Tales from the Backlog

2025 In Review/Games of the Year

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It's that time! End of the year time! Games of the year time! This year I polled Discord and Patreon members on their favorites of the year, tallied them up, and here are the results! Then, I close out the show with my own top 10 and some other thoughts as we bring the 2025th year to a close. Please enjoy!

TIMESTAMPS

  • 0:00 Title Card and Introduction
  • 4:50 Community Honorable Mentions
  • 10:10 Community Top 10
  • 28:31 Dave's Honorable Mentions
  • 30:02 Dave's #10
  • 32:14 Dave's #9
  • 35:06 Dave's #8
  • 38:21 Dave's #7
  • 41:43 Dave's #6
  • 46:05 Dave's #5
  • 49:12 Dave's #4
  • 54:18 Dave's #3
  • 57:58 Dave's #2
  • 1:04:27 Dave's #1
  • 1:14:34 Closing Thoughts
  • 1:21:50 Patron Thank-Yous

    • Music used in the episode:

    • Your Host for Tonight (Chipzel- Dicey Dungeons OST)
    • Beginner's Luck (Chipzel- Dicey Dungeons OST)
    • Polarity (Francisco Javier Pérez- Bionic Bay OST)
    • Monoco (Lorien Testard- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 OST)
    • Gestral Beach- Is It a Gestral or a Volleyball (Lorien Testard- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 OST)
    • Lumiose City (Day) (Shota Kageyama, Carlos Eiene- Pokemon Legends Z-A OST)
    • Story of All Manor (Trigg & Gusset- Blue Prince OST)
    • Manor- Our Painted Home (Lorien Testard- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 OST)
    • Lumiose City (Night) (Shota Kageyama, Carlos Eiene- Pokemon Legends Z-A OST)
    • The Storm (Olivier Deriviere- South of Midnight OST)
    • Mysterious Swamps (Olivier Deriviere- South of Midnight OST)
    • Enter Sektori (Tommy Baynen- Sektori OST)
    • The Beauty of Nature (Miwako Chinone- Monster Hunter Wilds OST)
    • Many Nights a Whisper (fingerspit- Many Nights a Whisper OST)
    • Ten Years Ago You Were Chosen (fingerspit- Many Nights a Whisper OST)
    • Signalchaser (Amos Roddy- Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector OST)
    • Suncatchers (Amos Roddy- Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector OST)
    • Introduction (C418- Wanderstop OST)
    • Simon's Theme (Trigg & Gusset- Blue Prince OST)
    • Bilewater (Christopher Larkin- Hollow Knight: Silksong OST)
    • Bellhart (Christopher Larkin- Hollow Knight: Silksong OST)
    • Une vie à t'aimer (Lorien Testard, Alice Duport-Percier, Victor Borba- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 OST)
    • Gestral Beach- I'd Rather Play Petanque (Lorien Testard, Alice Duport-Percier, Victor Borba- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 OST)
    • Battle Theme No. 1 (Toma Otowa- Ghost of Yotei OST)
    • Raise the Sails (Saori Yoshida- Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii OST)

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