About this season
Steffan Powell presents the gaming programme that helps you choose games that are worth your time and money.
Episodes (10)
1. What Is the Best Open-World Game Ever Made?
Aired 19 April 2022 • 10 min
What is the best open-world game ever made? Gaming expert Inel Tomlinson and the BBC's gaming reporter, Steffan Powell, talk it all through. In this episode, we talk about how difficult open-world gaming can be, why it's become so popular, and what the most popular game in the world is.
2. Forgotten Game Franchises
Aired 26 April 2022 • 9 min
Which titles do you wish would make a return? Steffan Powell, the BBC’s Gaming Reporter, chats it through with a host of special guests.
3. What do NFTs and the blockchain mean for gaming?
Aired 3 May 2022 • 10 min
New tech, new ideas and new problems... Catch up with Steffan Powell, the BBC’s gaming reporter, and co, on our weekly gaming podcast.
4. Are the Latest Consoles Any Good?
Aired 10 May 2022 • 9 min
Steffan Powell, the BBC's gaming reporter, and the Press X gang talk next-generation gaming.
5. How to Be a Better Gamer
Aired 17 May 2022 • 9 min
Find out about the latest tips and tricks with Steffan Powell, the BBC’s gaming reporter, and the rest of the Press X gang.
6. Desert Island Games
Aired 24 May 2022 • 9 min
Eight games, a book and a luxury. What would you choose? Steffan Powell chats with gaming YouTuber Elz the Witch and gaming experts and comedians Inel Tomlinson and Glenn Moore.
7. The Netflixification of Gaming
Aired 31 May 2022 • 9 min
It's here and it's going to impact us all. Steffan Powell is joined by SunPi, Mr Midas and Shay Thompson to talk through what is going on with online game stores at Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo.
8. Diversity in Gaming
Aired 7 June 2022 • 10 min
2022 and beyond. Steffan Powell is joined by gaming expert and comedian Inel Tomlinson, video game content creator Rage Darling and presenter and gaming expert Shay Thompson to discuss diversity in video games and the gaming industry.
9. Virtual Reality Gaming: Is It Just a Fad?
Aired 14 June 2022 • 9 min
The tech, the gear and the games. Steffan Powell is joined by comedian and gaming expert Inel Tomlinson, comedian and gaming expert Glenn Moore and Guardian video games editor Keza MacDonald to discuss the future of VR gaming.
10. The Best (and Worst) Gaming TV Shows
Aired 21 June 2022 • 9 min
There are so many on-screen adaptations that it's almost not 'a thing' anymore. Steffan Powell, Inel Tomlinson, Glenn Moore and Jay-Ann Lopez chat it all through.