The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast

Written 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
  • Video Game Guns and the Best Warhammer Games (with Dave Jewitt)

    Video Game Guns and the Best Warhammer Games (with Dave Jewitt)
    Feb 21 2025

    This week's guest is Dave Jewitt, formerly of GameSpot's brilliant Firearms Expert Reacts series, and newly of the channel EXP. He joins us to talk about how this great series of videos came to be...and ends by sharing his favourite 10 Warhammer video games (to the 15 sickos who kept asking for this, please enjoy). Find them at Patreon.com/watchEXP if you'd like to support the work of Dave and his collaborators, Chris and Adam.


    This week's music is from the Warhammer 40,000: Darktide soundtrack by Jesper Kyd.


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    1 hr and 47 mins
  • The Best Games of 2004

    The Best Games of 2004
    Feb 14 2025

    We rewind the clock to 2004, and discuss some of the most important and influential games ever made (plus the demo of Mashed) across two top 10 lists.


    This week's music is from the Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas soundtrack by Michael Hunter, and the Final Fantasy X-2 soundtrack by Noriko Matsueda and Takahito Eguchi.


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    2 hrs and 42 mins
  • From N64 Magazine to Crime Fiction (with Tim Weaver)

    From N64 Magazine to Crime Fiction (with Tim Weaver)
    Feb 7 2025

    Bestselling crime fiction author Tim Weaver is our guest this week. Of course, long-time print readers will know him best for his work on the magazines N64 and NGC! This is a Matthew-only episode, as the pair have known each other for years. Enjoy our deepest dive into '90s games mags yet.


    This week's music is from the Mario Kart 64 soundtrack by Kenta Nagata.


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    2 hrs and 7 mins

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