The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast 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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The Back Page Election – Whoever Wins, You Lose!
Whoever wins, you lose! Vote for the winner in the Back Page Announcements channel.
This week's music is from the Bayonetta soundtrack by Norihiko Hibino, Takahiro Izutani, Masami Ueda, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Rei Kondoh, Takayasu Sodeoka, Erina Niwa, Yoshitaka Suzuki and Naoto Tanaka.
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What We've Been Playing (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, Still Wakes The Deep, Mullet Madjack)
Here's what we've been playing lately, featuring Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, Still Wakes The Deep, Mullet Madjack, a little on Crow Country, and a bit on Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance.
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Episode 182: Games Court – Big Sammy European Extreme Edition
The worst format in podcasting is back! For the first time since 2021, Samuel runs his pre-owned purchases past Judge Castle.
This week's music is from The World Ends With You soundtrack by Takeharu Ishimoto.
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Episode 181: Top 10 Most Anticipated Games
With a hangover from 90 June livestreams, Matthew and Samuel each deliver their 10 favourites from the hype season.
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Episode 180: The PlayStation Portable Draft (with Retro Gamer's Darran Jones)
Matthew gets a well-deserved week off! Samuel's former colleague, Retro Gamer editor Darran Jones, steps into the draft dojo to celebrate Sony's first gaming handheld device. You get about 30 minutes of Darran talking about his career, then an hour of background preamble on the PSP, followed by 90 minutes of draft. Apologies in advance for the length, but hopefully it's a good listen! Vote for the winner @backpagepod on Twitter.
This week's music is from the LocoRoco soundtrack by Nobuyuki Shimizu and Kemmei Adachi.
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Episode 179: From EGM to BitSummit (with James Mielke)
US games media royalty James Mielke (EGM, 1Up, GMR) is our guest this week. Hear about James' journey from comic book artist during Marvel's bankruptcy to becoming a key editor on a host of important media outlets throughout the '00s. Bonus: this episode contains another excellent Hideo Kojima interview anecdote.
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