The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast
@backpagepod.bsky.social
A video games podcast by @mrbasil_pesto and
@samuelwroberts. New episode every Friday.
Patreon.com/backpagepod if you'd like to support us. Email: backpagegames@gmail.com, Discord: http://discord.gg/nEdhNnZxXg.
@samuelwroberts. New episode every Friday.
Patreon.com/backpagepod if you'd like to support us. Email: backpagegames@gmail.com, Discord: http://discord.gg/nEdhNnZxXg.
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New episode! The Best Games of 2025. Two top 10 lists of the year's greatest video games. 3+ hours of chatter.
Thanks for listening this year! Get it wherever podcasts are available:
open.spotify.com/episode/7fd3...
Thanks for listening this year! Get it wherever podcasts are available:
open.spotify.com/episode/7fd3...
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Loads of games I didn't play this year but these are easily the most memorable ones I did:
1. Donkey Kong Bananza
2. Split Fiction
3. The Roottrees are Dead
4. Promise Mascot Agency
5. Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist
6. The Horror at Highrook
7. Strange Jigsaws
8. Öoo
9. Drop Duchy
10. Wednesdays
1. Donkey Kong Bananza
2. Split Fiction
3. The Roottrees are Dead
4. Promise Mascot Agency
5. Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist
6. The Horror at Highrook
7. Strange Jigsaws
8. Öoo
9. Drop Duchy
10. Wednesdays
December 31, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Loads of games I didn't play this year but these are easily the most memorable ones I did:
1. Donkey Kong Bananza
2. Split Fiction
3. The Roottrees are Dead
4. Promise Mascot Agency
5. Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist
6. The Horror at Highrook
7. Strange Jigsaws
8. Öoo
9. Drop Duchy
10. Wednesdays
1. Donkey Kong Bananza
2. Split Fiction
3. The Roottrees are Dead
4. Promise Mascot Agency
5. Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist
6. The Horror at Highrook
7. Strange Jigsaws
8. Öoo
9. Drop Duchy
10. Wednesdays
Our final podcast of 2025 is now live! For Patreon subscribers, here's almost 3 hours on our favourite movies and TV shows from 2025. www.patreon.com/posts/xxl-ep...
XXL Episode 42: Our Favourite Films and TV Shows from 2025 | The Back Page
Get more from The Back Page on Patreon
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December 31, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Our final podcast of 2025 is now live! For Patreon subscribers, here's almost 3 hours on our favourite movies and TV shows from 2025. www.patreon.com/posts/xxl-ep...
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Last podcast of the year. Probably my most obvious top 10 list and number one – but then I thought the greatest games of this year were mostly self-evident...
New episode! The Best Games of 2025. Two top 10 lists of the year's greatest video games. 3+ hours of chatter.
Thanks for listening this year! Get it wherever podcasts are available:
open.spotify.com/episode/7fd3...
Thanks for listening this year! Get it wherever podcasts are available:
open.spotify.com/episode/7fd3...
Spotify – Web Player
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December 30, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Last podcast of the year. Probably my most obvious top 10 list and number one – but then I thought the greatest games of this year were mostly self-evident...
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There are so many games I haven’t got around to playing…but here’s my GOTY 2025 list!
1. Promise Mascot Agency
2. The Hundred Line
3. Wednesdays
4. Pokemon ZA
5. LaD: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii
6. Split Fiction
7. Expedition 33
8. Mario Kart World
9. Hello Kitty Island Adventure
10. Consume Me
1. Promise Mascot Agency
2. The Hundred Line
3. Wednesdays
4. Pokemon ZA
5. LaD: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii
6. Split Fiction
7. Expedition 33
8. Mario Kart World
9. Hello Kitty Island Adventure
10. Consume Me
December 30, 2025 at 4:28 AM
There are so many games I haven’t got around to playing…but here’s my GOTY 2025 list!
1. Promise Mascot Agency
2. The Hundred Line
3. Wednesdays
4. Pokemon ZA
5. LaD: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii
6. Split Fiction
7. Expedition 33
8. Mario Kart World
9. Hello Kitty Island Adventure
10. Consume Me
1. Promise Mascot Agency
2. The Hundred Line
3. Wednesdays
4. Pokemon ZA
5. LaD: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii
6. Split Fiction
7. Expedition 33
8. Mario Kart World
9. Hello Kitty Island Adventure
10. Consume Me
Unbelievable 2026 incoming.
December 29, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Unbelievable 2026 incoming.
When one of us dies, this is a great candidate for a new co-host.
This is an artificial mouth created by Japanese researchers. It uses artificial vocal cords, a trachea system, and a flexible silicone mouth that moves and shapes sound in real time.
It sounds so human-like!
It sounds so human-like!
December 29, 2025 at 7:18 AM
When one of us dies, this is a great candidate for a new co-host.
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I wrote a list feature about my favourite - and objectively the greatest - videogame genre of all time.
Honestly, it was agonising to keep to just 20!
Honestly, it was agonising to keep to just 20!
Guide: Best Tactical RPGs
- 20 Turn-Based Classics You Should Play.
Guide: Best Tactical RPGs
- 20 Turn-Based Classics You Should Play
One good turn deserves 19 more
www.timeextension.com
December 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I wrote a list feature about my favourite - and objectively the greatest - videogame genre of all time.
Honestly, it was agonising to keep to just 20!
Honestly, it was agonising to keep to just 20!
Cassette Beasts – a game co-developed by frequent Back Page guest @jaybaylis.bsky.social – is today's Epic Games Store freebie! store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/cass...
Cassette Beasts | Download and Buy Today - Epic Games Store
Download and play Cassette Beasts at the Epic Games Store. Check for platform availability and price!
store.epicgames.com
December 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Cassette Beasts – a game co-developed by frequent Back Page guest @jaybaylis.bsky.social – is today's Epic Games Store freebie! store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/cass...
And here it is in print!
( 📸 credit: Matthew's dad)
( 📸 credit: Matthew's dad)
December 27, 2025 at 3:48 PM
And here it is in print!
( 📸 credit: Matthew's dad)
( 📸 credit: Matthew's dad)
Very flattering to be shouted out by The Guardian! Find the piece here: www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
December 27, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Very flattering to be shouted out by The Guardian! Find the piece here: www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
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Found the top ten list tricky this year - there's a huge pool of excellent things I'd fill out 20-11 with. We skipped honourable mentions (the episode was long enough as is) but would have shown some love for Old Skies, Strange Jigsaws, Chronoquartz, The Drifter, Mario Kart World and Bionic Bay.
New episode! The Best Games of 2025. Two top 10 lists of the year's greatest video games. 3+ hours of chatter.
Thanks for listening this year! Get it wherever podcasts are available:
open.spotify.com/episode/7fd3...
Thanks for listening this year! Get it wherever podcasts are available:
open.spotify.com/episode/7fd3...
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December 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Found the top ten list tricky this year - there's a huge pool of excellent things I'd fill out 20-11 with. We skipped honourable mentions (the episode was long enough as is) but would have shown some love for Old Skies, Strange Jigsaws, Chronoquartz, The Drifter, Mario Kart World and Bionic Bay.
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New episode! The Best Games of 2025. Two top 10 lists of the year's greatest video games. 3+ hours of chatter.
Thanks for listening this year! Get it wherever podcasts are available:
open.spotify.com/episode/7fd3...
Thanks for listening this year! Get it wherever podcasts are available:
open.spotify.com/episode/7fd3...
Spotify – Web Player
open.spotify.com
December 26, 2025 at 7:45 AM
New episode! The Best Games of 2025. Two top 10 lists of the year's greatest video games. 3+ hours of chatter.
Thanks for listening this year! Get it wherever podcasts are available:
open.spotify.com/episode/7fd3...
Thanks for listening this year! Get it wherever podcasts are available:
open.spotify.com/episode/7fd3...
New episode! The Best Games of 2025. Two top 10 lists of the year's greatest video games. 3+ hours of chatter.
Thanks for listening this year! Get it wherever podcasts are available:
open.spotify.com/episode/7fd3...
Thanks for listening this year! Get it wherever podcasts are available:
open.spotify.com/episode/7fd3...
Spotify – Web Player
open.spotify.com
December 26, 2025 at 7:45 AM
New episode! The Best Games of 2025. Two top 10 lists of the year's greatest video games. 3+ hours of chatter.
Thanks for listening this year! Get it wherever podcasts are available:
open.spotify.com/episode/7fd3...
Thanks for listening this year! Get it wherever podcasts are available:
open.spotify.com/episode/7fd3...
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December 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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You know it's going to be a good one when A) there's a floorplan on page one, and B) the floorplan looks like *that*.
December 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
You know it's going to be a good one when A) there's a floorplan on page one, and B) the floorplan looks like *that*.
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Katharine knocks it out of the park once again with this year's Christmas card.
December 25, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Katharine knocks it out of the park once again with this year's Christmas card.
Happy Christmas from The Back Page! Father Castle has descended down the chimney with our Best Games of 2025 episode a day early for Patreon subscribers:
www.patreon.com/posts/146447...
www.patreon.com/posts/146447...
December 25, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Happy Christmas from The Back Page! Father Castle has descended down the chimney with our Best Games of 2025 episode a day early for Patreon subscribers:
www.patreon.com/posts/146447...
www.patreon.com/posts/146447...
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@backpagepod.bsky.social I wish this was an intentional thing I actively try and do every Christmas, but it's genuinely not.
I found another one. Potentially the last one? It was in a train station. My wife sighed loudly when I asked her to take the photo.
Have a good one, boys.
I found another one. Potentially the last one? It was in a train station. My wife sighed loudly when I asked her to take the photo.
Have a good one, boys.
December 24, 2025 at 12:04 AM
@backpagepod.bsky.social I wish this was an intentional thing I actively try and do every Christmas, but it's genuinely not.
I found another one. Potentially the last one? It was in a train station. My wife sighed loudly when I asked her to take the photo.
Have a good one, boys.
I found another one. Potentially the last one? It was in a train station. My wife sighed loudly when I asked her to take the photo.
Have a good one, boys.
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Paradise Killer is currently FREE on Epic Games Store as one of their festive free games! 😱
May the Silent Goat walk with you!
💗💜💙
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/paradise-killer-c3ea1c
May the Silent Goat walk with you!
💗💜💙
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/paradise-killer-c3ea1c
December 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Paradise Killer is currently FREE on Epic Games Store as one of their festive free games! 😱
May the Silent Goat walk with you!
💗💜💙
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/paradise-killer-c3ea1c
May the Silent Goat walk with you!
💗💜💙
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/paradise-killer-c3ea1c
Coming Friday (or Thursday on Patreon)! The Best Games of 2025.
If you listen to one episode preview this year, make it this one:
If you listen to one episode preview this year, make it this one:
December 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Coming Friday (or Thursday on Patreon)! The Best Games of 2025.
If you listen to one episode preview this year, make it this one:
If you listen to one episode preview this year, make it this one:
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3+ hours of game of the year chat - some surprises, a few minor upsets and (hopefully) heaps of recommendations to mop up over the Christmas holiday.
It was a monster.
December 22, 2025 at 1:02 PM
3+ hours of game of the year chat - some surprises, a few minor upsets and (hopefully) heaps of recommendations to mop up over the Christmas holiday.
It was a monster.
December 21, 2025 at 10:52 PM
It was a monster.
Today, we record our final regular episode of the year: The Best Games of 2025, coming Boxing Day.
And the big question is: will Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour make Matthew's top 10?
And the big question is: will Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour make Matthew's top 10?
December 21, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Today, we record our final regular episode of the year: The Best Games of 2025, coming Boxing Day.
And the big question is: will Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour make Matthew's top 10?
And the big question is: will Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour make Matthew's top 10?
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If you wanna be one of the last 30 people to sign up for @readonlymemo.com before I do a giveaway to celebrate hitting 3,000 subscribers, now's the time 👀👀 readonlymemo.com#/portal/sign...
Read Only Memo
Videogame emulation news and exclusive interviews, from the aesthetics of razor sharp scanlines to the wild technical challenges of making yesterday's games run on tomorrow's hardware.
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December 20, 2025 at 10:22 PM
If you wanna be one of the last 30 people to sign up for @readonlymemo.com before I do a giveaway to celebrate hitting 3,000 subscribers, now's the time 👀👀 readonlymemo.com#/portal/sign...
Wow, a great honour, but then he did host Matthew Castle Productions' E3 show that one time.
(via @naes.bsky.social)
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December 19, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Wow, a great honour, but then he did host Matthew Castle Productions' E3 show that one time.
(via @naes.bsky.social)
(via @naes.bsky.social)