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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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1:25:34

Episode 106: 2022 Gaming Predictions Revisited

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2022/12/02

Did someone buy Capcom this year? Did Nightdive remaster the N64 South Park FPS? Did Samuel play FF14? We revisit our 22 predictions from the start of the year to see just how wrong we were – though a couple did pay off. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:37:44

Episode 105: Two Giant Men Play God of War Ragnarok

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2022/11/25

Matthew and Samuel both played God of War Ragnarök. But Matthew actually finished it! Enjoy this almost entirely spoiler-free take on the year's big blockbuster. If you want to know nothing about Ragnarök, consider putting this one on hold – but it doesn't spoil anything more than a review would. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:44:24

Episode 104: Cyberpunk 2077 Revisited

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2022/11/18

Samuel finally played Cyberpunk 2077 properly, and had a (mostly) good time! This episode interrogates CD Projekt RED's RPG/shooter, two years after release and firmly outside the shadow of the marketing campaign that made it such a headache to write about in the first place. This week's music is from the Cyberpunk 2077 soundtrack by P. T. Adamczyk, Marcin Przybyłowicz and Paul Leonard-Morgan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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2:14:21

Episode 103: What We've Been Playing (November 2022)

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2022/11/11

A Plague Tale: Requiem, FF7 Remake, Stay Out Of The House and Taiji are among the games discussed in our first 'what we've been playing' episode in two months. Plus: 80 minutes of listener questions are answered, from the irrelevant to the insightful. Enjoy!This week's music is from the Gradius Advance soundtrack by Shigemitsu Goto, Hirofumi Sano and Kaori Takazoe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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2:31:37

Episode 102: God of War Games Ranked

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2022/11/04

Ahead of the release of Ragnarök, we rank all the God of War games from 2005's original up to the 2018 PS4 entry – minus the odd Facebook game or mobile title. Enjoy. Once the new one drops, we'll discuss where it places in a future episode. This week's music is from the God of War 2 soundtrack by Cris Velasco, Ron Fish, Gerard Marino and Mike Reagan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:54:25

Episode 101: Bayonetta 3 and the PlatinumGames Hall...

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2022/10/28

The wonderful 101st episode of The Back Page attempts to build a 5-game hall of fame from the entire PlatinumGames catalogue. Plus, Matthew has been reviewing Bayonetta 3 on Switch – hear his thoughts on the latest (but perhaps not greatest) entry in the hack-and-slash brawler series.This week's music is from the Bayonetta 2 soundtrack by Norihiko Hibino, Takahiro Izutani, Masami Ueda, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Rei Kondoh, Naofumi Harada, Satoshi Igarashi, Hitomi Kurokawa and Takayasu Sodeoka. Hosted on

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1:50:28

Episode 100: Clip Show

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2022/10/21

It's a clip show. Enjoy the clips.Thanks so much for listening and supporting us. Here's to 100 more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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2:22:33

Episode 99: Best Visual Novels (with Lucy Blundell)

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2022/10/14

Indie developer Lucy Blundell (One Night Stand, the upcoming VIDEOVERSE) joins us to discuss one of Matthew's favourite genres: the (usually) non-horny visual novel.This week's music is from the 428: Shibuya Scramble soundtrack by Naoki Sato and Hideki Sakamoto. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:21:12

Episode 98: From Game Informer to MinnMax (with Ben...

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2022/10/07

We're joined by Ben Hanson of MinnMax on this episode, who shares a bunch of great stories from his many years making videos for Game Informer's elaborate cover features. Hear about the times he visited Kojima Productions and Square Enix, among other studios. This week's music is from the Final Fantasy XV soundtrack by Yoko Shimomura. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:55:42

Episode 97: Games Court Returns – More Pre-Owned...

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2022/09/30

More listeners' pre-owned purchases go on trial this week, from classic JRPGs to a hilariously rough PS3-era shooter – and a grim fate awaits anyone who gets on the wrong side of Judge Big Sammy.Apologies in advance if you hate Games Court. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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2:24:52

Episode 96: GTA Clones on Trial (with Jeremy Peel)

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2022/09/23

From The Getaway to Sleeping Dogs, this week Judge Matthew Castle puts the open world games that followed in GTA 3's wake on trial. Jeremy Peel returns to help make the cast for Driv3r, among other games.This week's music is from the Driv3r soundtrack by Marc Canham. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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2:35:41

Episode 95: The Lucasarts Adventure Games Hall of...

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2022/09/16

From Monkey Island to Full Throttle, we try to boil down the complete library of Lucasarts adventure games into five representative titles – building a hall of fame, the concept of which we stole from a film podcast we like. Former GamesTM editor Ashley Day joins us for this one. Note that our originally scheduled episode, GTA clones on trial, is now coming next week.This week's music is from The Secret of Monkey Island soundtrack by Michael Land and Patrick Mundy. Hosted on Acast. See

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1:44:54

Episode 94: Splatoon 3 + Nintendo's Newer Series...

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2022/09/09

Matthew talks us through his many hours agonising over a Splatoon 3 review in this week's episode, which features a detailed breakdown of what's new (or not) in Nintendo's latest online shooter. Plus, we break down key examples of new Nintendo series from the past year and explain what they represent in the overall breadth of its output.This week's music is from Bayonetta 2. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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2:10:18

Episode 93: What We've Been Playing (September 2022)

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2022/09/02

Saints Row, Arcade Paradise, Symphony of War, Ryse: Son of Rome, Splatoon 3, Star Wars: Rogue Squadron and Escape Academy are among the games discussed in this month's episode. Plus: we try and clear a mountain of your listener questions with increasing weariness.This week's music is from the Rogue Squadron soundtrack by Chris Hulsbeck. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:58:51

Episode 92: The 2000-2005 PC Gaming Draft

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2022/08/26

It's draft revenge time! Who can pick the 10 best games released during the years 2000-2005? Vote for the winner @backpagepod on Twitter. We'll update this episode description when a winner has been declared.This week's music is from the Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 soundtrack by Frank Klepacki. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:50:23

Episode 91: From Edge to Hit Points (with Nathan Brown)

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2022/08/19

This week's guest is former Edge editor Nathan Brown, who now runs the newsletter Hit Points (support his Substack at hitpoints.substack.com). Hear what goes into an Edge [10], as well as thoughts on Destiny, E3, Street Fighter and the world of videogame consulting.This week's music is from the Destiny soundtrack by Marty O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori and the Street Fighter II soundtrack by Yoko Shimomura and Isao Abe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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2:13:28

Episode 90: The '90s Games Mag Quiz and Mailbag

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2022/08/12

Samuel and Matthew ask each other to guess the game based on quotes taken from '90s games magazines – then answer a whole suite of listener questions in part two.This week's music is from Final Fantasy VIII, composed by Nobuo Uematsu. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:50:24

Episode 89: Steam Deck Special

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2022/08/05

Is Valve's handheld PC all it's cracked up to be? Yes! In this episode we celebrate its strengths, highlight its limitations and discuss the games we've been playing on it.This week's music is all from our theme tune's composer, Barry Topping (@nostoppingepoch). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:57:32

Episode 88: Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Verdict and a...

The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast ·

2022/07/29

Slightly later than usual, RockPaperShotgun EIC Katharine Castle rejoins us to discuss the Xenoblade Chronicles series in enormous detail. Hear Matthew's thoughts on Xenoblade Chronicles 3 after 140 hours of playing it, and enjoy a great new quiz known as 'Xenoblade ingredient or '90s drug slang?'.This week's music is from the Xenoblade Chronicles 2 soundtrack by Kenji Hiramatsu and the Xenoblade Chronicles X soundtrack by Hiroyuki Sawano. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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2:40:56

Episode 87: The Best Games of 2013

The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast ·

2022/07/22

Two top 10 lists of the best games of 2013, in our usual style. Don't miss our episodes on the best games of 2006-2012 if you haven't heard them already.This week's music is from the Grand Theft Auto V soundtrack by Tangerine Dream and Woody Jackson, and crikey, what a banging piece of music 'No Happy Endings' is. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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