The #Backlog Breakdown
Two dudes who love God, their wives, the church, and occasionally indulge in some video games.
bite sized: Beleaguered Mediocrity
This week, Nate has on Alex C and Amazing Josh to discuss current Fantasy Critic League standings and some thoughts on rosters.
You can check out our current standings here: https://www.fantasycritic.games/league/b470ce3b-0032-4449-8432-b4b8b21c2d9a/2024
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156: Microaggression by Microtransaction
MIcrotransactions have become commonplace in gaming, even to the point of having games built around a model of monetization. The recent release of Dragon's Dogma 2 has caused a stir because of its use of microtansactions. But are they all bad? How should we think about their implementation? And how can we be wise stewards of our time and finances through it all?
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bite sized: PS Portal Perks (w/ Wesley Rea, the Henshin Dad Himself)
This week, you're getting a beefy bite sized episode, courtesy of Nate and Wesley Rea, the Henshin Dad Himself!
When you're done with the episode, check out Wes's podcast, Retronim here: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/retronim
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155: Git Gud, Scrub
This week, the guys are talking difficulty in games: how it's changed over time and how it affects the way we interact and enjoy some of our favorites.
Some recommendations this week include:
Midtown - Tenebrae : https://youtu.be/q8oxpHO7yaY?si=qn-41dmrUaB44CeC & Sold a story: https://features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/
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bite sized: Artificial Unintelligence
Josh has a few thoughts on co-op, AI, and building robust communities. What do these things have in common? Well, you'll just have to listen, won't you?
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154: Fight With Your Friends (w/ Micah, Parker, and Luke)
This week, Nate invites his teammates on to talk about the chaos of co-op!
Some recommendations this week include:
Expedition Bible: https://www.youtube.com/@ExpeditionBible & Radical - Hard to Reach: Japan: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPWYBBat7NTkhJrM-_OwGbvN1YzvSqBEb
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bite sized: NNUTP News
This week, we're airing an exclusive episode of Nothing New Under the Porch News. Even though it's coming from Australia, this news segment has ripple effects all over the world.
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153: Enjoying the Beatdown (or How Not to Beat Down Your Backlog)
With a huge backlog of games, it's easy to get overwhelmed, feeling like you're never going to finish all of the games that you've piled up. Well, part of that feeling may be justified (and a nice dose of reality), but can that feeling lead us to a healthier place, where we can view our recreation time as reinvigorating, or does it inevitably lead to the drudgery of playing games simply to check them off the box?
This episode was inspired by Daryl Talk Games's series on beating down his backlog, which you can view Here (https...
bite sized: The Kids Aren't Alright (w/ Caedmon)
On this bite sized episode, Nate interviews his nephew, Caedmon, to get a Gen Z perspective on gaming in 2024.
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152: Musings on Reviews...ings
Who reviews the reviewers? What is the point of a review? Number scores can be helpful at a glance to know the general consensus on a game, but is it helpful in the long run to try and boil down every video game into a few pithy quotes and a number ranking? What about games that are continuously updated? We may not have very many answers, but we at least posing some of these questions and kicking around our thoughts here at The Backlog Breakdown.
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