Displaying items 1-10 of 75 in total of Tales from the Backlog with the tag "indie games".
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PAX East 2026 Wrap-Up
Episode | April 5th, 2026 | 19 mins 5 secs
indie games, pax east
Dave shares 13 indie games that he played on the PAX East 2026 show floor.
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202: Goodnight Universe (with Jill Grodt - The Indie Informer)
Episode | February 11th, 2026 | 1 hr 51 mins
adventure, game review, indie games, nice dream
Dave is joined by Jill Grodt (The Indie Informer) to discuss Nice Dreams and Skybound Games' 2025 webcam-based interactive narrative game, Goodnight Universe.
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199: Hollow Knight: Silksong (with Jenny Windom - Geeks & Grounds)
Episode | January 21st, 2026 | 3 hrs 23 mins
game review, hollow knight, indie games, metroidvania, soulslike, team cherry
Dave is joined by Jenny Windom (Geeks & Grounds) to discuss Team Cherry's long awaited Hollow Knight sequel, 2025's Hollow Knight: Silksong.
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196: Sword of the Sea (with AndresPlays)
Episode | December 17th, 2025 | 1 hr 52 mins
adventure, game review, giant squid, indie games
Dave is joined by AndresPlays to discuss Giant Squid's 2025 sand-surfing adventure game, Sword of the Sea.
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195: Legend of Grimrock 2 (with Shane Selterre - Retro Hangover)
Episode | December 10th, 2025 | 2 hrs 19 mins
almost human, dungeon crawler, game review, indie games, rpg
Dave is joined by Shane Selterre (Retro Hangover) to discuss Almost Human's 2014 first-person dungeon crawler, Legend of Grimrock 2.
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192: Heaven's Vault (with Rebekah Valentine)
Episode | November 19th, 2025 | 2 hrs 35 mins
adventure games, game review, indie games, inkle
Dave is joined by Rebekah Valentine (IGN) to discuss inkle's 2019 narrative adventure game, Heaven's Vault.
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190: Pseudoregalia (with Bo__Po - Underplayed)
Episode | November 5th, 2025 | 1 hr 52 mins
game review, indie games, metroidvania, platformer, rittzler
Dave is joined by Beau aka Bo__Po (Underplayed podcast) to discuss Rittzler's 2023 3D platformer metroidvania, Pseudoregalia.
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187: Fear & Hunger (with Adam Bucceri)
Episode | October 15th, 2025 | 2 hrs 53 mins
fear and hunger, game review, horror games, indie games, rpg
Dave is joined by Adam Bucceri (ENTER THE SURVIVAL HORROR) to discuss Miro Haverinen's 2018 survival horror RPG, Fear & Hunger.
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185: Slay the Princess (with Matt aka Stormageddon)
Episode | October 1st, 2025 | 2 hrs 2 mins
black tabby games, game review, indie games, visual novel
Dave is joined by Matt aka Stormageddon ("Fun" and Games, Reignite podcasts) to discuss Black Tabby Games' 2023 visual novel horror adventure, Slay the Princess.
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184: Ultros (with John Rogers - Gaming in the Wild)
Episode | September 24th, 2025 | 2 hrs 15 mins
game review, hadoque, indie games, kepler interactive, metroidvania
Dave is joined by John Rogers (Gaming in the Wild) to discuss Hadoque and Kepler Interactive's 2024 metroidvania, Ultros.