Tales from the Backlog Fifth Birthday Mailbag! (with Matt aka Stormageddon)

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Five whole years of Tales from the Backlog! Here's a mailbag episode to celebrate, and I really appreciate everyone who wrote in questions on Discord and Patreon!

Guest info: Matt aka Stormageddon (they/them)

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TIMESTAMPS

• 0:00 Podcast Start
• 0:21 Introductions
• 2:51 Recapping Five Years
• 9:53 Balancing Playing for "Work" vs "Fun"
• 13:17 Dropping Games I Don't Enjoy?
• 19:01 Organizing and Juggling Podcast Work
• 24:40 Working Through Self-Doubt
• 28:50 Has My Relationship With Gaming Changed?
• 31:48 Games I Want on the Show But "Can't"
• 34:00 Most Memorable Games on the Show
• 36:20 Episodes I'd Approach Differently
• 38:00 Pleasant or Unpleasant Surprises
• 40:58 How Do I Pick Guests?
• 43:42 I'm Not Sick of This or Burnt Out Yet?
• 46:20 Things I've Learned
• 49:16 Books that Influenced Our Approach
• 53:14 Keeping Track of Progress in Multiple Games
• 54:41 What Have I Learned from Guests?
• 56:50 Have I Gained an Appreciation for a Genre?
• 1:00:45 What Year Have I Covered Most?
• 1:02:46 Games I Love That Wouldn't Make Good Episodes?
• 1:05:29 Advice for Our Past Podcasting Selves
• 1:09:40 Patron Thank-You Break
• 1:11:31 Keaton's Alien Zoo Question
• 1:15:06 Reigniting Passion for Gaming
• 1:21:12 Easiest or Hardest Difficulty Curse
• 1:23:11 Backlog Games We'll Never Play
• 1:25:50 Non-Gaming Lightning Round
• 1:52:12 Matt's Work on "Fun" and Games & Reignite

Music used in the episode:

• Dance Party! (Bayonetta 3 OST- Masahiro Aoki)
• The Hideout (808 Mix) (Hi-Fi RUSH OST- Shuichi Kobori)
• Goal (Astro Bot OST - Kenneth C. M. Young)

Cover art by Jack Allen- find him at https://linktr.ee/JackAllenCaricatures