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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  • The Alternative GOTY Awards 2024

    The Alternative GOTY Awards 2024
    Dec 20 2024

    Silly awards from silly men, ahead of the real GOTY pod next week. Thanks to this year's guests, too, for providing insights on their favourite games of 2024.


    This week's music is from the FF7 Rebirth soundtrack by Mitsuto Suzuki and Masashi Hamauzu and the Helldivers 2 soundtrack by Wilbert Roget II.


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    2 hrs and 18 mins
  • The Sub-80 Metacritic Games Draft

    The Sub-80 Metacritic Games Draft
    Dec 13 2024

    Each host must pick the best 10 games that have a score of 79 or less on Metacritic! But who will win out with that tricky criteria in mind? And what gold (if any) lies within the amber ranks of the reviews aggregator? Vote for the winning selection in the Discord announcements channel for the next week.


    Some rules that might be handy to know:


    • A game needs to have scored below 80 on at least one of its original launch formats to be eligible (so if it got 79 on Xbox 360 but 80 on PS3, it would count)
    • But, it can't be more than 10 points lower – this is to avoid shitty ports getting in the mix (Bayonetta on PS3 versus 360, for example, or Cyberpunk 2077 on PS4 versus PC)
    • No remasters or remakes can be selected


    Enjoy! This week's music is from The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story by Yûki Hayashi and Shogo Yamashiro.


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    1 hr and 47 mins
  • Christmas Games Mag Quiz + Mailbag

    Christmas Games Mag Quiz + Mailbag
    Dec 6 2024

    The quiz part goes on for far too long. The mailbag bit has some low energy answers. But: it is an episode of this podcast.


    This week's music is from the No More Heroes soundtrack by Masafumi Takada and Jun Fukuda.


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    1 hr and 57 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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