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How Mike Bithell discovered Indie Game Development
From humble beginnings on the Steam store to the creation of games for IPs like John Wick and TRON, Steffan is joined by Mike Bithell of Bithell Games (and the second Play, Watch, Listen host to jump on the pod!) to talk all about indie game development, how the landscape has changed since his start, and a chilling speculation of what it's going to take before games are viewed as an art form.
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One Night, at the Gaming BAFTAs...
An author, an esports presenter and a Time Crisis II crackshot walk into a secret afterparty...
Keza and Frankie join Steffan this week to talk about shared experiences at the Gaming BAFTAs (what actually... IS Vampire Survivors?), when AI in games isn't so bad and who in the gaming industry is getting a well-deserved knighthood.
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No Laras Left Behind with Alix Wilton Regan
The one and only Alix Wilton Regan (AKA the new Lara Croft!) joins the Continue Club this week to sit down with Steffan and recount her career in acting, discovering performance capture, Perfect Dark's shocking sudden cancellation and how she became the Tomb Raider herself.
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How The Traitors' Jade Scott Learned Social Deception 👀
"We'd pull out our axes and it's like, 'it's game over mate!'"
From the Round Table to the Continue Club - it's The Traitors S4 finalist Jade Scott! Steffan and Jade chat about the games she loves, being understood as 'a gamer' and how social deception games came in handy when stepping into the castle.
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Pikemen Wanted
Another Shay and Steffan special as the fort is held both literally in Inel's Horrible Historical acting absence and figuratively on Steffan's train journeys. Shay shares an unsung hero game, Inel checks in over voicenote and Steff agonises over his hiring processes in Becastled.
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THE RUNESCAPE SPECIAL: How To Make An MMO That Lasts 25 Years
300,000,000 accounts across a franchise that's 25 years old. A company that's doubled down on giving the fans what they want. A dev team that's completely beholden to community democracy.
This January, Steffan was invited to Jagex's headquarters in Cambridge for their 25 Years of Runescape creator event (alongside the biggest names in its thriving YouTube community) to speak with Senior VP of Product James Dobrowski about what it means to make an MMO that stands the test of time.
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Shay and Steffan: Nunchuk Crimestoppers
Fable! Nunchuks! Competitive rates! Shay Thompson joins aspiring voice actor Steffan Powell to kick off the new year of Press X to Continue, where we'll be roleplaying STRICTLY low-honour mode from start to finish - and introducing a brand new feature: Unsung Hero Games.
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Press X to Continyule 🎄
A festive episode of Press X to Continue with all our best tips on surviving Christmas! Tips on surviving the record might have been handier though...
Wishing a very merry Christmas to all our listeners!
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Storytelling, game design and performance capture with Abubakar Salim
A special Press X this week as Steffan sits down with Bayek of Siwa, Alyn of Hull, and the founder of Surgent Studios, the one and only Abubakar Salim!
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Being Keith: The Steffan Powell Story
Luke and Cassie are back on the pod once more to talk huge filesizes, the meaning of 'gamer' and review the hit superhero adventure game Dispatch.
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Truth Is... The Game Was Rigged from the Start
Has AI been lurking in games from the very beginning? Cyborg Angel makes her first appearance on Press X to Continue alongside Steff, Inel and Shay for the first episode of the second year of your favourite games podcast!
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Press X to Continue's First Birthday!
Put on your stomping shoes and light your candles because it's nothing but memory lane in this very special, very happy birthday episode of Press X to Continue! Inel and Steff reminisce over the best moments of the last loop around that warm orb of plasma. Warning: contains mirth.
Thanks so much to the eXy community who's been with us all this way. It's only with your support that Steffan will beat the Aberystwyth Pier 10p allegations.
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The Last Night in London
It's all jazz this week as Steffan's boxed up and ready for the big house move - meaning a Press X that's low-stress and no mess. Frankie and Inel come along to talk secret achievements, PS2 nostalgia and Pro Evo stalemates.
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Could You Say That Again?
Glenn and Frankie join us for another episode to slam in-game dog-petting across the board. Find new ways to bring your game to life, developers, and then tell us what just happened in that last cutscene because we weren't paying attention.
Inel also has a reviöoo for Öoo and Steffan stands behind his narrative of what went down on Aberystwyth Pier.
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Create Your Character
In today's episode of Press X to Continue, Frankie Ward joins Steff and Inel to talk the end of the console wars and Outer Worlds 2. But before you get stuck in, we're going to have to spend a good hour or so creating a character we'll never see.
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In this house, scary games means lights ON 💪😎
The pod's panicking over scary games this week - whose big idea was it to do a Hallowe'en episode hosted by people who are afraid of scary games? Keza and Joey join us again for more lights-on laughs and a Big Question that's (optionally) VERY revealing.
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Passing on the Game Pass
A newcomer joins the party in the form of Joe Grind AKA Joey's Funhouse, to talk Ghost of Yōtei and Game Pass grief with Steff, Inel and Press X regular Keza MacDonald.
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The Ghost of Aberystwyth Pier
Steff and Inel catch us up on all the news of the Press X discord this week, deep diving on game-changing mechanics, heart-breaking betrayals, and a glimpse into Steffan's past as a gunslinger on a budget.
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Wolverine State VS Gotham University
Steff and Inel address a hot take on save-scumming, speculate on the upcoming Wolverine title from Insomnia and get deep into the US college football scene!
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A Very Soulslike Episode
Another Steff-Shay-Gav trifecta brings a vicious offensive on the term Soulslike and a sobering reminder from three seasoned console owners that the days of demo discs and puffing into cartridges have long since passed.
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Press X Fixes the Games Industry!
The eternally room-temperature Shay Thompson and 'dark trainspotter' Gav Murphy join Steffan on the podcast this week to talk about saying Ninten-no to nostalgia, an unhinged take on the trolley problem and innovate a brand new financial model for the gaming industry of tomorrow. Content warning: this episode is not safe for jury members of the 2023 Gaming BAFTAs.
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What in the World is an Immersive Sim???
This week we're asking the real questions: what does immersive sim actually mean, what persistent Twitter question is making devs patch their games, and how would a Morris Traveller fare when James Bond is behind the wheel? Keza MacDonald and Imogen Mellor join the team again to get to the bottom of gaming's smallest and most forgettable mysteries.
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Super Mario's 40th Birthday Bash
Another fun-filled episode this week joined by guests old and new, as Keza MacDonald returns to the pod to tease her upcoming book about the history of Nintendo and Imogen Mellor joins with an axe to grind about Dan Krupa's take on stealth games. There's Welsh assassins, legendary weapons and a birthday party for a very special plumber indeed.
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"It's Just Frogger"
RKG's Dan Krupa and the one and only Lucy James join the pod this week for a podcast that enters the ring swinging when it comes to Krup's perspective on stealth games. Long-word-sensitive listeners be warned: this episode contains mentions of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.
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Bond. Games Bond.
Benedict Townsend and RKG's Dan Krupa join us this week to positively redefine the perception of the 7/10 and fancast themselves as James Bond in light of Interactive's upcoming 007 game. Meanwhile, Inel's got some inspiring advice for FIFA players who just can't win.
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Requiescat In Pace, Baby, Yeah!
What if Assassin's Creed was set in the Sixties? Why don't we have Lego Die Hard? And how many free drinks can you get with a single gaming tattoo? All these burning questions answered and more by Steffan and Inel!
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The Plot Thickens
GeekyCassie's back for another session with Steff and Inel as we're talking the plot twists in games we never saw coming, along with a scathing admonishment of cheaters and a very enthusiastic review of Donkey Kong Bananza.
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Mario is OFFICIALLY Friendzoned
GeekyCassie joins Steffan and Inel this week for a podcast she will categorically NOT be listening to on 1x speed. Protective gloves for a Nintendo game? Dating a stapler? Mario and Peach are now strictly besties? It's all in this week's Press X to Continue.
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The eXy Council Assembles!
Frankie Ward joins Steffan and Inel to talk about cost-effective gaming, review some questionable character names in the Death Stranding-verse and ponder a Wolfenstein headscratcher.
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Speedruns and Easter Eggs
Frankie Ward joins Steffan and Inel on Press X to Continue this week to chat speedruns, Easter Eggs and the unexpected SIMilarity between Lizzo and Paramore.
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Video game composer Austin Wintory joins the club!
Another special guest episode of Press X to Continue this week as Steffan sits down for a long old pan-Atlantic chat about everything aural with seasoned video game composer Austin Wintory - who you'll know from Journey, Erica, Assassin's Creed: Syndicate and the new side-scrolling RPG Towerborne.
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Should they have delayed GTA?
Elz the Witch is back with Inel and Steffan to review Hello Kitty: Island Adventure. The crew talk about the GTA delay, get their teeth stuck into some trivia and remember the old games that they still play!
Knock Off Games
Press X Hollywood Correspondent Claire Lim and OG Exy Beast Elz the Witch join Inel and Steffan to talk copy-cat games, throwing controllers and review I am your beast.
Copy Cat Games
Sims movie writer Kate Herron on PX
We’re loving the reaction to our interview episodes so we’ve decided to do more! Kate Herron has worked on some amazing shows like Loki, Doctor Who and The Last of Us. She’s also writing and set to direct the Sims movie. She sat down with Steffan for a chat about her work and her journey into playing games.
Switch 2 Special
Nintendo expert and Guardian games expert Keza MacDonald joins Steffan and Inel to talk all things Switch 2.
Games Shouldn't Need Abuse Boot Camps
Dave Jewitt is back on the podcast to review the latest release in the Doom franchise. There are also plenty of unpopular opinions, chat and news with Steffan and Inel.
Retro PX: VR Time
Keza and Glenn join the show to discuss VR gaming
Wakanda For Never
Steffan and Inel are back for a cosy episode of Press X. This week they chatting all about the cancellation of a Black Panther game that was in development and plenty of other goings on in gaming.
Mini-Map Frustrations
Inel and Steffan deep dive into some of the conversation topics popping off in the Press X Discord channel.
