Tales from the Backlog

Backlog Resolutions 2026

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For the past few years, we've been making "backlog resolutions" each year- choosing a list of games from our libraries that we keep telling ourselves "I'm gonna play that someday" and....playing them! What a concept! Well, we're playing most of them. In what's becoming a yearly tradition, I'm joined by some friends to discuss our experience throughout the year.

Guest info:

  • CtrlAltNoob (she/her)- find her work at https://ctrlaltnoob.com/ and follow on BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/ctrlaltnoob.bsky.social
  • Taylor/Athunderheart (she/they)- Follow on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/athunderheart/ and BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/athunderheart.bsky.social
  • Soccr (any/all)- Follow on BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/soccr.bsky.social

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    • 0:00 Title Card
    • 0:11 Introductions
    • 4:45 Stats from 2025's Resolutions
    • 7:11 General Thoughts and Experiences
    • 21:31 Resolutions Success Stories
    • 53:33 Patron Thank-Yous
    • 55:37 Why Didn't We Play Them All?
    • 1:25:57 Lessons & Strategies for 2026
    • 1:40:59 Sneak Peek at Our 2026 Lists
    • 1:59:40 Closing Thoughts
    • 2:10:37 Guest Plugs

      • Music used in the episode:

      • Bless My Stars (Akitaka Tohyama - Beautiful Katamari OST)
      • a forty-six story motel (RJ Lake - El Paso, Elsewhere OST)
      • Mortol (Gameplay) (Eirik Suhrke - UFO 50 OST)
      • Bionic Bay (Francisco Javier Pérez - Bionic Bay OST)

        • Check out Dave talking about NieR: Automata on Pixel Project Radio https://linktr.ee/pixelprojectradio

        Check out the King of Games 1999 FINALE on Retro Hangover https://linktr.ee/retrohangover

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