Dave | Tales from the Backlog
@tftblpod.bsky.social
He/him. Games critic and Tales from the Backlog podcast host- one game per episode, in depth, no spoilers until we warn you.
Podcast/YouTube- https://linktr.ee/talesfromthebacklog
Support- Patreon.com/realdavejackson
Podcast/YouTube- https://linktr.ee/talesfromthebacklog
Support- Patreon.com/realdavejackson
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Hi! I'm Dave, and I host Tales from the Backlog (a backlog games deep dive podcast). Each episode is me with a different guest discussing the games we play, with no spoilers for a while.
Also pictured: my producer Rukey.
🌐linktr.ee/realdavejackson
📬[email protected]
Also pictured: my producer Rukey.
🌐linktr.ee/realdavejackson
📬[email protected]
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Heaven's Vault (inkle Ltd, 2019)
November 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Heaven's Vault (inkle Ltd, 2019)
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Oh, yeah, NPC writing is the best. You can do worldbuilding, add a gameplay tip, or just invent a memorable weirdo. Or a whole city of weirdos. It's great.
November 27, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Oh, yeah, NPC writing is the best. You can do worldbuilding, add a gameplay tip, or just invent a memorable weirdo. Or a whole city of weirdos. It's great.
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Sunshine Coastline from Ys 8
November 27, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Sunshine Coastline from Ys 8
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Technical perfection, an incredible soundtrack, and impossible to put down: Sektori is one of the best games of the year and every sicko needs to play it. aftermath.site/sektori-shoote...
Sektori Is The Technically Perfect Heir To Geometry Wars
I need every sicko reading this to play Sektori right now.
aftermath.site
November 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Technical perfection, an incredible soundtrack, and impossible to put down: Sektori is one of the best games of the year and every sicko needs to play it. aftermath.site/sektori-shoote...
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i take frenzy damage every time i see someone go "well i just use it for the boring stuff". what are you TALKING about? if it's boring or unimportant, why are you putting it in? NPC dialogue is fertile ground for worldbuilding, creating verisimilitude, conveying important information, and hijinks!!
Buy a solo indie dev's game because I want to support them.
Find out it uses OpenAI to write "non-important NPC dialogue".
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Find out it uses OpenAI to write "non-important NPC dialogue".
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November 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
i take frenzy damage every time i see someone go "well i just use it for the boring stuff". what are you TALKING about? if it's boring or unimportant, why are you putting it in? NPC dialogue is fertile ground for worldbuilding, creating verisimilitude, conveying important information, and hijinks!!
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Today on Tales from the Backlog- Asura's Wrath! Nick and Will from @fngcpod.bsky.social are back to discuss this truly unique game, full of hype moments, bad combat and a million QTEs. As always, no spoilers for a while- enjoy!
LISTEN: talesfromthebacklog.fireside.fm/193
WATCH: youtu.be/YaHxeODdc34
LISTEN: talesfromthebacklog.fireside.fm/193
WATCH: youtu.be/YaHxeODdc34
November 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Today on Tales from the Backlog- Asura's Wrath! Nick and Will from @fngcpod.bsky.social are back to discuss this truly unique game, full of hype moments, bad combat and a million QTEs. As always, no spoilers for a while- enjoy!
LISTEN: talesfromthebacklog.fireside.fm/193
WATCH: youtu.be/YaHxeODdc34
LISTEN: talesfromthebacklog.fireside.fm/193
WATCH: youtu.be/YaHxeODdc34
Some games are "average" in the way that they don't leave a lasting impression. Some games are "average" because they have really great and really bad qualities, but you'll never forget them.
I chose to talk about a game in that latter camp. Check out the discussion!
I chose to talk about a game in that latter camp. Check out the discussion!
Episode 87, AVERAGE GAMES XI w/ @tftblpod.bsky.social!
Listen to Dave answer that golden question, "What's an average game you love that doesn't get enough attention?"
Like, subscribe, tell a friend!
Listen on soundstone.network or find links at the start of the thread! ⬆️
Listen to Dave answer that golden question, "What's an average game you love that doesn't get enough attention?"
Like, subscribe, tell a friend!
Listen on soundstone.network or find links at the start of the thread! ⬆️
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Some games are "average" in the way that they don't leave a lasting impression. Some games are "average" because they have really great and really bad qualities, but you'll never forget them.
I chose to talk about a game in that latter camp. Check out the discussion!
I chose to talk about a game in that latter camp. Check out the discussion!
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Episode 87, AVERAGE GAMES XI w/ @tftblpod.bsky.social!
Listen to Dave answer that golden question, "What's an average game you love that doesn't get enough attention?"
Like, subscribe, tell a friend!
Listen on soundstone.network or find links at the start of the thread! ⬆️
Listen to Dave answer that golden question, "What's an average game you love that doesn't get enough attention?"
Like, subscribe, tell a friend!
Listen on soundstone.network or find links at the start of the thread! ⬆️
November 26, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Episode 87, AVERAGE GAMES XI w/ @tftblpod.bsky.social!
Listen to Dave answer that golden question, "What's an average game you love that doesn't get enough attention?"
Like, subscribe, tell a friend!
Listen on soundstone.network or find links at the start of the thread! ⬆️
Listen to Dave answer that golden question, "What's an average game you love that doesn't get enough attention?"
Like, subscribe, tell a friend!
Listen on soundstone.network or find links at the start of the thread! ⬆️
Today on Tales from the Backlog- Asura's Wrath! Nick and Will from @fngcpod.bsky.social are back to discuss this truly unique game, full of hype moments, bad combat and a million QTEs. As always, no spoilers for a while- enjoy!
LISTEN: talesfromthebacklog.fireside.fm/193
WATCH: youtu.be/YaHxeODdc34
LISTEN: talesfromthebacklog.fireside.fm/193
WATCH: youtu.be/YaHxeODdc34
November 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Today on Tales from the Backlog- Asura's Wrath! Nick and Will from @fngcpod.bsky.social are back to discuss this truly unique game, full of hype moments, bad combat and a million QTEs. As always, no spoilers for a while- enjoy!
LISTEN: talesfromthebacklog.fireside.fm/193
WATCH: youtu.be/YaHxeODdc34
LISTEN: talesfromthebacklog.fireside.fm/193
WATCH: youtu.be/YaHxeODdc34
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Just in time for your Thanksgiving travels, a new episode appears! Welcome to the season of gothic romantic horror here at JCP.
Coming up for December: Frankenstein (the novel) with @tftblpod.bsky.social !
Coming up for December: Frankenstein (the novel) with @tftblpod.bsky.social !
Hey y'all it's time to hang at Jala-chan's Place! Today @jalachan.writes.fyi & @senplus.bsky.social discuss Robert Eggers' 2024 remake Nosferatu (and compare it to the 1922 original).
Check it out: www.jalachan.place/86
Check it out: www.jalachan.place/86
November 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Just in time for your Thanksgiving travels, a new episode appears! Welcome to the season of gothic romantic horror here at JCP.
Coming up for December: Frankenstein (the novel) with @tftblpod.bsky.social !
Coming up for December: Frankenstein (the novel) with @tftblpod.bsky.social !
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Thanks again to everyone who listened our month of #LordoftheRings podcasts, and our fellowship of guests, @caseaiken.bsky.social, @tftblpod.bsky.social, @kris-ingersoll.bsky.social, @bertrandallain.bsky.social, @media-lit.bsky.social, and @chipdip.bsky.social of @preorderbonus.bsky.social. Cheers!
November 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Thanks again to everyone who listened our month of #LordoftheRings podcasts, and our fellowship of guests, @caseaiken.bsky.social, @tftblpod.bsky.social, @kris-ingersoll.bsky.social, @bertrandallain.bsky.social, @media-lit.bsky.social, and @chipdip.bsky.social of @preorderbonus.bsky.social. Cheers!
So Sally can wait, she knows it's too late as we're walkin on by
Her soul slides away, but don't look back in anger, I heard you say
Her soul slides away, but don't look back in anger, I heard you say
His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy
There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti
There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti
November 23, 2025 at 6:30 AM
So Sally can wait, she knows it's too late as we're walkin on by
Her soul slides away, but don't look back in anger, I heard you say
Her soul slides away, but don't look back in anger, I heard you say
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I've mentioned Xuan-Yuan Sword: Mists Beyond the Mountains before, but its Silk Road setting deserves more praise
It goes from Francia to Venice, Damascus, Baghdad, Tashkent & Chang'An, following historical events of ~750 AD like the Abbasid revolution, the Battle of Talas, and Tang Dynasty crisis.
It goes from Francia to Venice, Damascus, Baghdad, Tashkent & Chang'An, following historical events of ~750 AD like the Abbasid revolution, the Battle of Talas, and Tang Dynasty crisis.
November 22, 2025 at 10:54 AM
I've mentioned Xuan-Yuan Sword: Mists Beyond the Mountains before, but its Silk Road setting deserves more praise
It goes from Francia to Venice, Damascus, Baghdad, Tashkent & Chang'An, following historical events of ~750 AD like the Abbasid revolution, the Battle of Talas, and Tang Dynasty crisis.
It goes from Francia to Venice, Damascus, Baghdad, Tashkent & Chang'An, following historical events of ~750 AD like the Abbasid revolution, the Battle of Talas, and Tang Dynasty crisis.
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hey, i'm looking for work! full-time or freelance 💜
journalist, critic, author
proficient in features, criticism, reporting, reviews, previews, news, guides
words at lost in cult, RPS, VGC, unwinnable, gamesradar+, polygon, EDGE, PLAY
muckrack.com/ash-like-a-d...
[email protected]
journalist, critic, author
proficient in features, criticism, reporting, reviews, previews, news, guides
words at lost in cult, RPS, VGC, unwinnable, gamesradar+, polygon, EDGE, PLAY
muckrack.com/ash-like-a-d...
[email protected]
November 22, 2025 at 11:52 AM
hey, i'm looking for work! full-time or freelance 💜
journalist, critic, author
proficient in features, criticism, reporting, reviews, previews, news, guides
words at lost in cult, RPS, VGC, unwinnable, gamesradar+, polygon, EDGE, PLAY
muckrack.com/ash-like-a-d...
[email protected]
journalist, critic, author
proficient in features, criticism, reporting, reviews, previews, news, guides
words at lost in cult, RPS, VGC, unwinnable, gamesradar+, polygon, EDGE, PLAY
muckrack.com/ash-like-a-d...
[email protected]
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ever since i was a little girl i've always wanted to exceed the damage cap of 9999 with my Critical Attacks...
November 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
ever since i was a little girl i've always wanted to exceed the damage cap of 9999 with my Critical Attacks...
I'm mostly over this type of open world game full of crafting materials and enemy camps, but damn if they don't hit the spot when you're feeling sick and just want to vibe (gather bamboo and massacre a dozen enemy camps)
November 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
I'm mostly over this type of open world game full of crafting materials and enemy camps, but damn if they don't hit the spot when you're feeling sick and just want to vibe (gather bamboo and massacre a dozen enemy camps)
We almost hit the 4 hour mark recapping the first half of Final Fantasy X, and could have done even more. Check it out!
Whether if you've played Final Fantasy X many times over the years or if it's your first time: check out this CHONKY episode with @tftblpod.bsky.social + @kimchica.bsky.social discussing the first half of the game!
youtu.be/YGmiaHlsvZg
(Geeks & Grounds is also found on your fave podcast platform!)
youtu.be/YGmiaHlsvZg
(Geeks & Grounds is also found on your fave podcast platform!)
November 21, 2025 at 10:57 PM
We almost hit the 4 hour mark recapping the first half of Final Fantasy X, and could have done even more. Check it out!
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Whether if you've played Final Fantasy X many times over the years or if it's your first time: check out this CHONKY episode with @tftblpod.bsky.social + @kimchica.bsky.social discussing the first half of the game!
youtu.be/YGmiaHlsvZg
(Geeks & Grounds is also found on your fave podcast platform!)
youtu.be/YGmiaHlsvZg
(Geeks & Grounds is also found on your fave podcast platform!)
November 21, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Whether if you've played Final Fantasy X many times over the years or if it's your first time: check out this CHONKY episode with @tftblpod.bsky.social + @kimchica.bsky.social discussing the first half of the game!
youtu.be/YGmiaHlsvZg
(Geeks & Grounds is also found on your fave podcast platform!)
youtu.be/YGmiaHlsvZg
(Geeks & Grounds is also found on your fave podcast platform!)
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We are live for our ~15 hour Extra Life stream live over here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsSM...
Crossplay's Extra Life 2025 Stream
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November 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
We are live for our ~15 hour Extra Life stream live over here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsSM...
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How Inkle's Heaven's Vault started life as a Doctor Who game, before it was exterminated www.eurogamer.net/how-inkles-h...
November 18, 2025 at 10:21 AM
How Inkle's Heaven's Vault started life as a Doctor Who game, before it was exterminated www.eurogamer.net/how-inkles-h...
I've heard enough cool things about The Longing now, it's time to begin the long wait. Good thing I've been meaning to give Moby Dick another go!
November 21, 2025 at 1:18 AM
I've heard enough cool things about The Longing now, it's time to begin the long wait. Good thing I've been meaning to give Moby Dick another go!
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some games you play for like 10 seconds and you know that it's Got It and Sektori is absolutely one of those. flow state game. blink and an hour goes by game. lumines arise and sektori said 2025 is the year of 00's hard techno
November 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM
some games you play for like 10 seconds and you know that it's Got It and Sektori is absolutely one of those. flow state game. blink and an hour goes by game. lumines arise and sektori said 2025 is the year of 00's hard techno
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Today is the day to tell a strange story.
The long version we'll tell later, but the short version is this. In an attic, in his late great-uncle's house, @jon.inkle.co found a locked trunk. It took twenty years to open. Last summer he did.
Inside was a wiring diagram, and a stack of books.
The long version we'll tell later, but the short version is this. In an attic, in his late great-uncle's house, @jon.inkle.co found a locked trunk. It took twenty years to open. Last summer he did.
Inside was a wiring diagram, and a stack of books.
November 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Today is the day to tell a strange story.
The long version we'll tell later, but the short version is this. In an attic, in his late great-uncle's house, @jon.inkle.co found a locked trunk. It took twenty years to open. Last summer he did.
Inside was a wiring diagram, and a stack of books.
The long version we'll tell later, but the short version is this. In an attic, in his late great-uncle's house, @jon.inkle.co found a locked trunk. It took twenty years to open. Last summer he did.
Inside was a wiring diagram, and a stack of books.
Sektori is a must-play for anyone who loves Geometry Wars. It's got that good "I can do better next time" feeling, with a few cool upgrade systems. Oh and of course it's an audiovisual party.
store.steampowered.com/app/2105620/...
store.steampowered.com/app/2105620/...
Sektori on Steam
Sektori is an intense, fast paced twin-stick shooter infused with hard hitting techno music. A game where the high-adrenaline gameplay, visuals, and music come together to transport you into another s...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Sektori is a must-play for anyone who loves Geometry Wars. It's got that good "I can do better next time" feeling, with a few cool upgrade systems. Oh and of course it's an audiovisual party.
store.steampowered.com/app/2105620/...
store.steampowered.com/app/2105620/...