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The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast

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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Episodes
  • The Back Page Episode + ARC Raiders (with Phil Savage)

    The Back Page Episode + ARC Raiders (with Phil Savage)
    Nov 28 2025

    The podcast eats itself! The Back Page finally dedicates a whole episode to its namesake. How do back page jokes go wrong? And what about the less frequent times when they go well? Returning guest Phil Savage, Global Editor-in-Chief of PC Gamer, helps us examine the creation of these gags. There's also a 20-minute bit on ARC Raiders near the start if that's your sort of thing.


    This week's music is from the Yakuza 0 soundtrack by Hidenori Shoji.

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    2 hrs and 2 mins
  • The 16-bit Games Mega Draft (with Ashley Day and Dave Scarborough)

    The 16-bit Games Mega Draft (with Ashley Day and Dave Scarborough)
    Nov 21 2025

    The drafts return! Four giant men compete to pick the best games on the Mega Drive (or Genesis, if you're American), SNES and Neo Geo across 8 categories – plus a 9th bonus category specifically for the Amiga.


    This week's music is from the Streets of Rage 2 soundtrack by Yuzo Koshiro and the Chrono Trigger soundtrack by Yasunori Mitsuda (not Rick Astley).

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    2 hrs and 51 mins
  • The Oral Histories of Video Games (with Matt Leone)

    The Oral Histories of Video Games (with Matt Leone)
    Nov 14 2025
    This week's guest is Matt Leone, former Special Projects Editor at Polygon. Hear all about his new website Design Room, and his work on the oral history of Final Fantasy VII and and Shadow of the Colossus.

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    1 hr and 13 mins
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