The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast

By: Samuel Roberts and Matthew Castle
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  • 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).

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  • Mailbag (sandwich + game pairings, writing cover features, console launches, other nonsense)

    Mailbag (sandwich + game pairings, writing cover features, console launches, other nonsense)
    May 2 2025

    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.

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    1 hr and 40 mins
  • What We've Been Playing (Blue Prince, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Promise Mascot Agency, Tempest Rising)

    What We've Been Playing (Blue Prince, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Promise Mascot Agency, Tempest Rising)
    Apr 24 2025
    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.

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    1 hr and 51 mins
  • The Xbox 360 Games Mega Draft

    The Xbox 360 Games Mega Draft
    Apr 18 2025

    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, Takayasu Sodeoka, Erina Niwa, Yoshitaka Suzuki and Naoto Tanaka.

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    2 hrs and 57 mins

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Fantastic.

This is a must listen podcast if you enjoy gaming. 2 veteran games journalists talking about games. Just joyous. Plenty of content to get stuck into.

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