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Estimated from 19 chart positions in 19 markets.
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- 🇬🇧GB · Video Games#10300K to 1M
- 🇦🇺AU · Video Games#1135K to 30K
- 🇧🇷BR · Video Games#3830K to 100K
- 🇸🇪SE · Video Games#1161K to 10K
- 🇯🇵JP · Video Games#1411K to 10K
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Est. listeners per new episode within ~30 days
221K to 755K🎙 ~2x weekly·285 episodes·Last published 6d ago - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
443K to 1.5M🇬🇧66%🇧🇷7%🇸🇬7%+16 more - Active Followers
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177K to 604K
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The First-Person Draft (with Jeremy Peel)
Jun 19, 2026
Unknown duration
Our 10 Most Anticipated Games from Summer Games Fest 2026
Jun 12, 2026
2h 00m 56s
Mina the Hollower, Onimusha: Way of the Sword, Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight + Mailbag
Jun 4, 2026
1h 43m 46s
Two Giant Men Play 007 First Light
May 28, 2026
1h 49m 19s
Forza Horizon 6, Mixtape, Titanium Court + Mailbag
May 22, 2026
2h 10m 41s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/19/26 | The First-Person Draft (with Jeremy Peel) | 10 categories, 30 picks – time for another draft, this time about first-person shooters and related games. Vote for the winner here. We'll update this post with who picked what later today.These are the 10 categories:Single-player shooterMultiplayer shooterSim (including immersive sim)Game with emphasis on movement or platformingNarrative or horror gameGame from the last 5 yearsRPGFree pickWild card (has to be below 80 on Metacritic)Game with notable first-person animations (either involving your hands or the faces of other characters)This is the Deus Ex: Invisible War-like game Jeremy referenced during this episode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 6/12/26 | Our 10 Most Anticipated Games from Summer Games Fest 2026✨ | upcoming gamesgame showcases+5 | — | PlayStationXbox+1 | — | Summer Games Festupcoming games+5 | — | 2h 00m 56s | |
| 6/4/26 | Mina the Hollower, Onimusha: Way of the Sword, Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight + Mailbag✨ | video gamesgame reviews+3 | — | Mina the HollowerOnimusha: Way of the Sword+1 | — | Mina the HollowerOnimusha+4 | — | 1h 43m 46s | |
| 5/28/26 | Two Giant Men Play 007 First Light✨ | James Bond gamesgame development+4 | — | 007 First LightIO+2 | — | 007 First LightJames Bond+5 | — | 1h 49m 19s | |
| 5/22/26 | Forza Horizon 6, Mixtape, Titanium Court + Mailbag✨ | video gamesForza Horizon 6+3 | — | Forza Horizon 6Mixtape+1 | — | Forza Horizon 6gaming+3 | — | 2h 10m 41s | |
| 5/15/26 | The N64 + GameCube Mega Draft✨ | Nintendodraft+3 | Ashley DayDave Scarborough | The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time | — | N64GameCube+4 | — | 2h 36m 19s | |
| 5/1/26 | What We've Been Playing (007 First Light, Pragmata, Vampire Crawlers, Tides of Tomorrow, Titanium Court, Replaced)✨ | video gamesgame reviews+1 | — | 007 First LightPragmata+6 | — | 007 First LightPragmata+6 | — | 1h 32m 53s | |
| 4/24/26 | The Xbox Live Arcade, PSN and WiiWare Draft✨ | Xbox Live ArcadePSN+3 | — | Sonic 4 | — | Xbox Live ArcadePSN+3 | — | 1h 58m 27s | |
| 4/17/26 | Game Design Crimes (with Jamie Smith)✨ | game designlistener feedback+4 | Jamie Smith | — | — | game design crimeslistener gripes+4 | — | 2h 04m 28s | |
| 4/10/26 | What We've Been Playing (Crimson Desert, PS5 Pro, Tomodachi Life, Raccoin, Returnal, The Ratline)✨ | video game reviewsPS5 Pro discussion+3 | — | PS5 ProCrimson Desert+7 | — | Crimson DesertPS5 Pro+7 | — | 1h 33m 05s | |
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| 4/3/26 | Mailbag✨ | video game reviewsDLC discussions+3 | — | Crimson DesertHelldivers 2+2 | — | Crimson DesertDLC+4 | — | 1h 31m 03s | |
| 3/27/26 | Unsung Aspects of Video Game Design (with Emma Kent)✨ | video game designjournalism+3 | Emma Kent | EurogamerUncharted+2 | — | video game designjournalism+3 | — | 49m 26s | |
| 3/20/26 | The Best Games of 2018✨ | best gamesvideo games+3 | — | Tetris Effect | — | best games2018+3 | — | 3h 00m 54s | |
| 3/13/26 | Becoming Pals with Hideki Kamiya and Other Stories (with Andy Robinson)✨ | video game developmentJapanese game developers+3 | Andy Robinson | PC ZoneCVG+1 | — | Hideki KamiyaAndy Robinson+6 | — | 1h 58m 46s | |
| 3/6/26 | What We've Been Playing (Reanimal, Marathon, Dark Auction, Yakuza Kiwami 3, Romeo is a Dead Man, PARANORMASIGHT: The Mermaid's Curse, Denshattack!)✨ | video game discussionsgame reviews+3 | — | AcastReanimal+10 | — | ReanimalMarathon+7 | — | 1h 54m 51s | |
| 2/27/26 | Two Giant Men Play Resident Evil Requiem✨ | Resident Evilvideo game discussion+3 | — | CapcomResident Evil Requiem+1 | — | Resident EvilRequiem+4 | — | 2h 00m 22s | |
| 2/20/26 | Games Court 2026✨ | moral dilemmaspodcasting+3 | — | Acast | — | Games Courtmoral dilemmas+3 | — | 1h 52m 59s | |
| 2/13/26 | The Video Game Levels Draft (with Ashley Day and Dave Scarborough) | Our first draft episode of the year is here! Who can pick the best levels out of Samuel, Matthew, Dave and Ash? You decide. Vote for the winner in the announcements channel of the Discord.This week's music is from the Sonic 2 soundtrack by Masato Nakamura, the Grand Theft Auto V soundtrack by Tangerine Dream and Woody Jackson, the Super Mario 64 soundtrack by Koji Kondo and the Mario Kart World soundtrack by Atsuko Asahi, Maasa Miyoshi, Takuhiro Honda and Yutaro Takakuwa.These are the categories if you need a refresh:First-person shooter level (singleplayer)First-person shooter level (multiplayer)Lightgun stageMultiplayer level (can't be an fps)Platforming levelMission in an open world or larger gameBonus levelBoss battleWorst level and location I'd doom my worst enemy to live in Free pick Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 2/6/26 | Writing the Book on Nintendo + the Top 10 Most Underrated Nintendo Games (with Keza MacDonald) | Five years later, The Guardian's Keza MacDonald returns to the podcast to talk about her new book, Super Nintendo (UK link here, US link here). We then close out with Keza's quickfire list of the 10 most underrated Nintendo games.This week's music is from the Diddy Kong Racing soundtrack by David Wise. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 1/30/26 | Three Giant Men Play Grand Theft Auto IV (with Jeremy Peel) | Having conquered GTA III (kind of), Vice City and San Andreas (plus Bully, which is sort of a GTA), it's time for the definitive Back Page podcast on 2008's Grand Theft Auto IV. Joining us to dissect the first HD GTA is beloved third host and freelance writer extraordinaire Jeremy Peel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 1/23/26 | What We've Been Playing (Skate Story, TR-49, POPUCOM, Wheel World, The Case of the Worst Day Ever, The Berlin Apartment) | A mop up of some neat games we missed from 2025, plus Matthew's thoughts on the newest game from Inkle.Games discussed: TR-49, Skate Story, POPUCOM, Wheel World, Earthion, Routine, The Séance of Blake Manor, Demonschool and The Berlin Apartment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 1/16/26 | Mailbag 2026: Review Scores, the Death of VR Games, How Games End Up Bad, Favourite NPCs and More | What makes a 9/10 game not a 10/10 game? Why do video games end up bad? Which NPC would you least like to be stuck in a lift with? What food do they serve at the hypothetical Matthew Castle-themed cafe in Shibuya? These are some of the questions tackled in our first mailbag episode of 2026.Feel free to submit future mailbag questions in the Discord, or to backpagesgames@gmail.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 1/9/26 | 2026 Gaming Predictions + Fantasy Critics Draft | 26 (or so) predictions about 2026, based on nothing whatsoever. Plus: our 2025 predictions revisited, and our 5 picks for this year's fantasy draft.This week's music is from the Trauma Center: Second Opinion soundtrack by Kenichi Tsuchiya and Shingo Yasumoto. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 12/26/25 | The Best Games of 2025 | Two top 10 lists of the best games from 2025. This week's music is from the Promise Mascot Agency soundtrack by Peter McCaughan and Ryo Koike.Want to play Matthew's number 3? Head here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 12/19/25 | The Alternative GOTY Awards 2025 | Need a video game awards show with dumb categories no company would ever sponsor? We've got your back, once again.Thanks to all our returning guests from this year for dropping in! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
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