web02.fireside.fm Wed, 08 Apr 2026 19:33:20 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Tales from the Backlog - Episodes Tagged with “Backlog Resolutions” https://talesfromthebacklog.fireside.fm/tags/backlog%20resolutions Wed, 07 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500 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. en-us episodic A video games podcast where Dave Jackson and guests take a game out of the backlog, play it and discuss their experiences in depth, with no spoilers until they warn you. Dave Jackson 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. yes video games, games, video games podcast, games podcast, tales from the backlog, tales from the backlog podcast Dave Jackson talesfromthebacklogpod@gmail.com Backlog Resolutions 2026 https://talesfromthebacklog.fireside.fm/resolutions2026 34218acb-14e2-4a24-bacb-92ca96709039 Wed, 07 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500 Dave Jackson full Dave Jackson Dave is joined by backlog resolutioners CtrlAltNoob, Athunderheart and Soccr to discuss their experiences doing the Backlog Resolutions challenge in 2025, and talk about the new resolutions for 2026. 2:19:51 yes Support my work on Patreon- https://patreon.com/realdavejackson Join the Tales from the Backlog Discord server and make your own resolutions!- https://discord.gg/kAqSBb6jH2 Socials and more- https://linktr.ee/talesfromthebacklog For the past few years, we've been making "backlog resolutions" each year- choosing a list of games from our libraries that we keep telling ourselves "I'm gonna play that someday" and....playing them! What a concept! Well, we're playing most of them. In what's becoming a yearly tradition, I'm joined by some friends to discuss our experience throughout the year. Guest info: * CtrlAltNoob (she/her)- find her work at https://ctrlaltnoob.com/ and follow on BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/ctrlaltnoob.bsky.social * Taylor/Athunderheart (she/they)- Follow on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/athunderheart/ and BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/athunderheart.bsky.social * Soccr (any/all)- Follow on BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/soccr.bsky.social TIMESTAMPS * 0:00 Title Card * 0:11 Introductions * 4:45 Stats from 2025's Resolutions * 7:11 General Thoughts and Experiences * 21:31 Resolutions Success Stories * 53:33 Patron Thank-Yous * 55:37 Why Didn't We Play Them All? * 1:25:57 Lessons & Strategies for 2026 * 1:40:59 Sneak Peek at Our 2026 Lists * 1:59:40 Closing Thoughts * 2:10:37 Guest Plugs Music used in the episode: * Bless My Stars (Akitaka Tohyama - Beautiful Katamari OST) * a forty-six story motel (RJ Lake - El Paso, Elsewhere OST) * Mortol (Gameplay) (Eirik Suhrke - UFO 50 OST) * Bionic Bay (Francisco Javier Pérez - Bionic Bay OST) Check out Dave talking about NieR: Automata on Pixel Project Radio https://linktr.ee/pixelprojectradio Check out the King of Games 1999 FINALE on Retro Hangover https://linktr.ee/retrohangover Social Media: BlueSky- https://bsky.app/profile/tftblpod.bsky.social Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/talesfromthebacklog/ Cover art by Jack Allen- find him at https://linktr.ee/JackAllenCaricatures games, video games, games podcast, video games podcast, video game critique, video game analysis, beat your backlog, gaming backlog, backlog podcast, backlog list, gaming backlog challenge, backlog challenge Support my work on Patreon- https://patreon.com/realdavejackson
Join the Tales from the Backlog Discord server and make your own resolutions!- https://discord.gg/kAqSBb6jH2
Socials and more- https://linktr.ee/talesfromthebacklog

For the past few years, we've been making "backlog resolutions" each year- choosing a list of games from our libraries that we keep telling ourselves "I'm gonna play that someday" and....playing them! What a concept! Well, we're playing most of them. In what's becoming a yearly tradition, I'm joined by some friends to discuss our experience throughout the year.

Guest info:

TIMESTAMPS

  • 0:00 Title Card
  • 0:11 Introductions
  • 4:45 Stats from 2025's Resolutions
  • 7:11 General Thoughts and Experiences
  • 21:31 Resolutions Success Stories
  • 53:33 Patron Thank-Yous
  • 55:37 Why Didn't We Play Them All?
  • 1:25:57 Lessons & Strategies for 2026
  • 1:40:59 Sneak Peek at Our 2026 Lists
  • 1:59:40 Closing Thoughts
  • 2:10:37 Guest Plugs

Music used in the episode:

  • Bless My Stars (Akitaka Tohyama - Beautiful Katamari OST)
  • a forty-six story motel (RJ Lake - El Paso, Elsewhere OST)
  • Mortol (Gameplay) (Eirik Suhrke - UFO 50 OST)
  • Bionic Bay (Francisco Javier Pérez - Bionic Bay OST)

Check out Dave talking about NieR: Automata on Pixel Project Radio https://linktr.ee/pixelprojectradio
Check out the King of Games 1999 FINALE on Retro Hangover https://linktr.ee/retrohangover

Social Media:
BlueSky- https://bsky.app/profile/tftblpod.bsky.social
Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/talesfromthebacklog/

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

Support Tales from the Backlog

]]> Support my work on Patreon- https://patreon.com/realdavejackson
Join the Tales from the Backlog Discord server and make your own resolutions!- https://discord.gg/kAqSBb6jH2
Socials and more- https://linktr.ee/talesfromthebacklog

For the past few years, we've been making "backlog resolutions" each year- choosing a list of games from our libraries that we keep telling ourselves "I'm gonna play that someday" and....playing them! What a concept! Well, we're playing most of them. In what's becoming a yearly tradition, I'm joined by some friends to discuss our experience throughout the year.

Guest info:

TIMESTAMPS

  • 0:00 Title Card
  • 0:11 Introductions
  • 4:45 Stats from 2025's Resolutions
  • 7:11 General Thoughts and Experiences
  • 21:31 Resolutions Success Stories
  • 53:33 Patron Thank-Yous
  • 55:37 Why Didn't We Play Them All?
  • 1:25:57 Lessons & Strategies for 2026
  • 1:40:59 Sneak Peek at Our 2026 Lists
  • 1:59:40 Closing Thoughts
  • 2:10:37 Guest Plugs

Music used in the episode:

  • Bless My Stars (Akitaka Tohyama - Beautiful Katamari OST)
  • a forty-six story motel (RJ Lake - El Paso, Elsewhere OST)
  • Mortol (Gameplay) (Eirik Suhrke - UFO 50 OST)
  • Bionic Bay (Francisco Javier Pérez - Bionic Bay OST)

Check out Dave talking about NieR: Automata on Pixel Project Radio https://linktr.ee/pixelprojectradio
Check out the King of Games 1999 FINALE on Retro Hangover https://linktr.ee/retrohangover

Social Media:
BlueSky- https://bsky.app/profile/tftblpod.bsky.social
Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/talesfromthebacklog/

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

Support Tales from the Backlog

]]> Backlog Resolutions 2025 https://talesfromthebacklog.fireside.fm/resolutions2025 0a01fef5-ebc3-4474-bb30-716ca0522a01 Wed, 08 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0500 Dave Jackson full 1 Dave Jackson Dave is joined by Matt aka Stormageddon ("Fun" and Games, Reignite), Jared Moss (Play Along Podcast) and Soccr to discuss the backlog resolutions challenge from 2024 and look ahead to 2025. 1:51:04 yes In 2024, we began a new community event in the Tales from the Backlog Discord server- the Backlog Resolutions Challenge. A big group of us picked a list of games that had been collecting dust in our libraries and resolved to play them! This episode is all about how that challenge went- what worked, what didn't work, why most of us didn't complete our lists, and any adjustments we are making going into the 2025 challenge. If you'd like to join us, hop in the Discord server (https://discord.gg/nmb3VCydkr), make your list and start playing! Guest info: * Matt aka Stormageddon, host of "Fun" and Games and Reignite podcasts. Find everything they do at https://djstormageddon.com/ * Jared Moss, host of Play Along Podcast (https://linktr.ee/PlayAlongPodcast) * Soccr TIMESTAMPS * Intros/General Thoughts 0:13 * Challenges 33:47 * Break/Patron Thank Yous 53:43 * Lessons Learned/Plans for the 2025 Challenge 55:03 Music used in the episode: * "Tinykin" (Tinykin)- Alexis Laugier * "BRIDGES" (Death Stranding)- Ludvig Forssell * "Catchy" (Picross 3D)- Yasumasa Yamada, Jun Ishikawa, Hirokazu Ando * "No.EX 01" (Xenoblade Chronicles X)- Hiroyuki Sawano Support Tales from the Backlog on Patreon! (https://patreon.com/realdavejackson) or buy me a coffee on Ko-fi (https://ko-fi.com/realdavejackson)! Join the Tales from the Backlog Discord server! (https://discord.gg/bptGyEWbk7) Social Media: Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/talesfromthebacklog/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/tftblpod) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/TalesfromtheBacklog/) Cover art by Jack Allen- find him at https://www.instagram.com/jackallencaricatures/ and his other pages (https://linktr.ee/JackAllenCaricatures) Listen to A Top 3 Podcast on Apple (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-top-3-podcast/id1555269504), Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/2euGp3pWi7Hy1c6fmY526O?si=0ebcb770618c460c) and other podcast platforms (atop3podcast.fireside.fm)! games, video games, games podcast, video games podcast, video game critique, video game analysis, backlog resolutions, backlog games, gaming backlogs, beat your backlog, backlog challenge In 2024, we began a new community event in the Tales from the Backlog Discord server- the Backlog Resolutions Challenge. A big group of us picked a list of games that had been collecting dust in our libraries and resolved to play them! This episode is all about how that challenge went- what worked, what didn't work, why most of us didn't complete our lists, and any adjustments we are making going into the 2025 challenge. If you'd like to join us, hop in the Discord server, make your list and start playing!

Guest info:

TIMESTAMPS

  • Intros/General Thoughts 0:13
  • Challenges 33:47
  • Break/Patron Thank Yous 53:43
  • Lessons Learned/Plans for the 2025 Challenge 55:03

Music used in the episode:

  • "Tinykin" (Tinykin)- Alexis Laugier
  • "BRIDGES" (Death Stranding)- Ludvig Forssell
  • "Catchy" (Picross 3D)- Yasumasa Yamada, Jun Ishikawa, Hirokazu Ando
  • "No.EX 01" (Xenoblade Chronicles X)- Hiroyuki Sawano

Support Tales from the Backlog on Patreon! or buy me a coffee on Ko-fi!
Join the Tales from the Backlog Discord server!
Social Media:
Instagram
Twitter
Facebook
Cover art by Jack Allen- find him at https://www.instagram.com/jackallencaricatures/ and his other pages

Listen to A Top 3 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and [other podcast platforms](atop3podcast.fireside.fm)!

Support Tales from the Backlog

]]> In 2024, we began a new community event in the Tales from the Backlog Discord server- the Backlog Resolutions Challenge. A big group of us picked a list of games that had been collecting dust in our libraries and resolved to play them! This episode is all about how that challenge went- what worked, what didn't work, why most of us didn't complete our lists, and any adjustments we are making going into the 2025 challenge. If you'd like to join us, hop in the Discord server, make your list and start playing!

Guest info:

TIMESTAMPS

  • Intros/General Thoughts 0:13
  • Challenges 33:47
  • Break/Patron Thank Yous 53:43
  • Lessons Learned/Plans for the 2025 Challenge 55:03

Music used in the episode:

  • "Tinykin" (Tinykin)- Alexis Laugier
  • "BRIDGES" (Death Stranding)- Ludvig Forssell
  • "Catchy" (Picross 3D)- Yasumasa Yamada, Jun Ishikawa, Hirokazu Ando
  • "No.EX 01" (Xenoblade Chronicles X)- Hiroyuki Sawano

Support Tales from the Backlog on Patreon! or buy me a coffee on Ko-fi!
Join the Tales from the Backlog Discord server!
Social Media:
Instagram
Twitter
Facebook
Cover art by Jack Allen- find him at https://www.instagram.com/jackallencaricatures/ and his other pages

Listen to A Top 3 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and [other podcast platforms](atop3podcast.fireside.fm)!

Support Tales from the Backlog

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