The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast · November 13, 2026 · 2 hr 47 min
The '90s PC Gaming Mega Draft (with Jeremy Peel and Wes Fenlon)
Returning guests Jeremy Peel and Wes Fenlon join us to revisit '90s PC gaming in a 38-pick draft extravaganza. Vote for the winner in our Discord announcements channel. Who picked what? Keep scrolling. These are the categories: FPS 90+ from PC Gamer (either UK or US) Strategy 4X, sim or god game Online multiplayer game RPG Expansion/add-on Personal pick Free pick This week's music is from Age of Empires 2: Age of Kings, Rollercoaster Tycoon, Sid Meier's Civilization 2, System Shock 2 and Space Cadet Pinball. Subscribe to Wes's Read Only Memo newsletter here . Here's Jeremy on BlueSky , and here's Wes on BlueSky . Here are the picks. Spoilers follow: FPS Samuel: Dark Forces Matthew: Blood Wes: Quake Jeremy: Thief (stolen from Samuel) 90+ from PC Gamer (either UK or US) Samuel: Civilization 2 Matthew: Grim Fandango Wes: System Shock 2 Jeremy: Full Throttle RTS Samuel: Command & Conquer: Red Alert Matthew: Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines Wes: Homeworld Jeremy: Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun 4X, sim or god game Samuel: Theme Hospital Matthew: Theme Park Wes: TIE Fighter (stolen from Samuel) Jeremy: SimCity 3000 Online multiplayer game Samuel: Alien Vs Predator Matthew: Quake 3 Arena Wes: Unreal Tournament Jeremy: Worms Armageddon RPG Samuel: Baldur's Gate (stolen from Jeremy) Matthew: Planescape Torment Wes: Ultima 7 Jeremy: Fallout Expansion/add-on Samuel: Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith Matthew: Baldur’s Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast Wes: StarCraft: Brood War Jeremy: Half Life Opposing Force Personal pick Samuel: Grand Theft Auto Matthew: Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine Wes: Space Cadet Pinball Jeremy: Driver Free pick Samuel: Half Life Matthew: Blade Runner Wes: Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis Jeremy: Age of Empires Kill tokens: Matthew did not use either his kill or steal tokens Wes did not use his kill token Samuel killed Rollercoaster Tycoon (picked by Jeremy) Jeremy killed Age of Empires 2: Age of Kings (picked by Samuel) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.