Circle Back Podcast

Ep. 90 of The Circle Back Podcast. The Crew is all in one piece despite a rough Tropical Storm, but that won't stop us! Lots of new games to discuss and a few ones from last week we're still playing as well. A ton of news stories including the big Xbox event and the most recent Sony State of Play. It's already a long one so we knew we wouldn't have time for a top 5 bottom 5 here, but it was a super fun episode nonetheless! Stay safe, and we hope you enjoy!

Ep. 89 of The Circle Back Podcast. The boys are back and talkin' bout some games! Shelby has been plugging away at The Last of Us Part II thanks to his PS4 woes. Dan and Dan are both playing the two hot new releases of Paper Mario: The Origami King and Ghost of Tsushima and they seem to both like both games after dipping their toes in. They also both played the incredible and surprising IOS game Song of Bloom along with the new 8-bit Castlevania-style Iga game Bloodstained: Curse of The Moon 2. Shelby continued with his classic Ratchet and Clank playthroughs, finishing 2 and 3, and Dan dipped into some of the charming world of Ooblets and the well-written, super fun Zelda-like Crosscode. We then have a couple of news hits including more pseudo-E3 streams in the Devolver Digital Direct and Ubisoft Forward. We finish it all off with another excellent Top 5. Stay safe, and we hope you enjoy!

Games Discussed:

-The Last of Us Part II

-Ghost of Tsushima

-Paper Mario: The Origami King

-Ooblets

-Crosscode

-Song of Bloom

-Bloodstained: Curse of The Moon 2

-Ratchet and Clank Collection

-Olija demo

Ep. 88 of The Circle Back Podcast. The whole crew is together and playing some more of The Last of Us Part II. Dan Finally took the dive into Disco Elysium and although he is late to the party, he is loving it! He also played some Umurangi Generation which also gets high marks for style. Dan played the new "Commando's-like" from Mimimi studios Desperados III and is really enjoying the tactical stealth action. Shelby was having some PS4 woes so he decided to boot up the old vita and played some Ratchet and Clank because, why not? We then have a few news stories and rumors before doing our yearly July Game of The Year check-in. We wrap it all up with a fun Top 5. Stay safe, and we hope you enjoy!

Games Discussed:

-The Last of Us Part II

-Desperados III

-Disco Elysium

-Umurangi Generation

-Ratchet and Clank Collection

Ep. 87 of The Circle Back Podcast. The whole gang is here again and they'r all playing one of the year's biggest games in "The Last of Us Part II. Dan dipped into the stellar storytelling of "Signs of The Sojourner" and could not seem to put it down. Shelby is practicing for Drone racing with the incredible first person drone sim "Liftoff". Dan dabbled in some demos from the Steam summer event including "Gloomwood", "Disc Room", "Ynglet", and "Windjammers 2" all of which he loved. He also played a few other things that we talk about before getting into a ton of news stories. We cap it off with a super fun top 5 before wrapping up the episode. Stay safe and we hope you enjoy!

Games Discussed:

-The Last of Us Part II

-Signs of The Sojourner

-HyperDot

-Hardspace: Shipbreaker

-Gunfire Reborn

-Liftoff

Ep. 86 of The Circle Back Podcast. The whole crew is here and ready to talk a whole lot about some videogames. Dan played and finished "If Found..." and loved it as well as some "Legends of Runeterra". Shelby finished "Murder by Numbers" and realized he's a nonogram savant. Dan in the mean time played a ton of games, most notably two that he says are some of his favorites of the year in "Signs of The Sojourner" and "Umurangi Generation". We then do a deep dive on the entire Playstation 5 "The Future of Gaming" event going through each announcement and trailer. We end the episode with a couple of news items that caught our eye. We hope you enjoy, stay safe, and keep fighting, never let them tell you when to stop- Black Lives Matter.

Games Discussed:

-Monster Train

-Sludge Life

-Umurangi Generation

-Darkest Dungeon: The Butcher's Circus

-Valorant

-Lonely Mountains Downhill

-Signs of The Sojourner

-If Found...

-Legends of Runeterra

-Murder by Numbers

Ep. 85 of The Circle Back Podcast. The whole gang is here and they've got some great games to talk about including Riot's incredible ccg "Legends of Runeterra" hitting 1.0, a very fun co-op dwarf mining game "Deep Rock Galactic", a fast-paced excellent 2D dogfighting jet game "Jet-Lancer", a beautiful, heartfelt, intimate story about a transgender woman returning to her hometown after graduating college "If Found...", and a bit more on XCOM: Chimera Squad and Murder by Numbers respectively. We then dig into a few short news items including a new Paper Mario game out in July,  Ghost of Tsushima's first gameplay reveal, and the "coming surprisingly soon" 1.0 launch for Valorant on June 2nd. Next we do a sure-to-be very controversial top 5 most overrated games of all time. We cap it off with an announcement of our new podcast, a video-game book club style show where we bring on some new voices and all play the same game over the span of the month and reconvene to dive in on our thoughts! The first episode will be out in the beginning of July and is the original Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic! So play along if you feel like doing so, we're really looking forward to it! We hope you enjoy, and stay safe!

Games Discussed:

-XCOM: Chimera Squad

-Deep Rock Galactic

-Legends of Runeterra

-Jet-Lancer

-If Found...

-Murder by Numbers

A deep dive into the story of Final Fantasy VII Remake. We hope you enjoy!

Ep. 84 of The Circle Back Podcast. The entire crew is here again! Dan and Shelby are still working on wrapping up Final Fantasy VII Remake  but Dan sure has played a lot of other games to make up for it including the beautiful 16-bit looking Final Fantasy Tactics meets Chrono Trigger "Horizon's Gate". A few quick new items including Animal Crossing's incredible sales numbers, Xbox's first of their monthly direct-style livestreams, Tony Hawk blessing us with a dual pack of remastered classics due out later this year, and that Unreal Engine 5 gameplay demo that has everyone buzzing.  We cap it off with a super fun Top 5 and Bottom 5 videogame locations to live in in real life.  We hope you enjoy and stay safe!

Games Discussed:

-Final Fantasy VII Remake

-XCOM: Chimera Squad

-Gears Tactics

-Moving Out

-Streets of Rage 4

-Horizon's Gate

Ep. 83 of The Circle Back Podcast. We have the whole crew here again and there are a lot of games to discuss! Everyone's playing Final Fantasy VII Remake, Dan got a double dose of new tactics games in XCOM: Chimera Squad and Gears Tactics, and there are a few other games we dabbled in. A few quick news hit follow including the updated release dates for The Last of Us Part II and Ghost of Tsushima, the leaking of TLOU2 story scenes, and the incredible Travis Scott concerts in Fortnite. We wrap things up with a Top 5 jumps in video games which was a ton of fun. We hope you enjoy, and stay safe!

Games Discussed:

-Final Fantasy VII Remake

-Filament

-Gears Tactics

-XCOM: Chimera Squad

-Valorant

-Murder by Numbers 

Ep. 82 of The Circle Back Podcast. We have the full crew again and we have been playing some games! We then jump into some news hits including the portal turret of controllers, a new Rogue Legacy, a PVP Darkest Dungeon expansion, Gearbox continuing their stellar track record, RE VIllage, RE 4 Remake, and the Last of Us Part II delay. We cap it off with another super fun Top 5. We Hope you enjoy, and stay safe!

Games Discussed:

-Doom Eternal

-One Step From Eden

-Animal Crossing: New Horizons

-Resident Evil 3 Remake

-Final Fantasy VII Remake

-Valorant

-Gears of War 2

-Gears of War 3