The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast
By Samuel Roberts and Matthew Castle
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Sm00ts81
Jul 3, 2024
One of my favourite gaming podcasts.
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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).
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Episode 203: The Death and Life of Games Magazines (with Caspian Whistler)
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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What We've Been Playing (Dragon Age: The Veilguard, COD BLOPS 6, Batman: Arkham Shadow, Mario & Luigi: Brothership)
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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Episode 201: Backlogeddon (with Jay Baylis)
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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Episode 200: Behind The Back Page
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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Two Giant Men Play Perfect Dark (Patreon Sampler)
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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From Games Journalism to Blumhouse (with Louise Blain)
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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What We've Been Playing (Metaphor: ReFantazio, Silent Hill 2, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom)
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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The PS4 Draft
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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What We've Been Playing (UFO 50, Astro Bot with spoilers, Tactical Breach Wizards)
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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The PC Gaming Draft: 2010-2019 (with Jeremy Peel)
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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What We've Been Playing: Astro Bot, Space Marine 2, Star Wars: Outlaws, Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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Why Japanese Games Have Thrived Since the Xbox 360 Era (with Jay Baylis)
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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Star Wars Outlaws First Impressions, Gamescom 2024 and an Emergency Mailbag
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Aug 30, 2024 |
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Writing the Book on Alien: Isolation (with Andy Kelly)
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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What We've Been Playing (Anger Foot, Ace Attorney Investigations, Thank Goodness You're Here, Nobody Wants To Die)
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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Nintendo Top 50 Part 3 – The Final Countdown
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Aug 09, 2024 |
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Nintendo Top 50 Part 2: Assembling the Longlist
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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Nintendo Top 50 Part 1: The Art of List Making and ONM's Final Top 100
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Jul 26, 2024 |
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Mailbag (Best Metroidvanias, Square Enix Dinner Party, Cheese Draft)
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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Episode 185: From The Miller Report to Wrestling (with Simon Miller)
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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The Back Page Election – Whoever Wins, You Lose!
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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What We've Been Playing (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, Still Wakes The Deep, Mullet Madjack)
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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Episode 182: Games Court – Big Sammy European Extreme Edition
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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Episode 181: Top 10 Most Anticipated Games
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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Episode 180: The PlayStation Portable Draft (with Retro Gamer's Darran Jones)
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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Episode 179: From EGM to BitSummit (with James Mielke)
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May 31, 2024 |
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Episode 178: The '00s Games Magazine Quiz and Mailbag
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May 24, 2024 |
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Episode 177: The Game Soundtracks Draft
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May 17, 2024 |
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What We've Been Playing (Stellar Blade, Animal Well, Pepper Grinder, Dark Forces Remaster)
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May 10, 2024 |
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Episode 175: From Mysteries To Metroidvanias (with Stuart Turton)
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May 03, 2024 |
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Episode 174: From OPM to Rolling Stone to IGN (with Rachel Weber)
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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Episode 173: Games Court Returns!
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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Episode 172: The Best Games of 2003
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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Episode 171: What We've Been Playing (Dragon's Dogma 2, Rise of the Ronin, Helldivers 2)
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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Episode 170: The Time Samuel Wronged A Freelancer (with Steven Messner)
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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The Best 7/10 Games
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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Episode 169: Two Giant Men Play Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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Episode 168: We Collected Another Edge Editor (with Alex Wiltshire)
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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Episode 167: What We've Been Playing (FF7 Rebirth, FF7 Remake, Balatro, Tomb Raider)
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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Episode 166: The PlayStation Draft
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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Episode 165: The Cursed February Mailbag
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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Episode 164: How To Write A Feature About Games (with Jeremy Peel)
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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Episode 163: The Best Games of 2002
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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Episode 162: Top 10 Sega Games (with Ashley Day)
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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Episode 161: What We've Been Playing (Suicide Squad, TLOU2 Remastered, Marvel's Midnight Suns)
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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Episode 160: Dubious Mailbag
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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Episode 159: 24 Gaming Predictions About 2024
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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Episode 158: The Best Games of 2023
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Dec 30, 2023 |
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Episode 157: The Back Page Holiday Special
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Dec 22, 2023 |
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James Bond Movies Ranked (from the Patreon)
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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The Best Metal Gear Solid Moments
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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Episode 156: Two Giant Men Play Final Fantasy 7 (Disc 1)
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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Episode 155: The Licensed Games Draft
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Nov 24, 2023 |
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Episode 154: What We've Been Playing (Alan Wake 2, Super Mario Wonder, PS Portal)
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Nov 17, 2023 |
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Episode 153: From Jak & Daxter to Eurogamer (with Ellie Gibson)
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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Episode 152: Three Giant Men Play Spider-Man 2 (with Dave Scarborough)
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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Episode 151: Alan Wake 2 and the Games of Remedy (with Simon Cardy)
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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Episode 150: The Art of PlayStation List Making (with Rob Pearson)
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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Episode 149: The Best Games of 2001
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Oct 13, 2023 |
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Episode 148: What We've Been Playing (Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, Assassin's Creed Mirage, Resi 4: Separate Ways, Cocoon)
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Oct 06, 2023 |
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Episode 147: Things You Only Realise When You Make Games
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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PC Gaming Classics Episode 6: Quake Vs Half-Life
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Sep 24, 2023 |
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PC Gaming Classics Episode 5: Jurassic Park: Trespasser
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Sep 24, 2023 |
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Episode 146: Two Giant Men Play Starfield
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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Episode 145: eBay Games Court: The Mediocre Return of a Dubious Podcast Format
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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Episode 144: The Nintendo DS Draft
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Sep 08, 2023 |
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Episode 143: What We've Been Playing (Sea of Stars, Armored Core 6, My House, Dredge)
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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Episode 142: The Dreaded Mailbag
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Aug 25, 2023 |
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Episode 141: The Best Games of 2016
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Aug 18, 2023 |
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Episode 140: Old RPGs and Baldur's Gate 3 (with Jeremy Peel)
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Aug 11, 2023 |
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Episode 139: What We've Been Playing (Exoprimal, Pikmin 4, The Expanse: A Telltale Series)
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Aug 04, 2023 |
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Episode 138: Edge in the '00s (with Margaret Robertson)
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Jul 28, 2023 |
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PC Gaming Classics Episode 4: X-Com: UFO Defense
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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Episode 137: The PlayStation 3 Draft
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Jul 21, 2023 |
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Episode 136: What We've Been Playing (Final Fantasy 16, Trepang2, Baldur's Gate 3)
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Jul 14, 2023 |
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Episode 135: Nintendo in the '00s (with Wes Fenlon)
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Jul 07, 2023 |
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Episode 134: Two Giant Men Replay Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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Episode 133: Top 5 Final Fantasy Games
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Jun 23, 2023 |
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PC Gaming Classics Episode 3: Fallout
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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Episode 132: Our 10 Most Anticipated Games From Not-E3 2023
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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Episode 131: The Edge 10 Episode (with Chris Schilling)
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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Episode 130: The Xbox 360 Draft
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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Episode 129: eBay Games Court is Back!
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May 26, 2023 |
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Episode 128: Two Giant Men Play The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
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May 19, 2023 |
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Episode 127: What We've Been Playing (Jedi Survivor, Redfall, Xenoblade Chronicles 3 DLC)
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May 12, 2023 |
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PC Gaming Classics Episode 2: Blade Runner
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May 08, 2023 |
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Episode 126: How To Make A Video Game (with Jay Baylis)
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May 05, 2023 |
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Episode 125: The Shinji Mikami Hall of Fame (with Rich Stanton)
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Apr 28, 2023 |
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Episode 124: The Best Games of 2015
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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Episode 123: The Best Star Wars Games
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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PC Gaming Classics Episode 1: System Shock 2
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Apr 07, 2023 |
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Episode 122: What We've Been Playing (Diablo 4, PSVR2, Tchia)
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Mar 31, 2023 |
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Episode 121: Two Giant Men Play Resident Evil 4 Remake
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Mar 24, 2023 |
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Episode 120: From PC Zone to Writing Games (with Will Porter)
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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Episode 119: The Capcom Games Draft
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Mar 10, 2023 |
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Episode 118: Nintendo 3DS and Wii U Games Worth Grabbing Before The eShop Closes
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Mar 03, 2023 |
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Episode 117: The Wii U Hall of Fame (with Ashley Day)
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Feb 24, 2023 |
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Episode 116: The Last of Us Revisited – and our Verdict on the HBO Show
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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Episode 115: The Wii and DS Years of Official Nintendo Magazine
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Feb 10, 2023 |
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Episode 114: What We've Been Playing (GoldenEye, Hi-Fi Rush, Fire Emblem Engage)
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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Episode 113: The Best Games of 2014
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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Episode 112: Pre-Owned Games Court Returns
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Jan 20, 2023 |
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Episode 111: 23 Wild Gaming Predictions About 2023
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Jan 13, 2023 |
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Episode 110: New Year Mailbag
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Jan 06, 2023 |
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The Best Video Game Boss Battles
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Dec 30, 2022 |
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Episode 109: The Best Games of 2022
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Dec 23, 2022 |
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Episode 108: The RPG Companions Draft
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Dec 16, 2022 |
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Episode 107: Leaving Games Media (with Andy Kelly)
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Dec 09, 2022 |
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Episode 106: 2022 Gaming Predictions Revisited
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Dec 02, 2022 |
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Episode 105: Two Giant Men Play God of War Ragnarok
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Nov 25, 2022 |
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Episode 104: Cyberpunk 2077 Revisited
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Nov 18, 2022 |
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Episode 103: What We've Been Playing (November 2022)
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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Episode 102: God of War Games Ranked
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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Episode 101: Bayonetta 3 and the PlatinumGames Hall of Fame
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Oct 28, 2022 |
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Episode 100: Clip Show
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Oct 21, 2022 |
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Episode 99: Best Visual Novels (with Lucy Blundell)
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Oct 14, 2022 |
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Episode 98: From Game Informer to MinnMax (with Ben Hanson)
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Oct 07, 2022 |
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Episode 97: Games Court Returns – More Pre-Owned Purchases On Trial
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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Episode 96: GTA Clones on Trial (with Jeremy Peel)
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Sep 23, 2022 |
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Episode 95: The Lucasarts Adventure Games Hall of Fame (with Ashley Day)
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Sep 16, 2022 |
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Episode 94: Splatoon 3 + Nintendo's Newer Series Explained
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Sep 09, 2022 |
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Episode 93: What We've Been Playing (September 2022)
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Sep 02, 2022 |
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Episode 92: The 2000-2005 PC Gaming Draft
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Aug 26, 2022 |
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Episode 91: From Edge to Hit Points (with Nathan Brown)
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Aug 19, 2022 |
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Episode 90: The '90s Games Mag Quiz and Mailbag
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Aug 12, 2022 |
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Episode 89: Steam Deck Special
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Aug 05, 2022 |
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Episode 88: Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Verdict and a Series Retrospective
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Jul 29, 2022 |
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Episode 87: The Best Games of 2013
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Jul 22, 2022 |
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Episode 86: The Nintendo Switch Games Hall of Fame Vol. 1
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Jul 15, 2022 |
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Episode 85: What We've Been Playing (July 2022)
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Jul 08, 2022 |
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Episode 84: Games Court Returns!
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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Episode 83: Why Destiny is Good (with Phil Savage)
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Jun 24, 2022 |
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Episode 82: Top 10 Most Anticipated Games (with Jeremy Peel)
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Jun 17, 2022 |
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Episode 81: The '90s PC Games Draft
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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Episode 80: Top 5 Dreamcast games (with Andy Kelly)
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Jun 03, 2022 |
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Episode 79: What We've Been Playing (May 2022)
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May 27, 2022 |
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Episode 78: From OPSM2 to PC Gamer (with Tim Clark)
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May 20, 2022 |
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Episode 77: Best Star Wars Guilty Pleasure Games
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May 13, 2022 |
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Episode 76: From Edge to Media Molecule (with Jen Simpkins)
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May 06, 2022 |
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Episode 75: Oh No, Another Mailbag (And Matthew Finishes Horizon Forbidden West)
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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Episode 74: Max Payne 1-3 Revisited
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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Episode 73: The Indie Games Hall of Fame Vol. 2 (with Joe Skrebels)
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Apr 15, 2022 |
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Episode 72: The Best Games of 2012
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Apr 08, 2022 |
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Episode 71: The Best Kirby Games
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Apr 01, 2022 |
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Episode 70: Ghostwire: Tokyo, New Kirby, Tunic and More Games We've Been Playing
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Mar 25, 2022 |
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Episode 69: The PS Vita Draft
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Mar 18, 2022 |
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Episode 68: Bad eBay Games Court 2022
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Mar 11, 2022 |
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Episode 67: Two Giant Men Play Elden Ring
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Mar 04, 2022 |
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Episode 66: Uncharted Games (and the Mediocre Movie)
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Feb 25, 2022 |
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Episode 65: Xbox Through The Years (with Jon Hicks)
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Feb 18, 2022 |
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Episode 64: The Game Pass Competitor Draft
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Feb 11, 2022 |
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Episode 63: What We've Been Playing (February 2022)
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Feb 04, 2022 |
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Episode 62: Pokémon Games (with Jay Baylis)
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Jan 28, 2022 |
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Episode 61: 2022 Mailbag
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Jan 21, 2022 |
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Episode 60: The Nintendo Wii Draft
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Jan 14, 2022 |
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Episode 59: 22 Bold Gaming Predictions About 2022
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Jan 07, 2022 |
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Episode 58: The Best Games of 2021
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Dec 31, 2021 |
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Episode 57: LOTR Games Revisited As Fellowship Turns 20
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Dec 24, 2021 |
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Episode 56: 2021 Gaming Predictions Revisited
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Dec 17, 2021 |
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Episode 55: Games We've Been Playing In 2021 (From Previous Years)
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Dec 10, 2021 |
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Episode 54: The Best Halo Games
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Dec 03, 2021 |
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Episode 53: The Xbox vs GameCube Draft
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Nov 26, 2021 |
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Episode 52: The Best Games of 2011 (except Dark Souls)
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Nov 19, 2021 |
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Episode 51: Metal Gear Solid 2 Turns 20 (with Rich Stanton)
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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Episode 50: How Games Magazines Get Made
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Nov 05, 2021 |
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Episode 49: 15 Horror Games We Love (with Louise Blain)
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Oct 29, 2021 |
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Episode 48: Grand Theft Auto 3 Turns 20 (with Steve Burns)
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Oct 22, 2021 |
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Episode 47: What Would Batman Do? (with Tamoor Hussain)
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Oct 15, 2021 |
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Episode 46: Bad eBay Games Court – Listener Edition
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Oct 08, 2021 |
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Episode 45: From GBA Reviews to The New Yorker (with Simon Parkin)
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Oct 01, 2021 |
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Episode 44: The N64 Mini Draft
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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Episode 43: Deathloop and Immersive Sims (with Jeremy Peel)
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Sep 17, 2021 |
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Episode 42: The Best Games of 2010
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Sep 10, 2021 |
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Episode 41: Bad eBay Games Court – The Retrial
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Sep 03, 2021 |
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Episode 40: The Indie Games Hall of Fame Vol 1 (with Katharine Castle)
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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Episode 39: Games Magazine Rivalries (with Dan Dawkins)
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Aug 20, 2021 |
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Episode 38: The PS2 Mini Draft
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Aug 13, 2021 |
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Episode 37: Games We've Been Playing in 2021
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Aug 06, 2021 |
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Episode 36: The Best Ace Attorney Games
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Jul 30, 2021 |
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Episode 35: Steam Deck and Creating the Perfect Handheld
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Jul 23, 2021 |
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Episode 34: The Best Zelda Games
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Jul 16, 2021 |
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Episode 33: The Best Games of 2009
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Jul 09, 2021 |
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Episode 32: Games Previews...From Hell!
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Jul 02, 2021 |
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Episode 31: The Best Sonic Games (with Jay Baylis)
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Jun 25, 2021 |
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Episode 30: Let's Turn E3 2021 into a Games Magazine
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Jun 18, 2021 |
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Episode 29: Does E3 Still Matter? (with Keza MacDonald)
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Jun 11, 2021 |
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Episode 28: Mailbag Vol. 2
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Jun 04, 2021 |
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Episode 27: The Game Developer Draft
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May 28, 2021 |
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Episode 26: The Best Detective Games (with Andy Kelly)
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May 21, 2021 |
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Episode 25: The Mass Effect Trilogy and the Best Companions
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May 14, 2021 |
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Episode 24: Resident Evil Village and the best Resi games
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May 07, 2021 |
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Episode 23: The Best Games of 2008
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Apr 30, 2021 |
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Episode 22: Game Review Scores We Got Right
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Apr 22, 2021 |
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Episode 21: The Best Yakuza Games (with Phil Savage)
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Apr 16, 2021 |
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Episode 20: Games Magazine Covers...From Heaven!
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Apr 09, 2021 |
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Episode 19: PS3 and PS Vita Games Worth Saving From Oblivion
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Apr 02, 2021 |
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Episode 18: Mailbag
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Mar 26, 2021 |
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Episode 17: The Best Nintendo 3DS Games (with Joe Skrebels)
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Mar 19, 2021 |
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Episode 16: Game Developer Interviews...From Hell!
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Mar 12, 2021 |
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Episode 15: Bad eBay Games Court
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Mar 05, 2021 |
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Episode 14: The Best Games of 2007
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Feb 26, 2021 |
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Episode 13: The big Nintendo Switch games of 2021
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Feb 19, 2021 |
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Episode 12: Super Mario 3D World – the best 3D Mario game? (with Katharine Castle)
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Feb 12, 2021 |
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Episode 11: Best Games of the Console Generation - Part 2
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Feb 05, 2021 |
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Episode 10: Best Games of the Console Generation - Part 1
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Jan 29, 2021 |
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Episode 9: Hitman 3 and the 10 best Hitman levels
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Jan 22, 2021 |
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Episode 8: Games Magazine Covers...From Hell!
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Jan 15, 2021 |
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Episode 7: 21 wild gaming predictions about 2021
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Jan 08, 2021 |
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Episode 6: The Best Games of 2020
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Dec 31, 2020 |
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Episode 5: Cyberpunk 2077 and How To Review Big Games
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Dec 25, 2020 |
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Episode 4: The Best Games of 2006
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Dec 18, 2020 |
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Episode 3: James Bond games, from GoldenEye to IO Interactive
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Dec 11, 2020 |
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Episode 2: Game Review Scores We Got Wrong
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Dec 04, 2020 |
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Episode 1: PS5 vs Xbox Series X
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Nov 27, 2020 |