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 100 episodes, alongside 1 trailer or bonus episode. That works out to roughly 75 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 41 min and 50 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 2 days ago, with 15 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 100 episodes99: 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!
Ep 8585: 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.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/@pressxpod
Ep 8484: 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!Press X to Continue is proudly sponsored by PiCK UP!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/@pressxpod
Ep 8383: 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!Press X to Continue is proudly sponsored by PiCK UP!Listen to Press X to Continue on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever else you like to listen.Join the Press X Discord:discord.gg/a7qgyAb4Follow us on Instagram and Tiktok:www.instagram.com/pressxpodcast/www.tiktok.com/@pressxpod
Ep 8282: 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.Press X to Continue is proudly sponsored by PiCK UP!Listen to Press X to Continue on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever else you like to listen.Join the Press X Discord:discord.gg/a7qgyAb4Follow us on Instagram and Tiktok:www.instagram.com/pressxpodcast/www.tiktok.com/@pressxpod
Ep 8181: 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!Press X to Continue is proudly sponsored by PiCK UP!Listen to Press X to Continue on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever else you like to listen.Join the Press X Discord:discord.gg/a7qgyAb4Follow us on Instagram and Tiktok:www.instagram.com/pressxpodcast/www.tiktok.com/@pressxpod
Ep 8080: 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.Press X to Continue is proudly sponsored by PiCK UP!Listen to Press X to Continue on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever else you like to listen.Join the Press X Discord:discord.gg/a7qgyAb4Follow us on Instagram and Tiktok:www.instagram.com/pressxpodcast/www.tiktok.com/@pressxpod