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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  • Episode 203: The Death and Life of Games Magazines (with Caspian Whistler)

    Episode 203: The Death and Life of Games Magazines (with Caspian Whistler)
    Nov 22 2024

    In part one, hear us discuss what it's like to work on a games magazine when it's closing down, the rise of prestige games mags, and why crowdfunded independent media is so hard to get off the ground.


    A Profound Waste of Time founder Caspian Whistler joins us for part two. Hear about the creation of this successful prestige print project – and check out APWOT issue 5's Kickstarter here, which ends in a couple of weeks.


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    2 hrs
  • What We've Been Playing (Dragon Age: The Veilguard, COD BLOPS 6, Batman: Arkham Shadow, Mario & Luigi: Brothership)

    What We've Been Playing (Dragon Age: The Veilguard, COD BLOPS 6, Batman: Arkham Shadow, Mario & Luigi: Brothership)
    Nov 15 2024

    Beefy games chat this week on all of the above – plus The Rise of the Golden Idol, FF7 Rebirth and Apex Legends.


    Thanks to Matthew 'Big Matty C' Castle for the edits this week.


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    1 hr and 25 mins
  • Episode 201: Backlogeddon (with Jay Baylis)

    Episode 201: Backlogeddon (with Jay Baylis)
    Nov 8 2024

    We all have too many games to play. One of our favourite guests, Jay Baylis, joins us to discuss how we all gathered massive backlogs – and what can be done to cure it.


    Matthew had a cold for this one. But he still went through and edited out all his coughs, bless him.


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    1 hr and 19 mins

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Fantastic.

This is a must listen podcast if you enjoy gaming. 2 veteran games journalists talking about games. Just joyous. Plenty of content to get stuck into.

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