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146: System Shock 2 (with Doug Lief - Nostalgium Arcanum)
Season 1
System Shock 2 **(Looking Glass Studios/Irrational Games**, 1999) contains one of the most iconic images in gaming (the scifi horror Medusa-esque SHO…
1 year, 8 months ago
145: Void Stranger (with Steve - Indie Quest, Polykill Podcast)
Season 1
It all started with an elevator pitch, courtesy of someone on the Axe of the Blood God podcast- "A sokoban puzzle game with a JRPG story". Sign me up…
1 year, 8 months ago
144: Control (with Nick & Will - Friday Night Gamecast)
Season 1
Remedy Entertainment have built a sort of extended universe by this point, but 2019's Control is both the piece that introduced a lot of people to th…
1 year, 8 months ago
143: Shadow Tower: Abyss (with Adelaide Lohkamp)
Season 1
What was FromSoftware up to before Demon's Souls? Most people know about the King's Field series, and the Armored Core sickos have been around too, b…
1 year, 8 months ago
142: Night in the Woods (with Rick Firestone - Pixel Project Radio)
Season 1
Night in the Woods (Infinite Fall, 2017) challenges us in a lot of ways. The gameplay mechanics are a means to get you from one side of town to anoth…
1 year, 9 months ago
141: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (with Aaron Angle & Ryan Arrington)
Season 1
Final Fantasy VII Remake started this epic remake project off with a bang, and it left us with a few questions, namely "what will they do with Aerith…
1 year, 9 months ago
...On Backlogs (with Matt aka Stormageddon & Marcus Stewart)
Season 1
To celebrate 3 years of Tales from the Backlog, I figured it was time to talk about the namesake of the show- The Backlog. Do we get FOMO as dozens o…
1 year, 9 months ago
Games I Played at GDEX 2024
Season 1
Here are the games I played at GDEX 2024 gaming convention in Columbus, Ohio! Games mentioned in the episode:
Skate Fish
Tales of Thisrea
Zakumba: A…
1 year, 9 months ago
140: Decarnation (with Jala Prendes - Jala-chan's Place, The Level & Dave Cox - Monster Dear Monster)
Season 1
Have you ever thought to yourself, "how scary could this pixel art horror game be? It's just pixels!". If so, you and I are the same. And granted, De…
1 year, 9 months ago
139: Devotion (with Jill Grodt - The Indie Informer)
Season 1
Stop me if you've heard this story before. A game that I once thought would be too scary for me to play, so I spoiled the entire story for myself onl…
1 year, 10 months ago