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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The Xbox 360 Games Mega Draft
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We just got a load of new followers! Did old media die? Anyway, if you're new to the podcast, we discuss games and games media – people seem to quite like it. We like making it.
Here are a few episodes you might enjoy. This Xbox 360 competitive draft: open.spotify.com/episode/2cw9...
Here are a few episodes you might enjoy. This Xbox 360 competitive draft: open.spotify.com/episode/2cw9...
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Hat tip to @samuelwroberts.bsky.social for being so enthusiastic about Chrono Trigger on the latest (excellent) episode of the @backpagepod.bsky.social. It was the nudge I needed to finally start the game.
November 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Hat tip to @samuelwroberts.bsky.social for being so enthusiastic about Chrono Trigger on the latest (excellent) episode of the @backpagepod.bsky.social. It was the nudge I needed to finally start the game.
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Cans of Rio and packets of Rennies strategically placed on the podium as the nominees for the 'Got The Sauce' award are read out by Dave wearing a Ghostbusters t-shirt under a blazer.
November 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Cans of Rio and packets of Rennies strategically placed on the podium as the nominees for the 'Got The Sauce' award are read out by Dave wearing a Ghostbusters t-shirt under a blazer.
Today in wild WhatsApp pod chatter: "what if we did our own proper awards?"
November 21, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Today in wild WhatsApp pod chatter: "what if we did our own proper awards?"
New episode! The 16-bit mega draft, featuring @gamesblackhole.bsky.social and @scarbs.bsky.social. Who can pick the best games across the SNES, Mega Drive, Neo Geo and Amiga?
Listen wherever you get podcasts: open.spotify.com/episode/3G23...
Listen wherever you get podcasts: open.spotify.com/episode/3G23...
The 16-bit Games Mega Draft (with Ashley Day and Dave Scarborough)
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November 21, 2025 at 9:16 AM
New episode! The 16-bit mega draft, featuring @gamesblackhole.bsky.social and @scarbs.bsky.social. Who can pick the best games across the SNES, Mega Drive, Neo Geo and Amiga?
Listen wherever you get podcasts: open.spotify.com/episode/3G23...
Listen wherever you get podcasts: open.spotify.com/episode/3G23...
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I am on this one. For better or worse.
Coming tomorrow! The 16-bit games draft. 36 picks across Mega Drive, SNES, Neo Geo and the Amiga. Kills and steals return!
Someone picked Turtles in Time, then Dave Scarborough shared this cursed anecdote:
Someone picked Turtles in Time, then Dave Scarborough shared this cursed anecdote:
November 20, 2025 at 10:03 AM
I am on this one. For better or worse.
Coming tomorrow! The 16-bit games draft. 36 picks across Mega Drive, SNES, Neo Geo and the Amiga. Kills and steals return!
Someone picked Turtles in Time, then Dave Scarborough shared this cursed anecdote:
Someone picked Turtles in Time, then Dave Scarborough shared this cursed anecdote:
November 20, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Coming tomorrow! The 16-bit games draft. 36 picks across Mega Drive, SNES, Neo Geo and the Amiga. Kills and steals return!
Someone picked Turtles in Time, then Dave Scarborough shared this cursed anecdote:
Someone picked Turtles in Time, then Dave Scarborough shared this cursed anecdote:
Friday 🙏
November 19, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Friday 🙏
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Electroplankton is a quiet part of my entire personality.
I’ve been refreshing @designroom.bsky.social roughly every 30 seconds since @mattleone.bsky.social mentioned on @backpagepod.bsky.social that there was going to be a feature on the game.
Brb.
www.designroom.site/toshio-iwai-...
I’ve been refreshing @designroom.bsky.social roughly every 30 seconds since @mattleone.bsky.social mentioned on @backpagepod.bsky.social that there was going to be a feature on the game.
Brb.
www.designroom.site/toshio-iwai-...
Toshio Iwai's journey from Sound Fantasy to Electroplankton
We profile the artist behind two of Nintendo's attempts at making experimental music games in the '90s and early 2000s -- one a canceled Super Famicom game based on musical insects, and the other a Ni...
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November 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Electroplankton is a quiet part of my entire personality.
I’ve been refreshing @designroom.bsky.social roughly every 30 seconds since @mattleone.bsky.social mentioned on @backpagepod.bsky.social that there was going to be a feature on the game.
Brb.
www.designroom.site/toshio-iwai-...
I’ve been refreshing @designroom.bsky.social roughly every 30 seconds since @mattleone.bsky.social mentioned on @backpagepod.bsky.social that there was going to be a feature on the game.
Brb.
www.designroom.site/toshio-iwai-...
The question isn't 'will we do an episode about 007 First Light next year?' The question is: 'how *many* increasingly cursed James Bond episodes do we make around 007 First Light next year?'
November 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The question isn't 'will we do an episode about 007 First Light next year?' The question is: 'how *many* increasingly cursed James Bond episodes do we make around 007 First Light next year?'
Coming Friday: another monster.
November 17, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Coming Friday: another monster.
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As it's arbitrary deals season, I've knocked 50% off the digital edition of my Ridge Racer Type 4 zine for a week. 💸
📄 High res PDF, download instantly
🖊️ 40 pages, 7 original essays
🎮 Deep dives into the game's visual design, soundtrack, storytelling, and more
📄 High res PDF, download instantly
🖊️ 40 pages, 7 original essays
🎮 Deep dives into the game's visual design, soundtrack, storytelling, and more
November 17, 2025 at 5:46 PM
As it's arbitrary deals season, I've knocked 50% off the digital edition of my Ridge Racer Type 4 zine for a week. 💸
📄 High res PDF, download instantly
🖊️ 40 pages, 7 original essays
🎮 Deep dives into the game's visual design, soundtrack, storytelling, and more
📄 High res PDF, download instantly
🖊️ 40 pages, 7 original essays
🎮 Deep dives into the game's visual design, soundtrack, storytelling, and more
Recording tonight! The 16-bit games draft. Samuel, Matthew, Dave and Ash will each pick from the libraries of the SNES, Mega Drive and Neo Geo.
Kill and steal rules return! Maximum four picks per platform. Here are the categories:
Kill and steal rules return! Maximum four picks per platform. Here are the categories:
November 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Recording tonight! The 16-bit games draft. Samuel, Matthew, Dave and Ash will each pick from the libraries of the SNES, Mega Drive and Neo Geo.
Kill and steal rules return! Maximum four picks per platform. Here are the categories:
Kill and steal rules return! Maximum four picks per platform. Here are the categories:
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Recording a new @backpagepod.bsky.social draft episode this evening. Two of the competitors messaged me going "I think I'm fucked this time" within 10 minutes of each other this morning.
November 17, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Recording a new @backpagepod.bsky.social draft episode this evening. Two of the competitors messaged me going "I think I'm fucked this time" within 10 minutes of each other this morning.
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Terrific.
New episode! How do you create an oral history feature about a game like Final Fantasy VII or Street Fighter 2? Former Polygon editor @mattleone.bsky.social joins us to discuss this, and his new site, @designroom.bsky.social.
Listen wherever you get podcasts: open.spotify.com/episode/0dAo...
Listen wherever you get podcasts: open.spotify.com/episode/0dAo...
The Oral Histories of Video Games (with Matt Leone)
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November 16, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Terrific.
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November 15, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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I dunno, I just don't think this new NPC character in Metroid Prime 4 feels in keeping with the spirit of the series
November 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I dunno, I just don't think this new NPC character in Metroid Prime 4 feels in keeping with the spirit of the series
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VIDEOVERSE
Mache eine Reise zurück in die Zeit des frühen Internets und der Fanforen…
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November 14, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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November 14, 2025 at 12:39 PM
New episode! How do you create an oral history feature about a game like Final Fantasy VII or Street Fighter 2? Former Polygon editor @mattleone.bsky.social joins us to discuss this, and his new site, @designroom.bsky.social.
Listen wherever you get podcasts: open.spotify.com/episode/0dAo...
Listen wherever you get podcasts: open.spotify.com/episode/0dAo...
The Oral Histories of Video Games (with Matt Leone)
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November 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
New episode! How do you create an oral history feature about a game like Final Fantasy VII or Street Fighter 2? Former Polygon editor @mattleone.bsky.social joins us to discuss this, and his new site, @designroom.bsky.social.
Listen wherever you get podcasts: open.spotify.com/episode/0dAo...
Listen wherever you get podcasts: open.spotify.com/episode/0dAo...
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November 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Who's playing Post Toad, though?
The first trailer for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is here 🌟 Brie Larson and Benny Safdie join the voice cast as Rosalina and Bowser Jr.
In theaters April 2026.
In theaters April 2026.
November 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Who's playing Post Toad, though?
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I've never had that deep relationship with Lumines that so many peers have written about brilliantly - but Arise definitely feels like an amazing environment to learn to love it. Another stunning Hydelic score, too. Almost feels wrong playing something this funky in my drab living room.
🎉 Lumines Arise Available Now for PS5 and Steam 🚀
Light, sound and haptics unite your senses. Feel the good vibes. Puzzle differently.
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2370000/Lumines_Arise
PS5: store.playstation.com/concept/10011885
lumines.game #LuminesArise
Light, sound and haptics unite your senses. Feel the good vibes. Puzzle differently.
Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2370000/Lumines_Arise
PS5: store.playstation.com/concept/10011885
lumines.game #LuminesArise
November 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I've never had that deep relationship with Lumines that so many peers have written about brilliantly - but Arise definitely feels like an amazing environment to learn to love it. Another stunning Hydelic score, too. Almost feels wrong playing something this funky in my drab living room.
A Matthew Castle modern classic (that he hasn't finished yet)!
The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy is on sale for 20% off on Steam AND Switch!! If you’ve been meaning to try this game, now would be a great time. Honestly some of my absolute favorite voice acting work went into this project, playing a mascot AND a villain. The dream!
#VA #Hundred_Line
#VA #Hundred_Line
Save 20% on The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy- on Steam
Kazutaka Kodaka and Kotaro Uchikoshi join forces for the first time to deliver the ULTIMATE adventure game! 15 students are tasked with defending a school from grotesque monsters for 100 days. Can the...
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November 11, 2025 at 11:07 AM
A Matthew Castle modern classic (that he hasn't finished yet)!
Let's pretend we planned this deliberately, eh?
Join us on Wednesday, Nov 12, at 6am PT for the Nintendo Direct featuring the world premiere of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie official trailer. Please note that no game information will be included in this presentation.
Watch here: ninten.do/6019tMEcd
Watch here: ninten.do/6019tMEcd
November 10, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Let's pretend we planned this deliberately, eh?
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November 10, 2025 at 9:14 PM