Show Notes
The podcast eats itself! The Back Page finally dedicates a whole episode to its namesake. How do back page jokes go wrong? And what about the less frequent times when they go well? Returning guest Phil Savage, Global Editor-in-Chief of PC Gamer, helps us examine the creation of these gags. There's also a 20-minute bit on ARC Raiders near the start if that's your sort of thing.
This week's music is from the Yakuza 0 soundtrack by Hidenori Shoji. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
More from The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast
No, not the episode 300 you were promised. For a (hopefully) obvious reason. Instead we fire up The Back Page time machine once again, setting the dial for 1998. Many call it gaming's greatest ever year. Ocarina! MGS! Half-Life! Gran Turismo! StarCraft! There's no arguing with that lot. Or is there? Find out as two contrarian chrononauts break down the main events of the year, recap the highs and lows of E3 and reveal their top ten lists.
Matthew flew to Germany and played The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake, which is rather a nice surprise.
We're off this week, but here's our MGS2 episode from August. Support us at patreon.com/backpagepod if you enjoy what we make! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Probably the least relevant and most tangent-heavy mailbag episode to date, and that's saying something.
Our third and final attempt to tackle the big games of September reaches Sony's biggest release of the year and the latest Silent Hill entry.