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:
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Thanks for listening this year! Get it wherever podcasts are available:
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Definitely the most fun episode we've recorded to date. I only lost my mind twice.
New episode! The video game levels draft, featuring @scarbs.bsky.social and @gamesblackhole.bsky.social.
Listen wherever you get podcasts, then vote for the winner on Discord: www.patreon.com/posts/150609...
Listen wherever you get podcasts, then vote for the winner on Discord: www.patreon.com/posts/150609...
Episode 265: The Video Game Levels Draft (with Ashley Day and Dave Scarborough) | The Back Page
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February 13, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Definitely the most fun episode we've recorded to date. I only lost my mind twice.
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This was so much fun to record, as usual, and might have our best banter yet, if it's not too arrogant to say so.
If you like my picks, don't forget to vote in the Back Page discord.
If you don't like them, you're dead to me.
If you like my picks, don't forget to vote in the Back Page discord.
If you don't like them, you're dead to me.
New episode! The video game levels draft, featuring @scarbs.bsky.social and @gamesblackhole.bsky.social.
Listen wherever you get podcasts, then vote for the winner on Discord: www.patreon.com/posts/150609...
Listen wherever you get podcasts, then vote for the winner on Discord: www.patreon.com/posts/150609...
Episode 265: The Video Game Levels Draft (with Ashley Day and Dave Scarborough) | The Back Page
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February 13, 2026 at 1:26 PM
This was so much fun to record, as usual, and might have our best banter yet, if it's not too arrogant to say so.
If you like my picks, don't forget to vote in the Back Page discord.
If you don't like them, you're dead to me.
If you like my picks, don't forget to vote in the Back Page discord.
If you don't like them, you're dead to me.
New episode! The video game levels draft, featuring @scarbs.bsky.social and @gamesblackhole.bsky.social.
Listen wherever you get podcasts, then vote for the winner on Discord: www.patreon.com/posts/150609...
Listen wherever you get podcasts, then vote for the winner on Discord: www.patreon.com/posts/150609...
Episode 265: The Video Game Levels Draft (with Ashley Day and Dave Scarborough) | The Back Page
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February 13, 2026 at 8:42 AM
New episode! The video game levels draft, featuring @scarbs.bsky.social and @gamesblackhole.bsky.social.
Listen wherever you get podcasts, then vote for the winner on Discord: www.patreon.com/posts/150609...
Listen wherever you get podcasts, then vote for the winner on Discord: www.patreon.com/posts/150609...
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100% giving this energy to the end of the pod
February 13, 2026 at 7:32 AM
100% giving this energy to the end of the pod
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Looking forward to inviting the plumber back to our house to be re-embarrassed by me playing God of War 3's dirty minigame all over again.
February 12, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Looking forward to inviting the plumber back to our house to be re-embarrassed by me playing God of War 3's dirty minigame all over again.
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Metal Gear Solid 4 HAS LEFT PLAYSTATION 3. AN UNHOLY ACT. This is the end!
February 12, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Metal Gear Solid 4 HAS LEFT PLAYSTATION 3. AN UNHOLY ACT. This is the end!
Coming tomorrow! The first draft episode of the year, with returning guests Dave Scarborough and Ashley Day. Who can pick the best levels across 10 different categories?
Here's a preview from a discussion about that corridor in PT:
Here's a preview from a discussion about that corridor in PT:
February 12, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Coming tomorrow! The first draft episode of the year, with returning guests Dave Scarborough and Ashley Day. Who can pick the best levels across 10 different categories?
Here's a preview from a discussion about that corridor in PT:
Here's a preview from a discussion about that corridor in PT:
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If your review average is a 7 because everybody gave you a 7, that's one thing. If your average is a 7 because it's half 10s and half 4s, that is how you know it's The Good Stuff
ROMEO IS A DEAD MAN | Reviews
9 - PSU
9 - CGM
9 - Console Creatures
8 - VGC
8 - Slant
8 - Gameliner
8 - TechRadar
8 - Noisy Pixel
8 - GameReactor
7 - IGN
7 - TheSixthAxis
6.5 - GamingTrend
6 - PSX Brasil
6 - WellPlayed
6 - Push Square
5.5 - ZTGD
5 - Gamespot
4 - MonsterVine
MC: 74
OC: 71
9 - PSU
9 - CGM
9 - Console Creatures
8 - VGC
8 - Slant
8 - Gameliner
8 - TechRadar
8 - Noisy Pixel
8 - GameReactor
7 - IGN
7 - TheSixthAxis
6.5 - GamingTrend
6 - PSX Brasil
6 - WellPlayed
6 - Push Square
5.5 - ZTGD
5 - Gamespot
4 - MonsterVine
MC: 74
OC: 71
February 10, 2026 at 9:27 PM
If your review average is a 7 because everybody gave you a 7, that's one thing. If your average is a 7 because it's half 10s and half 4s, that is how you know it's The Good Stuff
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Laughing at my own dumb jokes from episode 200 of the podcast. The script for that one is archived online, which is nice. www.backpagepod.co.uk/assets/image...
February 10, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Laughing at my own dumb jokes from episode 200 of the podcast. The script for that one is archived online, which is nice. www.backpagepod.co.uk/assets/image...
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What a delight it was hearing @mackeza.bsky.social going to bat for Diddy Kong Racing on @backpagepod.bsky.social last week. It’s a hill I’ll die on!
February 10, 2026 at 8:10 AM
What a delight it was hearing @mackeza.bsky.social going to bat for Diddy Kong Racing on @backpagepod.bsky.social last week. It’s a hill I’ll die on!
Draft complete! FRIDAY.
February 9, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Draft complete! FRIDAY.
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Ironic, as this was the magazine that referred to Pokémon as a "pestilential Ponzi scheme" in 1999, characterising its creator Satoshi Tajiri as a literal monster "His eyes are bloodshot; dark circles ripple beneath them... His monsters are a child's predelictions." He never gave another interview.
TIME Magazine Reveals Special Edition Pokémon 30th Anniversary Covers.
TIME Magazine Reveals Special Edition Pokémon 30th Anniversary Covers
Ho-oh my
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February 9, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Ironic, as this was the magazine that referred to Pokémon as a "pestilential Ponzi scheme" in 1999, characterising its creator Satoshi Tajiri as a literal monster "His eyes are bloodshot; dark circles ripple beneath them... His monsters are a child's predelictions." He never gave another interview.
Now on Patreon! The second of our two GTA 4 episodes, this time on DLCs The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony.
Listen in the podcast player of your choice: www.patreon.com/posts/150282...
Listen in the podcast player of your choice: www.patreon.com/posts/150282...
XL Episode 48: Two Giant Men Play Grand Theft Auto: The Lost and Damned + The Ballad of Gay Tony | The Back Page
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February 9, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Now on Patreon! The second of our two GTA 4 episodes, this time on DLCs The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony.
Listen in the podcast player of your choice: www.patreon.com/posts/150282...
Listen in the podcast player of your choice: www.patreon.com/posts/150282...
Next Friday! The first Back Page draft of the year on the best levels in video games. These are the categories!
*cut to Samuel telling Dave Scarborough "kill yourself, mate"*
*cut to Samuel telling Dave Scarborough "kill yourself, mate"*
February 8, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Next Friday! The first Back Page draft of the year on the best levels in video games. These are the categories!
*cut to Samuel telling Dave Scarborough "kill yourself, mate"*
*cut to Samuel telling Dave Scarborough "kill yourself, mate"*
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This is an excellent episode and @mackeza.bsky.social's book is ace.
New episode! We're joined by The Guardian's @mackeza.bsky.social to talk about her new book, Super Nintendo, which is out now in the US and February 12th in the UK.
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Listen wherever you get podcasts: open.spotify.com/episode/5L2z...
Episode 264: Writing the Book on Nintendo + the Top 10 Most Underrated Nintendo Games (with Keza MacDonald)
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February 6, 2026 at 1:13 PM
This is an excellent episode and @mackeza.bsky.social's book is ace.
New episode! We're joined by The Guardian's @mackeza.bsky.social to talk about her new book, Super Nintendo, which is out now in the US and February 12th in the UK.
Listen wherever you get podcasts: open.spotify.com/episode/5L2z...
Listen wherever you get podcasts: open.spotify.com/episode/5L2z...
Episode 264: Writing the Book on Nintendo + the Top 10 Most Underrated Nintendo Games (with Keza MacDonald)
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February 6, 2026 at 8:52 AM
New episode! We're joined by The Guardian's @mackeza.bsky.social to talk about her new book, Super Nintendo, which is out now in the US and February 12th in the UK.
Listen wherever you get podcasts: open.spotify.com/episode/5L2z...
Listen wherever you get podcasts: open.spotify.com/episode/5L2z...
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Next level spam bot working out how to get my attention, or simple coincidence?
February 5, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Next level spam bot working out how to get my attention, or simple coincidence?
PARANORMASIGHT? But *not* The Seven Mysteries of Honjo?
February 5, 2026 at 2:04 PM
PARANORMASIGHT? But *not* The Seven Mysteries of Honjo?
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Playing the Hitler auction game and, er, that's one way of putting it.
February 1, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Playing the Hitler auction game and, er, that's one way of putting it.
This month's podcasts. Thanks for supporting The Back Page! Read more about them in our free newsletter here: www.patreon.com/posts/februa...
February 1, 2026 at 6:34 PM
This month's podcasts. Thanks for supporting The Back Page! Read more about them in our free newsletter here: www.patreon.com/posts/februa...
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New episode! Three Giant Men Play Grand Theft Auto IV, with @jeremypeel.bsky.social.
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Listen wherever you get podcasts: open.spotify.com/episode/0MfF...
Episode 263: Three Giant Men Play Grand Theft Auto IV (with Jeremy Peel)
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January 30, 2026 at 9:03 AM
New episode! Three Giant Men Play Grand Theft Auto IV, with @jeremypeel.bsky.social.
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Listen wherever you get podcasts: open.spotify.com/episode/0MfF...
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Department Q on Netflix = very good. Thanks @backpagepod.bsky.social for the recommendation.
January 30, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Department Q on Netflix = very good. Thanks @backpagepod.bsky.social for the recommendation.
We have reached peak Matthew Castle visual novel.
Played a bit of Rika 'Hotel Dusk' Suzuki's latest - Dark Auction - which is about a man with a parrot's head auctioning off Hitler's personal effects. I like how coy they are about the man himself - only ever referred to as 'Dictator X'.
January 30, 2026 at 5:36 PM
We have reached peak Matthew Castle visual novel.
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Fill yer belly with Bellic chat. Proud of how deep this one goes.
New episode! Three Giant Men Play Grand Theft Auto IV, with @jeremypeel.bsky.social.
Listen wherever you get podcasts: open.spotify.com/episode/0MfF...
Listen wherever you get podcasts: open.spotify.com/episode/0MfF...
Episode 263: Three Giant Men Play Grand Theft Auto IV (with Jeremy Peel)
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January 30, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Fill yer belly with Bellic chat. Proud of how deep this one goes.
New episode! Three Giant Men Play Grand Theft Auto IV, with @jeremypeel.bsky.social.
Listen wherever you get podcasts: open.spotify.com/episode/0MfF...
Listen wherever you get podcasts: open.spotify.com/episode/0MfF...
Episode 263: Three Giant Men Play Grand Theft Auto IV (with Jeremy Peel)
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January 30, 2026 at 9:03 AM
New episode! Three Giant Men Play Grand Theft Auto IV, with @jeremypeel.bsky.social.
Listen wherever you get podcasts: open.spotify.com/episode/0MfF...
Listen wherever you get podcasts: open.spotify.com/episode/0MfF...