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Episode 20: Games Magazine Covers...From Heaven!
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This week, we discuss 10 of our best games magazine covers, and explore the stories of how they each got made. Hear about how issues of PC Gamer, Official Xbox Magazine and Official Nintendo Magazine came together.
See the covers discussed in this episode for yourself here: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/backpagegames/back-page-covers-from-heaven/
This week's music is from the Nights: Journey of Dreams soundtrack by Tomoko Sasaki and Naofumi Hataya, and the Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain soundtrack by Akihiro Honda, Ludvig Forsell and Stefanie Joosten.
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