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The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast — 306 episodes
Nintendo Direct Reaction + What We've Been Playing (The Blood of Dawnwalker, Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy, VHOLUME, MGS: Ghost Babel)
What We've Been Playing (Onimusha: Way of the Sword, Star Wars: Zero Company, Guns of Eschaton, Super Mario Sunshine)
A Few Game Design Crimes More (with Jamie Smith)
The 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
Unsung Aspects of Video Game Design (with Emma Kent)
The Best Games of 2018
Becoming Pals with Hideki Kamiya and Other Stories (with Andy Robinson)
What We've Been Playing (Reanimal, Marathon, Dark Auction, Yakuza Kiwami 3, Romeo is a Dead Man, PARANORMASIGHT: The Mermaid's Curse, Denshattack!)
Two Giant Men Play Resident Evil Requiem
Games Court 2026
The Video Game Levels Draft (with Ashley Day and Dave Scarborough)
Writing the Book on Nintendo + the Top 10 Most Underrated Nintendo Games (with Keza MacDonald)
Three Giant Men Play Grand Theft Auto IV (with Jeremy Peel)
What We've Been Playing (Skate Story, TR-49, POPUCOM, Wheel World, The Case of the Worst Day Ever, The Berlin Apartment)
Mailbag 2026: Review Scores, the Death of VR Games, How Games End Up Bad, Favourite NPCs and More
2026 Gaming Predictions + Fantasy Critics Draft
The Best Games of 2025
The Alternative GOTY Awards 2025
The Top Emotional Moments in Games (with Lucy Blundell)
Top 5 Metroid Games (with Jay Baylis)
The Back Page Episode + ARC Raiders (with Phil Savage)
The 16-bit Games Mega Draft (with Ashley Day and Dave Scarborough)
The Oral Histories of Video Games (with Matt Leone)
Two Giant Men Play Super Mario Galaxy
What We've Been Playing (Dispatch, Absolum, The Séance of Blake Manor, Ninja Gaiden 4), Mailbag + The Worst Zelda Quiz Ever
Episode 250: 10 Games We Enjoyed During Steam Next Fest – Plus a Handful of Duds
The 'Games Set in Japan' Hall of Fame (plus Absolum and Ball X Pit)
What We've Been Playing (Ghost of Yotei, Silent Hill f, Baby Steps, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Revisited)
Reassuringly Finite (with Jon Denton)
The Best Games of 2017
Mailbag
Two Giant Men Play Rockstar's Bully (Patreon Sampler)
007 First Light Reactions, Plus: What We've Been Playing (Mafia: The Old Country, Shinobi: Art of Vengeance, Hollow Knight, Kirby on Switch 2, MGS Delta: Snake Eater)
The All-Star Japanese Game Developer Draft (with Ashley Day and Dave Scarborough)
Two Giant Men Play Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
The First Ever Metacritic Game
Three Games Court Episodes In One Year? In This Economy?
Ghostbusters Games and gamesTM Memories (with Dave Scarborough)
Two Giant Men Play Donkey Kong Bananza (which *has* to be better than Astro Bot)
gamesTM vs Edge (with Matthew Handrahan)
The Art of Video Game Character Customisation (with Jen Simpkins)
What We've Been Playing (Death Stranding 2, Rematch, Date Everything, MindsEye)
Two Giant Men Play Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Mailbag – Two Giant Ben Edition
Two Giant Men Play the Nintendo Switch 2
From N64 Magazine to Gamesmaster to Games Publishing (with Geraint Evans)
What We've Been Playing (Doom: The Dark Ages, Blades of Fire, The Hundred Line, The Siege and the Sandfox)
The Best Games of 2005
GOTY 2025 Check-In
Games Court – Castle Island x Blue Prince Edition
Mailbag (sandwich + game pairings, writing cover features, console launches, other nonsense)
What We've Been Playing (Blue Prince, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Promise Mascot Agency, Tempest Rising)
The Xbox 360 Games Mega Draft
Nintendo Switch 2 Games – Played!
Two Giant Men React to the Nintendo Switch 2 Reveal
Atomfall and the Best, Worst and Most Iconic Games Set In Britain
What We've Been Playing (Assassin's Creed Shadows, Split Fiction, Avowed, Pirate Yakuza, Threshold)
The Nintendo Switch Draft (with Katharine Castle)
Mailbag
We Play Monster Hunter Wilds – and Dive into the Series' Massive Success (with Joe Skrebels)
Video Game Guns and the Best Warhammer Games (with Dave Jewitt)
The Best Games of 2004
From N64 Magazine to Crime Fiction (with Tim Weaver)
What We've Been Playing (Dynasty Warriors: Origins, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, Marvel Rivals)
Arcade Machine Collecting and Making Videos (with Mike Channell)
The PS2 Games Mega-Draft
Games Court Is Back For 2025!
2025 Gaming Predictions
The Best Games of 2024
The Alternative GOTY Awards 2024
The Sub-80 Metacritic Games Draft
Christmas Games Mag Quiz + Mailbag
Our Best Games on Every PlayStation Console – PlayStation Turns 30!
Episode 203: The Death and Life of Games Magazines (with Caspian Whistler)
What We've Been Playing (Dragon Age: The Veilguard, COD BLOPS 6, Batman: Arkham Shadow, Mario & Luigi: Brothership)
Episode 201: Backlogeddon (with Jay Baylis)
Episode 200: Behind The Back Page
Two Giant Men Play Perfect Dark (Patreon Sampler)
From Games Journalism to Blumhouse (with Louise Blain)
What We've Been Playing (Metaphor: ReFantazio, Silent Hill 2, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom)
The PS4 Draft
What We've Been Playing (UFO 50, Astro Bot with spoilers, Tactical Breach Wizards)
The PC Gaming Draft: 2010-2019 (with Jeremy Peel)
What We've Been Playing: Astro Bot, Space Marine 2, Star Wars: Outlaws, Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club
Why Japanese Games Have Thrived Since the Xbox 360 Era (with Jay Baylis)
Star Wars Outlaws First Impressions, Gamescom 2024 and an Emergency Mailbag
Writing the Book on Alien: Isolation (with Andy Kelly)
What We've Been Playing (Anger Foot, Ace Attorney Investigations, Thank Goodness You're Here, Nobody Wants To Die)
Nintendo Top 50 Part 3 – The Final Countdown
Nintendo Top 50 Part 2: Assembling the Longlist
Nintendo Top 50 Part 1: The Art of List Making and ONM's Final Top 100
Mailbag (Best Metroidvanias, Square Enix Dinner Party, Cheese Draft)
Episode 185: From The Miller Report to Wrestling (with Simon Miller)
The Back Page Election – Whoever Wins, You Lose!
What We've Been Playing (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, Still Wakes The Deep, Mullet Madjack)
Episode 182: Games Court – Big Sammy European Extreme Edition
Episode 181: Top 10 Most Anticipated Games
Episode 180: The PlayStation Portable Draft (with Retro Gamer's Darran Jones)
Episode 179: From EGM to BitSummit (with James Mielke)
Episode 178: The '00s Games Magazine Quiz and Mailbag
Episode 177: The Game Soundtracks Draft
What We've Been Playing (Stellar Blade, Animal Well, Pepper Grinder, Dark Forces Remaster)
Episode 175: From Mysteries To Metroidvanias (with Stuart Turton)
Episode 174: From OPM to Rolling Stone to IGN (with Rachel Weber)
Episode 173: Games Court Returns!
Episode 172: The Best Games of 2003
Episode 171: What We've Been Playing (Dragon's Dogma 2, Rise of the Ronin, Helldivers 2)
Episode 170: The Time Samuel Wronged A Freelancer (with Steven Messner)
The Best 7/10 Games
Episode 169: Two Giant Men Play Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
Episode 168: We Collected Another Edge Editor (with Alex Wiltshire)
Episode 167: What We've Been Playing (FF7 Rebirth, FF7 Remake, Balatro, Tomb Raider)
Episode 166: The PlayStation Draft
Episode 165: The Cursed February Mailbag
Episode 164: How To Write A Feature About Games (with Jeremy Peel)
Episode 163: The Best Games of 2002
Episode 162: Top 10 Sega Games (with Ashley Day)
Episode 161: What We've Been Playing (Suicide Squad, TLOU2 Remastered, Marvel's Midnight Suns)
Episode 160: Dubious Mailbag
Episode 159: 24 Gaming Predictions About 2024
Episode 158: The Best Games of 2023
Episode 157: The Back Page Holiday Special
James Bond Movies Ranked (from the Patreon)
The Best Metal Gear Solid Moments
Episode 156: Two Giant Men Play Final Fantasy 7 (Disc 1)
Episode 155: The Licensed Games Draft
Episode 154: What We've Been Playing (Alan Wake 2, Super Mario Wonder, PS Portal)
Episode 153: From Jak & Daxter to Eurogamer (with Ellie Gibson)
Episode 152: Three Giant Men Play Spider-Man 2 (with Dave Scarborough)
Episode 151: Alan Wake 2 and the Games of Remedy (with Simon Cardy)
Episode 150: The Art of PlayStation List Making (with Rob Pearson)
Episode 149: The Best Games of 2001
Episode 148: What We've Been Playing (Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, Assassin's Creed Mirage, Resi 4: Separate Ways, Cocoon)
Episode 147: Things You Only Realise When You Make Games
PC Gaming Classics Episode 6: Quake Vs Half-Life
PC Gaming Classics Episode 5: Jurassic Park: Trespasser
Episode 146: Two Giant Men Play Starfield
Episode 145: eBay Games Court: The Mediocre Return of a Dubious Podcast Format
Episode 144: The Nintendo DS Draft
Episode 143: What We've Been Playing (Sea of Stars, Armored Core 6, My House, Dredge)
Episode 142: The Dreaded Mailbag
Episode 141: The Best Games of 2016
Episode 140: Old RPGs and Baldur's Gate 3 (with Jeremy Peel)
Episode 139: What We've Been Playing (Exoprimal, Pikmin 4, The Expanse: A Telltale Series)
Episode 138: Edge in the '00s (with Margaret Robertson)
PC Gaming Classics Episode 4: X-Com: UFO Defense
Episode 137: The PlayStation 3 Draft
Episode 136: What We've Been Playing (Final Fantasy 16, Trepang2, Baldur's Gate 3)
Episode 135: Nintendo in the '00s (with Wes Fenlon)
Episode 134: Two Giant Men Replay Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Episode 133: Top 5 Final Fantasy Games
PC Gaming Classics Episode 3: Fallout
Episode 132: Our 10 Most Anticipated Games From Not-E3 2023
Episode 131: The Edge 10 Episode (with Chris Schilling)
Episode 130: The Xbox 360 Draft
Episode 129: eBay Games Court is Back!
Episode 128: Two Giant Men Play The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Episode 127: What We've Been Playing (Jedi Survivor, Redfall, Xenoblade Chronicles 3 DLC)
PC Gaming Classics Episode 2: Blade Runner
Episode 126: How To Make A Video Game (with Jay Baylis)
Episode 125: The Shinji Mikami Hall of Fame (with Rich Stanton)
Episode 124: The Best Games of 2015
Episode 123: The Best Star Wars Games
PC Gaming Classics Episode 1: System Shock 2
Episode 122: What We've Been Playing (Diablo 4, PSVR2, Tchia)
Episode 121: Two Giant Men Play Resident Evil 4 Remake
Episode 120: From PC Zone to Writing Games (with Will Porter)
Episode 119: The Capcom Games Draft
Episode 118: Nintendo 3DS and Wii U Games Worth Grabbing Before The eShop Closes
Episode 117: The Wii U Hall of Fame (with Ashley Day)
Episode 116: The Last of Us Revisited – and our Verdict on the HBO Show
Episode 115: The Wii and DS Years of Official Nintendo Magazine
Episode 114: What We've Been Playing (GoldenEye, Hi-Fi Rush, Fire Emblem Engage)
Episode 113: The Best Games of 2014
Episode 112: Pre-Owned Games Court Returns
Episode 111: 23 Wild Gaming Predictions About 2023
Episode 110: New Year Mailbag
The Best Video Game Boss Battles
Episode 109: The Best Games of 2022
Episode 108: The RPG Companions Draft
Episode 107: Leaving Games Media (with Andy Kelly)
Episode 106: 2022 Gaming Predictions Revisited
Episode 105: Two Giant Men Play God of War Ragnarok
Episode 104: Cyberpunk 2077 Revisited
Episode 103: What We've Been Playing (November 2022)
Episode 102: God of War Games Ranked
Episode 101: Bayonetta 3 and the PlatinumGames Hall of Fame
Episode 100: Clip Show
Episode 99: Best Visual Novels (with Lucy Blundell)
Episode 98: From Game Informer to MinnMax (with Ben Hanson)
Episode 97: Games Court Returns – More Pre-Owned Purchases On Trial
Episode 96: GTA Clones on Trial (with Jeremy Peel)
Episode 95: The Lucasarts Adventure Games Hall of Fame (with Ashley Day)
Episode 94: Splatoon 3 + Nintendo's Newer Series Explained
Episode 93: What We've Been Playing (September 2022)
Episode 92: The 2000-2005 PC Gaming Draft
Episode 91: From Edge to Hit Points (with Nathan Brown)
Episode 90: The '90s Games Mag Quiz and Mailbag
Episode 89: Steam Deck Special
Episode 88: Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Verdict and a Series Retrospective
Episode 87: The Best Games of 2013
Episode 86: The Nintendo Switch Games Hall of Fame Vol. 1
Episode 85: What We've Been Playing (July 2022)
Episode 84: Games Court Returns!
Episode 83: Why Destiny is Good (with Phil Savage)
Episode 82: Top 10 Most Anticipated Games (with Jeremy Peel)
Episode 81: The '90s PC Games Draft
Episode 80: Top 5 Dreamcast games (with Andy Kelly)
Episode 79: What We've Been Playing (May 2022)
Episode 78: From OPSM2 to PC Gamer (with Tim Clark)
Episode 77: Best Star Wars Guilty Pleasure Games
Episode 76: From Edge to Media Molecule (with Jen Simpkins)
Episode 75: Oh No, Another Mailbag (And Matthew Finishes Horizon Forbidden West)
Episode 74: Max Payne 1-3 Revisited
Episode 73: The Indie Games Hall of Fame Vol. 2 (with Joe Skrebels)
Episode 72: The Best Games of 2012
Episode 71: The Best Kirby Games
Episode 70: Ghostwire: Tokyo, New Kirby, Tunic and More Games We've Been Playing
Episode 69: The PS Vita Draft
Episode 68: Bad eBay Games Court 2022
Episode 67: Two Giant Men Play Elden Ring
Episode 66: Uncharted Games (and the Mediocre Movie)
Episode 65: Xbox Through The Years (with Jon Hicks)
Episode 64: The Game Pass Competitor Draft
Episode 63: What We've Been Playing (February 2022)
Episode 62: Pokémon Games (with Jay Baylis)
Episode 61: 2022 Mailbag
Episode 60: The Nintendo Wii Draft
Episode 59: 22 Bold Gaming Predictions About 2022
Episode 58: The Best Games of 2021
Episode 57: LOTR Games Revisited As Fellowship Turns 20
Episode 56: 2021 Gaming Predictions Revisited
Episode 55: Games We've Been Playing In 2021 (From Previous Years)
Episode 54: The Best Halo Games
Episode 53: The Xbox vs GameCube Draft
Episode 52: The Best Games of 2011 (except Dark Souls)
Episode 51: Metal Gear Solid 2 Turns 20 (with Rich Stanton)
Episode 50: How Games Magazines Get Made
Episode 49: 15 Horror Games We Love (with Louise Blain)
Episode 48: Grand Theft Auto 3 Turns 20 (with Steve Burns)
Episode 47: What Would Batman Do? (with Tamoor Hussain)
Episode 46: Bad eBay Games Court – Listener Edition
Episode 45: From GBA Reviews to The New Yorker (with Simon Parkin)
Episode 44: The N64 Mini Draft
Episode 43: Deathloop and Immersive Sims (with Jeremy Peel)
Episode 42: The Best Games of 2010
Episode 41: Bad eBay Games Court – The Retrial
Episode 40: The Indie Games Hall of Fame Vol 1 (with Katharine Castle)
Episode 39: Games Magazine Rivalries (with Dan Dawkins)
Episode 38: The PS2 Mini Draft
Episode 37: Games We've Been Playing in 2021
Episode 36: The Best Ace Attorney Games
Episode 35: Steam Deck and Creating the Perfect Handheld
Episode 34: The Best Zelda Games
Episode 33: The Best Games of 2009
Episode 32: Games Previews...From Hell!
Episode 31: The Best Sonic Games (with Jay Baylis)
Episode 30: Let's Turn E3 2021 into a Games Magazine
Episode 29: Does E3 Still Matter? (with Keza MacDonald)
Episode 28: Mailbag Vol. 2
Episode 27: The Game Developer Draft
Episode 26: The Best Detective Games (with Andy Kelly)
Episode 25: The Mass Effect Trilogy and the Best Companions
Episode 24: Resident Evil Village and the best Resi games
Episode 23: The Best Games of 2008
Episode 22: Game Review Scores We Got Right
Episode 21: The Best Yakuza Games (with Phil Savage)
Episode 20: Games Magazine Covers...From Heaven!
Episode 19: PS3 and PS Vita Games Worth Saving From Oblivion
Episode 18: Mailbag
Episode 17: The Best Nintendo 3DS Games (with Joe Skrebels)
Episode 16: Game Developer Interviews...From Hell!
Episode 15: Bad eBay Games Court
Episode 14: The Best Games of 2007
Episode 13: The big Nintendo Switch games of 2021
Episode 12: Super Mario 3D World – the best 3D Mario game? (with Katharine Castle)
Episode 11: Best Games of the Console Generation - Part 2
Episode 10: Best Games of the Console Generation - Part 1
Episode 9: Hitman 3 and the 10 best Hitman levels
Episode 8: Games Magazine Covers...From Hell!
Episode 7: 21 wild gaming predictions about 2021
Episode 6: The Best Games of 2020
Episode 5: Cyberpunk 2077 and How To Review Big Games
Episode 4: The Best Games of 2006
Episode 3: James Bond games, from GoldenEye to IO Interactive
Episode 2: Game Review Scores We Got Wrong
Episode 1: PS5 vs Xbox Series X