Battle the Backlog

In this episode, the crew is joined by Malachi and newcomer EJ to discuss their backlogs and look at the past, present, and future status of comic book based video games. They give predictions on how the upcoming take on The Avengers from Square Enix will fare as well as concoct ideas of what their dream superhero game adaptation would be. 

On the year of its 15 anniversary the crew is joined by returning guests, Hunter and Erick, to discuss, reminisce, and laugh at their memories of playing on the Xbox 360 . Plus, we go deep on hot new titles like the Final Fantasy VII Demo, Escape from Tarkov, and Nier Automata (for some reason).

Big Disclaimer: The recording of audio for this episode was somewhat messed up, so in order to save it a lot  big cuts were made to make. You will likely run into weird edits and a few audio glitches. We apologize for the inconvenience but are making efforts to make sure this doesn't happen again. Please enjoy and thank you for your support!

Carlos and Tyler return with new guest Malachi for an episode covering the importance of music in videogamesand thenn go through a list compiling examples of truly great tracks to show off! Plus a newly updated backlog, new completions, and an updated final segment called "Bonus Objective". 

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On this episode,  Carlos and Tyler are joined by Pokémon experts Dylan and Erick to discuss the latest release in the series, Sword and Shield, and how it has completely consumed all our free time. At the tail end we discuss some of Jedi : Fallen Order as well as introducing a new segment! 

We JUST missed Halloween but are still in the spooky mood! This time we have Erick and our friend Wyatt discussing what makes a good metroidvania game and how obsessed they have become with Apex Legends. It's our longest episode yet but full of fun discussion!

In this week's episode, Dylan joins us to discuss his love of Pokemon and strategy games, as well as defend Kingdom Hearts 3 as put the game to trial. If you are trying to avoid Kingdom Hearts spoilers or cant stand a 20 minute discussion on the topic, skip from 8:50 to 30:40. 

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Carlos and Tyler are joined again by Erick as the group discusses officially which are the best Mass Effect Trilogy party members, as well as what new games have they been playing and what MMORPG has been consuming their lives. 

Completing the trilogy ( that's how that works right?) Carlos and Tyler bring in special guest Hunter to talk about original Call of Duty, the summer Steam Sale, and the Max Steel tv show? Tune in!

In this episode, Carlos and Tyler are joined by a guest! They also go over all the big announcements at E3, what they came out of most excited for and what were the biggest flops of the show. 

On the official debut episode of Battle the Backlog, Carlos and Tyler go through each of the big conferences,  what they expect/ want, and cover how far they are getting through their backlog lists!