Tales from the Backlog
A video games podcast where Dave Jackson and guests break down and discuss the games they play. Each episode looks at one game in depth, focusing on mechanics, story, music and other aspects, with no spoilers until a clearly marked spoiler wall in the middle.
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Episodes (564)
"Uncommon" Real-World Settings in Video Games (with Ozzy Garcia & Randall Quiggl...
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96: Final Fantasy XVI (with Rick Firestone & Eric Gess)
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95: F-Zero X (with Dave Pietrangelo - Remember 64)
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94: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (with Mick Arcade)
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2nd Birthday Mailbag!
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93: Signalis (with Chris Coplien & Shane Selterre - Retro Hangover)
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92: Dead Space (2023) (with Chris aka Vertigo2Hell)
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91: Iron Lung (with Gary Butterfield & Kaye Ross)
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90: Resident Evil (2002) (with Adelaide Lohkamp)
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Getting Into Horror Games (with Adam Bucceri - Half Tone Takes, Gerry - Super Gh...
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89: Kid Icarus: Uprising (with TripleSMoon)
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88: Wario World (with Thrak - The 3DO Experience)
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87: The Secret of Monkey Island (with Doug Lief - Nostalgium Arcanum)
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86: The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings (with Andrew & Dylan - Your Friendly Neigh...
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85: The Three Versions of Metroid 2 (with Case Aiken, Matt Storm & Geoff Moonen)
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Discovering Games Via Super Smash Bros. (with Kolby, Mikey Tabletop & Jim Rodema...
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84: Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (with Jacob McCourt)
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83: Redfall (with Nick & Will - Friday Night Gamecast)
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82: Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn & Throne of Bhaal (with Bryan Skursha - Pixe...
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What Makes a Good Remake? (with Dylan & Dave - Offshore Gamecast)
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81: Final Fantasy VI (with Aaron Angle - A Top 3 Podcast)
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80: Ico (with Josh Covel - Still Loading)
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79: Baldur's Gate (with Phil Morgan - Deleted Saves)
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78: The Last of Us Part II (with Flora Merigold - Epilogue Gaming, Left Behind G...
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77: Hi-Fi RUSH (with Kevin Ainsworth - Save the Game Media)
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76: Resident Evil 4 Remake (with Jala Prendes - Jala-chan's Place, The Level and...
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Introducing...Tales from the WAY Backlog! + Super Mario World
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75: Dredge (with Jill Grodt - The Indie Informer)
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74: Like a Dragon: Ishin! (with Nave - Gaming Together)
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Why We Love the Yakuza/Like a Dragon Series (with Matt aka Stormageddon)- Produc...
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Do Video Games Need to Be Fun? (with Brad Gallaway - So...Videogames!, and Ryan...
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73: Pentiment (with TroytlePower - The Power Play-Throughs Podcast)
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72: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (with Cameron Warren and Jacob Price...
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71: Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin (with Eric Gess - The Unlockables...
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70: Red Dead Redemption 2 (with Alex & Luke - Low Five Gaming)
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69: Catherine: Full Body (with Rick Firestone - Pixel Project Radio & Ryan Jueng...
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68: Silicon Dreams | cyberpunk interrogation (with Scott Danielson)
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67: Chained Echoes (with Aaron Angle - A Top 3 Podcast)
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66: Nier: Replicant (with Brian Edwards- Character Issues, Cane and Rinse)
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Emergent Gameplay Roundtable (with Nave - Gaming Together, Alex - Please Don't C...
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65: Eastward (with Chris Dominguez - A Novel Console)
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64: God of War: Ragnarök (with Ryan Juengling- List Off!)
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63: Tunic (with Ryan Batie - Lightning Strikes Thrice)
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62: Spiritfarer (with Charlie & Lauren Young)
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61: Metal Gear Solid (with Mick Arcade)
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60: Bayonetta 3 (with Matt aka Stormageddon - "Fun" and Games, Reignite, and mor...
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Top 3 Childhood Gaming Traditions (V.I.P. Producer's Choice with Jake aka Zulgee...
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Long Games & Burnout (with Jared Moss - Play Along Podcast, Bill Barber - Gaming...
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59: Final Fantasy IX (with Rick Firestone - Pixel Project Radio and Alejandro Or...
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58: Shovel Knight (with Mikey Tabletop - Big Drink Energy)
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