The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast
Samuel Roberts and Matthew Castle
Show overview
The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast has been publishing since 2020, and across the 6 years since has built a catalogue of 303 episodes. That works out to roughly 600 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
Episodes typically run over ninety minutes — most land between 1h 39m and 2h 12m — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. Roughly 67% of episodes carry an explicit flag from the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Leisure show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 3 days ago, with 32 episodes already out so far this year. Published by Samuel Roberts and Matthew Castle.
From the publisher
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.
Latest Episodes
View all 303 episodesThe Nintendo DS + 3DS Mega Draft (with Dave Scarborough and Ashley Day)
What We've Been Playing (Splatoon Raiders, Denshattack!, The Incident at Galley House, Big Walk, Onimusha 2)
Two Giant Men Play Halo: Campaign Evolved + Backseat Design the Next Halo Game
How to Make a Sequel to a Successful Video Game (with Jay Baylis)
The Best Games of 1997
Mailbag
What We've Been Playing (Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, Star Fox, Rhythm Heaven Groove)
Games Court – Judge Castle Decides Edition
Two Giant Men Play Grand Theft Auto V
The First-Person Draft (with Jeremy Peel)
Our 10 Most Anticipated Games from Summer Games Fest 2026
Mina the Hollower, Onimusha: Way of the Sword, Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight + Mailbag
Two Giant Men Play 007 First Light
Forza Horizon 6, Mixtape, Titanium Court + Mailbag
The N64 + GameCube Mega Draft
What We've Been Playing (007 First Light, Pragmata, Vampire Crawlers, Tides of Tomorrow, Titanium Court, Replaced)
The Xbox Live Arcade, PSN and WiiWare Draft
Game Design Crimes (with Jamie Smith)
What We've Been Playing (Crimson Desert, PS5 Pro, Tomodachi Life, Raccoin, Returnal, The Ratline)
Mailbag
EWhat Matthew thinks of Crimson Desert, new DLC for old games, how 360-era classics would score now in reviews, dream Helldivers 2 warbonds and more nonsense in the latest mailbag episode.This week's music is from the Deadly Premonition soundtrack by Riyou Kinugasa, Takuya Kobayashi and Hiromi Mizutani.This is the From Russia With Love PS2 clip mentioned in the episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.