John Learned
The Big Playback
The Big Playback is a show that explores the kinship between video games and pop music.
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Episodes
Episode 2: Dragon Age: Inquisition 03.06.2026 1:30:20
In this episode, we talk about how good the post game stinger can be in a video game, and get together with Kenneth Spepard of Kotaku and Normandy.fm to 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? I'm glad you asked. Wait, so just what is this nerdy game?...
Episode 1: Batman: The Video Game 03.06.2026 1:16:22
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 Moonrock Need to bone up on Batman? Here's a link to a longplay ..
Episode 3: Legend of Zelda 03.06.2026 56:59
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 Nadia Oxford of Axe of the Blood God and Retronauts helps 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). He...
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