Backlog and Beyond
61 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago -The podcast where we talk about the old games we want to beat and the new ones we play instead.
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#60 Game Over - For Now
July 26, 2021 16:24 - 1 hour - 106 MBWith Jeff & Nathan's personal lives taking priority, this is the LAST regular episode of Backlog & Beyond. Join us for a touching and hilarious show as the hosts are joined by Emily, Alex, Clay and Andrew for a night of rehashing their favorite episodes, going over what they've learned, and playing some great games. All of this and more!
59. The Best Games of 2021 (So Far)
July 19, 2021 04:30 - 1 hour - 68.3 MBThe Steam Deck from Valve is announced, Ghost of Tsushima is getting a director's cut, and Jeff & Nathan go through their favorite games they've played so far in 2021. All of this and more!
#58 Dead Franchises We Want Revived
June 28, 2021 11:29 - 53 minutes - 54.9 MBGuardians of the Galaxy scrapped its' multiplayer, Goldeneye maps have been removed from Far Cry 5 and with the rumors of Dead Space possibly making a return, Jeff and Nathan go over the dead video game franchises they would like to see revived! All of this and more! Theme by Heatley Bros Music
#57 B3 - Week 2 (E3)
June 21, 2021 11:57 - 1 hour - 72.4 MBMicrosoft crushed us with just the weight of every announcement made, and Jeff & Nathan go over their favorite games announced at E3! All of this and more! Theme by Heatley Bros Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SObMmHP0PaE&list=PLKcBDiHVgRZtIMq3KtOwGKrDtlt6O_PtW&t=0s
#56 B3 - Week 1
June 14, 2021 17:27 - 1 hour - 62.9 MBBattlefield is releasing without a story campaign, Wolf Among Us is supposedly getting remastered and Jeff & Nathan go over their favorite games announced leading up to E3! All of this and more! Theme by Heatley Bros Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SObMmHP0PaE&list=PLKcBDiHVgRZtIMq3KtOwGKrDtlt6O_PtW&t=0s
#55 Existing IPs We Want As Games
June 07, 2021 16:48 - 1 hour - 67.1 MBGod of War is delayed to 2022, Ratchet & Clank gets a next get update on day one, and Jeff and Nathan talk about existing IPs they'd like to see as video games! All of this and more!
#54 E3 2021 Predictions & Desires
May 31, 2021 21:21 - 2 hours - 119 MBFar Cry 6, Horizon Forbidden West & Dying Light 2 get gameplay reveals, Sonic celebrates its 30th Anniversary, and Jeff, Nathan, Emily, and Andrew talk about their E3 2021 predictions and desires! All of this and more!
#53 Give It An Hour in Review Part 1
May 24, 2021 11:41 - 1 hour - 98.2 MBAnother Tony Hawk Games is reportedly in the works, Bethesda and Microsoft team up at E3, and Jeff & Nathan review their first 25 GIAH games! All of this and more!
#52 Cancelled Gems: Siths & Mandalorians
May 17, 2021 07:00 - 57 minutes - 58.4 MBStarfield is reportedly an Xbox exclusive, PS5 dual sense gets new colors and Jeff & Nathan talk about 2 huge games that never saw the light of day even after being announced! All of this and more! Theme Song by Heatley Bros Music
#51 Short Games For The Busy Gamer
May 10, 2021 11:54 - 1 hour - 65.2 MBDiscord partners with Sony and Jeff & Nathan go through some of the best short games for the busy gamer. All of this and more!
#50 Games! Games! Games!
May 03, 2021 15:05 - 2 hours - 118 MBJeff and Nathan celebrate their 50th episode with special guests Emily, Andrew, Alex & Clay! Lots of games and a giveaway! All of this and more!
#49 Greatest Gaming Companies That No Longer Exist
April 26, 2021 11:54 - 1 hour - 63.5 MBDiscord walks away from Microsoft, KOTOR is possibly getting a remake and because of Playstation's smart move to keep their retro digital stores open, Jeff & Nathan decided to look back on some of the greatest gaming studios that made bad decisions, ultimately leading to their closure. All of this and more!
#48 The Moments That Moved Us In Gaming
April 19, 2021 12:22 - 1 hour - 65.5 MBResident Evil 4 is coming to Oculus, Oxen Free 2 is announced, and Jeff & Nathan go through their top gaming moments that moved them to tears. Bring some tissues to this one! All of this and more!
#47 A Way Out (SPOILERCAST)
April 12, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 68.7 MB!!EPISODE CONTAINS SPOILERS!! Last of Us is getting is apparently getting a remake, the history is celebrated for the month of April with Retrospect and Jeff & Nathan dig deep into spoiler territory with their recent experience playing A Way Out. All of this and more!
#46 Goodbye PS3 Digital Store
April 05, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 61.9 MBWith Sony's announcement of the PSP, PS Vita, and PS3 digital stores closing this summer, Jeff and Nathan run through their top 10 favorite PS3 games and look over some of the games that will be disappearing forever! All of this and more!
#45 Xbox Indie Showcase 2021
March 29, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 65.8 MBDigital PS stores possibly closing, Ghost of Tsushima is getting a movie and Jeff & Nathan recap with their favorites from the Xbox Indie Showcase! All of this and more!
#44 Our BAFTA Game Award Predictions
March 22, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 90.9 MBGame Pass is on a roll, Sony buys EVO, and Jeff & Nathan lay down their predictions for the 2021 BAFTA Game Awards. All of this and more!
#43 Now That's What I Call Video Game Music Vol.1
March 15, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 103 MBMicrosoft officially obtains Bethesda, Valheim might be coming to consoles, and Jeff and Nathan are joined by Alex, Emily and Clay to share their all time favorite song from a video game. All of this and more!
#42 Predicting Gen 10
March 08, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 89.9 MBJeff and Nathan are joined by special guest, Andrew Mundello to share their predictions for Gen10! All of this and more!
#41 State of Play, Blizzcon, & Pokemon Presents
March 01, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 104 MBJeff and Nathan are joined by special guest, Andrew Mundello to talk about Playstation State of Play, Blizzcon, and Pokemon Presents! All of this and more!
#40 Our Dream Video Game Theme Parks
February 22, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 71.6 MBJeff and Nathan discuss the recent Nintendo Direct, the opening of Super Mario World Japan, and design their own video game themed theme parks! All of this and more!
#39 Our Favorite Board Game Video Games
February 16, 2021 05:19 - 1 hour - 83 MBJeff, Alex, Clay, and Emily discuss E3's 2021 status, Legend of Zelda's 35th Anniversary, and the upcoming Last of Us series on HBO. For their main topic, board games they played as kids and how they've translated to their digital counterparts!
#38 The Best Games To Play With Your Significant Other
February 08, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 92 MBJeff & Nathan are joined by Emily, Clay, and Alex for this Valentine's Day inspired episode discussing some of their favorite games to play with your significant other. All of this and more!
#37 The Top 10 When We Were 10 (1997)
February 01, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 79.4 MBRumors of a GTA trilogy remaster, Tesla is competing with next gen consoles, highly anticipated for Februrary and Jeff & Nathan go through their top 10 games of 1997. All of this and more!
#36 The Fantasy Critic Draft
January 25, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 102 MBXbox flip flops on their price hike, Vicarious Visions is acquired by Blizzard, and special guests, Emily and Clay, join the show to play a little game of fantasy football but with VIDEO GAMES. All of this and more!
#35 Most Anticipated Games of 2021
January 18, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 76.7 MBLucasFilms Games drops some major announcements, Hogwarts Legacy is delayed, and Jeff and Nathan go through their most anticipated games of 2021. All of this and more!
#34 Inside The Indie: Unto The End
January 11, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 88.7 MBJeff and Nathan have a new segment this time where they deep dive into an indie game and highlight the people who made it! They are joined by Stephen Danton, one of the developers of 2TonStudios talking about their debut game, Unto The End! You don't want to miss this one!
#33 New Year, You (Wii) U
January 04, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 63.7 MBJeff and Nathan kick off the new year with their gaming resolutions and goals for their never ending backlogs. Also some BIG news! All of this and more!
#32 The BB Awards Show!
December 28, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 70.8 MBJoin Jeff and Nathan for a very special episode where they host the first ever BB Awards! The games with the good looks, the games that need to be burned with fire and of course their game of the year! All of this and more!
#31 The Holiday Special (Giveaway)
December 21, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 83.1 MBClay and Alex join us for a special Holiday themed episode! We discuss the Cyberpunk 2077 debacle, Nintendo's Indie World rundown, our holiday traditions and the best gaming gifts we've EVER received. All this and more!
#30 2020 Game Awards & Announcements Recap
December 14, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 98.4 MBCyberpunk gets released with bugs galore, the Hitman series is getting an adaptive trigger update, gaming history for December is covered and Jeff and Nathan run down a full recap of the 2020 Game Awards. All of this and more!
#29 Our Top 10 of 8th Gen
December 07, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 79.1 MBJeff and Nathan begin sign ups for their holiday giveaway, talk about December's free games and go through their top 10 games of the 8th generation! All of this and more!
#28 Our 2020 Game Awards Predictions
November 30, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 66 MBPS5s are swapped for air fryers, The Wolf Among Us might have a sequel and Jeff and Nathan give their predictions for the winners of the 2020 Game Awards. All of this and more!
#27 Thankful For Gaming (Thanksgiving Special)
November 23, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 87.8 MBJeff and Nathan are joined by Clay and Alex for this Thanksgiving treat! The group discusses their favorite foodie video games, why they're thankful for video games and so much more!
#26 We Review The PS5 and Oculus Quest
November 16, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 65.7 MBDespite the PS5 crashing and the Xbox Series X smoking, Jeff and Nathan spend this episode discussing their personal experiences with the PS5 and Oculus Quest. All of this and more!
#25 The Games We Grew Up With
November 10, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 83.5 MBSpecial Guest CJ, AKA Kr00kedTV, joins Jeff and Nathan as they discuss the games they grew up with and how they shaped them into the gamers they are today. All this and more!
#24 The Worst Reviews of The Greatest Games
November 03, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 62.2 MBCyberpunk 2077 is delayed AGAIN, free games of November, and Jeff and Nathan read some of the worst reviews from some of the greatest games they've ever played. All of this and more!
#23 The Halloween Special!
October 27, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 62.7 MBSpecial guests, Clay and Alex are back for our Halloween Special! We're going over all of our favorite horror games of all time, the scariest games we've played and the competition gets stiff when Jeff, Clay and Alex compete in Nathan's new game, "Name That Zombie". All of this and more!
#22 Our Dream Horror Games
October 20, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 65.8 MBStardew Valley gets split screen co-op, PS5 UI is revealed, and Jeff and Nathan talk about the horror games that they'd absolutely love to see come to life! All of this and more!
#21 The Horror Games We Can't Wait To Play
October 13, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 81 MBCyberpunk 2077 goes Gold, PS5 explains backwards compatibility, Jeff and Nathan go back in time with October's Retrospect and discuss the upcoming horror games they (Nathan) can't wait to play! All of this and more!
#20 The Top Horror Games of All Time (According to MetaCritic)
October 06, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 62.9 MBJeff and Nathan talk about the freebies of the month, Minecraft Steve is coming to Smash Brothers, Insomniac receives death threats, and they go through the top horror games of all time according to metacritic! All of this and more!
#19 PS5 vs. XBOX Series X
September 29, 2020 17:45 - 1 hour - 63.8 MBJeff and Nathan talk about Microsoft buying Bethesda, Metal Gear coming to PC, and discuss everything we know about the PS5 and XBOX Series X. All of this and more!
#18 PS5 Conference and Price Reveal
September 22, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 116 MBJeff and Nathan are joined by guests Alex and Clay for a full rundown of the entire PS5 conference, the console price reveal, and an intense game of video game taboo. All of this and more!
#17 Ubisoft Forward Going Backward?
September 15, 2020 07:00 - 56 minutes - 57.8 MBJeff and Nathan discuss the big news from Xbox and give their opinions on the latest Ubisoft Forward! All of this and more!
#16 Super Mario Bros. Celebrates 35 Years
September 08, 2020 07:00 - 59 minutes - 60.3 MBJeff and Nathan talk about the release of the new GTX 3080, Cobra Kai is apparently getting a video game, September's gaming history, and Super Mario Bros. is celebrating their 35th anniversary with some huge announcements. All of this and more!
#15 The Top 20 of Gamescom 2020
September 01, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 69.5 MBJeff and Nathan dedicate this episode to the top 20 games from Gamescom 2020 that left them with some good impressions. With 100+ games announced this should help narrow it down for you. All of this and more!!!
#14 The Great Mobile Gaming Debate
August 25, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 65.8 MBJeff and Nathan discuss Ghost of Tsushima's new DLC, the exciting DC Fandome announcements, September's upcoming releases, and decide if mobile is seen as legitimate form of gaming. All of this and more!
#13 Sequels That Need To Happen
August 18, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 67.9 MBA prequel to Stardew valley? A four player co-op Dead Space experience? A sequel to Pain co-starring Nathan Drake? Jeff and Nathan talk about the top ten video game sequels that need to happen. All of this and more!
#12 State of Play is Just Okay
August 11, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 79.4 MBJeff and Nathan talk about Rocksteady's new Suicide Squad game, Cyberpunk's second episode of NightWire and go over each game that was showcased at Playstation's most recent State of Play. All of this and more!
#11 The Top 10 Games of 2020 (So Far)
August 04, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 76.1 MBJeff and Nathan talk about August's free games, Retrospect returns, and they go through the top 10 games of 2020 based on metacritic so far! All of this and more!