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The #Backlog Breakdown
A video game podcast from a Christian perspective endeavoring to encourage and equip the church to engage the medium wisely and responsibly.
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- The #Backlog Breakdown
S1E107 - 107: Welcome to Hades
This week we're talking about the indie darling, Hades. Did SuperGiant games make something that would send us back to the beginning but begging for more, or…
The #Backlog BreakdownPWN Cast: MCU Phase 3
Paul, Wes, and Josh sit down to discuss the Marvel Cinematic Universe and it's trajectory by taking a look at each of the films and giving their opinions on…
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106: It's Been More Than 2 Weeks Since I Talked To You
Since it's been a while, Nate and Josh give a bit of an extended time dedicated to their backlog reports before diving into a recap of the games they've played…
The #Backlog BreakdownPWN Cast: MCU Phase 2
Paul, Wes, and Josh sit down to discuss the Marvel Cinematic Universe and it's trajectory by taking a look at each of the films and giving their opinions on…
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105: Oops! All Guests! (The TechnoFunk Boy & The Henshin Dad)
It's a PWN Cast...without Nate or Josh. But Paul and Wes are here to talk about what they've been playing, Star Trek, The Orville, D&D, Marvel, and pretty much…
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PWN Cast: MCU Phase 1
Paul, Wes, and Josh sit down to discuss the Marvel Cinematic Universe and it's trajectory by taking a look at each of the films and giving their opinions on…
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S1E104 - 104.2: The Official Top 100 Game Trivia of All Time
This week we're putting our feet up and playing a game. A trivia game based around our Top 100 games list! Thing is, that means there are 100 questions, which…
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S1E104 - 104.1: The Official Top 100 Game Trivia of All Time
This week we're putting our feet up and playing a game. A trivia game based around our Top 100 games list! Thing is, that means there are 100 questions, which…
The #Backlog BreakdownS1E104 - Bite sized (?): Gotta Rank 'Em All! (w/ the Henshin Dad)
This week Wesley Rea (the Henshin Dad himself) sent in a bite sized (sort of) episode ranking the Pokemon series. Come hear about his pokimans! Come join us…
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S1E103 - 103: Downtown Beatdown Story (w/ the Trash Turkey)
This week we're talking River City Ransom with the Trash Turkey! He's one of our Patrons and nominated this game for us to play this year, so play it we did!…
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102: Callin' Colin (w/ Colin Moriarty)
This week we're joined by Colin Moriarty, host of the Sacred Symbols podcast, owner of Last Stand Media, and co-owner of Lillymo Games. We chat about the…
The #Backlog BreakdownBite sized: Salty Tiers
This week Josh looks at the classic Final Fantasy games (defined as "the first 10" arbitrarily) and places them on a tier list from S to D. Enjoy another bite…
The #Backlog BreakdownBite sized: Nate's Hot Takes - Squeenix Edition
With Square Enix's recent announcement of selling some of their Western studios, it's time to take another look at the company as a whole and frankly, how far…
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101.2: Book Club: Final Fantasy IX (w/ Dorian & The TechnoFunkBoy)
This week we've opened the phones for anyone else to join us and talk about our first 2022 Book Club game, Final Fantasy IX. Shout out to The TechnoFunkBoy and…
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101.1: Book Club: Final Fantasy IX (w/ Dorian & The TechnoFunkBoy)
This week we've opened the phones for anyone else to join us and talk about our first 2022 Book Club game, Final Fantasy IX. Shout out to The TechnoFunkBoy and…
The #Backlog BreakdownBite sized: #gutbusters 2022
Not only do we try and beat down our backlogs, but we also try and bust our guts from time to time. And yea, while we enjoy laughing a lot, this time we're…
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S1E100 - 100: A Centennial Celebration with Megan and Samantha
We did it. We made 100 episodes. But what do our wives think about it? 4 years in, can we even stay on topic? Our Facebook group is The Backlog Book Club and…
The #Backlog BreakdownBreaking Bite sized - PSN Spartacus
Friends of the show Micah and Parker join Nate this week to give their thoughts on the latest announcements from Sony on Project Spartacus. Come join us over…
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S1E99 - 99: Can't Stop the Co-Op w/ Parker & Deuce
Sometimes we play games as a solo experience and talk about them with friends, but other times we invite our friends to journey with us through them. This…
The #Backlog BreakdownBite sized: Square-Enix
Similar to our last bite-sized episode, this week Nate, Josh, and Parker give their thoughts on the current state of the developer Square-Enix. This bite sized…
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S1E98 - 98: Who Reviews the Reviewers?
This week Nate and Josh discuss the current state of gaming reviews and the problems inherent to modern online publications and websites. Why can reviewers say…
The #Backlog BreakdownBite sized: Platinum Games
On this week's bite sized episode, Nate and Josh give their thought on the current state of the developer Platinum Games. This bite sized was pulled from a…
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S1E97 - 97: Butts in Pews (w/ Josh Lofthus)
This week Josh Lofthus of the Reformatory Podcast joins the boys to talk about the importance of the local church and whether "digital church" is a blessing or…
The #Backlog BreakdownBite sized - Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars
This week Nate gives his review of Yoko Taro's Voice of Card: The Isle Dragon Roars. Come join us over on Discord! Our Facebook group is The Backlog Book Club…
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S1E96 - 96: Mailbaggery
With Nate on the mend from his bout with COVID, we decided to take it easy this week and tackle some questions we'd gotten from listeners. You asked, we…
The #Backlog BreakdownBite sized: All the Megami Tenseis
2 months ago Josh said he was going to do an overview of the entire Megami Tensei series of games. Turns out he bit off a little bit more than he chew, but now…
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95: BackloGGing with Charles Watson
This week Charles Watson, the creator of the GG app joins us to discuss how he got the idea for the app as we trace our ties all the way back to the reformed…
The #Backlog BreakdownBite sized? Breaking Down Some Breaking News (w/ Micah & Parker)
Nate invited friends of the show Micah Gear Solid and the International Man of Business, Parker, on to have a deep dive discussion on Microsoft's recent buyout…
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94: Top 100 - 2022 Edition
On this episode Josh and Nate reevaluate a few spots on the Backlog Breakdown's official Top 100 games of all time. There are only a handful of games that we…
The #Backlog BreakdownBite sized: Sonic 3 VS Mania by Jacob Van Olst
On this bite sized episode, friend of the show Jacob Van Olst breaks down the differences between Sonic 3 & Knuckles and Sonic Mania Plus to determine which is…
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93: Hey 2022, We're Looking at You.
For our first episode of the new year we're discussing the new rules for our 2022 Backlog Beatdown and then some of what we're looking forward to over the next…
The #Backlog BreakdownBite sized? - Breaking Down the Beat Down
With the last episode of the year, Nate & Josh took some time to look ahead to the 2022 Beatdown and discuss some changes that will be made compared to 2021's…
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92: The Good, Bad, And Weird of 2021 (w/ Micah Hendrick)
This week our good friend Micah (Gear Solid) joins us to talk about all the gaming things of 2021. As the year comes to a close we're taking a look at the…
The #Backlog BreakdownBite sized: Dread Megami Diamond (ft. The Henshin Dad)
Wesley Rea breaks down his thoughts on 3 new games that he recently beat and how they stand up to the rest of the games he played throughout the past year. To…
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91: Baldur's Gate w/ The TechnoFunkBoy
The TechnoFunkBoy joins Nate and Josh to discuss the classic CRPG Baldur's Gate, in its new and updated form via the Enhanced Edition. Does it hold up, or is…
The #Backlog BreakdownA Beefy Bunch of Bite-Sized Backlog Bywords (ft. The Henshin Dad)
Our friend Wesley Rea joins Nate to talk about some of the most condensed versions of backlog wisdom we find ourselves coming back to time and time again…
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90: A Deep Dive on Diving Deep (w/ Jonathan Hodrick)
This week we invited our friend Jonathan Hodrick on to talk about the way that he gets the most out of his game time using different challenges and limitations…
The #Backlog BreakdownBite Sized: What Is A Shin Megami Tensei?
With the recent release of Shin Megami Tensei V on Nintendo Switch you may be asking yourself some questions like "Where are the other 4 games?" or "Why does…
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89: The Circus of Value
A few things of note happened in the past couple of weeks that we wanted to address. The first is that Metroid Dread was released as a full-priced $60 game…
The #Backlog BreakdownBrohang: A Podcast About A Podcast About A Podcast
We wanted to discuss some thoughts on The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill after listening to this episode of Cultish and the way it reframes some of the events of…
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88: Doki Doki Nightmare Fuel
This year's spooky game is Doki Doki Literature Club. How is a visual novel about Japanese school girls a spooky game? Well, tune in and find out. But uhhh…
The #Backlog BreakdownBite sized: Easy Mode
This week Josh explains his thoughts on why Easy Mode is the worst...or at least why he used to think so and what may have changed his mind. Come join us over…
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87: A Booklog Breakdown w/ James Roberts
This week Josh and Nate are joined by James Roberts to talk about stewardship and their thoughts on the book "The Comfort Crisis" by Michael Easter. Are we too…
The #Backlog BreakdownBite sized: Book Club Ruminations
Since our last episode was so much fun, Nate has some thoughts on the Book Club format going forward. Come join us over on Discord! Our Facebook group is The…
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86: Book Club: Control
On our first ever Backlog Book Club episode, we're tackling Remedy's Control, available on pretty much any modern platform. We've invited our friends to play…
The #Backlog BreakdownBite sized: Knights of the (really) old Republic (ft. TheTechnoFunkBoy)
This week The TechnoFunkBoy gives some thoughts on Star Wars, storytelling, and what makes Knights of the Old Republic great. Should KOTOR stay old, or is…
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85: HZD VS BotW
It's time to hash out our differences on the best game of 2017--4 years later! Horizon Zero Dawn versus Breath of the Wild. Yes, we're talking about hookshots…
The #Backlog BreakdownBite sized: Minimalist Collections
Are there any benefits to paring down your possessions? Does your video game collection spark joy? Are they really accomplishing the purpose for which you…
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84: Backvlogs with Logan Sharp (of The Reformed Gamers)
This week Nate interviews Logan Sharp of The Reformed Gamers on his descent into his backlog. Logan recently started a youtube series in which he's decided to…
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Bite sized: What makes a Sonic game? (ft. Jacob Van Olst)
On this bite sized episode of the podcast we have friend of the show Jacob Van Olst giving a breakdown of what he believes to be the throughline in all of the…
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83: The State of the Top 100 of the Podcast
Since we're halfway into 2021 (or at least we were at some point) we're taking a bit of time to re-look at our Top 100 list and evaluate the podcast as a whole…
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Bite sized: Moonlighter
This week we're giving our thoughts, impressions, and a bit of a review of 2018's indie darling, Moonlighter. This came from one of our Brohangs, our…
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82: Gaming and Stonks (ft. Michael Baumeister)
Michael Baumeister joins us to talk about all things finances, as it relates to video games. Gamestonks, budgeting, and the place of entertainment are all hit…
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Bite-sized: Fanboys are sadbois
This week Nate gives his thoughts on fanboys--is it really celebrating what you like when you feel like you have to put down others for what they enjoy? And is…
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81: Addiction
Occasionally we like to look at some heavier topics and how they relate to video games. So addiction; what's really going on in your head and heart when you…
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Bite-sized: Rurouni Kenshin
Josh likes manga, and his favorite happens to be Rurouni Kenshin. If you're interested, why not listen to him nerd out on why he likes it so much for half an…
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80: Nier Automata - Spoilercast
Nier Automata is a bizarre, convoluted nightmare of a game; but also a flawed masterpiece. How can those things coexist? Well, crack open a cold one and sit…
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Bite Sized: Gimme That Next Gen
This week Nate looks at the power of the latest generation of consoles and what it could mean for gaming in the days ahead. Are they currently being hampered…
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79: Nier: Automata Impressions + Baggage
This week we're giving some generally spoiler-free thoughts on Nier: Automata, it's background, and our history with the series and it's creator. So sorry…
The #Backlog BreakdownBite sized: Female Robots??
This week Josh verbally processes about "female robots" and what it says about our culture by using the words "ironic" and "profound" WAY too much. Our…