Brothers vs Backlog
Every gamer has one: the dreaded Backlog! In this podcast, two brothers, Jackson and Bill Dias, discuss their respective gaming backlogs along with whatever other video game news pops up along the way. Let's celebrate our backlogs; after all, we'll never be stuck without something to play!
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65 episodes
Episode 65 - Better Late Than Broken?
Starfield? Delayed. Suicide Squad? Delayed. Robo Cop? Delayed. Hogwarts Legacy Crap Versions? Delayed. Skull & Bones? Well, nothing about that one, but probably delayed. Will any of these games hit their new release windows? Probably not, b...
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Episode 64 - The Lego of Zelda
What's even better than a new Legend of Zelda game? How about a Legend of Zelda Lego set!? Ok, it's not better, but it's still pretty cool. And we've got Tears of the Kingdom coming soon too.Is it insanity to spend lots of time planning...
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Episode 63 - Pikmin Puppy!
The latest Nintendo Direct gave us dates for all sorts of things and had a very surprising recurring theme along with a depressing one - detective games and expansion passes. But let's talk about what is most important: Pikmin 4 has a Pikmin pu...
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Episode 62 - Backer and Better
After a short hiatus from a variety of weather, work, and child-related interruptions, Jackson and Bill return with great backlog clearing news. And then promptly find more things to replace those cleared games. What did we finish? What did we ...
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Episode 61 - Skull & Postpone
Stop me if you've heard this one before: Skull & Bones is getting delayed. No longer slated for March, Ubisoft's pirate game is now slated for a much more vague "fiscal 2023," so maybe we'll see it by the end of March 2024. But we aren't ho...
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Episode 60 - Horsing Around
While the multiplayer Last of Us game, Factions, was already expected for this year, now there's rumblings that a 3rd game in the series might be coming much later. Will the jerks at Naughty Dog kill off more horses this time? Almost certainly ...
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Episode 60
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Episode 59 - So Long, 2022, And Thanks For All The Fishing
Much like 2021, we say so long to another year of gaming with a list of what we've played in the last 12 months and what we're hoping to play in the next 12. Could anything dethrone Triangle Strategy as our GOTY??Nintendo capped off 202...
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Episode 58 - Matt is Back!
Matt is back for this penultimate 2022 episode, and he's just in time for discussing the Pixel Remasters finally getting announced for consoles. Will he be diving back in, or was once through enough?Tis the season for Home Alone, so we ...
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Episode 58
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Episode 57 - The Gameys 2: Bigger and Gamier
Our second annual Gameys-focused episode! Was this year's show as horror-focused as last year? Did Jackson figure out how to differentiate between ads and trailers? Was there anything for Bill to throw in the dumpster? All this and more!
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Episode 56 - Broken Games and Broken Dreams
Not Dead Space 4 (aka The Callisto Protocol) has been out for a week and the results have been... not great. Same for the console release of The Outbound Ghost. Are we forever doomed to live in this age of companies bombarding us with unfinishe...
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Episode 55 - The Warm Embracer Embrace
The Embracer Group has announced that they have 234 games coming between now and March '26. Is this too many games? Minor spoilers: yeah, that's just way too many.Bill has gotten some good playtime with Tactics Ogre: Reborn and shares h...
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Episode 54 - More Dates Than You Can Shake a Stick At
As we head into the final weeks of the year, we're starting to get a better idea of what's coming NEXT year. Because you know what's more exciting than the games you already have? The games you might have later.Square-Enix drop...
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Episode 53 - Scissor Lift Scarcity
Kirby plushies are coming showcasing the Forgotten Land, but something important is missing. We discuss what that is and try to remain optimistic.Both of us played a lot of stuff this week. Did Jackson keep up his 3 games a week pace? A...
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Episode 52 - A Streak of Epic Proportions
Against all odds, Jackson has wrapped up another game this week. What kind of madness is this? Four games inside of a month? Scholars maintain that this kind of breakneck pace can not possibly continue.Bill is still in favor of fishing ...
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Episode 52
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Episode 51 - A Trails of Two Cities
With the first half of The Legend of Heroes Crossbell duology, Trails from Zero, launching last month, fans were wondering when the second half would come west. Well wonder no more, as we not only have a date for Trails to Azure but also a wind...
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Episode 50 - Dance Puppets!
Cuphead's physical edition is finally coming! And the collector's edition comes with something unexpected in addition to all the normal things you'd expect: your very own Cuphead marionette, which probably won't come to life and try to kill you...
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Episode 49 - Radiant Questions
Radiant quests... why are they so horrible? Jackson goes off, and Bill learns what they are and then decides that yes, they are horrible. Let's get them out of games.Skyrim is on pretty much every electrically powered device you can fin...
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Episode 49
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Episode 48 - There Is Another Backlogger
Bill couldn't record this week, but was that going to stop us? Well, almost, but we've called in our secret weapon! We've got even more brothers!Skull & Bones has gone from going head to head with God of War to going to 2023. What a...
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Episode 48
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Episode 47 - Gotta Recruit 'Em All
Do you want to recruit triple digits of potential squad members in your RPGs? Then this past week has got the information you're going to want. Between a new trailer for Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes and the announcement of a combined remas...
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Episode 47
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Episode 46 - The Showcase Showdown
As we head into fall, everybody is coming in hot to showcase their wares. With shows from Ubisoft, Disney & Marvel, Nintendo and Sony this last week, we've got a lot of games to discuss in this larger than usual episode. Who stood out among...
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Episode 46
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Episode 45 - Go Eastward, Young Man
Big news from Bill this week, with the arrival of his Steam Deck. What are the the first games he's going to fire up? Find out this episode.Jackson is flying through Eastward. Or plodding. Or somewhere in between. He's got some thoughts...
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Episode 44 - Kirby Catches 'Em All
Little G and Jackson have completed Kirby and the Forgotten Land, rescued all the Waddle Dees, and finished the post game. Quite the accomplishment for a 6-year old, while slightly less so for an adult.To the best of our knowledge, Embr...
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Episode 43 - Ideas for Days
Bill's got a boatload of game ideas this week, some better than others, but all of the utmost quality. Jackson chips in a few as well.Embracer group continues gobbling up everything in its path. Could BvB Studios be next? (Spoilers: no,...
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Episode 42 - Waddle Dees Everywhere
Jackson and Little G are saving Waddle Dees left and right, like some sort of well-oiled Waddle Dee saving machine. We talk about Kirby and the Forgotten Land a bit today, along with news on various delays and some upcoming showcases....
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Episode 42
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Episode 41 - Bill Wants Jaguars
Is Tekken 8 coming soon? Soonish? Eventually? And will they retcon King into a real jaguar? We'll talk about it this episode, along with the delayed Marvel's Midnight Suns and the (hopefully still) upcoming Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunio...
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Episode 41
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