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Hosted by Dave Jackson · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 270 episodes
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A video games podcast where Dave Jackson and guests break down and discuss the games they play. Each episode looks at one game in depth, focusing on mechanics, story, music and other aspects, with no spoilers until a clearly marked spoiler wall in the middle.
Dave Jackson hosts Tales from the Backlog, a leisure show with 270 episodes published.
Support my work on Patreon- https://patreon.com/realdavejackson Discord, Socials and more- https://linktr.ee/talesfromthebacklog Join Dave and special guest Gen Moonen ("Fun" and Games) as they discuss Konami's 2006 entr
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Support my work on Patreon- https://patreon.com/realdavejackson Discord, Socials and more- https://linktr.ee/talesfromthebacklog Join Dave and special guest Roger Reichardt of Gamerheads Podcast as they discuss Soulgame
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Scott Danielson
1 appearance on this show
Brian Edwards
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1 appearance on this show
Doug Lief
from the Nostalgium Arcanum podcast · Nostalgium Arcanum
1 appearance on this show
Jill Grodt
The Indie Informer
1 appearance on this show
Adam Gumbert
Respawn Aim Fire
1 appearance on this show
Chris Coplien
Retro Hangover
1 appearance on this show
Flora Merigold
Left Behind Game Club
1 appearance on this show
Rachel Watts
Thinky Games
1 appearance on this show
Josh Galecki
Pixelated Playgrounds
1 appearance on this show
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Tales from the Backlog is hosted by Dave Jackson. The show is categorised under leisure (games) and has published 270 episodes.
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