From opposite sides of the globe, your hosts Kiaran and Adam are on a mission to work through their enormous backlog of video games. In each episode they take on a game one (or both) of them have never finished before and get together to discuss their impressions. Was it good? Was it bad? Is it worth keeping on your backlog? Tune in to find out on The Good, the Bad, and the Backlog.
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Episode 112: Kingdom Hearts ft. Eric (The Unlockables Podcast)
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For this episode Adam is joined by the Kingdom Hearts guru Eric from The Unlockables Podcast as we discuss the first Kingdom Hearts game! https://linktr.ee/unlockablespodcast
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Let's go hopping through time and space as we play the indie "gem": Oxenfree
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Episode 110: A Short Hike
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Do you like hiking? Are you a short king (or queen)? Then do we have the game for you! Join us as we discuss our time with the cozy indie gem: A Short Hike.
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Episode 109: Final Fantasy I, II, & III Pixel Remasters ft. Chris Coplien (Retro Hangover)
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In this episode Adam is joined by Chris Coplien from the Retro Hangover podcast to chat about the first 3 Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters. A lot of waffling on about the Final Fantasy franchise in general but a fun conversation none-the-less!
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Episode 108: Monster Hunter (film)
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We're back and checking out another video game film adaptation! This time it's the Monster Hunter film that took the world by storm during Covid (not really), BUT is it as bad as people say it is? Tune in to find out!
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Episode 107: God of War Ragnarök
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We've been to War, we've seen Ragnarok, and we came out of it as Gods. Tune in to find out what we thought of the latest instalment in the God of War franchise. Trigger warning for stories of injuries.
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Episode 106: Final Fantasy XV
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We're back from our boys road trip around Eos! Take a seat around the camp fire, checkout our holiday photos, and see what we thought about the 15th mainline entry in the Final Fantasy franchise.
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Episode 105: Patreon Sneek Peak: Top 5 Waifus and Husbandos
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Life sometimes gets busy, so for this episode we bring you a very special bonus SNEAK PEEK of our Patreon exclusive content! The Patrons decided the episode was one of the most memorable so please enjoy our list of Top 5 waifus and husbandos! If you like this content and want to hear more, you can join our Patreon for as little as $1 via our linktr…
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Episode 104: Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise
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It's been almost 4 years and 100 episodes later, but Kiaran and Adam have finally reunited with Francis York Morgan to try out the sequel no one thought would happen: Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise! Does it live up to the first game? Tune in to find out!
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Episode 103: The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
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Who is Ethan Carter and where the heck has he gone? Adam and Kiaran are on the case to solve the mystery of The Vanishing of Ethan Carter. Tune in to find out if we found him, and whether the mystery is worth solving.
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Episode 102: Catherine + Catherine: Full Body
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Grab your pillows and slip on your pink polka dot boxers, we've got a tower of nightmares to climb! Tune in to find out what we thought of Catherine classic and Catherine Full Body.
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Episode 101: Concrete Genie
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We're back and unleashing our inner graffiti artists with this PlayStation 4 exclusive: Concrete Genie. Does this game turn out to be an unappreciated gem from a now-defunct studio? or was it rightfully forgotten? Tune in to find out!
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Episode 100: GOTY 2023 + Happy 100th Episode!
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We've made it to 100 episodes! For this very special episode we've merged a mailbag Q&A with our GOTY episode to answer listener questions, award prizes to the best games of the year under various categories, and we give away brand new GBB merch!
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Episode 99: L.A. Noire
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Press X to Doubt. We're travelling back in time to 1947 to become detectives in Team Bondi's only game: L.A. Noire.
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Episode 98: Death's Door
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Stone the crows! We played Death's Door developed by the talented magicians: Fenn & Foster. Is this a door worth opening or is the gameplay so challenging it'll hit you on the ass on the way out? Tune in to find out!
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Episode 97: Alan Wake Remastered
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If you're sensing a Dark Presence don't panic, it's only us back again with a brand new episode as we tackle the Remedy classic: Alan Wake (Remastered)! How does it stack up to the original? Is it as good as one of us remembers? Tune in to find out!
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Episode 96: El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron
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What's this? A game about Enoch Powell the British politician from the 70's? Or is it about the blind guy Denzel Washington played who was really into the bible? or is it about the many breasted one? I'm afraid the answer is 'none of the above', but strap yourselves in for the fever dream that is El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron!…
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Episode 95: Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
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What's that? You want Revenge? You want some Vengeance? How about some REVENGEANCE! *cue electric guitars* This episode we continue our journey through the Metal Gear franchise and finally get the chance to play Platinum Games' entry in the series: Metal Gear Rising Revengeance!
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Episode 94: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered
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It's time to don your gillie suits and beat your chest like a macho bro-man because we played our very first Call of Duty game! Are we butch enough to fit in with the US Marines and SAS dudes? Will we understand the appeal of military first person shooters? Who knows, but what we do know is if John Lennon had his way, there would be no peace.…
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Episode 93: Trek to Yomi
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What is 'yomi'? Is this game good? What time does the 3:10 to Yuma leave? Can Japanese people hear each other having sex behind those paper doors? We ask the important questions in this episode because we played: Trek to Yomi!
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Episode 92: The Last Guardian
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We finally did it. We finally completed the Team Ico trilogy! Tune in to find out what we thought of the final entry in the Ico trilogy, and how it stacks up against its predecessors.
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Episode 91: Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals ft. Chris Coplien
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In this episode Adam is joined by our old friend Chris Coplien from the Retro Hangover podcast! We step back to 1996 to see how "good" this allegedly under-appreciated SuperNintendo JRPG actually is!
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Episode 90: Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Don't Dry
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We're back again dipping our toes into the wet spot on the gaming bedsheet that is Leisure Suit Larry. After our last notorious foray with Box Office Bust, how will we feel about a Larry game that gets back to the gameplay roots (hehe) of point-and-dick... er... click?.
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Episode 89: Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
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That's right, we're back with another Metal Gear Solid game! This is the fifth in our journey through the series, how does it stack up to the previous entries? Does it have a good story? Will we actually enjoy the gameplay? Tune in to find out!
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Episode 88: Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
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Grab those lightsabers and adjust those crooked jaws! We played Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and it was certainly a game.
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Episode 87: Hogwarts Legacy ft. Jordan
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Kiaran has been expelled from Hogwarts and for this episode Adam is instead joined by a very special guest! Grab your cloaks of invisibility and top up your goblets of fire with more Pepsi Max, we're in for a magical broomstick ride through the Harry Potter open world adventure: Hogwarts Legacy!
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Episode 86: Road 96
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It's a dystopian 1996 and you're a teen, can make it over the border for a better life or will you fall victim to one of the many threats along the way as you hitchhike to your freedom? Find out how we fared in this wild hitchhiking simulator!
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Episode 85: Vampire Survivors (ft. Shane from Retro Hangover)
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Another episode and another special guest! This time Shane Koski from the Retro Hangover podcast joins Adam to chat all about Vampire Survivors, the viral sensation where you have to survive an onslaught of enemies... even though there's no vampires.
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Episode 84: Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom
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Do you wanna be a King? Do you want to be a prepubescent King with cat ears and a delicate face? Well do we have the game for you! No it's not an anime Visual Novel, its the RPG from Level-5 and Bando Namco: Ni No Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom!
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Episode 83: Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl (ft. Bill from Gaming and Collecting podcast)
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In this episode Adam is joined by special guest: Bill from the Gaming and Collecting podcast! We descend into the depths of the labyrinth and take on the RPG dungeon-crawler/map-making 3DS classic: Etrian Odyssey Untold - The Millennium Girl. Socials: https://linktr.ee/goodbadbacklog Gaming and Collecting podcast: https://linktr.ee/Thebarberwhogame…
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Episode 82: Final Fantasy the Spirits Within
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Get your jelly guns ready, we're saving the planet from invisible space phantoms in everyone's favorite "photorealistic" CGI animated film: Final Fantasy the Spirits Within!
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Episode 81: The Suicide of Rachel Foster
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Grab a glass of your finest Red Rum, we're headed to the Timberline Hotel to solve the mystery of The Suicide of Rachel Foster. Take a shot every time we call the Timberline Hotel 'Timberland'. This episode covers sensitive subject matter and adult themes, there is a warning in place before we discuss these topics but listen at your own discretion.…
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Episode 80: Metro Exodus (game) + Metro 2035 (novel)
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All aboard! We're back from our break and going cross country in the latest entry in the Metro franchise: Metro Exodus. As fans of the franchise we also read the novel Metro 2035 and give our thoughts on the third book in the series. Come on comrades, let's explore the Russian wasteland together!
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Episode 79: GOTY 2022 + Wrap Up
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That's a wrap! In this episode we give our own GOTY awards for the games we played this year as well as take a look back at some of the show highlights from 2022! We would like to thank all of our listeners, patrons, and our podcaster friends who helped contribute to this episode! Thank you for an amazing 2022! Links: The Good, the Bad, and the Bac…
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Episode 78: Scorn (ft. Dave Jackson from 'Tales from the Backlog')
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In this episode Adam is joined by friend of the show Dave Jackson to discuss the recently released Giger-inspired "biopunk" game: Scorn. Check out what we thought of it as well as our plot analysis and interpretations. The Good, the Bad, and the Backlog socials: https://linktr.ee/goodbadbacklog Tales from the Backlog: https://linktr.ee/talesfromthe…
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Episode 77: Yakuza Kiwami
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We're back again skulking the streets of Kamurocho. It's our second foray into the Yakuza franchise, tune in to find out what we think of the remake to the first game and how it compares to our experience with Yakuza 0!
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Episode 76: Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
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In this episode we go for a simulated stroll through the quaint English village of Yaughton and try to figure out where tf did everyone go?
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Episode 75: BONUS #17 - Uncharted (2022 film)
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You asked for it, and we delivered. We watched the highly anticipated (maybe) film adaptation of the iconic Sony property and boy did we have opinions! If you want to hear two idiots pick a mediocre film to pieces, you've come to the right place! Tune in to find out what we thought!
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Episode 74: Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
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Grab you're spelunking boots because we're hopping back into the Uncharted franchise with the DLC turned full-game - Uncharted: The Lost Legacy. How does the game fair without the franchise's main man Nathan Drake? Tune in to find out!
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Episode 73: BONUS #16 - As Dusk Falls ft. Chris Coplien and Jon
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Do you like stories? Well this game certainly has a story! Joining Adam in this episode are special guests: Chris Coplien from the Retro Hangover podcast, and Jon to discuss our in-depth thoughts on the latest narrative adventure game published by Xbox Game Studios: As Dusk Falls.
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Episode 72: God of War (2018)
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Grab your magical axes, arrows, and severed heads of exposition. It's time for us to finally play the 2018 GOTY alleged 'masterpiece': God of War. Is the praise justified? Is this the best game we've ever covered? Is Kratos a DILF? Tune in to find out.
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Episode 71: Patreon Sneak Peek: Critically Acclaimed Games We Won't Try!
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This very special bonus episode is a SNEAK PEEK of our first Patreon episode! We discuss our list of games that are critically acclaimed but we have no intention of playing! If you like this content and want to hear more, you can join our Patreon for as little as $1 via our linktree at: https://linktr.ee/goodbadbacklog…
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Episode 70: The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan
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Hop aboard the S.S Backlog! For this episode we're venturing into spooky waters as we play the first instalment of The Dark Pictures Anthology, the Man of Medan. Will you need a proton pack to fight some ghosts? or has Adam just eaten too much cauliflower rice? Tune in to find out!
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Episode 69: Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust
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It's our 69th episode so of course we wanted to do something special and play a game in the very raunchy Leisure Suit Larry franchise! Little did we know it would be so... traumatic.
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Episode 68: BONUS #15 - Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022 film)
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You asked and we answered. Adam and Kiaran re-enter Sega's gaping ring and return to the world of Sonic the Hedgehog in the sequel film from 2022. We discuss the plot, the characters, Sonichu, Rebel Wilson, Idris Elba's voice acting, our ideas for the sequel, and so much more. We hope it was worth the wait!…
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Episode 67: Prey (2017)
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Is it a coffee cup? Is it a stapler? No! It's Adam and Kiaran mimicking mundane office items in order to take over Talos 1. Come join us as we play the under-appreciated gem from Arkane Studios: Prey (2017). Not to be confused with Prey (2006) or Pray (MC Hammer).
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Episode 66: BONUS #14 - Eiyuden Chronicle Rising ft. Chris Coplien and Kade
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Get your stamp cards ready, Chris Coplien from the Retro Hangover podcast and Kade from the Gaming Memories podcast have joined Adam to run errands with our anthropomorphic Kangaroo friend in the prequel to the spiritual successor of the Suikoden franchise. Confused? Me too!
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Episode 65: Tearaway + Tearaway Unfolded
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We have a message for you. Yes YOU. The You in the sky. Join us as we deliver this very important message with custom-made art pieces, as we compare Tearaway on the Vita and Tearaway Unfolded on the PS4.
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Episode 64: Days Gone
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Grab your dog skull rings, leather vests, red hankies, and ass-less chaps... It's time to fulfil your biker boy fantasy in post-apocalyptic Oregon. Join us for a particularly fun episode as we take on and critique: Days Gone.
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Episode 63: BONUS #13 - Threads of Fate ft. Chris Coplien and Ozzy Garcia
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In this episode Adam is joined by special guests Chris Coplien from the Retro Hangover Podcast, and Ozzy Garcia (a Cuban). We took on Squaresoft's 1999 forgotten PS1 JRPG: Threads of Fate... or Dewprism if you're a purist like Chris. Was the game worth it? Is there a good reason it was forgotten? Tune in to find out!…
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