Displaying Episode 1 - 10 of 177 in total of Tales from the Backlog with the tag “game review”.
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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.
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170: Lunacid (with Dave Cox)
Episode | June 18th, 2025 | Season 1 | 2 hrs 36 mins
game review, indie games, rpg, soulslike
Dave is joined by Dave Cox (Monster Dear Monster) to discuss Kira LLC's 2023 first-person RPG, Lunacid.
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169: South of Midnight (with Kate Sánchez)
Episode | June 11th, 2025 | Season 1 | 2 hrs 26 mins
compulsion games, game review, xbox
Dave is joined by Kate Sánchez (But Why Tho?) to discuss Compulsion Games' 2025 southern gothic fantasy adventure, South of Midnight.
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168: Persona 4 Golden (with Flora Merigold)
Episode | June 4th, 2025 | Season 1 | 3 hrs 17 mins
atlus, game review, jrpg, persona
Dave is joined by Flora Merigold (Epilogue Gaming, Left Behind Game Club) to discuss Atlus's 2012 RPG, Persona 4 Golden.
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167: Lorelei and the Laser Eyes (with Jesse Guarascia)
Episode | May 28th, 2025 | Season 1 | 2 hrs 19 mins
annapurna interactive, game review, indie games, puzzle games, simogo
Dave is joined by Jesse Guarascia (Noclip and more!) to discuss Simogo and Annapurna Interactive's 2024 puzzle box adventure game, Lorelei and the Laser Eyes.
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166: Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown (with Derek Van Dyke)
Episode | May 21st, 2025 | Season 1 | 1 hr 50 mins
ace combat, bandai namco, game review
Dave is joined by Derek Van Dyke to discuss Bandai Namco's 2019 air combat game, Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown.
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165: SUPERHOT (with Emily Merritt - No Small Games)
Episode | May 14th, 2025 | Season 1 | 1 hr 35 mins
fps, game review, indie games
Dave is joined by Emily Merritt (No Small Games) to discuss SUPERHOT Team's 2016 first-person shooter/puzzle game, SUPERHOT.