Displaying 7 items of Tales from the Backlog with the tag "discussion".
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Do Video Games "Hold Up"? (with Retro Spectives)
Episode | September 16th, 2026 | 2 hrs 3 mins
discussion, games criticism, retro games
Dave is joined by Patrick Arthur and James Tuerlings of Retro Spectives podcast to discuss some of the language we use when we talk about older games, specifcally whether they "age" and "hold up".
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Video Game Music Appreciation 101 (with Rick Firestone & Charlie Young)
Episode | July 15th, 2026 | 2 hrs 16 mins
Dark Souls, Final Fantasy, clair obscur expedition 33, discussion, library of ruina, music, pokemon
Dave is joined by Rick Firestone (Pixel Project Radio) and Charlie Young for a lesson in how to better listen to and talk about video game music.
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Is It Harder for Video Games to Be Funny? (with Doug Lief & Gen Moonen)
Episode | April 15th, 2026 | 1 hr 57 mins
comedy, discussion
Dave is joined by Doug Lief (Nostalgium Arcanum, Playing By Ear) and Gen Moonen ("Fun" and Games) to discuss comedy in video games, and if it's actually harder to for games to be funny.
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Backlog Resolutions 2026
Episode | January 7th, 2026 | 2 hrs 19 mins
backlog resolutions, discussion
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.
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Backlog Resolutions 2025
Episode | January 8th, 2025 | Season 1 | 1 hr 51 mins
backlog resolutions, discussion
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.
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...On Backlogs (with Matt aka Stormageddon & Marcus Stewart)
Episode | November 6th, 2024 | Season 1 | 2 hrs 10 mins
break from the backlog, discussion
Dave is joined by Matt aka Stormageddon ("Fun" and Games, Reignite) and Marcus Stewart (Game Informer, The Indie Informer) to discuss backlogs and the ever-expanding number of games that are worthy of our time.
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CRPG History & The Breakout Success of Baldur's Gate 3 (with Felipe Pepe - The CPRG Book)
Episode | April 17th, 2024 | Season 1 | 2 hrs 5 mins
baldur's gate, break from the backlog, crpgs, discussion
Dave is joined by Felipe Pepe (editor and contributing writer for The CRPG Book) to discuss CRPG history and why Baldur's Gate 3 broke out of the relatively small niche that games of the genre generally occupy.