The #Backlog Breakdown Nate & Josh

Are you Destined to be a sweaty casual? One of our Patrons, Arkone, requested an episode on Destiny 2, so Nate invites him on (along with his brother, Deuce), to talk all things Bungie and the Final Shape of the game!

Check out Arkone's blog here: Lightwave's Musings | Arkone Lightwave | Substack

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Welcome to the Backlog Breakdown!

We've been doing this podcast for around 5 years now, so there's some history and baggage that comes along with it. If you're not interested in all of that, we'd like to give you a primer on why we do what we're doing with the podcast, and hope you'll join us.

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The Backlog Breakdown is a proud member of the Play Well Network, a network of podcasts that seek to approach recreation in a more thoughtful manner. Until there is a rabbit trail to follow. Check out all of the other amazing Play Well podcasts Here. Get PWNed, scrubs.

With 2024 halfway over, the boys convene to reflect on and discuss what they've played in 2024 and whether their gaming time may have been good enough to contend with the rest of the Official Top 100 Games list.

Check out Josh's recommendation of this video on Chrono Trigger's music here: https://youtu.be/TeCtO_9E0LE

And you can check out the current Top 100 List here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kdPTU9rtbB-NnGYa4Qvr-jrRTpgYrnrll_AYs0KOGuQ/edit?usp=sharing

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This week, Nate jumps on to talk about Battlepasses and Microtransactions: the good, the bad, and the predatory.

Check out Upper Echelon's video on How Video Games Play You (language warning) here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJG2dli2LTg

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Most of the time, we play video games to be entertained. But can the medium do more than that? What happens when a video game intentionally make you, as the player, feel uncomfortable? This week, Mark from Quick Play and Jake & Landry from The Bitcast join us to discuss how intentional dissonance can be a powerful way of telling stories and creating interactive experiences.
[This is part 2, where we discuss our main topic. See part 1 for our introductions and backlog reports.]

Check out the Quick Play podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/quick-play/id1623478883

And check out the Bitcast here: https://open.spotify.com/show/5tfVOuoeExNZDbYvRflDHC

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