?

Game On – Help for Heroes goes gaming and travelling with The Traveller 23.03.2020

Help for Heroes want games to use their skills for good and help them through @HeroUpGaming Ryan Elser has been playing, and writing, about Destiny since the beginning. He joined Adam to talk about a game that’s almost 6 years into its life span. And another magazine maker has designs on your wallet.

Game On - Keeping Track of it All 17.03.2020

The Destiny we have is the Destiny we're keeping Bungie tells Adam and cult stationery company Field Notes have designs on - or should that be for - your Dungeons & Dragons character sheets.

Game On - Yorkshire Games Festival 10.03.2020

At the Yorkshire Games Festival to talk about making games with Sabrina Carmona, Zi Peters and Mike Bithell. Warning, this podcast may contain unexpected Jordan Erica Webbers.

Game On - William Gibson's Agency 20.02.2020

William Gibson started out writing books that felt like they were set decades into a possible future. Unusually for a writer of speculative fiction he's been creeping closer and closer to the now. Adam met him to talk about 'Agency', what's now the second part of his fourth trilogy)

Game On - Excel next and Riot now 28.01.2020

Excel Esport's new Chief Commercial Officer, Robin McCammon reflects on making the jump across the electronic divide from adidas and Launcher’s Elise Favis catches us up about the Californian state government's intervention in the Riot Games class action law suit settlement.

Game On - Edge first 21.01.2020

Zachary Smith is the CEO of Packet and he wants to change the way we use The Cloud. This is no longer about the centre; it's about The Edge.

Game On - A Stamp of Approval 14.01.2020

Royal Mail's Philip Parker explains why the UK's games industry has made it into stamp form. And Jon Hare, one of the creators of Sensible Soccer (and new game Sociable Soccer) joins Adam to talk about the scene that's being celebrated in stamp form: the scene that's become the industry we have today.

Game On - Kim Bayley, Bruce Straley 09.01.2020

2019's games sales figures may not be all bad according to Kim Bayley, the CEO of the Entertainment Retailers Association. And Bruce Straley, formerly of Naughty Dog, gives us a sense of the Way of Bruce.

Game On - Yuletide 2019, Leviathan 24.12.2019

BBC Millbank's smaller radio studio is packed to the rafters as Adam's joined by indie developer Mike Bithell, editor of theloadout.com Jessica Wells, comedian and streamer Steve McNeil and Sam Loveridge the global editor-in-chief of GamesRadar for the annual Yuletide edition. Recorded at the beginning of December, Sam proves her prophetic powers by calling it on the name of the next Xbox console....

Game On - Wooden Trains, keeping it simple. 03.12.2019

Tracks-The Train Set Game brings the simple pleasure of a wooden train set to the game space, but what's the allure of the simulator genre? Will Freeman helps explain...

Game On - at the Glass House and esports under pressure 26.11.2019

New research from Chichester University says esports performers are under as much pressure as other sports people. Dr Phil Birch, Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology explains. And the team from the Glass House Games Show come on to talk about their new project; long format discussion and reviews.

Game On - Texas, Tents and Ghosts 19.11.2019

Why did the Esports Awards move to Texas and what's happening next for them? At the Golden Joysticks Adam catches a word with CD Projekt Red about Cyberpunbk 2077 and makers of control, Remedy. Cloud based systems are picking up a lot of attention at the moment so, what are Shadow up to with their Ghost system? Florian Giraud and Luke Hancock try to get Adam to understand. (Warning; this podcast m...

Game On - Of Birds and Wolves 12.11.2019

In 'A Game of Birds of Wolves' the writer, Simon Parkin reveals the hidden history of a war game that helped to win the Battle of the Atlantic and the people who created it, played it and helped to blow a Raspberry at Hitler with it.

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