Episode 186: Mailbag (July 2024)
From great Metroidvanias to an impromptu Cheese Draft, it’s time for another mailbag episode. Submit your questions for future mailbags in the Discord, or email us at backpagegames@gmail.com.
- Balladeer: What are your favourite Metroidvanias?
- Betamax Bandit: If you could invite any three Square Enix characters to a dinner party, who would you invite and why?
- Welsh Boy Mick: There is a back pod hashtag collab with a new Def Jam game. What are your rapper names?
- Butterbeans: We had a lovely time in Scotland last year and are considering other parts of the country for our next journey. What parts of the UK would you recommend visiting?
- Dynamic Calories: Which of your favourite games are menus or parkour? Are there any games that look like menus but are parkour?
- Do you know which episodes have the most listens? And do you have a personal favorite?
- Serrano: As an adult, what game have you been the most childishly excited about?
- Synthetic Man: I’ve been re-listening to the Ace Attorney pod this week, and I’m about to play Apollo Justice for the first time. Given Matthew’s gone on the record as not liking Iris and Pearl Fey, which I don’t disagree with personally, it got me wondering who he considers to be the best and worst hangs from across the series.
- Effie: What do your backlogs look like? Do you keep track of a backlog of games or just go with the flow?
- Welsh Boy Mick: Cheese Draft. Three only, one for each category.
| Category | Matthew | Samuel |
|---|---|---|
| Cheese that melts | Mozzarella | Camembert |
| Cheese you eat cold | Gouda | Port Salut |
| Free pick | Processed cheese slices | Cheddar |
Results
Matthew 7% (2 votes)
Samuel 93% (27 votes)
(29 votes)
- Angry Kurt: Musical episodes in American TV shows, yay or nay?
- Blinky: What’s your favourite car in games?
- Have you two medium men ever enjoyed or disliked a game much more than you expected?
- If licensed tie-in games were still a thing, what modern TV show slash film would you like to see get the seven out of 10 license game treatment?
- Smell-O-Vision has been invented. Which game worlds would you visit and which would you steer clear of?