The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast
Hosted by Samuel and Matthew · Samuel Roberts and Matthew Castle
4.9from 657 ratings
- 306
- Episodes
- 27
- Transcribed
- 657
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
About The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast
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 (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
- Publisher
- Samuel Roberts and Matthew Castle
- Category
- leisure
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 27 Nov 2020
- Latest episode
- 2 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
27 of 306 episodes have a transcript.
2 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
An Irrelevant Mailbag Foolishly Recorded at 7.30AM
25 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
What We've Been Playing (Marvel's Wolverine, Silent Hill: Townfall, Orbitals)
18 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
When Mainstream Media Started Caring About Games (with Mike Diver)
Inside a recent episode
An Irrelevant Mailbag Foolishly Recorded at 7.30AM
Published 2 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] But the good thing about working in print is that it gives you the instincts of how to cut down your own work. That's one of the best things that print teaches you, isn't it? It has to be 400 words, so you have to get it down. So you know what's cut. It's not just cutting the words, though. It's also cutting the thinking beforehand. Because when I first started out, I remember I would make more notes back then. […]
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- Mike Diver
- Jamie Smith
- Dave Scarborough
- Ashley Day
- Jay Baylis
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 47 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 610 ratings
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- Quality
- 81
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 96
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Samuel and Matthew host the show. Published by Samuel Roberts and Matthew Castle.
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