Backlog Dialogues

Dec 11 2024 100 ep. 74 mins 17

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Backlog Dialogues is the nerd culture podcast where we dig you out of your backlog, BEFORE it buries you. We attempt to bring a literary eye to nerd culture media, like video games, films, TV shows, and more. Think of us like a book club, but for video games and other types of media. Our second backlog-buster is: When They Cry!

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Re:Zero Starting Life in Another World Season 1 Minilog - Fix Your Heart, You Cannot Die

Dec 11 2024 76 mins

It's time once more for a Minilog, this time covering the first season of the anime Re:Zero Starting Life in Another World! Join us as we go over this time looping isekai that defies the usual expectations of isekai by not being a total power fantasy! We talk about Subaru and his persistent inability to die, and how that does very little to actually help him solve the issues he fac

Higurashi When They Cry Kai - Tsumihoroboshi Godcast - Talk to your Friends

Dec 04 2024 57 mins

Another arc, another godcast! This week we look at Ryukishi's impassioned plea to those struggling to reach out, go over the Manga and Anime adaptations, and once more go over what we learned. And for those who have seen all things, in the spoiler section of the Godcast, we discuss the impact of this work on Ryukishi's future writing.

Higurashi When They Cry Kai - Tsumihoroboshi Episode 5 - Having Fun Creating Sparks [Ch 11-12]

Nov 27 2024 119 mins

And I face you now tonight, And we'll fight this more than everAnd if you only play this right,We'll be playing here foreverAnd we'll only be making us win,Because neither of us will lose Together we can face off at the top of this roof Your hand is right in front of me offering the truth I don't know what to do, and I'm still in this dark, But were standing on this building top an

Higurashi When They Cry Kai - Tsumihoroboshi Episode 4 - 99 Kyuteballoons [Ch 10-11]

Nov 20 2024 81 mins

Ninety-nine City PD Ninety-nine Yakuza Meet To worry, worry, super-scurry Call the cops out in a hurryThese books are what we've waited forThis is it, boys, this is warThe Sonozakis on the lineAs ninety-nine Kyuteballoons go by (Filk of 99 Red Balloons, by Nena) This week on Backlog Dialogues, we reveal the 'truth.'

Higurashi When They Cry Kai - Tsumihoroboshi Episode 3 - Baskyute Case [Ch 7-9]

Nov 13 2024 81 mins

I went to a nurseWho thought that I was cursedShe said it's parasites that are getting me downI went to my friendOn who I do dependHe said he'd listen to what's getting me down Sometimes that van gives me the creepsSometimes those gardeners play tricks on meIt all keeps adding upThe whole world's cracking upSurely I'm not paranoidOh no no no Grasping to controlSo I better hold on T

Higurashi When They Cry Kai - Tsumihoroboshi Episode 2 - World's Kyutest Violin [Ch 4-6]

Nov 06 2024 88 mins

Somewhere in this little town. Someone's feeling way more down. Wish that made my heart feel sound.Wish I didn't hide a frown. The world's kyutest violin really needs an audience. So if I do not find somebody soon. I'll cut my problems into bits And try to find a spot that fits While hiding in my secret place To keep a smile on my faceI know ive tried my very best to once more find

Higurashi When They Cry Kai - Tsumihoroboshi Episode 1 - Behind Kyute Eyes [Ch 1-3]

Oct 30 2024 73 mins

No one knows what it's like To be the bad girl To be the sad girl Behind Kyute Eyes And no one knows what it's like To be hated To be fated to hearing only lies But my dreams they aren't as icky As my heart seems to be I have hours only lonely My love is kyuteness That's never free... (Filk of Behind Blue Eyes, by the who) This week on Backlog Dialogues, we get to learn about Rena.

Everything Everywhere All At Once Minilog - Doing Laundry And Taxes With You

Oct 23 2024 68 mins

This week brings another Minilog, with the sci fi kung fu multiverse flick, Everything Everywhere All At Once! We discuss the struggles of laundromat proprietress Evelyn Wang as she tries to file her taxes properly but keeps getting distracted by things such as her daughter coming out as a lesbian, her husband seemingly seeking a divorce, and the entire multiverse deciding that she

Higurashi When They Cry Kai - Meakashi Godcast - Can Murder Be Justified? [Staff Room]

Oct 16 2024 55 mins

All Cast Review Sessions may be done, but Ryukishi07 has some things to say to launch us into our first postgame discussion of an Answer Arc! We discuss all that we have learned, and John continues his exploration of the adaptations. From the excellent manga adaptation that elevates the work almost as well as Tatarigoroshi did and an almost good anime adaptation that has a good run

Higurashi When They Cry Kai - Meakashi Episode 5 - I'm Sorry That I Was Born [Ch 12-14]

Oct 09 2024 104 mins

How did everything go so wrong for Shion? As victory over the three families approaches, she finds herself constantly thwarted. By Rika, strangely acting violent. By Satoko, refusing to give in to her torture. By Keiichi, who never gives up on her, even as she claims a demon has taken hold. And by her sister Mion, who reveals the terrifying truth that the three families have nothin