Episodes

  • What We've Been Playing (Ocarina of Time remake, Gears of War: E-Day, Control Resonant, Valor Mortis)

    What We've Been Playing (Ocarina of Time remake, Gears of War: E-Day, Control Resonant, Valor Mortis)
    Oct 16 2026

    Matthew flew to Germany and played The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake, which is rather a nice surprise.


    Games discussed: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Gears of War: E-Day, Control Resonant, Valor Mortis, Star Wars: Galactic Racer, Dicevaders

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    1 hr and 34 mins
  • Patreon Freebie: Two Giant Men Play Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (MGS4 Pod Coming Monday!)

    Patreon Freebie: Two Giant Men Play Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (MGS4 Pod Coming Monday!)
    Oct 9 2026
    We're off this week, but here's our MGS2 episode from August. Support us at patreon.com/backpagepod if you enjoy what we make!

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    2 hrs and 7 mins
  • An Irrelevant Mailbag Foolishly Recorded at 7.30AM

    An Irrelevant Mailbag Foolishly Recorded at 7.30AM
    Oct 2 2026

    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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    1 hr and 29 mins
  • What We've Been Playing (Marvel's Wolverine, Silent Hill: Townfall, Orbitals)

    What We've Been Playing (Marvel's Wolverine, Silent Hill: Townfall, Orbitals)
    Sep 25 2026

    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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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • When Mainstream Media Started Caring About Games (with Mike Diver)

    When Mainstream Media Started Caring About Games (with Mike Diver)
    Sep 18 2026

    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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    1 hr and 38 mins
  • Nintendo Direct Reaction + What We've Been Playing (The Blood of Dawnwalker, Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy, VHOLUME, MGS: Ghost Babel)

    Nintendo Direct Reaction + What We've Been Playing (The Blood of Dawnwalker, Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy, VHOLUME, MGS: Ghost Babel)
    Sep 11 2026
    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.

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    1 hr and 34 mins
  • What We've Been Playing (Onimusha: Way of the Sword, Star Wars: Zero Company, Guns of Eschaton, Super Mario Sunshine)

    What We've Been Playing (Onimusha: Way of the Sword, Star Wars: Zero Company, Guns of Eschaton, Super Mario Sunshine)
    Sep 4 2026
    The September release schedule avalanche begins. Games discussed: Onimusha: Way of the Sword, Star Wars: Zero Company, Guns of Eschaton and Super Mario Sunshine.

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    1 hr and 22 mins
  • A Few Game Design Crimes More (with Jamie Smith)

    A Few Game Design Crimes More (with Jamie Smith)
    Aug 28 2026

    From outlawing the L3 and R3 buttons to combat-oriented games with bad platforming sections, our listeners have submitted 12 more possible game design crimes for Room 101...sorry, Room 64 (double copyright infringement!). Our returning guest, actual game designer Jamie Smith, helps us judge the innocent and guilty.


    Want to submit a game design crime for a future episode? Head here to the relevant Discord channel, or ping us at backpagegames@gmail.com.

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    2 hrs and 4 mins