The Backlog Busters

Mar 07 2025 213 ep. 77 mins 106
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An Elite group of Backloggers join forces to talk video games and tomfoolery

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Don't Poison the Pokemon!

Mar 07 2025 111 mins  
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 8 - Episode 8. Mathman, BlazeKnight, Hootz, and SkinnyMatt discuss horse head emojis, vacations, anniversaries, and birthdays. We dished out secret tips for Arnold Palmer Golf on the Sega Genesis!Matt - Dave the Diver, Let's Go PikachuHootz - Gris, Mega Man V, Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Balatro, Nine Sols, Sea of Stars, Animal Well, etc.Mike

Waterfall and Quit

Feb 28 2025 72 mins  
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 8 - Episode 7. Mathman and BlazeKnight talk about "The Last Ronin" and nine-day-long vacations. We also handed out secret tips and tactics for the classic Sega Genesis games Back to the Future Part 3 and Rolling Thunder 2 and the SNES game Super Off Road.Mike - Super Mario RPG, FF XI Braver, Baldur's Gate 3Ryan - Prince of Persia

What is This, 10cc?!

Feb 22 2025 71 mins  
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 8 - Episode 6. Mathman, SkinnyMatt, and Mike talk about delicious potato dishes, retro arcades, and "The Last Ronin." We also handed out secret tips and tactics for the classic Sega Genesis games Burning Force, Arrow Flash, and Castle of Illusion.Mike - Triangle Strategy, Super Mario RPG, FF XI BraverMatt - Dave the Diver, Blood Bowl 2, Mario

Indifferent at the Very Least

Feb 15 2025 119 mins  
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 8 - Episode 5. Mathman, Hootz, and Mike talk about getting their lives together, learning German, and Spotify playlists. Hootz - Animal Well, Kirby and the Forgotten Lands, Monster Hunter Wilds (beta), and Xenoblade Chronicles 3Mike - Monster Hunter: Rise, Triangle StrategyRyan - Balatro, Monster Hunter: Rise, Citizen Sleeper 2If you were a pa

Rise of the Monster Hunter

Feb 08 2025 87 mins  
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 8 - Episode 4. Mathman and Hootz have a great discussion about playing games co-op with Monster Hunter: Rise. They also talk about how freeing it is to trash 12-year-old documents and participate in trivia-based fundraisers. Oh, they also played some games. Please enjoy!Hootz - Kirby and the Forgotten Lands, Hi-Fi Rush, Gris, Xenoblade Chronic

The In-betweens

Feb 01 2025 89 mins  
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 8 - Episode 3. Mathman, BlazeKnight, and SkinnyMatt get together to discuss snow days, heater issues (and fixes), and Nintendo's Alarmo! We also talk about the Xbox Developer's Direct (give us all the South of Midnight and Expedition 33 please) and our hopes and desires for the Switch 3 (you read that correctly). Mike - Jedi Fallen Or

Time to Figure it Out

Jan 25 2025 108 mins  
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 8 - Episode 2. Mathman, Hootz, and BlazeKnight are joined by Marty Estes from the Nintendo Dads. We discuss awesome Transformer-themed controllers, year-old gingerbread houses, doggie DNA results, and finishing books. We dived into the Switch 2 reveal trailer and even had time to talk about what we'd been playing. Marty - Donkey Kong Coun

Nasty Hustler

Jan 16 2025 132 mins  
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 8 - Episode 1. Mathman, Hootz, and BlazeKnight discuss cruises, staycations, and board games. Our main topic was our New Year resolutions, hopes, and hypes. And then we played games... Hootz - Xenoblad Chronicles 3, Cocoon, Nine Sols, Chants of Senarr, Marvel's Midnight Suns, Glyphica Typing Survival BlazeKnight - Marvel's Midnight

GOTY 2024

Dec 31 2024 150 mins  
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 7 - Episode 34. This is the last episode of 2024, and we make it count. We have a huge panel consisting of Mathman, BlazeKnight, BlazeKnight's offspring, Libby, Hootz, Grrouchie, and SkinnyMatt. There was a ton of discussion about Christmas presents, an awesome Venom hoodie, an itty bitty Mountain Dew fridge, and a beer review (so oakey!). We

That's a Wrap

Dec 25 2024 80 mins  
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 7 - Episode 33. Mathman and BlazeKnight discuss finishing grading for the semester and sneakily getting time off to coincide with the holiday to create a five-day break! Our main topic was our end of the year wraps from Spotify, Xbox, etc. And then we played games... Mike - Marvels Midnight Suns, A Hat in Time, Cuphead, Baldur's Gate 3 Ryan