Episodes

  • What We've Been Playing: Astro Bot, Space Marine 2, Star Wars: Outlaws, Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club

    What We've Been Playing: Astro Bot, Space Marine 2, Star Wars: Outlaws, Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club
    Sep 13 2024
    So many good games to discuss this week! Astro Bot, Space Marine 2, Star Wars: Outlaws and the new Famicom Detective Club game. An array of treats, right up until the last few minutes of the episode...

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    1 hr and 21 mins
  • Why Japanese Games Have Thrived Since the Xbox 360 Era (with Jay Baylis)

    Why Japanese Games Have Thrived Since the Xbox 360 Era (with Jay Baylis)
    Sep 6 2024

    Cassette Beasts dev Jay Baylis returns to discuss how Japanese games have been perceived and discussed in the West since the 360 era.


    This week's music is from the Persona 3 soundtrack by Shoji Meguro.


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    1 hr and 39 mins
  • Star Wars Outlaws First Impressions, Gamescom 2024 and an Emergency Mailbag

    Star Wars Outlaws First Impressions, Gamescom 2024 and an Emergency Mailbag
    Aug 30 2024
    In this oddly lengthy grab bag of an episode, Matthew talks about the first few hours of Star Wars Outlaws (about 25 mins in), Samuel explains what he ate at Gamescom 2024, and both of us answer questions from the listeners.

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    2 hrs and 13 mins
  • Writing the Book on Alien: Isolation (with Andy Kelly)

    Writing the Book on Alien: Isolation (with Andy Kelly)
    Aug 23 2024
    With Andy Kelly's book on Alien: Isolation out this month, we grilled him on the game and his hottest Alien movie takes.

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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • What We've Been Playing (Anger Foot, Ace Attorney Investigations, Thank Goodness You're Here, Nobody Wants To Die)

    What We've Been Playing (Anger Foot, Ace Attorney Investigations, Thank Goodness You're Here, Nobody Wants To Die)
    Aug 16 2024

    Is Astro Bot out yet? No? What about Star Wars: Outlaws and Space Marine 2? Not right now? Still? Fine.


    Then here's what we've spent our respective summers playing: an array of indie/double-A games ranging from disappointing to good. These include Anger Foot, Nobody Wants To Die, Another Code: Recollection, Thank Goodness You're Here and Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure. Plus, hear Matthew talk about the HD redo of the Ace Attorney Investigations games and Samuel ramble about Apex Legends nonsense (yet again)!


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    1 hr and 20 mins
  • Nintendo Top 50 Part 3 – The Final Countdown

    Nintendo Top 50 Part 3 – The Final Countdown
    Aug 9 2024

    Here's the final part of our Nintendo top 50 list. Find the full list to read at your leisure on Patreon.com/backpagepod!


    This week's music is once again the Wii Shop Channel theme by Kazumi Totaka.


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    1 hr and 54 mins
  • Nintendo Top 50 Part 2: Assembling the Longlist

    Nintendo Top 50 Part 2: Assembling the Longlist
    Aug 2 2024

    The Godfather Part II of podcasts is here! In this episode, we fire through every major Nintendo series and compile a longlist of games to populate our top 50 first-party list.


    Tune in next week for the third and final part – The Godfather Part III of podcasts, perhaps, where we'll arrange the top 50 on air. Does this mean that Sofia Coppola is Wario? Possibly.


    This week's music is from the Last Window: The Secret of Cape West soundtrack by Satoshi Okubo.


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    2 hrs and 7 mins
  • Nintendo Top 50 Part 1: The Art of List Making and ONM's Final Top 100

    Nintendo Top 50 Part 1: The Art of List Making and ONM's Final Top 100
    Jul 26 2024

    Part one of our three-part effort to create a Nintendo top 50 list is here! This episode explores the process of making list features when you're working on a magazine or website, and the compromises and decisions that lead to the final result.


    Then, in the second half of the episode, we revisit the top 100 first-party Nintendo games from the final issue of ONM back in 2014, where Matthew explains the choices made. This sets the stage for what comes next...


    Look out for parts two and three across the next couple of weeks.


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    1 hr and 25 mins