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The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast

Samuel Roberts and Matthew Castle

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). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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2:41:08

James Bond Movies Ranked (from the Patreon)

The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast ·

2023/12/15

From the XL Tier on Patreon.com/backpagepod – it's our rundown of the best James Bond movies. Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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2:55:08

The Best Metal Gear Solid Moments

The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast ·

2023/12/08

The 25 best Metal Gear moments across the entire series, with listener favourite guest Rich Stanton! If you enjoy this episode, this is the sort of thing we cook up on Patreon.com/backpagepod. We'll be back with regular episodes in late December. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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2:07:49

Episode 156: Two Giant Men Play Final Fantasy 7 (Disc 1)

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2023/12/01

It's Matthew's first time through the original Final Fantasy 7. Ahead of the release of Rebirth in 2024, he explains what the hell is going on in disc one of this 26 year-old RPG, right up to the death of Aerith (and to a lesser extent, Cait Sith).This is our last new podcast for three weeks! Thanks for listening all year – we'll be back soon. Free feed listeners can look forward to a couple of Patreon samplers. This week's music is from the Final Fantasy 7 soundtrack by Nobuo Uematsu. Hosted on

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1:58:27

Episode 155: The Licensed Games Draft

The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast ·

2023/11/24

Samuel and Matthew compete to pick the best selection of 10 licensed games, and discuss the wildly inconsistent history of games based on movies, TV shows, books and more. Matthew won this draft.This week's music is from the Blade Runner game soundtrack by Vangelis and Frank Klepacki. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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2:42:03

Episode 154: What We've Been Playing (Alan Wake 2,...

The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast ·

2023/11/17

The latest on what we've been playing, featuring Alan Wake 2, Chants of Senaar, Super Mario Wonder, The Talos Principle 2, the PlayStation Portal and the Oculus Quest 3. Plus: the last mailbag of the year! Who knows how this one ended up being so bloody long. This week's music is from the Chants of Senaar soundtrack by Thomas Brunet. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:14:17

Episode 153: From Jak & Daxter to Eurogamer (with...

The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast ·

2023/11/10

This week's guest is comedian, writer and streaming superstar Ellie Gibson, who talks us through her career at Eurogamer during the heyday of the PS3 and 360 era of games media. This week's music is from the Sky Odyssey soundtrack by Kow Otani. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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2:12:21

Episode 152: Three Giant Men Play Spider-Man 2 (with...

The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast ·

2023/11/03

A deep dive on the year's biggest PlayStation game with Dave Scarborough, sometime features editor of gamesTM. This week's music is by John Paesano from the Marvel's Spider-Man 2 soundtrack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:59:46

Episode 151: Alan Wake 2 and the Games of Remedy...

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2023/10/27

IGN's Simon Cardy joins us to celebrate the history of Remedy's games, including Max Payne, Alan Wake and even Quantum Break, as Alan Wake 2 finally becomes a reality. There's also a lot of fun chatter about Simon's work on IGN that you'll hopefully enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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2:10:55

Episode 150: The Art of PlayStation List Making (with...

The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast ·

2023/10/20

Rob Pearson of PlayStation Access is our guest this week. Hear about Rob's unusual journey to YouTube fame via print media, and how Charlie Brooker and Jon Blyth inspired his hugely popular top 7 features. This week's music is from the Final Fantasy IX soundtrack by Nobuo Uematsu. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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2:50:02

Episode 149: The Best Games of 2001

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2023/10/13

From GTA 3 to Silent Hill 2, 2001 was one of the best years in the history of games. In this episode, we each construct top 10s while sharing pointless details of our mixed fortunes as teenagers. This week's music is from the Silent Hill 2 soundtrack by Akira Yamaoka. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:43:44

Episode 148: What We've Been Playing (Cyberpunk 2077:...

The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast ·

2023/10/06

We've firmly entered silly season, and Matthew has finished Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty. Does it change his take on the CD Projekt RED FPS/RPG? Find out in this episode, along with his early thoughts on Assassin's Creed Mirage, Samuel's thoughts on Resi 4's Separate Ways DLC, and both our thoughts on indie sensation Cocoon. This week's music is from the Assassin's Creed Mirage soundtrack by Brendan Angelides. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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2:34:02

Episode 147: Things You Only Realise When You Make Games

The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast ·

2023/09/29

People Can Fly's Jamie Smith tells us about his career and things you only realise about games when you actually make them for a living. Then, in the last section, Jamie poses a series of impossible game design questions to both of us – see how we fare as backseat game designers! This week's music is from the Call of Duty: Vanguard soundtrack by Bear McCreary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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2:40:10

PC Gaming Classics Episode 6: Quake Vs Half-Life

The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast ·

2023/09/24

PC Gaming Classics reaches its conclusion (for now) as Jeremy and Phil pit Half-Life against Quake in the longest episode to date. Phil won the Review Wars segment of this one. We hope you enjoyed this miniseries, and we're excited to see what Jeremy and Phil record next. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:49:03

PC Gaming Classics Episode 5: Jurassic Park: Trespasser

The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast ·

2023/09/24

The penultimate episode of Jeremy Peel and Phil Iwaniuk's PC Gaming Classics series finally lands on the free feed, investigating Trespasser: Jurassic Park, an all-timer Back Page draft pick. Thanks to Jeremy and Phil for their hard work on this one! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:49:30

Episode 146: Two Giant Men Play Starfield

The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast ·

2023/09/22

We've each played 25 hours of Starfield – here's what we thought. This week's music is from the Starfield soundtrack by Inon Zur. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:59:04

Episode 145: eBay Games Court: The Mediocre Return of...

The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast ·

2023/09/15

Happy, you sickos? It's the latest entry in our bizarre Games Court format. 20 listeners submit their pre-owned game purchases (and lengthy life stories) to Judge Castle. Those found guilty will die...by Pikmin. This week's music is by listener Adam Saucier. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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2:49:34

Episode 144: The Nintendo DS Draft

The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast ·

2023/09/08

Matthew and Samuel compete to pick the 15 best Nintendo DS games – after an extremely long preamble. Vote for the winner in the pinned tweet @backpagepod on Twitter! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:46:50

Episode 143: What We've Been Playing (Sea of Stars,...

The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast ·

2023/09/01

Matthew is ill! Forgive us while we delay the DS draft a week and take it easy with a 'what we've been playing' pod. Matthew has played 10 hours of Sea of Stars, so we discuss that, the Doom mod My House, Armored Core 6, Paranormasight and Dredge.This week's music is from the Doom 2 soundtrack by Bobby Prince. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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2:05:08

Episode 142: The Dreaded Mailbag

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2023/08/25

We answer a lot of listener questions in this week's episode. It's fun for the first hour, it sags in the second, but gets it back just at the end. A 6/10 episode. Thank you for your polite tolerance! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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2:41:29

Episode 141: The Best Games of 2016

The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast ·

2023/08/18

One of our oldest and most popular episode formats returns as we count down the best games of 2016, a year that brought good news for everyone! Except Microsoft. And Nintendo. Everything from Uncharted 4 to Inside gets discussed in this bumper episode – alongside our (fairly dour) memories of the time working on magazines. Plus, hear all about Matthew's shattered knee at Gamescom yet again. Note that there's a factual error in this episode: Samuel says they should make Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo

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