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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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2:40:56

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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1:40:14

Episode 86: The Nintendo Switch Games Hall of Fame...

The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast ·

2022/07/15

We undertake another grand project: building a library of the very best games for the Nintendo Switch, starting with 5 (technically 6) of our absolute favourites. Want to know what those are? Listen to the episode, or find the games we discussed in this episode below...Ready?Spoilers!Here we go...Super Mario Odyssey, Metroid Dread, Astral Chain, Into the Breach and Ori and the Blind Forest/Ori and the Will of the Wisps.This week's music is from the Super Mario Odyssey soundtrack by Naoto Kubo, Shiho

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2:01:21

Episode 85: What We've Been Playing (July 2022)

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2022/07/08

Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, Sniper Elite 5 and TMNT: Shredder's Revenge are discussed in this round-up of games we've been playing this month.Our theme tune, which plays in full this week at the very end, is from Barry Topping as ever. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:50:04

Episode 84: Games Court Returns!

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2022/07/01

More listeners go on trial for bad pre-owned games purchases – this time with Judge Big Sammy making the verdicts. As ever, games court delivers zero nutritional value, but we have some laughs along the way.Our theme tune comes from the brilliant Barry Topping, composer of Paradise Killer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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2:31:26

Episode 83: Why Destiny is Good (with Phil Savage)

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2022/06/24

PC Gamer's Phil Savage rejoins us for an episode all about Bungie's Destiny. Hate Destiny? Fair enough! You may still enjoy the first 24 minutes of this podcast for general games chatter. For Destiny players, prepare for two hours of chatter from a genuine expert that goes deep into the series' history – including the top 5 Destiny 2 guns, and the top 5 things to do in the game. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:49:18

Episode 82: Top 10 Most Anticipated Games (with...

The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast ·

2022/06/17

Matthew is away this week! Returning guest Jeremy Peel kindly steps in to replace him, as we count down our 10 personal most anticipated games, based on whatever E3 was this year – from Redfall to Final Fantasy 16. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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2:14:27

Episode 81: The '90s PC Games Draft

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2022/06/10

Samuel and Matthew each compete to pick the 10 best PC games released in the years 1990 to 1999 – the poll is closed now but Matthew won this one.This week's music is from the Command & Conquer: Red Alert soundtrack by Frank Klepacki. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:19:31

Episode 80: Top 5 Dreamcast games (with Andy Kelly)

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2022/06/03

Returning guest Andy Kelly joins us to discuss his love of Sega's Dreamcast, and his new Alien: Isolation book, Perfect Organism, which you can back on Unbound: https://unbound.com/books/perfect-organism/This week's music is from the Shenmue soundtrack by Takenobu Mitsuyoshi and Yuzo Koshiro. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:57:37

Episode 79: What We've Been Playing (May 2022)

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2022/05/27

The Centennial Case, Tunic, Gears Tactics, Eternal Threads and Little Cities are among the games we discuss in this week's episode, which was painfully recorded across three evenings. This week's music is from The Centennial Case soundtrack by Yuki Hayashi. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:44:48

Episode 78: From OPSM2 to PC Gamer (with Tim Clark)

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2022/05/20

This week's guest is Tim Clark, brand director of PC Gamer with a long history of working on the official PlayStation magazines. Get ready for another top-drawer story about Hideo Kojima, among many other tales from games media history. This week's music is from the Killer7 soundtrack by Masafumi Takada. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:50:25

Episode 77: Best Star Wars Guilty Pleasure Games

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2022/05/13

In this week's episode, Samuel catalogues the Star Wars games that exist between simple notions like light and dark – these are the 6 and 7/10 Star Wars games that are nonetheless interesting in a bunch of ways. A full best Star Wars games episode is coming later this year, so look forward to that.This week's music is from the Star Wars: The Force Unleashed soundtrack by Mark Griskey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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2:16:14

Episode 76: From Edge to Media Molecule (with Jen...

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2022/05/06

Former Edge editor Jen Simpkins joins us to discuss some highlights of her years working in games media, and how she ended up working with the bright minds of the Dreams community at Media Molecule.Find the Playdate drawing Jen mentioned attached to the corresponding episode post on Patreon. Looksley's Line-Up is the DSi game mentioned early in the episode. Find the GameDeveloper.com article Jen mentioned here:

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2:03:50

Episode 75: Oh No, Another Mailbag (And Matthew...

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2022/04/29

It's another mailbag episode, with about 20 minutes of what we've been playing at the start as a chaser. It's probably too long, yet again, but it covers everything from our favourite TV genres to trends in games that we miss. Enjoy!One factual error in this episode: Sunset Overdrive was released in 2014 rather than 2015.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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1:49:30

Episode 74: Max Payne 1-3 Revisited

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2022/04/22

On this week's episode, we revisit all three Max Payne games. Section 1 is about Remedy's creation of the third-person shooter series that popularised bullet time, while section 2 covers Rockstar's effort to contemporise the character in Max Payne 3. Hopefully you'll agree we do Max justice.Then, the final section has to be heard to be believed.This week's music is from the Max Payne soundtrack by Kärtsy Hatakka and Kimmo Kajasto, and the Max Payne 3 soundtrack by HEALTH. Hosted on Acast. See

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1:59:28

Episode 73: The Indie Games Hall of Fame Vol. 2 (with...

The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast ·

2022/04/15

IGN's Joe Skrebels joins us for another round of indie game recommendations – and 20 minutes of very welcome Dragon's Dogma chat. 15 more games enter our hall of fame in this episode. Hopefully you'll hear about something you've never played before. This week's music is from the Thumper soundtrack by Brian Gibson. Our theme tune is by Barry 'Epoch' Topping. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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3:09:23

Episode 72: The Best Games of 2012

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2022/04/08

Two top 10 lists of the best games of 2012, in our usual style. Love the podcast and want more? Head to patreon.com/backpagepod to unlock two additional episodes a month.This week's music is from the Catherine soundtrack by Shoji Meguro, and the Kid Icarus: Uprising soundtrack by Motoi Sakuraba, Yuzo Koshiro, Masafumi Takada, Noriyuki Iwadare, Yasunori Mitsuda and Takahiro Nishi. Our theme tune is by Barry 'Epoch' Topping. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:50:25

Episode 71: The Best Kirby Games

The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast ·

2022/04/01

The top 5 Kirby games, and detailed thoughts on Kirby and the Forgotten Land for Nintendo Switch. Enjoy! This week's music is from the Kirby and the Forgotten Land soundtrack by Yuuta Ogasawara, Hirokazu Ando, Jun Ishikawa and Yuki Shimooka, and the Kirby's Epic Yarn soundtrack by Tomoya Tomita. Our theme tune is by Barry 'Epoch' Topping (@nostoppingepoch). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:34:15

Episode 70: Ghostwire: Tokyo, New Kirby, Tunic and...

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2022/03/25

It's a simple 'what we've been playing' episode, featuring Ghostwire: Tokyo, Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Tunic, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy and Monster Train – not to mention a ton of listener questions about random nonsense. This week's music is from the Tunic soundtrack by Terence Lee and Janice Kwan, and our excellent theme tune is by Barry 'Epoch' Topping (@NoStoppingEpoch on Twitter). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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2:03:24

Episode 69: The PS Vita Draft

The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast ·

2022/03/18

Who can pick the 10 best PS Vita games in our latest draft episode? And who will pick the best PSone and PSP games to supplement their selections? Matthew and Samuel compete to build the best library for Sony's fan-favourite handheld device.This week's music is from Hotline Miami by Scattle, and our theme tune is by Barry 'Epoch' Topping. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:51:15

Episode 68: Bad eBay Games Court 2022

The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast ·

2022/03/11

Judge Castle returns to decide whether 18 or so listeners must die as a result of dodgy secondhand eBay purchases. This episode is slightly too long, but hopefully you'll be amused. This week's music comes from Barry Topping, composer on the brilliant Paradise Killer — it's our brand new theme tune! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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