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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: A Video Games Podcast Samuel Roberts and Matthew Castle

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    • 5.0 • 39 Ratings

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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    Episode 169: Two Giant Men Play Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth

    Episode 169: Two Giant Men Play Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth

    Matthew played 70 hours of FF7 Rebirth, while Samuel played a measly 14 hours. How's it going so far? Expect mostly spoiler-free chat in this episode – we explain how we approached spoilers right at the start to put your mind at ease.
    This week's music is from the FF7 Rebirth soundtrack by Mitsuto Suzuki and Masashi Hamauzu.

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    • 1 hr 27 min
    Episode 168: We Collected Another Edge Editor (with Alex Wiltshire)

    Episode 168: We Collected Another Edge Editor (with Alex Wiltshire)

    This week's guest is former Edge editor Alex Wiltshire. Hear about his era of the magazine, as well as his time working at Hello Games and Mojang.
    This week's music is from the New Super Mario Bros soundtrack by Asuka Hayazaki, Hajime Wakai and Koji Kondo.

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    • 1 hr 39 min
    Episode 167: What We've Been Playing (FF7 Rebirth, FF7 Remake, Balatro, Tomb Raider)

    Episode 167: What We've Been Playing (FF7 Rebirth, FF7 Remake, Balatro, Tomb Raider)

    Matthew has finally become a big FF7 head, ploughing through Remake in January and now being 50 hours deep into Rebirth. Hear his (spoiler-free) thoughts on the newer game in this episode. Plus! Samuel plays Balatro and the Tomb Raider remaster, while Matthew also squeezes some Helldivers 2 into this episode.
    This week's music is from the FF7 Rebirth soundtrack by Mitsuto Suzuki and Masashi Hamauzu.

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    • 1 hr 15 min
    Episode 166: The PlayStation Draft

    Episode 166: The PlayStation Draft

    Time for our first draft episode of 2024! It's the turn of the PlayStation, one of the most important consoles in history. Listen to the episode, then vote on who picked the best 10 games in the pinned tweet @BackPagePod on Twitter.
    This week's music is from the R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 soundtrack by Kohta Takahashi, Hiroshi Okubo and Asuka Sakai, plus the Tekken 3 soundtrack by Nobuyoshi Sano and Keiichi Okabe.

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    • 2 hr 28 min
    Episode 165: The Cursed February Mailbag

    Episode 165: The Cursed February Mailbag

    After some dense episodes, allow us this brief respite to answer a slew of listener questions. Who should play Link in the Zelda movie? Which song would we sing for Hideo Kojima during karaoke? What happened to the mythical 'boys across the river'? Learn all this, and more.
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    • 1 hr 4 min
    Episode 164: How To Write A Feature About Games (with Jeremy Peel)

    Episode 164: How To Write A Feature About Games (with Jeremy Peel)

    Beloved guest Jeremy Peel drops by to discuss his new Patreon project, The Peel Perspective, as well as the art of writing a magazine or website feature about video games. 
    Did we nail this episode? Ack, not *quite*. As Matthew put it after the edit, it's fine. We didn't entirely have the right energy for it this week, nor did we have a tight enough plan to conquer such a big subject in the second half. Always lovely to have Jeremy back on, though. 
    This week's music is from the System Shock remake by Jonathan Peros. 

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    • 1 hr 52 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
39 Ratings

39 Ratings

Rockvillian ,

A Real Respect for Games Journalism and Quality Sandwiches

I love listening to these cheeky gentleman who have true love and respect for the medium of games journalism and are devoted to keeping this podcast fresh, funny and (occasionally) appropriately irreverent.

ArlieLP ,

A blast! 👾

Listening to The Back Page is honestly just as much fun as playing the games Matthew and Samuel chat about! No matter the topic, every episode is engaging, informative, and entertaining. Highly recommend!

matty trim ,

Xcom

So far only listened to the classic Xcom episode and the show’s already five stars. Funny, relaxing, and great host dynamics.

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