The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast

Episode 200: Behind The Back Page is here. Listen wherever you get podcasts: open.spotify.com/episode/6aFXE3…

Lovely shout out for the podcast in @pcgamer this month! (📸 @Angry_Kurt)

Had great fun recording this. I don’t think my N64 and GameCube picks will win the draft but I do think YOU will love them! Have a listen…

New episode! The N64 + GameCube Draft, with returning guests @jellyscare and @davescarborough (this time, drunk). 36 picks across two beloved Nintendo consoles, with plenty of kills and steals. Listen wherever you get podcasts: open.spotify.com/episode/3gv4r0…

Coming tomorrow! The N64 + GameCube Mega Draft. Includes: - Dave Scarborough on the piss - Dubious picks in easy categories - Chibi-Robo! (of course) Here's a preview:

@DanDawkins It's definitely a thing.

@BackPagePod Kevin Kelly’s 1000 true fans in action!

We're nearing 1,000 paid supporters on Patreon. Do you know how mind-boggling that is to us? Do you know how certain we were when we started this podcast that *no one would give a shit*? Unbelievable stuff. Thanks for sticking around.

Categories in Friday's four-person N64 + GameCube draft: Platformer Multiplayer Sports or fighting game Racing Shooter or first-person game Action-adventure, RPG or horror Wild card Free pick

No new episode this week. See you next Friday (or Monday on the XL Tier).

May pod schedule!

New episode! What we've been playing, featuring 007 First Light (!), Pragmata, Tides of Tomorrow, Vampire Crawlers, Titanium Court and Replaced. Listen wherever you get podcasts: open.spotify.com/episode/1BFY1D…

Boy do we have a treat for you in tomorrow's What We've Been Playing episode...

Two-person drafts have never been more back.

New episode! The XBLA, PSN and WiiWare Draft. A wonderful or cursed first generation of digital games, depending on which console you owned. Listen wherever you get podcasts, then vote on the winner: open.spotify.com/episode/6DD2nj…

Coming tomorrow! The Xbox Live Arcade, PSN and WiiWare Draft. Our first two-person draft in over a year, with all the classic psychic damage you've missed. Here's a preview about returning phrase 'huffing on your own guffs':

Coming Friday! The XBLA, PSN and WiiWare Draft, celebrating a whole generation of era-defining download games (plus whatever Nintendo was doing). Our first 1v1 draft in over a year! These are the categories:

New episode! Game Design Crimes. Which annoying parts of games should be relegated to Room 101? Actual game designer Jamie Smith helps us figure it out. Listen wherever you get podcasts: open.spotify.com/episode/3bKaGi…

Coming tomorrow! The first of our new podcast series, Game Design Crimes. Which game design sins should be confined to Room 101? (A legally distinct version.) Actual game dev Jamie Smith helps us figure it out. Here's a preview about tailing missions in open world games:

New episode! What we've been playing, featuring Crimson Desert, PS5 Pro chatter, Returnal, Raccoin and Tomodachi Life. Listen wherever you get podcasts: open.spotify.com/episode/7mwK45…

Coming tomorrow! What we've been playing: Crimson Desert, the PS5 Pro, Returnal, Tomodachi Life and The Ratline. Plus, Raccoin. Here's a preview from our chat about that (and 2p machines):