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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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1:47:57

Three Games Court Episodes In One Year? In This Economy?

The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast ·

2025/08/08

More pre-owned game purchases go on trial in Judge Castle's Games Court. It's a fun one! We welcome more entries for future Games Court episodes, if you have them, at backpagegames@gmail.com.This week's music is the Games Court theme by listener Adam Saucier. Cheers for your fine work! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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2:08:29

Ghostbusters Games and gamesTM Memories (with Dave...

The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast ·

2025/08/01

Matthew is away, lying in a hot tub in Scotland somewhere! So, this week Samuel is paired up with his former gamesTM colleague and draft menace Dave Scarborough. You get 45 minutes of magazine memories, then around 80 minutes on the history of Ghostbusters in games (spoiler alert: many of them are rubbish).Apologies for the slight headphone bleed you'll hear in this episode – our audio engineer, Matthew Castle, is away this week as mentioned (AKA the 'Samuel did his best' excuse).This week's music

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1:50:01

Two Giant Men Play Donkey Kong Bananza (which *has*...

The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast ·

2025/07/25

The main event of the Switch 2's post-launch period is here. But does it have the juice, the sauce or the gravy? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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2:04:28

gamesTM vs Edge (with Matthew Handrahan)

The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast ·

2025/07/18

Former gamesTM features editor Matt Handrahan is our guest this week. Having spent a decade working on GamesIndustry.biz, he's now Portfolio Director at Kepler Interactive.The most recent game he worked on? Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, which you might have heard of. This episode, though, gets into the far more important business of discussing the price of pints in Bournemouth's Sixty Million Postcards pub circa 2007. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:58:49

The Art of Video Game Character Customisation (with...

The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast ·

2025/07/11

A delightfully unusual episode with a guest we like a lot. Matthew Castle lore fans are in for a treat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:31:19

What We've Been Playing (Death Stranding 2, Rematch,...

The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast ·

2025/07/04

Matthew is fetching koalas for Chvrches in Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, while Samuel is having year 11 lunchtime PTSD in Sloclap's football game Rematch. It's another WWBP episode!Games discussed: Death Stranding 2: On The Beach, Rematch, Date Everything, MindsEye, Pipstrello and the Cursed Yoyo, Helldivers 2 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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2:02:21

Two Giant Men Play Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast ·

2025/06/26

Finally, after a belated PS5 release, we dive deep into MachineGames' 2024 GOTY contender Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. The first half is spoiler-free, then the second half goes deeper into the story with some fun bonus nonsense to boot (wait until you hear Matthew's pitch for The Fugitive tie-in game).This week's music is from the Indiana Jones and the Great Circle soundtrack by Gordy Haab. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:50:16

Mailbag – Two Giant Ben Edition

The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast ·

2025/06/20

It's a bloody mailbag! Please save your shrugs for the end. Thanks for all the questions, as ever.This week's music is from the Hotline Miami soundtrack by Perturbator. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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2:03:37

Two Giant Men Play the Nintendo Switch 2

The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast ·

2025/06/12

A new Nintendo console is here. Matthew is truly submerged in the Switch 2 experience, while Samuel has merely dipped a toe in the water. Here's how we're finding it so far.This week's music is from the Mario Kart World soundtrack by Atsuko Asahi, Maasa Miyoshi, Takuhiro Honda and Yutaro Takakuwa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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2:11:27

From N64 Magazine to Gamesmaster to Games Publishing...

The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast ·

2025/06/06

It's Matthew hosting the pod solo this week, and his guest is Geraint Evans, formerly of N64 magazine, NGC and Gamesmaster. These days, he's working at the publisher PQube.This week's music is from the Phantasy Star Online Episodes 1 + 2 soundtracks by Hideaki Kobayashi and Fumie Kumatani. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:23:28

What We've Been Playing (Doom: The Dark Ages, Blades...

The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast ·

2025/05/30

Matthew has almost finished the new Doom game, while Samuel has done about half of it – so that's the focus of this week's episode. Matthew also explains his appreciation of the new MercurySteam game, Blades of Fire, and digs deep into his never-ending playthrough of The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy on Switch.This week's music is from The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy soundtrack by Masafumi Takada and Jun Fukuda. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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2:30:14

The Best Games of 2005

The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast ·

2025/05/23

57 minutes and 13 seconds – that's the timestamp you want for all the game chatter, including two top 10 lists of the best games of 2005. Skip all the bullshit!For everyone else? Enjoy tales of college woes and secret freezer politics. Nonsense podcasting awaits.This week's music is from the Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater soundtrack by Harry Gregson-Williams. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:19:59

GOTY 2025 Check-In

The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast ·

2025/05/16

Our guest cancelled! Gah. Well, here's an episode we airlifted out of our collective asses. Hopefully it's not too bad with two days' notice to plan it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:55:20

Games Court – Castle Island x Blue Prince Edition

The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast ·

2025/05/09

20ish listeners' pre-owned purchases go on trial before Judge Castle, as Games Court returns!We also talk about this week's GTA 6 trailer, with a brief section on Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, too. Do get in touch if you have any future Games Court entries, and we'll keep making them.This week's music is from Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 by Lorien Testard. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:40:10

Mailbag (sandwich + game pairings, writing cover...

The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast ·

2025/05/02

It's time for another round of listener questions as we each recover from the 50 hours of games we played for last week's episode.Did anyone need 100 minutes of mailbag questions? Probably not, but as ever: it happened.Note: we recorded this week's episode before the Polygon and Giant Bomb layoffs if the tone around the games media chatter seems off. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:50:42

What We've Been Playing (Blue Prince, Clair Obscur:...

The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast ·

2025/04/24

It's catch-up time, as a spring wave of fantastic games hit at once! All of the above, plus Bionic Bay and some Metroid series chatter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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2:57:02

The Xbox 360 Games Mega Draft

The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast ·

2025/04/18

Much to the chagrin of Matthew, who had to edit it, the four-person draft is back! This time, Samuel, Matthew, Ashley Day and Dave Scarborough are fighting over the best games on Xbox 360 (note: some of them may not be the best, but that's for you to decide).This week's music is from the Fable 2 soundtrack by Danny Elfman and Russell Shaw, plus the the Bayonetta soundtrack by Helena Noguerra, Bart Howard, as well as Norihiko Hibino, Takahiro Izutani, Masami Ueda, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Rei Kondoh,

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1:35:29

Nintendo Switch 2 Games – Played!

The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast ·

2025/04/11

Later than usual, but hopefully worth it: Matthew plays all the Nintendo Switch 2 demos (except some ports no one cares about). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:40:38

Two Giant Men React to the Nintendo Switch 2 Reveal

The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast ·

2025/04/03

Here are our thoughts on the new Nintendo console so far. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:56:20

Atomfall and the Best, Worst and Most Iconic Games...

The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast ·

2025/03/28

After 30 minutes of chatter about Rebellion's new Game Pass survival game Atomfall, we try to pick the 10 games that best represent Britain as a virtual setting. Finally, we cap things off with a low-nutrition awards ceremony of British 'stuff' in computer games past and present.This week's music is from the GoldenEye 007 soundtrack by Graeme Norgate, Grant Kirkhope and Robin Beanland. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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