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  <title>2021 In Review</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Dave discusses his year in gaming, including the top games he played for the first time in 2021, each game he played that was actually released in 2021, and eventually naming his top 3 games from 2021 in the process. </itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Dave discusses his year in gaming, including the top games he played for the first time in 2021, each game he played that was actually released in 2021, and eventually naming his top 3 games from 2021 in the process.   Thank you all for listening as the show has gotten off the ground, and I look forward to continuing to grow and improve in 2022. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;[Support Tales from the Backlog on Patreon!](patreon.com/realdavejackson) or &lt;a href="https://ko-fi.com/realdavejackson" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;buy me a coffee on Ko-fi&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://discord.gg/V3ZHz3vYQR" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Join the Tales from the Backlog Discord server!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Social Media:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/talesfromthebacklog/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Instagram&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/tftblpod" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/TalesfromtheBacklog/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Cover art&lt;/strong&gt; by Jack Allen- find him at &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/jackallencaricatures/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://www.instagram.com/jackallencaricatures/&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://linktr.ee/JackAllenCaricatures" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;his other pages&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Listen to &lt;strong&gt;A Top 3 Podcast&lt;/strong&gt; on &lt;a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-top-3-podcast/id1555269504" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Apple&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/2euGp3pWi7Hy1c6fmY526O?si=0ebcb770618c460c" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Spotify&lt;/a&gt; and [other podcast platforms](atop3podcast.fireside.fm)!  &lt;/p&gt;
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    <![CDATA[<p>Dave discusses his year in gaming, including the top games he played for the first time in 2021, each game he played that was actually released in 2021, and eventually naming his top 3 games from 2021 in the process.   Thank you all for listening as the show has gotten off the ground, and I look forward to continuing to grow and improve in 2022. </p>

<p>[Support Tales from the Backlog on Patreon!](patreon.com/realdavejackson) or <a href="https://ko-fi.com/realdavejackson" rel="nofollow">buy me a coffee on Ko-fi</a>!<br>
<a href="https://discord.gg/V3ZHz3vYQR" rel="nofollow">Join the Tales from the Backlog Discord server!</a><br>
<strong>Social Media:</strong><br>
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/talesfromthebacklog/" rel="nofollow">Instagram</a><br>
<a href="https://twitter.com/tftblpod" rel="nofollow">Twitter</a><br>
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/TalesfromtheBacklog/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a><br>
<strong>Cover art</strong> by Jack Allen- find him at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jackallencaricatures/" rel="nofollow">https://www.instagram.com/jackallencaricatures/</a> and <a href="https://linktr.ee/JackAllenCaricatures" rel="nofollow">his other pages</a></p>

<p>Listen to <strong>A Top 3 Podcast</strong> on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-top-3-podcast/id1555269504" rel="nofollow">Apple</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/2euGp3pWi7Hy1c6fmY526O?si=0ebcb770618c460c" rel="nofollow">Spotify</a> and [other podcast platforms](atop3podcast.fireside.fm)! </p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/realdavejackson">Support Tales from the Backlog</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Dave discusses his year in gaming, including the top games he played for the first time in 2021, each game he played that was actually released in 2021, and eventually naming his top 3 games from 2021 in the process.   Thank you all for listening as the show has gotten off the ground, and I look forward to continuing to grow and improve in 2022. </p>

<p>[Support Tales from the Backlog on Patreon!](patreon.com/realdavejackson) or <a href="https://ko-fi.com/realdavejackson" rel="nofollow">buy me a coffee on Ko-fi</a>!<br>
<a href="https://discord.gg/V3ZHz3vYQR" rel="nofollow">Join the Tales from the Backlog Discord server!</a><br>
<strong>Social Media:</strong><br>
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/talesfromthebacklog/" rel="nofollow">Instagram</a><br>
<a href="https://twitter.com/tftblpod" rel="nofollow">Twitter</a><br>
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/TalesfromtheBacklog/" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a><br>
<strong>Cover art</strong> by Jack Allen- find him at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jackallencaricatures/" rel="nofollow">https://www.instagram.com/jackallencaricatures/</a> and <a href="https://linktr.ee/JackAllenCaricatures" rel="nofollow">his other pages</a></p>

<p>Listen to <strong>A Top 3 Podcast</strong> on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-top-3-podcast/id1555269504" rel="nofollow">Apple</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/2euGp3pWi7Hy1c6fmY526O?si=0ebcb770618c460c" rel="nofollow">Spotify</a> and [other podcast platforms](atop3podcast.fireside.fm)! </p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/realdavejackson">Support Tales from the Backlog</a></p>]]>
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