Circle Back Podcast

Ep. 108 of The Circle Back Podcast. The gang's all here but have been busy as hell! Not too many games to talk about, but Dan did finish Resident Evil: Village and freaking loved it! We dip into a couple of quick news bits including the IGN Palestinian relief article debacle before moving on to a super fun Top 5. We then debut a fun new idea before heading into our gamepass games of the show and a quick fantasy update before wrapping with deciding our April Game of The Month! Stay safe, and we hope you enjoy!

Games Discussed:

-Resident Evil: Village

-Returnal

-It Takes Two

Ep. 107 of The Circle Back Podcast. The whole crew is here and Dan sure did play a lot of big new games! This includes the incredible new Housemarque game in Returnal, and the amazing remake of Nier. Shelby also finished up Olija and ended up liking but not loving it. We then dig into some news including the Ratchet and Clank State of Play and talk a bit about the huge departures from Giant Bomb, leaving a large hole in poor Dan's heart. We cap it off with our gamepass games of the show and some fantasy check-ins! Stay safe, and we hope you enjoy!

Games Discussed:

-Olija

-Returnal

-New Pokémon Snap

-Resident Evil Village

-Nier: Replicant ver. 1.22474487139...

-There is No Game: Wrong Dimension

Ep. 106 of The Circle Back Podcast. The gang's all here and talkin' gamessss. Dan started and finished a new quintessential "Dan Dufrenoy Game" in Before Your Eyes and loved it, and Shelby finally finished off Hollow Knight which he thought was pretty great (duh). We then dig into some news including Sony backpedaling on their PS3 and Vita storefront shutdowns. We then crown our March Game of The Month before wrapping it up with our Gamepass games of the show. Stay safe, and we hope you enjoy!

Games Discussed: 

-Trials of Fire

-Outriders

-It Takes Two

-Before Your Eyes

-Genesis Noir

-Hollow Knight

-Bowser's Fury

-The Longing

-Olija

-Oddworld: Soulstorm

-Dreams 

Ep. 105 of The Circle Back Podcast. We're missing Shelby this week, but this train just keeps rollin'! We're talking games games and more games on this episode, including the excellent new co-op only puzzler from Josef Fares It Takes Two. We have some news hit after that including E3's re-animated corpse hitting store shelves this summer! We wrap it all up with a great Top 5 Bottom 5 that FromSoftware fans may enjoy... Stay safe, and we hope you enjoy!

Ep. 104 of The Circle Back Podcast. Dan D is out this week but Dan and Shelby have a few games and whole lotta news to talk through. Shelby is still spending most of his gaming time on Hollow Knight, while Dan dipped his toes in a bunch of smaller games including two of the most stylish games out so far this year in Mundaun and Genesis Noir. A dumptruck full of news follows including the PSVR 2 controller reveal and the death of the PS3 and Vita online stores. We then have a super fun Top 5, our gamepass games of the show, and wrap it all up with a loaded fantasy check-in. Stay safe, and we hope you enjoy!

Games Discussed:

-Loop Hero

-Hollow Knight

-Dreams

-Magic: Legends

-Genesis Noir

-Mundaun

-Gnosia

Ep. 103 of The Circle Back Podcast. The whole crew is here to talk some games. Dan is obsessed with Loop Hero as he suspected he would be after the demo. Dan and Shelby are mixed on the new recursive puzzle game Maquette. And Shelby is jumping into an overlooked gem from 2020 in Immortals Fenyx Rising. There's a whole slew of news after that, including some Pokémon stuff and some of our favorite games from the last few years coming to consoles. We name our game of the month for February, and wrap it up with our gamepass games of the show. Stay safe, and we hope you enjoy!

Games Discussed:

-Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury

-Maquette

-Loop Hero

-Immortals Fenyx Rising

-Hollow Knight

Ep. 102 of The Circle Back Podcast. The gang is all here and talking games. Dan also played a bunch of demos and brought a few standouts to show off. A bunch of news follows including a luke-warm Nintendo Direct and some discussion about a PSVR 2 among other things. We wrap it up with a fun top 5 video game openings. Stay safe, and we hope you enjoy!

Games Discussed:

-Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury

-Little Nightmares

-Little Nightmares II

-Blue Fire

-Hitman (2016)

-Destruction Allstars

-Minit Fun Racer

-Olija

Ep. 101 of The Circle Back Podcast. It's just Dan and Dan here today but they have a ton of new games to talk about! Also a ton of news including Google shutting down all first party studios and Joel being officially cast in the upcoming The Last of Us HBO series. Stay safe, and we hope you enjoy!

Games Discussed:

-Cyber Shadow

-Olija

-Destruction Allstars

-qomp

-The Medium

-Super Lucky's Tale

-Little Nightmares II

-Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury

Dan and Shelby hold down the fort with Dan out for the episode. They dig into some of the early new releases of 2021 while also talking about games they caught up on over the break. There is a ton of news to cover over the past 6+ weeks, and then we do some fun new segments. Stay safe, and we hope you enjoy!

Games Discussed:

-Hitman 3

-Cyber Shadow

-Yakuza: Like a Dragon

-Ghost of Tsushima

-Unto The End

-Call of The Sea

-Monster Sanctuary

-Dreams

-Horizon: Zero Dawn

-Cyberpunk 2077

The whole crew got together to take a look at the most anticipated releases of 2021. We then have our very first annual video game fantasy draft! We had a blast doing this and we hope you enjoy!