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The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast

Samuel Roberts and Matthew Castle
The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast
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  • The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast

    Mailbag

    03/04/2026 | 1h 31 mins.
    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.
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  • The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast

    Unsung Aspects of Video Game Design (with Emma Kent)

    27/03/2026 | 49 mins.
    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.
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    The Best Games of 2018

    20/03/2026 | 3h 3 mins.
    Two top 10 lists from an amazing year for video games.

    This week's music is from the Tetris Effect soundtrack by Hydelic.
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    Becoming Pals with Hideki Kamiya and Other Stories (with Andy Robinson)

    13/03/2026 | 1h 58 mins.
    VGC's Andy Robinson is this week's guest. Andy discusses his days on PC Zone and CVG, and why he's made the effort to built relationships with Japanese game developers in the last few years.

    This week's music is from the Yooka-Laylee soundtrack by Grant Kirkhope, David Wise and Steve Burke.
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  • The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast

    What We've Been Playing (Reanimal, Marathon, Dark Auction, Yakuza Kiwami 3, Romeo is a Dead Man, PARANORMASIGHT: The Mermaid's Curse, Denshattack!)

    06/03/2026 | 1h 54 mins.
    What we've been playing lately that doesn't feature Leon S Kennedy. Games discussed: Reanimal, Dark Auction, Marathon, Yakuza Kiwami 3 + Dark Ties, Pokémon LeafGreen, Paranormasight: The Mermaid’s Curse, Dragon Quest VII: Reimagined, Romeo is a Dead Man, Wild Blue Skies, Denshattack!, Dusk Index Gion.

    The two Pokémon-themed media projects mentioned in this episode – Matt Reynolds' One More Catch and James Batchelor's history of the series.
    Music in this week's episode is from the Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen soundtrack by Go Ichinose, Junichi Masuda and Morikazu Aoki, and the Dark Auction soundtrack by Yuko Komiyama, Tsukasa Masuko and others.
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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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