XXL Episode 30: Bleak Film Club – Speak No Evil (2022) / Threads (1984)
Apologies in advance – the next film club will be jollier, promise…
The Back Page Starter Pack on Bluesky
Matthew, where could people find you on social media?
Episode 203: The Death and Life of Games Magazines (with Caspian Whistler)
What it’s like to work on a games magazine when it’s closing down and the rise of prestige games mags with A Profound Waste of Time founder Caspian Whistler.
Episode 202: What We've Been Playing (Dragon Age: The Veilguard, COD BLOPS 6, Batman: Arkham Shadow, Mario & Luigi: Brothership)
Beefy games chat this week on all of the above – plus The Rise of the Golden Idol, FF7 Rebirth and Apex Legends.
XL Episode 32: Two Giant Men Play Metal Gear Solid
‘You like to play Hotel Dusk, don’t you?’ Two hours on PlayStation all-timer Metal Gear Solid.
Episode 201: Backlogeddon (with Jay Baylis)
We all have too many games to play. Jay Baylis joins us to discuss how we all gathered massive backlogs – and what can be done to cure it.
Episode 200: Behind The Back Page
Only Jeremy Peel can save us now.
XL Episode 31: Back Page Episode 200 Q&A
We answer all your most granular questions about the making of the podcast ahead of 200!
Episode 199: From Games Journalism to Blumhouse (with Louise Blain)
One of our favourite returning guests, Louise Blain, discusses her current role as Creative Lead at Blumhouse Games.
XL Episode 30: Two Giant Men Build Video Game Theme Parks
Dear god.