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
  • Two Giant Men Play Super Mario Galaxy

    Two Giant Men Play Super Mario Galaxy
    Nov 7 2025

    A deep dive into an all-time classic on Wii. We'll do this again on Monday for Super Mario Galaxy 2, exclusively for Patreon XL Tier members!


    This week's music is from the Super Mario Galaxy soundtrack by Koji Kondo and Mahito Yokota.

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    2 hrs and 2 mins
  • What We've Been Playing (Dispatch, Absolum, The Séance of Blake Manor, Ninja Gaiden 4), Mailbag + The Worst Zelda Quiz Ever

    What We've Been Playing (Dispatch, Absolum, The Séance of Blake Manor, Ninja Gaiden 4), Mailbag + The Worst Zelda Quiz Ever
    Oct 31 2025

    Games discussed: Dispatch, Absolum, The Séance of Blake Manor, Ninja Gaiden 4, Hell is Us.


    Then, Samuel butchering a bunch of Zelda quiz questions. It has to be heard to be believed.

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    1 hr and 51 mins
  • Episode 250: 10 Games We Enjoyed During Steam Next Fest – Plus a Handful of Duds

    Episode 250: 10 Games We Enjoyed During Steam Next Fest – Plus a Handful of Duds
    Oct 24 2025

    A deep dive on the demos we tried during Steam Next Fest, hopefully giving you a few things for your wishlist consideration.


    Samuel's games: Reanimal, Birdcage, Lumines Arise, The Killing Stone, Evil Egg, Skate Story, Ambrosia Sky, Cairn.


    Matthew's games: CiniCross, No More Work For Ito, Opus: Prism Peak, The Remake of the End of the Greatest RPG of All Time, The Seance of Blake Manor.


    We won't list the duds, but one was Bubsy 4D.


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    1 hr and 58 mins
  • The 'Games Set in Japan' Hall of Fame (plus Absolum and Ball X Pit)

    The 'Games Set in Japan' Hall of Fame (plus Absolum and Ball X Pit)
    Oct 17 2025

    Following our moderately good episode about games set in Britain earlier this year, we assemble a list of the 10 key games set in Japan. Did we get it wrong? Probably. Plus: a mini 'What We've Been Playing' episode about two recent download games we've been digging!


    This week's music is from the Persona 4 soundtrack by Shoji Meguro.

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    1 hr and 40 mins
  • What We've Been Playing (Ghost of Yotei, Silent Hill f, Baby Steps, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Revisited)

    What We've Been Playing (Ghost of Yotei, Silent Hill f, Baby Steps, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Revisited)
    Oct 10 2025
    Matthew has Covid! Poor chap. At least he got through all six seasons of Justified while recovering. Here are the games discussed this week: Silent Hill f, Ghost of Yotei, Baby Steps, No, I am not a human, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and the latest Golden Idol DLC.

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    1 hr and 42 mins