• The Uneasy Comfort of Empty Houses

    The Uneasy Comfort of Empty Houses

    Exploring a haunting subgenre of narrative games where eerie empty houses, immersive sound design, and quiet tension tell unforgettable stories. Featuring Gone Home, Blue Prince, and more.


  • 279 – Checkpoint: In This Economy?!

    279 – Checkpoint: In This Economy?!

    Nick is joined by Chazzee and Andy to discuss the cancellation of the Black Panther game and further job losses at EA, critical reception of Elden Ring: Nightreign, and the rumoured Cyberpunk 2077 sequel, before running down all the games they’ve played recently.


  • 278 – Side Quest: Movie Tie-In Games

    278 – Side Quest: Movie Tie-In Games

    Mark, Nick, Chazzee, and Andy explore the world of video games released to coincide with movie releases – their history from the the 80’s through the golden age of the 90’s and into the doldrums of the 2000’s, why they aren’t made any more, and discuss our favourites.


  • 277 – Poly Gone

    277 – Poly Gone

    In this episode Mark and Chazzee sit down for a chat about the latest turmoil in the world of video game journalism, talk about Arc Raiders and the state of the extraction shooter genre as a whole, and discuss the surprise smash hit of the year – Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.


  • 276 – Out Of Date

    276 – Out Of Date

    Join Mark, Nick, and Chazzee for an episode recorded two weeks ago as they talk about now very old news, argue about Blue Prince, wonder whether we needed an Oblivion remake, and talk about a bunch of other games.


  • 275 – LGR Hall of Fame episode 6 – Dishonored 2

    275 – LGR Hall of Fame episode 6 – Dishonored 2

    It’s time to induct another game into the LGR Hall of Fame, so join Mark, Nick, and Chazzee as they embrace The Outsider, pull on their masks, and descend into the murky whalepunk world of Dishonored 2.


  • 274 – Shenwho?

    274 – Shenwho?

    Mark is joined by Nick, Chazzee, and Andy to discuss some video game news, including a lengthy discussion about the Switch 2 Nintendo Direct, what looks good about it, and how the game price might end up costing Nintendo, before running down all the games they’ve been playing recently.


  • 273 – Lara Croft: Tomb Raider 1 & 2

    273 – Lara Croft: Tomb Raider 1 & 2

    It’s time to look at another terrible video game movie adaptation, and in this episode we’re covering two for twice the misery. So join Mark, Nick, and Andy as they delve into the incredibly dated early 2000’s action schlock that is the Angelina Jolie Tomb Raider movies.


  • 272.5 – Monster Hunter Wilds Extrasode

    272.5 – Monster Hunter Wilds Extrasode

    Rather than bore you and everyone else on the team with an hour of rambling about the new Monster Hunter game, Mark and Chazzee recorded a bonus episode so you can skip it if you don’t care.


  • 272 – Wilhelm Scream

    272 – Wilhelm Scream

    Sorry this one is so late, life got in the way. In this episode Mark is joined by Nick and Chazzee to discuss the finer details of flat pack furniture, talk about yet more layoffs and studio closures in the industry, and chat about all the games they’ve playing over the past few weeks.


  • LGR Presents: Backlog Busting – Episode 1

    LGR Presents: Backlog Busting – Episode 1

    In the first proper episode of Backlog Busting, Adam talks about all the weird and wonderful, books, tv shows, and of course video games, that he has been enjoying over the past month or so.


  • 271 – Bottleneck

    271 – Bottleneck

    Mark is joined by Nick and Chazzee to run down some video game news, discuss how live service games have rotted gamer brains, and complain about poorly optimised modern PC games, before running down all the games they’ve been playing over the last few weeks.


  • 270 – Great American Food

    270 – Great American Food

    Severely delayed by technical issues, in this episode Mark is joined by Nick, Chazzee, and not Andy to discuss the Xbox Developer Direct, the Switch 2 reveal, spend a few brief moments eulogising the much maligned WiiU, and run down all the games they’ve been playing over the past month or so.


  • 269 – 2025 Preview

    269 – 2025 Preview

    It’s time for the traditional new year preview episode, so join Mark, Nick, Chazzee, and Andy as they talk about all the games they are looking forward to in 2025, plus a little bit of chat about new hardware, potential industry upheaval, and some predictions for the year ahead. Note: this episode was recorded before…


  • LGR Presents: Backlog Busting – Episode 0

    LGR Presents: Backlog Busting – Episode 0

    It’s a new year and Adam is feeling guilty about his backlog, so to help him clear it (and because getting on regular podcast recordings is difficult) he’s going to catalog his quasi year of shame with a new solo show: Backlog Busting. In this special Episode 0 Adam explains the concept and the rules…


  • 268 – Games of the Year, Part 2

    268 – Games of the Year, Part 2

    It’s time to conclude the annual LGR “best games we played this year that might have come out this year but not necessarily because we have jobs and lives and kids and can’t keep up with all the newest games extravaganza 2024”. In this episode Andy, Chazzee, Mark, and Nick run down their honourable and…


  • 267 – Games of the Year, Part 1

    267 – Games of the Year, Part 1

    The boys are here for their annual “best games we played this year that might have come out this year but not necessarily because we have jobs and lives and kids and can’t keep up with all the newest games extravaganza 2024 part 1”. In this episode we are joined by Adam in person for…


  • 266 – Big Light

    266 – Big Light

    It’s our last regular episode of the year before GOTY deliberations, so join Mark, Chazzee, and Nick as they discuss the legacy of the Game Awards and predict who they think will win the big categories, before running down all the games they’ve been playing over the last few weeks, and laughing at some losers…


  • 265 – Cryptic

    265 – Cryptic

    In the latest episode Nick is joined by Mark and Chazzee to talk about sick kids, video game worker unionisation, culture war bullsh*t, PS5 Pro sales, and of course all the games they’ve been playing over the last few weeks, plus Nick has a fiendish quiz.


  • 264 – Personal Parking Space

    264 – Personal Parking Space

    After finally breaking free from editing limbo, the latest episode finds Nick, Chazzee, and Mark as they discuss residential fireworks displays, Halloween costume angst, preferential parking, a whole host of now very outdated news, and of course all the games they’ve been playing over the last month or so.


  • 263 – LGR Hall of Fame episode 5 – Persona 4 Golden

    263 – LGR Hall of Fame episode 5 – Persona 4 Golden

    It’s time to induct another game into the LGR Hall of Fame, so join Mark, Nick, and Chazzee as they confront their inner demons, strengthen their social links, and jump into the midnight channel to discuss the ground-breaking JRPG gem – Persona 4 Golden.


  • 262 – Heresy

    262 – Heresy

    Nick is joined by Chazzee and Mark to discuss kerbside car maintenance, Nintendo’s very belated legal action against Palworld, the PS5 Pro announcement, chaos at Annapurna, and a bumper list of games that we’ve been playing over the last few weeks.


  • 261 – Forza Titani

    261 – Forza Titani

    Nick is joined by Andy, Chazzee, and Mark to discuss the short and miserable life of Concord, more layoffs in the game industry, the end of Brat Summer, unlikely football results, Andy finally joining the current gen (sort of), and of course all the usual chat about what we’ve been playing over the last few…


  • 260 – Sprechen sie Deutsch

    260 – Sprechen sie Deutsch

    In this severely delayed episode, Mark is joined by Nick and Chazzee to discuss everything we saw at Gamescom 2024, laugh at how bad the Borderlands movie has gone down, tell Pete Parsons to go f**k himself, and of course run down all the games they’ve been playing over the last few weeks, included an…


  • 259 – Super Mario Bros.

    259 – Super Mario Bros.

    It’s taken us a long time, but the boys finally sit down to talk about the movie that started it all, the first video game adaptation to hit the big screen – 1993’s Super Mario Bros. So join Mark, Nick, and Andy as they delve into a film so bad the lead actors spent the…