The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast

Jan 31 2025 224 ep. 117 mins 841
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Games media writers Matthew Castle (NGamer, Rock Paper Shotgun) and Samuel Roberts (PC Gamer, gamesTM, TechRadar) talk about video games and their years covering them professionally. Our logo is by John Strike, and our theme tune is by Barry 'Epoch' Topping (@nostoppingepoch on Twitter).
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What We've Been Playing (Dynasty Warriors: Origins, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, Marvel Rivals)

Jan 31 2025 93 mins  
Our first 'now playing' episode of the year covers Dynasty Warriors: Origins, The Roottrees Are Dead, Neva, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, Marvel Rivals and Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 2.This week's music is from the Dynasty Warriors: Origins soundtrack by Masato Koike. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Arcade Machine Collecting and Making Videos (with Mike Channell)

Jan 23 2025 99 mins  
Outside Xbox's Mike Channell joins us this week to discuss his journey from magazines like PC Format and OXM to being very well-known on the internet. Plus, in the second part, hear about Mike's more recent hobby of acquiring and maintaining old arcade machines!This week's music is from the Daytona USA soundtrack by Takenobu Mitsuyoshi. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo

The PS2 Games Mega-Draft

Jan 16 2025 165 mins  
The PlayStation 2 is arguably the greatest video games console of all time. Over 44 competing picks for the system's best games, Matthew, Samuel and two other Giant Men – Dave Scarborough and Ashley Day – will prove why. Vote for the winner in the announcements channel of the Back Page Discord. This week's music is from the Katamari Damacy soundtrack by Yuu Miyake, Asuka Sakai,

Games Court Is Back For 2025!

Jan 09 2025 114 mins  
Games Court is back! 23 listeners' pre-owned purchases go on trial in front of Judge Castle. Only the pathetic attorney Samuel Roberts can save them (or help send them to their deaths).This one is strong in the first half, drags for its third quarter, but brings the energy back for the final part. A net gain, for our great podcast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in

2025 Gaming Predictions

Jan 02 2025 79 mins  
One hour of totally unfounded waffle and pointless commentary. This week's music is from the Super Mario Odyssey soundtrack by Naoto Kubo, Shiho Fujii and Koji Kondo. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Best Games of 2024

Dec 26 2024 169 mins  
Two top 10 lists of our favourite games from 2024. This week's music is from the Balatro soundtrack by LouisF. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Alternative GOTY Awards 2024

Dec 19 2024 138 mins  
Silly awards from silly men, ahead of the real GOTY pod next week. Thanks to this year's guests, too, for providing insights on their favourite games of 2024.This week's music is from the FF7 Rebirth soundtrack by Mitsuto Suzuki and Masashi Hamauzu and the Helldivers 2 soundtrack by Wilbert Roget II. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Sub-80 Metacritic Games Draft

Dec 12 2024 107 mins  
Each host must pick the best 10 games that have a score of 79 or less on Metacritic! But who will win out with that tricky criteria in mind? And what gold (if any) lies within the amber ranks of the reviews aggregator? Vote for the winning selection in the Discord announcements channel for the next week.Some rules that might be handy to know:A game needs to have scored below 80 on

Christmas Games Mag Quiz + Mailbag

Dec 05 2024 117 mins  
The quiz part goes on for far too long. The mailbag bit has some low energy answers. But: it is an episode of this podcast.This week's music is from the No More Heroes soundtrack by Masafumi Takada and Jun Fukuda. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our Best Games on Every PlayStation Console – PlayStation Turns 30!

Nov 28 2024 121 mins  
Our favourite first and third party games on every PlayStation console, just in time for its 30th anniversary. This week's music is from the Final Fantasy XV soundtrack by Yoko Shimomura. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.