The Game Collection Podcast

This week's podcast marks the quarter century for the TGC lads, and Matt and Jack are in a celebratory mood! This week sees the boys answer a bunch of incredible questions from the community as they chat desert island games, least favourite sections in games they love, who could protect them if Kratos came after them, and what they enjoy collecting beyond video games. Thanks for helping us hit...

On this week's podcast, Jack and Matt discuss the importance of reviews in the wake of Crimson Desert's release, and the extent to which they influence their own purchasing decisions. Elsewhere, the lads look ahead to their next most anticipated games, Jack ponders a new tattoo, and the boys wonder if they're getting too old for this shizz. For all of your physical gaming needs, check...

On this week's podcast, Matt and Jack list their top three Mario games in celebration of MAR10 Day. Elsewhere, the lads greenlight a bunch of horror film gaming adaptations, try to decide if they'd rather spend a night in Silent Hill or Raccoon City, and talk about 6/10 games that they absolutely love. For all of your physical gaming needs, check out The Game Collection: http://thegamecoll...

Normal service has resumed! With Matt back from hols, the boys get stuck into some cracking community questions this week, discussing what Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond's legacy at Xbox will be, asking if the Resident Evil games are too short, and wondering if Crimson Desert can possibly live up to the hype. For all of your physical gaming needs, check out The Game Collection: http://thegamecoll...

This week on The Game Collection Podcast, Matt and Jack pour one out for £10 Rewards and lift the curtain on the introduction of 3x Reward Points. The lads also rate the recent State of Play out of 10, talk about Resident Evil Requiem breaking street date, and imagine what life could be like with video game powers. For all of your physical gaming needs, check out The Game Collection: http://thegam...

On this week's episode, Matt and Jack find themselves physically in the same room for some rare in-person recording to celebrate 20 episodes! The lads lament the loss of GAME's last standalone stores, discuss the Switch surpassing the Nintendo DS in sales, and answer a bunch of community questions including which gaming character they'd have along for the ride in the event of the apoca...

On this week's podcast, Matt and Jack discuss the recently-announcement Ubisoft restructure and which franchises they'd rescue. Elsewhere, the boys answer a bunch of community questions, make their perfect gaming mashup hybrid, and recommend some hidden gems for the Gamecube. For all of your physical gaming needs, check out The Game Collection: http://thegamecollection.net Subscribe to The...

On this week's podcast, Matt and Jack get straight into the community questions, suggesting what games from the PS5/X360 era they'd resurrect, speculating on where TGC might be in 5-10 years, and determining how many chickens it would take to unalive an elephant. For all of your physical gaming needs, check out The Game Collection: http://thegamecollection.net Subscribe to The Game Collect...

Happy New Year, folks! The lads are back with the first episode of 2026, and it's a banger! Join Matt and Jack as they talk about their most anticipated games of the year, make some New Year's resolutions, a wonder if it's time for a new console generation. For all of your physical gaming needs, check out The Game Collection: http://thegamecollection.net Subscribe to The Game Collectio...

It's Christmas Eve and to mark the last podcast of the year, Matt and Jack chat about their favourite games of 2025 before getting stuck into some community questions. The boys discuss what to do when faced with gaming burnout, debate the best Christmas desserts, and ponder which video game character would make the best Santa. Thanks so much to everyone who joined us for the podcast in 2025, h...

This week, Matt and Jack discuss their favourite announcements from this year's Game Awards, the lads debate whether the show has a bias towards PlayStation, and they name their favourite Tomb Raider games. For all of your physical gaming needs, check out The Game Collection: http://thegamecollection.net Subscribe to The Game Collection on YouTube: https://bit.ly/TGCytube Follow The Game Colle...

On this week's podcast, Matt and Jack discuss which video game characters would be on their own personal Mount Rushmore, the lads debate which cancelled game they'd love to see resurrected, as well as chatting about what defines a "Game of the Year" for them. For all of your physical gaming needs, check out The Game Collection: http://thegamecollection.net Subscribe to The Game C...

It's Metroid Prime 4 release week! On this episode, Matt and Jack discuss their favourite video game boss battles, if developing across console generations is restricting too many modern games, and the boys rate Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo's 2025s out of ten! For all of your physical gaming needs, check out The Game Collection: http://thegamecollection.net Subscribe to The Game Collectio...

On this week's podcast, Matt and Jack chat about the realities of being an indie games retailer and the challenges Black Friday presents in 2025, the boys reveal what games are on their Christmas lists, and get stuck into a bunch of community questions, including trying to work out why Capcom refuses to show Dino Crisis some love. For all of your physical gaming needs, check out The Game Colle...

Now that Matt has recovered from the plague, the lads take a look at multiplayer gaming in 2025 and discover that they're old mean yelling at clouds. Elsewhere, the boys discuss the GTA VI delay, wish the PS5 a happy birthday, and reflect on the Game of the Year nominations for this year's Game Awards. For all of your physical gaming needs, check out The Game Collection: http://thegamecoll...

This week, given Jack and Matt are somehow in the same place at the same time, the lads answer a bunch of community questions including how they came to be at The Game Collection, they talk about the games that hit them right in the feels, and debate what the greatest video game trilogies are. For all of your physical gaming needs, check out The Game Collection: http://thegamecollection.net Subscr...

Happy Halloween, Collectors! Yes, we're into spooky season and this week's podcast is all about the games and gaming moments that scared the living daylights out of us. As well as discussing what the scariest games of all time are, Matt and Jack chat about their favourite games based on horror films and TV, non-horror games that still unsettled them, and also what they'd like to see fr...

This week, Matt and Jack chat about the Golden Joysticks' Console Game of the Year shortlist and THAT omission, as well as responding to accusations of anti-Xbox bias, and lifting the lid on some myths surrounding games retail. For all of your physical gaming needs, check out The Game Collection: http://thegamecollection.net Subscribe to The Game Collection on YouTube: https://bit.ly/TGCytube Foll...

It's Pokémon Legends: Z-A week, and so this episode is all about Pokémon! The lads discuss their favourite Pokémon, pick their starters for Z-A, identify the Pokémon they'd most like to be, and work out which Pokémon would make the best parent. Buy Pokémon Legends: Z-A here: https://www.thegamecollection.net/products/pokemon-legends-z-a-with-free-stickers-switch-2 For all of your physical gaming n...

With Battlefield 6 out this week, Matt and Jack turn their attention to first-person shooters debating which is better out of Battlefield and Call of Duty. The lads also choose their favourite PFS games, weapons, and campaigns, as well as discussing whether or not battle royales have ruined the genre. Buy Battlefield 6: https://www.thegamecollection.net/collections/battlefield-6 For all of your ph...

On this week's podcast, in celebration of Ghost of Yotei's release, Matt and Jack discuss their favourite female gaming characters. Elsewhere, in honour of the return of Super Mario Galaxy 1 and 2, the boys talk remakes and remasters, discuss what their dream next-gen remakes would be, and wonder what would happen if Rockstar ever got their hands on a Nintendo IP. For all of your physical gaming n...

On this week's show, Matt and Jack react to Sony's TGS State of Play broadcast and the Wolverine trailer, the boys talk about how excited they are for Hideo Kojima's OD KNOCK, and answer questions from the community including which video game consoles they wish had survived and was still being made and iterated on today. Also Matt tries to argue that a Blastoise would make the best video game body...

On this week's podcast, Matt and Jack rate and react to the recent Nintendo Direct, talk about their favourite announcements, review their first few months with the Switch 2, compare their favourite Nintendo consoles, and answer more questions from the community! Also, and honestly it's surprising that it took this long to happen, Matt sings a little song. For all of your physical gaming needs, ch...

On this week's podcast, Matt and Jack chat about the games they've been playing over the past couple of weeks, their first impressions of 007 First Light, and Jack tries to convince everyone that Nightfire is a better Bond game than GoldenEye. For all of your physical gaming needs, check out The Game Collection: http://thegamecollection.net Subscribe to The Game Collection on YouTube: https://bit....

Join Matt and Jack as they chat Gamescom 2025, their favourite things from the show, most pleasant surprises, and top tips for folks who fancy going in the future! For all of your physical gaming needs, check out The Game Collection: http://thegamecollection.net Subscribe to The Game Collection on YouTube: https://bit.ly/TGCytube Follow The Game Collection on Twitter: https://bit.ly/TGCxcom Follow...