The Gaming Backlog "Book Club"
There are so many great new video games released each year and gamers are pulled in so many different directions by the abundance of options, but have significantly less time to play than ever before, between work, other entertainment, other activities and life in general. This has led most gamers to build up some degree of a backlog of games and the need to then decide which game to start next. Rather than staring at your library of available games, join Alex and Andrew as they lead conversation around a single video game at a time, following a traditional "book club" format and chatting each week about the most recent chapter or section. Join the conversation on Discord at https://discord.gg/9xdX3znWQn
Episodes
The Gaming Backlog "Book Club” hosts chat more about Phantom Liberty in Cyberpunk 2077, the Heist 2.0, playing Casino Royale at the Black Sapphire party, and hatching a plan to get Songbird out of Kurt Hansen’s grasp and even Dogtown altogether. Will it work? Your guess is as good as ours!
Stay tuned for next week's episode to hear about the Heist 2.5 turns out, and wrapping up our time in Dogtown, all while sharin...
The Gaming Backlog "Book Club” hosts share first impressions about Signalis after spending some time tiptoeing through the exceedingly creepy environments. They discuss their preferred ways of getting around, and share tips, tricks & stories from the early hours.
Stay tuned for the final episode of this Side Quest season to discuss Signalis as a whole, including its mysterious story.
The Gaming Backlog "Book Club” hosts chat about delving further into Dogtown and the story of Phantom Liberty in Cyberpunk 2077, meeting sleeper agent Solomon Reed, his old “friend” Alex, tangling with Voodoo Boys and doing some favors for Mr. Hands for a massive favor in return. Dogtown is the Wild West of Night City, so it’s fitting how crazy society is here.
Stay tuned for next week's episode to hear...
The next Side Quest season of The Gaming Backlog "Book Club” covers Signalis. While not the type of game we would typically play as a side quest, we want to enjoy a spooky season experience in spooky season itself, so we’ll be playing throughout the month of October, alongside the ongoing Cyberpunk 2077 season. Join us as we uncover the mysteries in deep space.
Stay tuned for our next Side Quest episode for our fir...
The Gaming Backlog "Book Club” hosts chat about the start of Phantom Liberty in Cyberpunk 2077, taking up Songbird’s offer to help us solve our Relic predicament, while also becoming embroiled in strange coup attempt involving NUSA and Dogtown.
Stay tuned for next week's episode to hear about everything we discovered, and our adventures and investigations in Dogtown, Night City, all while sharing some tips, tricks ...
Andrew from The Gaming Backlog "Book Club” joined Jaymo from The Old SwitchAroo in the skies and stars of the Star Fox Remake’s online Battle Mode across all 6 maps, tested out the AR GameChat functionality of the Nintendo Switch 2, and chatted about the Star Fox franchise overall, including their experiences with Star Fox 64 and this new version. They even created a Battle Mode map tier list.
The Gaming Backlog "Book Club” hosts chat about romance and finding love in Night City, in the dystopia of Cyberpunk 2077, helping out our friends and zeroing the scum of the earth.
Stay tuned for next week's episode to hear about the start of the Phantom Liberty story expansion, all while sharing some tips, tricks and stories along the way.
We want to hear how this section of Cyberpunk 2077 went for you. Take part in ou...
The Gaming Backlog "Book Club” hosts chat about all of Act 2 in Cyberpunk 2077, as we dig and investigate with Judy Alvarez until we find out what happened to Evelyn Parker, including what she knows about the Heist, work with Panam Palmer to retrieve the Relic’s schematics from Anders Hellman, track down the Voodoo Boys for an answer to our Johnny Silverhand issue, and help Goro Takemura arrange a meeting with Hanako Ar...
The Gaming Backlog "Book Club” hosts chat about video game-related events, activations and experiences in the latest Bookmark episode. Just anything that doesn’t only involve literally using a controller to play a game on a screen. Join us as we discuss some of these moments we’ve had the luck to participate in over our many, many years playing games.
Tune in next time to continue our current season about Cyberpun...
The Gaming Backlog "Book Club” hosts chat about the beginning of Act 2 in Cyberpunk 2077, dealing with the fallout of the Heist and coming to terms with the new normal, while expanding our access to Night City and meeting a whole new cast of intriguing and deadly characters.
Stay tuned for next week's episode to hear about everything we discovered, and our encounter with the Voodoo Boys, all while sharing some tips, tric...
The Gaming Backlog "Book Club” hosts chat about side quests, cyberpsycho hunts, side jobs and other gigs, installing upgrades and exploring Night City by foot and by car while blasting our preferred radio stations, all before the buildup to and execution of the Heist, including braindance editing, Militech secret meetings, and acquiring a flathead spider bot from Maelstrom.
Stay tuned for next week's episode to hear abou...
The Gaming Backlog "Book Club” hosts chat about video game accessories and peripherals (that actually affect the way we play) in the latest Bookmark episode. Join us as we discuss everything from pro controllers and fight sticks, to the GameShark and Game Boy game link cable.
Tune in next time to continue our current season about Cyberpunk 2077.
Take part in our conversation by joining The Gaming Backlog "Book Club" Disc...
The Gaming Backlog "Book Club” hosts chat about the opening hours of Cyberpunk 2077, getting familiar with our chosen origin points and the friendly (and not so friendly) faces in our neck of the woods, before delving into Night City and working our way through some jobs in Watson, and finally meeting Dexter in a limo to take on one hell of an assignment. Time for the big leagues!
Stay tuned for our next episode to hear ...
Season 13 of The Gaming Backlog "Book Club” covers Cyberpunk 2077. We discuss our expectations for the game based on what we know of CDProjekt Red games and open world RPGs in general. Can we get Johnny out of heads and reclaim our consciousness? Plug in, mod yourself to your heart’s content, take down anyone in your way, and find out!
Stay tuned for the next episode to discover how this story all kicked off, in Cy...
The Gaming Backlog "Book Club” hosts chat about our experiences visiting and revisiting Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and Super Mario World, discovering all the wonders within, the unique and innovative gameplay mechanics, technical and graphical prowess for their time, and embrace all the nostalgia. Mike and Jaymo from The Old Switcharoo podcast come along for the ride, comparing the two games despite their many, many differences, an...
The Gaming Backlog "Book Club” hosts chat about the use of video game strategy guides and walkthroughs in the latest Bookmark episode. Join us and share your opinions on video game guides and video game walkthroughs. Do you use them? Do you like video game strategy guides for some genres but not others? Let us know!
Tune in next time to continue our book club current season.
Season 12 of The Gaming Backlog "Book Club” covers Super Mario World and Sonic the Hedgehog 2. We discuss our expectations for the games based on what we know of the Mario and Sonic franchises, which is a considerable amount, but certainly not to a deep lore level. But hey, it’s practically impossible to be an enjoyer of video games, casual or hardcore, without having encountered one or both of these beloved game s...
The Gaming Backlog "Book Club” hosts chat about our experiences visiting the planets Blizar Prime, Torren IV, Cordelion, revisiting the Scarstu Debris Field, then check out Ardolis before also revisiting Sargasso and Savali and then moving on to Viceron and arriving at the Scarstu Debris Field once again to finish off the story of Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart.
Check in next time to learn about the next game from the backlo...
The Gaming Backlog "Book Club” hosts chat about the opening of Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart and our exploration of the planets Corson V, Sargasso, the Scarstu Debris Field, and Savali.
Stay tuned for next week's episode to hear about the next few planets up through the end of Ardolis, all while sharing some tips, tricks and stories along the way.
We want to hear how the early hours of Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart&n...
Season 11 of The Gaming Backlog "Book Club” covers Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart. We are visited by Luvva from the High Scores, High Stakes podcast to discuss our expectations for the game based on what we know of the Ratchet & Clank franchise.
Stay tuned for next week's episode to discover how it went for us in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, and share some tips, tricks and stories along the way.
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