Circle Back Podcast

Ep. 117 of The Circle Back Podcast. The gang's all here to talk about lots of good games! Dan and Shelby both played and finished the throwback action-3D platformer Kena: Bridge of Spirits and loved the hell out of it. Dan and Dan are playing the long anticipated adventure game Sable and really digging it despite some serious flaws. Shelby also finally finished one of the year's best games Psychonauts 2 and agrees that it is really something special. Dan digs into one of his Demo Corners before jumping into some news including that Nintendo Direct from 9/23(oooooohhhh boy). We wrap it up with our August Game of The Month (1 episode late, sorry!), our Gamepass games of the show, and a quick fantasy check-in. Stay safe, and we hope you enjoy!

Games Discussed:

-Deathloop

-Psychonauts 2

-F.I.S.T. Forged in Shadow Torch

-Kena: Bridge of Spirits

-Sable

-Unsighted

-Outer Wilds: Echoes of The Eye

-Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl

-JETT: The Far Shore

-Eastward

Ep. 116 of The Circle Back Podcast. The gang's all here and with a special guest Diana LaMarca to talk some games! Dan and Diana played through Life is Strange: True Colors and adored it. The whole crew has been playing Deathloop and can agree that it's one of the year's best games. Shelby has been working on F.I.S.T. Forged in Shadow Torch and is really enjoying it. We then dig into some news bits including Quantic Dream working on a Star Wars game? :(... We wrap it up with our gamepass games of the show, and a interesting fantasy check-in. Stay safe, and we hope you enjoy!

Games Discussed:

-Before Your Eyes

-Life is Strange: True Colors

-F.I.S.T. Forged in Shadow Torch

-The Artful Escape

-Lost in Random

-Deathloop

-Eastward

-Deltarune Chapter 2

-Kena: Bridge of Spirits

-Get in The Car, Loser!

-Psychonauts 2

Ep. 115 of The Circle Back Podcast. The gang's all here and we have a lot of games to discuss including some catch-up for Dan both good (Death's Door) and bad (12 Minutes). Dan finished Psychonauts 2 and adored every second of it. We then dig into some news including a dedicated segment to the big Playstation Showcase from 9/9! We wrap up with our gamepass games of the show and some more fantasy updates. Stay safe, and we hope you enjoy!

Games Discussed:

-Psychonauts 2

-F.I.S.T. Forged in Shadow Torch

-Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart

-Metroid Fusion

-12 Minutes

-Death's Door

-Axiom Verge 2

-Returnal

-World Flipper

Ep. 114 of The Circle Back Podcast. It's just Dan and Shelby on this episode, but they've been playing some of the big recent releases including 12 Minutes and Psychonauts 2! We then dive into some news including Geoff Keighley's Gamescom ONL which had a bunch of fun new news bits to discuss. We close it off with our gamepass games of the show and some very interesting and important fantasy updates. Stay safe, and we hope you enjoy!

Ep. 113 of The Circle back podcast. The gang's all here and ready to talk about a on of games! Dan got a PS5(Thank you Ralph) and has been playing some of the exclusives and really enjoying them! Dan played a million games including some of the newly shadow-dropped Axiom Verge 2. Shelby gave Genesis Noir another shot and really disliked its lack of interesting gameplay. We then have a bunch of news beats to cover including some catch-up from the past few weeks of announcements and controversies. We close it out by deciding July's game of the month and a quick fantasy check-in. Stay safe, and we hope you enjoy! 

Ep. 112 of The Circle Back Podcast. It's just Dan and Shelby on this special occasion and it's a short one due to a baby LaMarca on the way! Shelby played through Chicory and liked it quite a bit! They're both playing Death's Door and loving it. And Dan has a new MOBA to talk about in Pokémon Unite. We wrap it up by deciding on June's Game of The Month which we were 1 episode late on. We hope you enjoy!

Games Discussed:

-Boomerang X

-Death's Door

-Pokémon Unite

-Chicory: A Colorful Tale

-The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles

Ep. 111 of The Circle Back Podcast. The gang's all here in person! Finally some decent audio! They've been playing some games of varying quality including Shelby spending a ton of time golfing with Mario and friends and Dan nearing the end of Chicory. They then dig into some news hits including some PlayStation studio acquisitions and that new OLED model switch that everyone is super stoked about... We wrap it up with our gamepass games of the show and totally forget to do our June game of the month so please look forward to that on our next episode! We hope you enjoy!

Games Discussed:

-Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart

-Chicory: A Colorful Tale

-Ender Lilies: Quietus of The Knights

-Mario Golf: Super Rush

-Wildermyth

-Trials of Fire

-Boomerang X

Ep. 110 of The Circle Back Podcast. It's just Dan and Dan here again but they've got some games to talk about including some more thoughts about Chicory: A Colorful Tale now that they have both dug in a little bit more since last episode. Dan finished Resident Evil Village so he has some final thoughts on that one. A few quick news hits are then followed by a ridiculous and fun top 5 bottom 5 that Nintendo fans are sure to love(hate)! We hope you enjoy!

Games Discussed:

-Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart

-Chicory: A Colorful Tale

-Wildermyth

-Operation: Tango

-Final Fantasy VII Remake: Episode Intermission

-Genesis Noir

-Resident Evil Village

-Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance

Ep. 109 of The Circle Back Podcast. It's Dan and Dan here on the episode, but we were lucky enough to get a guest appearance from Shelby to talk about his feelings about Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart, and surprise surprise, he and Dan are loving it. We also finally have the release of Chicory: A Colorful Tale, and while both Dan and Dan are pretty early on, it seems as good as they've hoped it would be! Dan played a bunch of demos from the summer of games festival and talks about his 3 most promising. A few quick old news hits (sorry for missing an episode, we explain multiple times) follow that, and we close it out with our gamepass games of the show, our May game of the month, and a loaded fantasy check-in. We hope you enjoy!

Games Discussed: 

-Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart

-Chicory: A Colorful Tale

-New Pokémon Snap

-Resident Evil Village

-It Takes Two

-Knockout City

-Griftlands

-Overboard!

-Ynglet

Dan and Shelby recap all of the news that they found interesting from and around E3 2021. Look for the main episode this upcoming Monday!