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The Big Playback is a show that explores the kinship between video games and pop music.
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3 JUN 2026 · In this episode, we go heavy into the both the origin of this show and how spooky that title screen music was to my very young ears. Old pal and special guest https://bsky.app/profile/nadiaoxford.bsky.social of https://www.patreon.com/c/bloodgodpod/posts and https://www.patreon.com/c/retronauts/home?vanity=retronautshelps me get into the weeds of how to enjoy this particularly obtuse game now 40 years removed, and our time writing for just about everywhere on the internet that would pay us (or not).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g2vk8Gudqs in case you don't want to slam your head against the wall this afternoon (but cool if you do).
3 JUN 2026 · In this innaugural episode of the show, we discuss 1989's Batman for the NES as the ultimate side one/ track one. For better or worse, some games just hit their peak right in the beginning.
My special guest for this episode is writer, podcaster and Creative Director over at https://www.moonrock.biz/
Need to bone up on Batman? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ8i5WC70F8..
3 JUN 2026 · In this episode, we talk about how good the post game stinger can be in a video game, and get together with https://bsky.app/profile/shepardcdr.bsky.social of https://kotaku.com/and https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:i2qoxuwy27niq3f3dmcgnh7nto talk about elves, wizards, and why the hell they picked this Florence + The Machine song and not any of the other ones for these end credits.
Just what is this stinger for this nerdy game?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghLM6dBwK7s
Wait, so just what is this nerdy game? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rphi6f03h5w
The Big Playback is a show that explores the kinship between video games and pop music.
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| Author | John Learned |
| Organization | John Learned |
| Categories | Games |
| Website | - |
| john.learned@gmail.com |
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