The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast

309 episodes

An Irrelevant Mailbag Foolishly Recorded at 7.30AM
02/10/2026 | 1h 28 mins.
Probably the least relevant and most tangent-heavy mailbag episode to date, and that's saying something.

Here's Samuel's piece on game names for PC Gamer.
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What We've Been Playing (Marvel's Wolverine, Silent Hill: Townfall, Orbitals)
25/09/2026 | 1h 10 mins.
Our third and final attempt to tackle the big games of September reaches Sony's biggest release of the year and the latest Silent Hill entry.

The developer of Orbitals is Shapefarm, not Shapeform as Samuel incorrectly stated. Duh.
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When Mainstream Media Started Caring About Games (with Mike Diver)
18/09/2026 | 1h 38 mins.
Been quite a while since we did a 'games journalism craft' episode – this is one of those, as we're joined by former music journalist and Vice senior editor Mike Diver for a lively chat. Hear about the time Mike met Paul McCartney! Sadly, it wasn't about his terrible Destiny song that Matthew rather likes.

Mike's book, Aliens: The Video Games, is available now.
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Nintendo Direct Reaction + What We've Been Playing (The Blood of Dawnwalker, Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy, VHOLUME, MGS: Ghost Babel)
11/09/2026 | 1h 33 mins.
Emergency Nintendo Direct chatter, powered by the reveal of sequels to two of our favourite Switch games (Metroid Dread and Kirby and the Forgotten Land), then another pile of games from the September 2026 mountain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
What We've Been Playing (Onimusha: Way of the Sword, Star Wars: Zero Company, Guns of Eschaton, Super Mario Sunshine)
04/09/2026 | 1h 22 mins.
The September release schedule avalanche begins. Games discussed: Onimusha: Way of the Sword, Star Wars: Zero Company, Guns of Eschaton and Super Mario Sunshine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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About The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast

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). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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