On The Backlog Files, host Adam Taylor dives into retro classics, cult favorites, and indie standouts—stacking entries franchise by franchise, platform by platform. Every Tuesday at 9 AM EST, we rank, review, and recommit your next must‑play.From Game Boy gems to Switch surprises, Pokémon deep-dives to horror indies, Adam explores what made each game essential, or stray, and why it still matters today. Expect thoughtful takes, nostalgia, and plenty of “game snack” episodes under 20 minutes.New weekly. Always insightful. Occasionally unexpected.
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Signup to Generate a PitchOn The Backlog Files, host Adam Taylor dives into retro classics, cult favorites, and indie standouts, stacking entries franchise by franchise, platform by platform. Every Tuesday at 9 AM EST, we rank, review, and recommit your next must‑play.
The Backlog Files is hosted by Adam Taylor. The show has published 125 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Replaying Kingdom Hearts Without the Nostalgia" (21 October 2026, 7 minutes), "Backpack Syndicate Demo: Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Meets Inventory Tetris" (13 October 2026, 3 minutes), and "Bills Must Be Paid Review: Great Loop, Not Enough Depth" (7 October 2026, 2 minutes).
The Backlog Files publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 14 minutes across 125 episodes.
Booking probability for The Backlog Files is 35%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Backlog Files requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Backlog Files's contact route on record: verified email.
Adam Taylor hosts The Backlog Files, a leisure podcast with 125 episodes published.
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What happens when you revisit a game that helped shape your childhood and try to judge it like you're playing it for the first time? Adam begins a full Kingdom Hearts retrospective with Kingdom Hearts Final Mix...
Sometimes the best sign that a demo works is realizing you've been playing it much longer than intended. Adam checks out Backpack Syndicate , a dungeon crawler with strong Pokémon Mystery Dungeon energy and a...
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Bills Must Be Paid has a very simple proposition: smash piggy banks, make money and try to keep up with your increasingly expensive life. Adam looks at the game's smooth performance, satisfying incremental loop and...
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More than two decades after helping launch the GameCube, the original Luigi’s Mansion remains one of Nintendo’s most distinctive experiments. Adam revisits one of his earliest GameCube games to look at the room-by-room...
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The first major Pokémon Pokopia DLC takes players underwater; but Bubbly Basin succeeds because it does more than simply move the existing gameplay loop beneath the surface. Adam looks at the submerged remains of...
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As Sony doubles down on an all-digital PlayStation future, Adam considers what the industry is asking players to surrender in exchange for convenience. Without physical games, consumers could lose the ability to buy...
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Adam has never played a Splatoon game in his life, and Splatoon Raiders might be his game of the year. A look at why this single-player looter-shooter spin-off is the clearest argument yet for what the Switch 2 can...
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Adam dives into News Tower , an indie tycoon game about running a 1930s New York newspaper that turns out to be far deeper than it looks. Why the simple weekly loop hides three interlocking games, a newspaper sim, an...
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Microsoft just cut thousands from its gaming division and pushed out four studios, and Adam argues it's the first crack warning of a coming collapse, like Bear Stearns to the industry's coming housing crisis. Why the...
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Another week, another new release, and this one's a pleasant surprise. Adam digs into Rhythm Heaven Groove , the first new entry in the series in over a decade, and finds a WarioWare -style collection of musical...
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Sony has announced it will end physical disc production for all new PlayStation games starting January 2028, and Adam has feelings. An extra episode on the slow death of ownership, why a license you can lose isn't the...
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Nintendo has opened a console generation on an Ocarina of Time and a Star Fox 64 remake for the second time, and Adam dug into the new Star Fox on Switch 2 as a series newcomer. Why the remake's tutorials, voice acting...
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GTA 6 finally has a price: $80 standard, $100 Ultimate, and a "physical" edition that's just a download code in a box. Adam unpacks why the number matters less than what it signals, why GTA's discount-driven history...
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Adam reports live from Pier 57 at the Tribeca Festival, fresh off hands-on time with seven of this year's indie game selections. A modern 3D Zelda in Demi and the Fractured Dream , a gorgeous paper-airplane journey in...
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A Nintendo Direct finally arrived, so join Adam as he breaks down what it actually means. The Ocarina of Time remake is real but shown without a frame of gameplay, Kingdom Hearts IV lands on Switch 2 at launch, and...
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<p>We covered the console version on the channel, so this week on The Backlog Files I'm taking the Game Boy Advance port of Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure out of the backlog. It's Tony Hawk in a Disney coat of paint...
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<p>Fifteen years after it launched alongside the Nintendo 3DS, does Pilotwings Resort still hold up? Adam revisits the dormant flight series Nintendo resurrected as a glasses-free-3D showcase, and digs into a launch...
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<p>Good-Feel knows how to make a Yoshi game look and feel inviting, but the question has always been whether there's enough underneath. On today's Backlog Files, Adam reviews Yoshi and the Mysterious Book; the Switch 2...
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<p>Adam discusses the new indie Paper Mario-like: Escape From Ever After.</p>
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<p>Pokemon Champions is finally here and Adam discusses the borderline disastrous launch.</p>
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