Press X to Continue
Press X to Continue
Show overview
Press X to Continue has been publishing since 2024, and across the 2 years since has built a catalogue of 106 episodes, alongside 1 trailer or bonus episode. That works out to roughly 80 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 41 min and 51 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Leisure show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 4 days ago, with 21 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2025, with 73 episodes published.
From the publisher
Press X to Continue is back! Join Steffan Powell, Inel Tomlinson and friends to talk all things games - the stuff you love and the stuff you don't. Join the eXy Beasts and the Continue Clubbers for news, reviews and conversation to help you make sense of the biggest entertainment industry in the world. Join our discord! https://discord.gg/TfQBdnbMda Visit the subreddit! reddit.com/r/pressxtocontinue
Latest Episodes
View all 106 episodes105: Hot Games Summer ft. Amy Mallett
104: BRING BACK BLOCKBUSTER
103: THE GAMING QUIZ SPECIAL ft. Ali Plumb
102: BIG LAD ft. Sam Cornforth
101: The Muskiest Main Characters ft. Sam Cornforth
100: Hell is Empty and All The Remakes Are Here ft. Barney Banks
99: Rik Mayall's Nintendo Monopoly ft. Barney Banks
98: Eddie Gordo VS Inel Tomlinson
97: THE RETRO GAMING SPECIAL ft. Sooz Kempner and RetroRevivalTom
96: You NEED These Game Mechanics in Real Life
95: Lost in Time, Like Tamagotchi Games in Rain
Ep 9494: The Impossible Super Mario 64 Speedrun
Luke Westaway and Cadaea are back on the pod this week to chat with Steffan about Inel's peculiar and downright suspicious absence from the pod...Cadaea also comes with two unsung hero game offerings and Luke enters his mind palace to uncover the secret behind a one-in-a-trillion solar SM64 speedrun.Listen to Press X to Continue on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever else you like to listen.Join the Press X Discord:discord.gg/TfQBdnbMdaFollow us on Instagram and TikTok:www.instagram.com/pressxpodcast/www.tiktok.com/@pressxpodVisit the subreddit:r/pressxtocontinue
Ep 9393: THE MUSICAL EPISODE ft. Cadaea and Luke Westaway
It's not what it sounds like! Steffan is joined by Press X regular Luke Westaway and first-timer Sophie AKA Cadaea for a pod that spans both pizza and Pokopia. Warning: contains tambourines.Listen to Press X to Continue on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever else you like to listen.Join the Press X Discord:discord.gg/TfQBdnbMdaFollow us on Instagram and TikTok:www.instagram.com/pressxpodcast/www.tiktok.com/@pressxpodVisit the subreddit:r/pressxtocontinue
Ep 9292: THE TOP 5 WARHAMMER GAMES ft. Dave Jewitt
A brand new kind of episode from us as we explore something we've been looking forward to trying out for a while!Dave Jewitt, AKA Irregular Dave, joins Steffan for a deep dive into the history of Warhammer video games to elect the official Press X Top 5.What do you think of this new format? Got a better name for it? What Top 5 should we choose next? Let us know!Listen to Press X to Continue on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever else you like to listen.Join the Press X Discord:discord.gg/TfQBdnbMdaFollow us on Instagram and TikTok:www.instagram.com/pressxpodcast/www.tiktok.com/@pressxpodVisit the subreddit:r/pressxtocontinue
Ep 9191: 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.Thanks for coming along Mike!Listen to Press X to Continue on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever else you like to listen.Join the Press X Discord:discord.gg/TfQBdnbMdaFollow us on Instagram and TikTok:www.instagram.com/pressxpodcast/www.tiktok.com/@pressxpodVisit the subreddit:r/pressxtocontinue
Ep 9090: 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.Listen to Press X to Continue on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever else you like to listen.Join the Press X Discord:discord.gg/TfQBdnbMdaFollow us on Instagram and TikTok:www.instagram.com/pressxpodcast/www.tiktok.com/@pressxpodVisit the subreddit:r/pressxtocontinue
Ep 8989: 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.Listen to Press X to Continue on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever else you like to listen.Join the Press X Discord:discord.gg/TfQBdnbMdaFollow us on Instagram and TikTok:www.instagram.com/pressxpodcast/www.tiktok.com/@pressxpodVisit the subreddit:r/pressxtocontinue
Ep 8888: 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.Listen to Press X to Continue on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever else you like to listen.Join the Press X Discord:discord.gg/TfQBdnbMdaFollow us on Instagram and TikTok:www.instagram.com/pressxpodcast/www.tiktok.com/@pressxpodVisit the subreddit:r/pressxtocontinue
Ep 8787: 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. Listen to Press X to Continue on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever else you like to listen.Join the Press X Discord:discord.gg/TfQBdnbMdaFollow us on Instagram and TikTok:www.instagram.com/pressxpodcast/www.tiktok.com/@pressxpodVisit the subreddit:r/pressxtocontinue
Ep 8686: 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.Listen to Press X to Continue on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever else you like to listen. Or watch on YouTube!Join the Press X Discord:discord.gg/TfQBdnbMdaFollow us on Instagram and Tiktok:www.instagram.com/pressxpodcast/www.tiktok.com/@pressxpodVisit r/PressXtoContinue - the official Press X subreddit!