Let's Talk About Tech
BBC Radio 5 live's award-winning gaming podcast, discussing the world of video games and games culture.
Episodes
Game On - Back to The Borderlands
After a 6 year gap the Borderlands series returns with Borderlands 4. President of Gearbox Studios, Randy Pitchford joins Adam to talk about the Joy of Loot and more.
Game On - It's Cumbria, but not as we know it. And it's BAFTA time again!
PC GamesN's Nat Smith joins Adam to talk about the upcoming BAFTA awards and Rebellion's action survival game, Atomfall. The game's creative director Ben Fisher talks about the game's creation and the Rebellion way to make a game.
Game On - Returning to The Mothership and looking ahead to the London Soundtrack Festival 2025
The capital's first annual Festival dedicated to celebrating the music of film, TV and games will take place from 19–26 March 2025 and Adam's spoken to festival director, Tommy Pearson and composer, Stephen Barton.Find out more at londonsoundtrackfestival.comAnd we've returned to the Homeworld galaxy for the third game in the series. Do you remember the Karos Graveyard and the Great Nebula of Kade
Game On - Elric and Citadel of Forgotten Myths
Michael Moorcock - author, editor, musician - joins Adam to talk about Citadel of Forgotten Myths, the book that will be (he says) the last appearance of his doomed hero, Elric of Melniboné between the covers of a novel.It's a wide-ranging conversation that barely touches the surface of Moorcock's long, incredibly productive career.
Game On - BAFTA goes to Hades
With the 2021 BAFTA Games Awards moments away Adam speaks to two of the nominees from Supergiant Games. The writer, Greg Kasavin and the actor, Logan Cunningham are both in the running for their work on Hades.
Game On - Safety online and a new era for Star Wars
Online safety discussed with Lorin LaFave and Andy Robertson. And New York Times bestselling author Charles Soule joins Adam to talk about The High Republic.
Game On – Now with added Nolan North!
Talking about games with the Gaming Grandma, sidestepping The Discourse and Andy’s Xmas CrackersHas the Pandemic changed the way families game? The Gaming Grandma and Dr Lynn Love from Abertay University give Adam their view.
Ewan Moore from GAMINGbible and FamilyGamerTV’s Andy Robertson talk more about family gaming and much more besides.
And there’s oodles of Nolan North action as we talk about
Game On - Playstation versus Xbox. Seconds out, round 4!
Weeks away from the launch of Playstation and Xbox's latest machines the Washington Post's Gene Park joins Adam to look at what's on offer. Industry veteran, Mike Fisher has his own modest proposal and, if you're quick, you can still take part in the Leeds Digital Festival. The organiser and one of the city's tech companies explain more about Silicon Moor™(pending.)
Game On - It's cold, it's dangerous, it's Wasteland 3
Veteran games creator, Brian Fargo and Wasteland 3's music supervisor, Mary Ramos join Adam to talk about the way they're putting a soundtrack on a post-apocalyptic American adventure. PC Gamer's Jody Macgregor reviews the game in this edition.
Game On - Of falling and falling and Fall Guys
No more steps, that's what Mediatonic's Megan Ralph promises Adam in this edition of Game On.
Fall Guys has been this year's surprise summer hit but what's helped the game get to the top of the goop slide?
Game On - Of falling and falling and Fall Guys
No more steps, that's what Mediatonic's Megan Ralph promises Adam in this edition of Game On.
Fall Guys has been this year's surprise summer hit but what's helped the game get to the top of the goop slide?
Game On - The Island Doom of the Wisps
Odee joins Adam to talk about the cancellation of the COD League's live events and then it's on to talking about not one, not two but three games! Animal Crossing NH, Doom and Ori and the Will of the Wisps.
Can you spot the deliberate mistake in this edition?
Game On – Help for Heroes goes gaming and travelling with The Traveller
Help for Heroes want games to use their skills for good and help them through @HeroUpGaming
Ryan Elser has been playing, and writing, about Destiny since the beginning. He joined Adam to talk about a game that’s almost 6 years into its life span.
And another magazine maker has designs on your wallet.
Game On - Keeping Track of it All
The Destiny we have is the Destiny we're keeping Bungie tells Adam and cult stationery company Field Notes have designs on - or should that be for - your Dungeons & Dragons character sheets.
Game On - Yorkshire Games Festival
At the Yorkshire Games Festival to talk about making games with Sabrina Carmona, Zi Peters and Mike Bithell.
Warning, this podcast may contain unexpected Jordan Erica Webbers.
Game On - William Gibson's Agency
William Gibson started out writing books that felt like they were set decades into a possible future.
Unusually for a writer of speculative fiction he's been creeping closer and closer to the now.
Adam met him to talk about 'Agency', what's now the second part of his fourth trilogy)
Game On - Excel next and Riot now
Excel Esport's new Chief Commercial Officer, Robin McCammon reflects on making the jump across the electronic divide from adidas and
Launcher’s Elise Favis catches us up about the Californian state government's intervention in the Riot Games class action law suit settlement.
Game On - Edge first
Zachary Smith is the CEO of Packet and he wants to change the way we use The Cloud. This is no longer about the centre; it's about The Edge.
Game On - A Stamp of Approval
Royal Mail's Philip Parker explains why the UK's games industry has made it into stamp form. And Jon Hare, one of the creators of Sensible Soccer (and new game Sociable Soccer) joins Adam to talk about the scene that's being celebrated in stamp form: the scene that's become the industry we have today.
Game On - Kim Bayley, Bruce Straley
2019's games sales figures may not be all bad according to Kim Bayley, the CEO of the Entertainment Retailers Association.
And Bruce Straley, formerly of Naughty Dog, gives us a sense of the Way of Bruce.
Game On - Yuletide 2019, Leviathan
BBC Millbank's smaller radio studio is packed to the rafters as Adam's joined by indie developer Mike Bithell, editor of theloadout.com Jessica Wells, comedian and streamer Steve McNeil and Sam Loveridge the global editor-in-chief of GamesRadar for the annual Yuletide edition.Recorded at the beginning of December, Sam proves her prophetic powers by calling it on the name of the next Xbox console.
Game On - Wooden Trains, keeping it simple.
Tracks-The Train Set Game brings the simple pleasure of a wooden train set to the game space, but what's the allure of the simulator genre? Will Freeman helps explain...
Game On - at the Glass House and esports under pressure
New research from Chichester University says esports performers are under as much pressure as other sports people.
Dr Phil Birch, Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology explains.
And the team from the Glass House Games Show come on to talk about their new project; long format discussion and reviews.
Game On - Texas, Tents and Ghosts
Why did the Esports Awards move to Texas and what's happening next for them? At the Golden Joysticks Adam catches a word with CD Projekt Red about Cyberpunbk 2077 and makers of control, Remedy.Cloud based systems are picking up a lot of attention at the moment so, what are Shadow up to with their Ghost system? Florian Giraud and Luke Hancock try to get Adam to understand. (Warning; this podcast ma
Game On - Of Birds and Wolves
In 'A Game of Birds of Wolves' the writer, Simon Parkin reveals the hidden history of a war game that helped to win the Battle of the Atlantic and the people who created it, played it and helped to blow a Raspberry at Hitler with it.
Game On
Why do some games pass into the collective memory? Should we be celebrating old games more?
All this and more besides as Mike Diver joins Adam to talk about his new book, 'Retro Gaming: A byte-sized history of video games'
Game On - Dinosaur Polo Club - Mini Motorways
Dinosaur Polo Club's first game 'Mini Metro' was all about rapid, and not so rapid, public transport.
This time the Curry Brothers are tackling traffic. Can you do better than a city planner or will it end with a snarl and a whimper? 'Mini Motorways' is available now.
Game On - A Long Road; speaking to Jenova Chen
A decade after first speaking to the innovative games maker Jenova Chen, Adam sits down with the creator of 'Journey' and 'Flower' to talk about thatgamescompany's new project, 'Sky: Children of the Light'
Game On - Assemble for D&D and Assemble With Care
Chris Cox from ustwo games talks about their new experience - Assemble With Care - and what are Adventurers Wanted about to get up to over on Switch?
Game On 180619 E3, gaymers and Sonic at the wheel.
Games Radar editor, Sam Loveridge and Robin Gray from just launched Gayming Mag join Adam to talk about E3 and some points arising . Later we hear from Sumo Digital's David Littlewood about Team Sonic Racing and making games in Nottingham.
Game On - Razers & Silverhands
After the surprise announcement at E3 Adam and journalist Peter Allison look ahead to next and Cyberpunk 2077 and then a step back to chat about UK Games Expo. Razer unveiled their 2019 range of gaming laptops at an event at the end of May and Adam was there to speak to VP for Razer Europe, Matthias Kjessler.
Game On - Embers of War, Hound of Difficulty
Gareth Powell's Embers of War series is set amongst the ruins of older civilisations and in the aftermath of a bloody conflict. When they spoke Adam asked Gareth why he was exploring this idea in his latest book, Fleet of Knives.
Game On - The Way of the Shinobi
Edwin Evans-Thirwell joins Adam to talk about the latest game from From Software. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is as unrelenting as we've come to expect from From. But, as Edwin points out, this a game that's more than just 'hard'.
Game On - Learning with LARP and Washington at war
Washington's under siege in the upcoming game from Ubisoft, The Division 2. Adam's spoken to the game's creative director and lead environment artist about putting D.C. front and centre. And what can we learn from a LARP? More than you'd expect. Nikolas Lloyd - Lindybeige on Youtube - has been out to the Czech Republic to take part in Legion: Siberian Story and come to a greater appreciation for s
