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    <title>Tales from the Backlog - Episodes Tagged with “Ryu Ga Gotoku”</title>
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    <description>A video games podcast where Dave Jackson and guests break down and discuss the games they play. Each episode looks at one game in depth, focusing on mechanics, story, music and other aspects, with no spoilers until a clearly marked spoiler wall in the middle. 
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  <title>34: Yakuza: Like a Dragon (with Rick Firestone - Pixel Project Radio)</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Dave is joined by Rick Firestone from Pixel Project Radio to discuss Ryu Ga Gotoku's refresh of the Yakuza franchise</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Dave is joined by Rick Firestone from Pixel Project Radio to discuss Ryu Ga Gotoku's refresh of the Yakuza franchise. Yakuza: Like a Dragon brings a new protagonist and turn-based combat into the franchise, so tune in to find out how Rick and Dave feel about it. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TIMESTAMPS:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Intro, Personal Histories and Opening Thoughts 0:26&lt;br&gt;
Story Setup 13:34&lt;br&gt;
Combat 47:37&lt;br&gt;
Side Content and Final Thoughts 1:19:28&lt;br&gt;
Spoiler Wall 1:41:15&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Find Pixel Project Radio on &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/pixelprojectpod?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/pixelprojectradiopodcast/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Instagram&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pixel-project-radio/id1560979870" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Apple Podcasts&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/6p3nzg32jm7xCiZFx0gno0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Spotify&lt;/a&gt; or wherever you listen to podcasts!&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;
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&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 is joined by Rick Firestone from Pixel Project Radio to discuss Ryu Ga Gotoku&#39;s refresh of the Yakuza franchise. Yakuza: Like a Dragon brings a new protagonist and turn-based combat into the franchise, so tune in to find out how Rick and Dave feel about it. </p>

<p><strong>TIMESTAMPS:</strong><br>
Intro, Personal Histories and Opening Thoughts 0:26<br>
Story Setup 13:34<br>
Combat 47:37<br>
Side Content and Final Thoughts 1:19:28<br>
Spoiler Wall 1:41:15</p>

<p>Find Pixel Project Radio on <a href="https://twitter.com/pixelprojectpod?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" rel="nofollow">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/pixelprojectradiopodcast/" rel="nofollow">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pixel-project-radio/id1560979870" rel="nofollow">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/6p3nzg32jm7xCiZFx0gno0" rel="nofollow">Spotify</a> or wherever you listen to podcasts!</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>
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<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 is joined by Rick Firestone from Pixel Project Radio to discuss Ryu Ga Gotoku&#39;s refresh of the Yakuza franchise. Yakuza: Like a Dragon brings a new protagonist and turn-based combat into the franchise, so tune in to find out how Rick and Dave feel about it. </p>

<p><strong>TIMESTAMPS:</strong><br>
Intro, Personal Histories and Opening Thoughts 0:26<br>
Story Setup 13:34<br>
Combat 47:37<br>
Side Content and Final Thoughts 1:19:28<br>
Spoiler Wall 1:41:15</p>

<p>Find Pixel Project Radio on <a href="https://twitter.com/pixelprojectpod?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" rel="nofollow">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/pixelprojectradiopodcast/" rel="nofollow">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pixel-project-radio/id1560979870" rel="nofollow">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/6p3nzg32jm7xCiZFx0gno0" rel="nofollow">Spotify</a> or wherever you listen to podcasts!</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>
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<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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