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- 4 days ago2h 36m
The N64 + GameCube Mega Draft
The four-person draft is back! Returning guests Ashley Day and Dave Scarborough fight Samuel and Matthew for the best picks across two beloved Nintendo consoles. And this time, Dave is on the booze (but for your sanity, we cut 30 minutes of drunken monologues out). Vote for the winner in the Discord's Announcements channel.This week's music is from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time soundtrack by Koji Kondo. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 2 weeks ago1h 32m
What We've Been Playing (007 First Light, Pragmata, Vampire Crawlers, Tides of Tomorrow, Titanium Court, Replaced)
Matthew played IO's Bond game! Some other games are discussed, too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 3 weeks ago1h 58m
The Xbox Live Arcade, PSN and WiiWare Draft
Our first two-person draft in ages! Listen to the picks, then vote for the winner in the announcements channel of the Back Page Discord.This week's music is from the Sonic 4 soundtrack by Jun Senoue. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Apr 17, 20262h 4m
Game Design Crimes (with Jamie Smith)
New podcast format time! 10 of our listeners' biggest gripes with games get litigated in a Room 101-style format (except legally distinct), from tailing missions in open world games to mandatory stealth sections in non-stealth games.Joining us once again is designer Jamie Smith!The very last entry was provided by SAFC_Jack91, which Samuel forgot to write down in the original episode plan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Apr 10, 20261h 33m
What We've Been Playing (Crimson Desert, PS5 Pro, Tomodachi Life, Raccoin, Returnal, The Ratline)
Is Crimson Desert good? It's complicated, but not quite, according to Matthew Castle. Plus: Samuel apologises profusely for buying a PS5 Pro.Samuel's games: PS5 Pro (Spider-Man 2, Alan Wake 2, Rebirth), Returnal, RaccoinMatthew's games: Crimson Desert, Tomodachi Life, The Ratline Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Apr 3, 20261h 31m
Mailbag
What Matthew thinks of Crimson Desert, new DLC for old games, how 360-era classics would score now in reviews, dream Helldivers 2 warbonds and more nonsense in the latest mailbag episode.This week's music is from the Deadly Premonition soundtrack by Riyou Kinugasa, Takuya Kobayashi and Hiromi Mizutani.This is the From Russia With Love PS2 clip mentioned in the episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Mar 27, 202649 min
Unsung Aspects of Video Game Design (with Emma Kent)
Former Eurogamer reporter Emma Kent is our guest this week! What's it like doing actual journalism, rather than just dropping hot takes about Uncharted and Mario? That's what we ask Emma about in this one. You can sign up for the (free) Eteo Archetypes newsletter discussed in the second half of this week's episode here. This week's music is from the Valheim soundtrack by Patrik Jarlestam. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Mar 20, 20263h 0m
The Best Games of 2018
Two top 10 lists from an amazing year for video games.This week's music is from the Tetris Effect soundtrack by Hydelic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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About The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast
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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