Displaying Episode 1 - 10 of 183 in total of Tales from the Backlog with the tag “game review”.
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180: Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden (with Erik - Pages of Play)
Episode | August 27th, 2025 | Season 1 | 2 hrs 50 mins
don't nod, game review, rpg
Dave is joined by Erik (Pages of Play) to discuss Don't Nod's 2024 action RPG, Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden.
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179: Blue Prince (with Jenny Windom)
Episode | August 20th, 2025 | Season 1 | 2 hrs 41 mins
dogubomb, game review, indie games, puzzle games
Dave is joined by Jenny Windom (Geeks & Grounds) to discuss Dogubomb's 2025 puzzlebox roguelike, Blue Prince.
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178: Psychonauts (with Try - My Life in Gaming)
Episode | August 13th, 2025 | Season 1 | 2 hrs 40 mins
doublefine productions, game review, platformers, psychonauts
Dave is joined by Try (My Life in Gaming) to discuss DoubleFine Productions' 2005 platformer, Psychonauts.
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177: Split Fiction (with Aaron Angle)
Episode | August 6th, 2025 | Season 1 | 1 hr 56 mins
game review, hazelight studios, multiplayer games
Dave is joined by Aaron Angle (A Top 3 Podcast) to discuss Hazelight Studios' 2025 co-op action-adventure, Split Fiction.
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176: Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride (with Chris Coplien - Retro Hangover)
Episode | July 30th, 2025 | Season 1 | 2 hrs 41 mins
chunsoft, dragon quest, game review, jrpg, nintendo ds, snes, square enix
Dave is joined by Chris Coplien (Retro Hangover) to discuss Chunsoft and Enix's 1992 RPG, Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride.
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175: Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii (with Brian Edwards)
Episode | July 23rd, 2025 | Season 1 | 2 hrs 37 mins
game review, rpg, yakuza
Dave is joined by Brian Edwards (Character Issues, Cane and Rinse) to discuss Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio's 2025 Like a Dragon side story, Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii.
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174: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (with Michael Higham)
Episode | July 16th, 2025 | Season 1 | 3 hrs 7 mins
game review, jrpg, kepler interactive, sandfall interactive
Dave is joined by Michael Higham to discuss Sandfall Interactive's 2025 debut RPG, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.
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173: Max Payne (with Nomad - The Retro Wildlands)
Episode | July 9th, 2025 | Season 1 | 1 hr 44 mins
game review, max payne, remedy, retro games
Dave is joined by Nomad (The Retro Wildlands) to discuss Remedy Entertainment's 2001 third-person shooter, Max Payne.
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172: Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (with Dan - The Greatest Story Ever Played)
Episode | July 2nd, 2025 | Season 1 | 1 hr 56 mins
fps, game review, machinegames
Dave is joined by Dan (The Greatest Story Ever Played) to discuss MachineGames and Bethesda's 2024 action/adventure game, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.
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171: El Paso, Elsewhere (with Jacob McCourt & Luke Lewis)
Episode | June 25th, 2025 | Season 1 | 1 hr 55 mins
action games, game review, indie games
Dave is joined by Jacob McCourt and Luke Lewis (Crossplay Conversations and more!) to discuss Strange Scaffold's 2023 bullet time third-person shooter, El Paso, Elsewhere.