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A Winner Is You is a video game club podcast from the UK presented by Alex Aldridge and David Smillie. We specialise in deep diving into the biggest and best games, both old and new, and deliver it all with irreverent banter and British humour.
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As we finish off playing Resident Evil: Requiem for the next pod, let's get our teeth stuck into one of most unique and harrowing video games ever made. A warning: this pod is almost exclusively spoilers for No, I'm Not a Human. Make sure you spend the pocket change and play this unforgettable game before you listen to the pod.We talk our favourite house guests, moments, endings, and also have a few criticisms here and there. Say hi @winnerisyoupod on Twitter or @winnerisyou on BlueSky and we'll see you next time for new Resi!
KDB returns to fight the good fight for the highest-scoring video games from 1996 as we get drafting once again. It's an absolutely stellar year, but the threat of steals and kills of draft picks hangs heavy over our intrepid drafters. Will David's lead at the top of the league become insurmountable or will KDB finally get another win?As a bonus, there's also the 2026 draft, where we each pick five upcoming games (one can be dropped at any time before release) to see who'll have a bonus league point by the end of the year.Say hi on Twitter or BlueSky @winnerisyoupod and we'll see you next episode for No, I'm Not A Human!
Six more games on the Nintendo Switch Online service - three from the SNES and three from the Mega Drive - were randomly drawn back in episode 118, and now they've come to collect. We played through Gunstar Heroes, MUSHA and Virtua Fighter 2 on the Mega Drive/Genesis, and Operation Logic Bomb, Spanky's Quest and Star Fox 2 on the SNES. Now we're here to discuss them and stick them in our tier list. For info, the tier list before this episode was:S - Wild Guns (SNES)A - Shinobi III (MD), F-Zero (SNES), Earthworm Jim (MD)B - Kirby's Dreamland 3 (SNES)C - Comix Zone (MD), Battle Toads (SNES), Psycho Dream (SNES), Strider (MD)D - Target Earth (MD), Claymates (SNES), Space Harrier 2 (MD)Come say hi to us on Twitter or BlueSky @winnerisyoupod and we'll see you next episode for the 1996 Video Game Draft!
Join us for a three-hour extravaganza to celebrate and denigrate the best and worst of video games in 2025.It's a little bit different, and more traditional, this year, as we're talking almost entirely about games that came out in the year, rather than just sticking to what we covered on the pod. Categories are:Best pickup (a little bit of bragging about whatever random tat we bought last year)Best StoryBest GameplayBest Surprise7/10-est 7/10Best Old GameBest Game We Didn't FinishBiggest DisappointmentBest Podcast GameMost MidBest GameMost Aniticpated 2026 GameEnjoy! Lets us know your best game of 2025 over on Twitter or BlueSky @winnerisyou and we'll see you in the next episode for SNES/Mega Drive Roulette part 3!
We've already recorded our GOTY 2025 pod, but it'd be remiss of us to deny you this forgotten (by Alex, the dozy twat) episode from last November. To celebrate what was the PS2's 25th anniversary in 2025, we both created our own Top 10 lists of games on the platform. It's wall-to-wall bangers and the lists are pretty different! Come say hi on Twitter or BlueSky @winnerisyou and we'll see you for GOTY.
Merry Christmas, everyone! Our treat to you this year is the start of a new to-be-annual tradition where we've created an awards show with a twist. There are nine categories, from best game and best visuals to most disappointing and worst ageing, that must be filled by games from 1995, 2005 and 2015 - 30, 20 and 10 years ago respectively. There's a bonus spot for a 1985 game if we deem it worthy. The only other rule is that there can be no more than three games for each of the three years, as much as 2005 could fill way more than that! Join us in celebrating these anniversary games, and we'll see you (hopefully) before the end of the year with the 'forgotten episode' of our Top 10 PS2 Games that Alex completely forgot to edit! Sorry!Say hi to us @winnerisyoupod on Twitter and BlueSky, and have a wonderful holiday x
It's the final draft of 2025, so we decided to introduce some new rules - each player gets one kill and one steal each. Any game can be stolen, and any game can be killed (stolen ones are subsequently untouchable). How will these new rules affect the game? Will David finally lose? Will KDB finally win? The result is a good podcast, whatever happens! Say hi @winnerisyoupod on Twitter or BlueSky and we'll see you next time for our Christmas special!
This week marks the 25th anniversary of the PlayStation 2's European launch. To celebrate, we played every (except that really long JRPG for obvious reasons) launch game and we're going to rank them in a tier list with D being absolute stinkers, and S being the cream of the crop. The games are:Aqua Aqua, Dynasty Warriors 2, Fantavision, FIFA 2001, Gradius III and IV, International Superstar Soccer, NHL 2001, Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2, Ridge Racer V, Silent Scope, Smuggler's Run, SSX, Tekken Tag Tournament, TimeSplitters, and Wild Wild Racing. Something for everyone, you surely agree! Are any of them good, though? We all know Wild Wil Racing is the drizzling shits, but can any game grab the sacred S tier?Come say hi @winnerisyoupod over on Twitter or BlueSky - tell us your favourite PS2 launch game, whydontcha? We're keeping the PS2 party going next episode with our individual top 10 games of all time. See you then!
We're going way further back in time for this draft as part of a new yearly bonus episode where we draft from 30 years ago. 1995 is first (1996 next year, obvs) and, by god, getting reliable scores for these games is a reet ballache. So, apologies for the messy caluclations, but there's still plenty to enjoy as KDB joins us for drafting fun once again - who can get the best total score for their 10 games from '95? Say hi @winnerisyoupod on Twitter and BlueSky and we'll see you next time for our PS2 25th anniversary celebrations!
Or Project Zero II if you prefer names that are worse. That's right, it's Halloween and it's time to send off this year's Spooktoberfest with Tecmo's PS2 horror classic. Get out your camera obscuras, hold your twin sister's hand and keep your calendar free for a bloody ritual or two (in case the first one fails) as we dive deep into the game's setting, story, gameplay, atmosphere, Wii remake and much more.Come say hi over on Twitter or BlueSky @winnerisyoupod
Pack up your pagoda, stuff your satchel full of Ramune and whatever higashi is, as we begin spooky season for 2025 with Konami's newest entry into the Silent Hill franchise. It's part one of playing as Japanese schoolgirls, as we hit up Ebisugaoka for Silent Hill f.We talk the non-Silent Hill setting, the combar, puzzles, story, endings, and much more. Massive spoilers, obviously. Come say hi on Twitter or BlueSky @winnerisyoupod
As the last vestiges of the summer get swept away in the wind and rain, so too do we sign off the season with part two of the 4th annual Summer of Resi with a deep dive into one of the series' greatest games: Resident Evil 4.Come say hi on Twitter or BlueSky @winnerisyoupod, rate/review the pod on your platform of choice, share with your pals, check out the video version on YouTube or search for us on TikTok.
YES! It's finally that time of year! Bust out your tank controls and your zombified dads, fill 'em full of SMG bulllets and have a little cry - it's time to play Resident Evil CODE: Veronica!We chat about the game's development, the gameplay, the visuals, the weapons, the characters, the bosses, and then we stumble through the story after realising we'd both somehow ignored important information about the entire premise of the game. Morons. This is a great game and a fun pod, so let us know if you enjoyed it over @winnerisyoupod on Twitter (boo) or BlueSky (yay?). Check out the video version by searching for us on YouTube.
Hey, it's 2025 innit! That means we're a quarter of the way through the 21st Century. What that also means is we've had a cavalcade of cool games in the last 25 years. We're here to celebrate that with 25 games for 25 years - 2000 to 2025 (and yes, we know we're technically in the 26th year of the century but shut up). Well, more than 25, actually, as David and Alex both have their own individual Top 25 lists to discuss. Come tell us your favourite game of the century over @winnerisyoupod on either Twitter or BlueSky. Check out the A Winner Is You Podcast channel on YouTube for the video version of this episode, or go on TikTok to see clips if you can't pay attention for more than 30 seconds. WOW, A BLUE CAR!
We ran the randomiser over all the SNES and Mega Drive games currently on the Nintendo Switch Online service, came up with three games from each console, played 'em and now we rank 'em. This episode features, for the SNES: F-Zero, Psycho Dream and Wild Guns, and for the Mega Drive: Earthworm Jim, Space Harrier 2 and Strider.Say hi on Twitter or BlueSky @winnerisyoupod
Another draft, another KDB appearance, another pod full of fun, elation, surprises, dismay, a winner, two losers and a whole heap of rambling. Speaking of rambling, skip to 34:22 if you want to get straight into the draft and avoid a whole heap of spoilers for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Come say hi to us on Twitter or BlueSky @winnerisyoupod, please rate/review on your platform of choice, and check us out on YouTube instead if you want to look at men with beards. Oh, and thanks to TerraPlayer for adding us to their roster. Solid lads, right there.
You know us. We love a good moan. Especially David, but ESPECIALLY Alex. We feed our blackened hearts with pure, grade A disappointment, so we're serving it up for your, hopefully more optimistic, palates. We take 10 disappointing moments or trends from gaming history and stick them in a tier list. Nintendo, GAME, Rare, Sony, Microsoft - they all better watch their backs. We're coming for 'em. Tell us your disappointments over @winnerisyoupod on X or BlueSky, and please rate/review on your platform of choice.
It's time for a good ol' fashioned knockout tournament! In the first of a new pod format (that we will continue to run with whether you like it or not), we're hosting a tourney to crown the king of the first person shooters.12 games enter, 8 progress to the knockouts to be randomly drawn against each other on the road to the final. What will win? Halo? Half-Life? Goldeneye? Doom? Call of Duty? You better listen to find out. Rate/review on your pod platform of choice, and say hi @winnerisyoupod on X and BlueSky.
It's been a huge week to be a Nintendo fan, for good and bad. We're here to condense and deliver as much information and opinion from the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct, and all the information trickling out since, as we possibly can just for you.To round out the episode, we celebrate the console that came before with our individual top 10 lists of Switch 1 games. Come say hi on Twitter or BlueSky @winnerisyoupod and we'll see you next episode for Genre Wars pt.1 - FPS Games.
It's a movie and a game for you lucky people! That's right, we're ready to believe you... want to hear us discuss the 1984 classic movie Ghostbusters AND Ghostbusters: The Video Game. We love the movie, we... kinda like and respect the game. There is absolutely nothing extraordinarily bad about this podcast. Yes, it's true, this man has no dick. Say hi to us on BlueSky @winnerisyoupod and we'll see you next time for a Switch 2 Direct reaction pod + our Top 10 Switch games of all time.
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