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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 what? Here's a Special Xdrive. We're back, baby! ;) In this episode: Game Awards! (0-25m in) Year in Review 2024 (25min-1hr02) Games of the Year (1hr02-end) Enjoy! Contact us: Twitter: ⁠@xdrivemegabox⁠...

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 episode was recorded back in October but apologies it suffered a loooong delay! Contact us: X / Twitter: ⁠@xdrivemegabox⁠ Email: xdrivemegabox@gmail.com Jymbo: ⁠@jimtendo_ds⁠ Mike: ⁠@msdq

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 impressions up to about 15-20hrs in - so very few spoilers, and lots of theorising about what might happen next. No doubt we'll do a Part 2 follow-up to see if those theories were right v...

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 ever crossover episode, ranking our Games of the Year for 2022. We got a beautiful mix of styles and genres out of this, so we were very happy. Much better than the actual Game Awards, I'm sure. So please enjoy...

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 of JRPG-y... things... And Takahashi and Koizumi playing Switch Volleyball. We ask: - Which announcements were you most excited by? - What are you actually going to buy? - What does Nintendo's 2022 look...

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 quite a lot of big news this month, like the Microsoft-Activision deal, so we discuss that. Then we get into what we're aiming for with games this year. Enjoy! Spotify users: Look up 👆🏻there's now a...

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 own top Games of the Year. Enjoy! Show notes ----------------------------- Rough timestamps: What are we playing? - (0:00-14:30) Game Awards reactions - (15:00-43:00) What games have we 'missed'...

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 16th, but has taken a while in editing so apologies! Today we're covering the majority of the mainline presentations: Ubisoft, Square Enix, Xbox/Bethesda, Nintendo. Which of the games are we most excited...

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 at all? What has impressed or surprised us?   This is the last episode of this series, so we hope you enjoy! We're taking a break for a couple of months to plan for a second one, returning big...

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 to this we have sunk many hours (over many years) into live service games in preparation: Red Dead Online, No Man's Sky, Fortnite, COD Warzone, Plants vs Zombies... Nothing gets past our eagle eyes an...

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 play? This was very interesting and heartfelt. We really enjoyed talking about it, so thank you. It also raises some curious differences in approach! Show notes ----------------------------- News Square Enix P...

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 nice lick of paint? We chat all sorts, from Resident Evil to Tony Hawks to Final Fantasy and many more. Enjoy! Show notes ----------------------------- News Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles new game trailer...

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 probably the longest episode yet. Whoops!  We chat Nintendo Direct, Star on Disney Plus, Super Nintendo World, the games we picked for each other last time (Paradise Killer and Planescape Torment),...

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 game? Would we rate it as much if it weren't?  - What's our take on multiplayer (online/offline)?  - What games would we like to see sequels to? Thank you everyone! Let us know what you...

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 @virgiliojarrin . Thank you, Virgilio!  We also tried out the voice message features this week - look out for that in a bonus episode coming very shortly... You can send one in too via anchor.fm/xdmb or get...

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 episode ----------------- News: Lucasfilm Games is here Wandavision is here Cyberpunk CEO apologises Cyberpunk creators are still under attack Zelda Ocarina of Time's medallions originally had powe...

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 up and playing games in the UK in the 90s, please enjoy this tiny Brucie Bonus. In this mini-ep ----------------------- Point-and-click adventure games Curse of Monkey Island PC Zone magazine...

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 they're all good. Jymbo decides to scare himself sh**less with robots.  We had a lot of fun with this one and had to cut a huge chunk of nostalgia out, so maybe expect that as a little side Bonus Min...

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 ----------------------  News   The Game Awards winners 2020  TGA new game announcements  Vin Diesel has played 1000+ hours of the original Ark  Disney is making everything&nbsp...

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 managed to get hold of them! Running order What are we playing? Jymbo: Yakuza Like a Dragon, Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Watch Dogs Legion, reviewing Xbox Series S & X Mike: Spider-man Remastered, Ghostru...