Best Tales From The Backlog Podcasts (2025)

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191: Pokémon Scarlet and Violet (with Kate & Emily - No Small Games) 2:44:15

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3h ago2:44:15

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Titanfall 2 | Tales From The Backlog 1:31:27

15d ago1:31:27

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MECHtober continues with Titanfall 2. I am joined by Dave (Tales from the Backlog) for this excellent first person shooter. Game: Titanfall 2 Release Year: 2016 Developer: Respawn Entertainment Platforms: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One More information on Tales from the Backlog: Website Linktree @tftblpod (⁠⁠⁠⁠Blue Sky⁠⁠) Contact inform…

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Wrath of God (1972) 2:18:52

1h ago2:18:52

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l⁠⁠⁠inktr.ee/CatchingUpOnCinema⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠This week, in a very special video edition of Catching Up On Cinema, Trevor is joined by his buddy Levi AKA Your Captain Speaking, to review Ralph Nelson's, Wrath of God (1972)!Trevor and Levi are both editors for the Red Cow Arcade YouTube channel, and can be found in the Red Cow Discord.🎙️ Red Cow Arcade: / @…

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Sword of the Sea | Left Behind Game Club 57:24

15h ago57:24

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Katie (Left Behind Game Club) and I talk about a Giant Squid game for the third time. In Sword of the Sea you skateboard through a barren land and transform it. Game: Sword of the Sea Release Year: 2025 Developer: Giant Squid Platforms: PlayStation 5, Microsoft Windows More information on Left Behind Game Club: ⁠⁠⁠Left Behind Game Club⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ ⁠Cutsc…

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190: Pseudoregalia (with Bo__Po - Underplayed) 1:52:42

1d ago1:52:42

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Catching Up On Cinema Presents: Tales From the Shelf - Blood 'N Guts 2:33:40

12d ago2:33:40

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Join Trevor and his buddy Brad from the Cinema Speak podcast as they celebrate the spooky season and share some of the BLOODIEST and GORIEST movies in their collections in a discussion that is sure to be full of "Blood 'N Guts"!AND ALSO, stick around for the Speed Round, wherein Brad, Travis and Trevor discuss the various titles that they didn't ha…

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189: Lies of P (with Rob & Kelvin - The Gaming Duo) 2:47:01

9d ago2:47:01

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Movies That We Would Like to See as Video Games 1:52:38

16d ago1:52:38

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Kyle and Trevor are joined by Kyle's brother Nik for a casual episode centering around the topic of movies that they would like to see made into video games. Inspired by the Couch Co-op podcast episode based on the same premise: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2S3HmxeAv1IWXviVs4nJCX?si=feL8KfeVQUukFwFZhGkU2w…

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188: Outer Wilds: Echoes of the Eye (with Rick Firestone) 2:10:09

16d ago2:10:09

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187: Fear & Hunger (with Adam Bucceri) 2:53:57

25d ago2:53:57

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Into the Breach | Left Behind Game Club 2:08:00

23d ago2:08:00

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Happy MECHtober! Travis (Left Behind Game Club) returns to the show and we chat about Into the Breach. Check out our thoughts on this excellent strategy game. Game: Into the Breach Release Year: 2018 Developer: Subset Games Platforms: Microsoft Windows, macOS, Nintendo Switch, Linux, Stadia, iOS, Android More information on Left Behind Game Club: ⁠…

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186: Silent Hill 3 (with Kaye Ross) 2:06:05

1M ago2:06:05

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185: Slay the Princess (with Matt aka Stormageddon) 2:02:32

1M ago2:02:32

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Catching Up On Cinema Presents: Tales From the Shelf - This Is My Kind Guy! 2:30:02

1M ago2:30:02

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Join Trevor and his buddy Brad from the Cinema Speak podcast as they share some movies from their collections featuring talent in the film industry that they have a particular affinity for e.g. folks that they'd refer to as, "My Kinda Guy!" Brad's Picks: 6:30 - Michael Smiley 45:45 - Tim Heidecker 1:12:30 - Anne Dowd Trevor's Picks: 28:30 - Ray Ste…

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Prisoner of War (2025) 2:15:39

2M ago2:15:39

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l⁠⁠⁠inktr.ee/CatchingUpOnCinema⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠This week, in a very special video edition of Catching Up On Cinema, Trevor is joined by his good friend, Sean Parker to review Louis Mandylor's, Prisoner of War (2025)!Check out Sean Parker and his Fogtown series at:https://www.fogtownseries.com/And also Hapstance Films on Youtube at:https://www.youtube.com/@H…

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184: Ultros (with John Rogers - Gaming in the Wild) 2:15:06

2M ago2:15:06

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183: Despelote (with Moises Taveras) 1:59:11

2M ago1:59:11

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Quantum Break 2:26:50

2M ago2:26:50

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Time is breaking and only Jack Joyce can fix this problem. Join Dan and Morgan for our return to the Remedy universe in Quantum Break. Game: Quantum Break Release Year: 2016 Developer: Remedy Entertainment Platforms: Microsoft Windows, Xbox One Contact information: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @StoryEverPod (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠T…

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182: Bionic Bay (with Harry Loizides - Six One Indie) 1:28:59

2M ago1:28:59

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Wong Fei Hung v Adonis Creed | ft. Emily Bateman 1:23:58

2M ago1:23:58

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181: The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (with Ty Schalter) 2:38:16

2M ago2:38:16

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Catching Up On Cinema Presents: Tales From the Shelf - Thick 'N Meaty 2:31:20

3M ago2:31:20

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Join Trevor and his buddy Brad from the Cinema Speak podcast as they share some of the longest movies in their collections in a discussion that is sure to be "Thick 'N Meaty"! Brad's Picks: 5:30 - The Brutalist (2024) 30:00 - In Search of Darkness Part III (2022) and The Irishman (2019) 56:30 - The Seven Samurai (1954) 1:20:30 - King Kong (2005) an…

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180: Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden (with Erik - Pages of Play) 2:50:05

3M ago2:50:05

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179: Blue Prince (with Jenny Windom) 2:41:49

3M ago2:41:49

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Wanderstop | Game Till Five 1:54:48

3M ago1:54:48

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Steph and Nikki (Game Till Five) stop by for some tea. We talk about Alta, Boro and the interesting customers they meet. Game: Wanderstop Release Year: 2025 Developer: Ivy Road Platforms: Microsoft Windows, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5 More information for Game Till Five: Game Till Five Blue Sky Contact information: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TheGreatestStoryE…

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Yu Shu Lien v Rhea Ripley | ft. MrEricAlmighty & Affable Joey 1:30:59

3M ago1:30:59

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178: Psychonauts (with Try - My Life in Gaming) 2:40:30

3M ago2:40:30

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177: Split Fiction (with Aaron Angle) 1:56:12

3M ago1:56:12

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Sifu v Knuckleduster | ft. Dave Jackson (Tales from the Backlog) 1:19:30

3M ago1:19:30

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176: Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride (with Chris Coplien - Retro Hangover) 2:41:17

4M ago2:41:17

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Support my work on Patreon Join the Tales from the Backlog Discord server Buy me a coffee on Ko-fi I didn't hear about Dragon Quest for a very long time, probably an embarrassingly long time, and once I played one, I didn't....get it. It all seemed too plain, too simple, too lacking in complexity, and while a part of me was relieved to suddenly hav…

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Catching Up On Cinema Presents: Tales From the Shelf - Summer Sales 1:55:21

4M ago1:55:21

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Join Trevor and his buddy Brad from the Cinema Speak podcast for a discussion about "Summer Sales"!This month, we'll be talking about movies that we purchased during the various sales that occurred this summer. Brad's Picks: 5:00 - To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) 37:40 - The Brutalist (2024) 1:10:00 - Nosferatu (2024) 1:32:40 - Uncle Buck (1989) and…

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175: Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii (with Brian Edwards) 2:37:43

4M ago2:37:43

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Support my work on Patreon Join the Tales from the Backlog Discord server! Buy me a coffee on Ko-fi Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio has risen to the gaming mainstream with its beloved Like a Dragon series, and when a hot streak occurs, a heat check often follows, and there is no bigger heat check than a game where you play through a Hawaiian pirate adventure …

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174: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (with Michael Higham) 3:07:28

4M ago3:07:28

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*Spoiler section includes some spoilers for key moments and/or themes in Nier Automata, Persona 5 Royal and Metaphor ReFantazio. Support my work on Patreon Join the Tales from the Backlog Discord server! Buy me a coffee on Ko-fi! Once or twice a year, a game will hook me so strongly that not only can I not stop playing it, I can't stop thinking abo…

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Beacon Pines | Pages of Play 2:01:11

4M ago2:01:11

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Erik (Pages of Play) and I join a story. A story that hasn't been finished. Join us uncovering what is really going on in Beacon Pines. Game: Beacon Pines Release Year: 2022 Developer: Hiding Spot Games Platforms: Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows, Xbox One More information for Erik: ⁠⁠⁠Pages of Play ⁠Blue Sky⁠ Contact information: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The…

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Vi v Sanji | ft. Matt AKA Stormageddon 1:21:43

4M ago1:21:43

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173: Max Payne (with Nomad - The Retro Wildlands) 1:44:31

4M ago1:44:31

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Support my work on Patreon Two podcasters entered the room on a collision course, one with a backlog the size of a mobster's rap sheet, the other with one foot in the past. There was only one way out of this mess- one podcast to end them all. The subject was an old friend, if you consider a man out of options a friend. A man with a thirst for reven…

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172: Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (with Dan - The Greatest Story Ever Played) 1:56:37

4M ago1:56:37

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Support my work on Patreon As a lifelong Indiana Jones agnostic, there was no way that MachineGames would make an Indiana Jones game I would care about, right? Right? Well, it certainly looked that way when the first gameplay trailer for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle dropped. But then I started hearing my activation phrases start to bounce aro…

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Chun-Li v Kenny Omega | ft. Kaiju vs. History & Phil Barrera 1:55:57

5M ago1:55:57

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Catching Up On Cinema Presents: Tales From the Shelf - The Backlog Boogie: Part Quatre 2:00:43

5M ago2:00:43

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Join Trevor and his buddy Brad from the Cinema Speak podcast for "The Backlog Boogie Part Trois," wherein we'll be talking (for the 4th time) about movies that (regrettably) remain forever stuck in our backlog. Brad's Picks: 7:00 - The Lars Van Trier Europe Trilogy 27:50 - King on Screen (2022) 58:00 - JFK (1991) Trevor's Picks: 17:45 - Eastern Con…

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171: El Paso, Elsewhere (with Jacob McCourt & Luke Lewis) 1:55:56

5M ago1:55:56

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Support my work on Patreon Strange Scaffold is a rare game studio that gets as much, or maybe even more, positive attention for their workplace ethos and number of releases per year as they do for their games themselves. I found myself in that same position, with great respect for their process, but no experience with the games themselves....until …

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170: Lunacid (with Dave Cox) 2:36:04

5M ago2:36:04

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Support my work on Patreon I was admittedly very late to the King's Field and Shadow Tower bandwagons, energized by my love for FromSoftware's modern titles and a desire to dig into their history some more. However, I didn't anticipate loving those games so much that I wanted more like them, and that's where Kira LLC's Lunacid (2023) entered the fr…

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Road 96 | The Lost Records Journal 1:50:48

5M ago1:50:48

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Petria is becoming an authoritarian nation. Can you cross the border and escape? Who will you meet? Who will you trust? Adam (The Lost Records Journal) and I attempt to flee the country in Road 96. Game: Road 96 Release Year: 2021 Developer: DigixArt Platforms: Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series …

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Lee v Danny LaRusso | ft. Caleb Van Nice & Jon Haig (Video Game Lounge) 1:19:27

5M ago1:19:27

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