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In this Big Discourse, Mark and Billie and Elizabeth and Jordan and Kurt and Landry and Nate discuss, argue, and establish the 12 Games to Rule Them All.
Let us know: What are your 12 games to rule them all?
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Listen online: Quick Play
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Find more Billie on the internet:
Twitter: @nolisgvi
Instagram: @nolisgvi
Join his Discord: https://discord.gg/qtDwTb2pkn
Find more Biza on the internet:
Twitter: @ElizabethCoats1
Find more Jordan on the internet
Twitter: â @realJarNodâ
LuxCor Twitter: â @LuxCorStudiosâ
Internet: â luxcorstudios.comâ
Find more Landry on the internet:
Twitter: â @SoftIconoclastâ
GG|: â @isolate_connectâ
Podcast: â BitCastâ
Find more Nate on the internet:
Twitter: @nate_mckeever
Backlog Breakdown: Podcast
Kurt is not on the internet. :(
What were playing:
Elden Ring Manor Lords PokeRouge Lego Fortnite Slay the Spire Star Wars Jedi Survivor Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown -
Mark talks about the recent Xbox/Microsoft studio closures, how they make him reconsider his relationship with Game Pass, and the challenges facing Microsoft moving forward.
Let us know: Would you miss Xbox if it disappeared?
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Listen online: Quick Play
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Games mentioned:
Hi-Fi Rush Halo (series) Forza (series)What weâre playing:
Animal Well -
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Mark and Justin and Matthew of Watcher Gaming talk what they do when starting a new game for the first time, how that's changed over the years, and why we form these habits
Let us know: What is your new game ritual?
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Listen online: Quick Play
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Find more Justin on the internet:
Twitter: â @PuffyRedShirtâ
Find more Matthew on the internet:
Twitter: â @zeroparse
Games mentioned:
Elden Ring Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Final Fantasy XIV Metroid Dread Legend of Zelda: Tears of the KingdomWhat weâre playing:
Unicorn Overlord Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Tetris 99 -
Mark and Landry Smith and Jake Martin and Parker Deal draft their picks for a hypothetical lineup of âšNintendo Selectsâš Switch games, along with a brief discussion on the likelihood of Nintendo Selects returning and a potential price point.
Vote for your favorite lineup of selects (this link is also your spoiler warning)
Let us know: What game do you think would be a âNintendo Selectsâ Switch game?
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Listen online: Quick Play
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Find more Landry on the internet:
Podcast: BitCast
Twitter: @SoftIconoclast
GG|: @isolate_connect
Find more Jake on the internet:Podcast: BitCast
Twitter: @BitBloggist
Instagram: @BitBloggist
Find more Parker on the internet:
Twitter: @ParkerDeal
Spotify: Parker Deal
Soundcloud: Parker Deal
Games mentioned: (spoilers)
What weâre playing:
Pokemon Yellow We Love Katamari Princess Peach: Showtime! Stardew Valley -
Mark and Billie Cox talk about the controversy around Palworld vs. Pokemon, the differences between what is inspired by something vs. ripping it off, and why we see so many games copying each other's homework.
Let us know: What is the biggest ripoff in video games?
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Listen online: Quick Play
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If you enjoy this podcast: subscribing, rating, reviewing, and sharing it with others goes a long way to helping it grow. Thanks for listening!
Find more Billie on the internet:
Twitter: @nolisgvi
Instagram: @nolisgvi
Join his Discord: https://discord.gg/qtDwTb2pkn
Games mentioned:
Palworld Pokemon (series) Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Pokemon Legends: Arceus Dragon Quest (series) Stardew Valley Harvest Moon (series) Story of Seasons (series) The Last of Us The Last Hope: Dead Zone Survival Fall Guys Pokemon Fusion Metroid (series) Hollow Knight Dark Souls (series) Super Mario Bros. Fortnite Multiversus Super Smash Bros. Toy Story 2 Super Mario 64What weâre playing:
Palworld Super Mario Bros. Wonder -
Mark and Jake Martin talk about the ways video games can uniquely present their story, a few different categories for stories in games, and what we hope to see from video game narratives in the future.
Let us know: What do you want to see in narrative from video games?
Play Metacritic Golf QUARTER 2: â â shoot your shotâ
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Listen online: Quick Play
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Find more Jake on the internet:
Find more Jake on the internet:
Podcast: BitCast
Twitter: @BitBloggist
Instagram: @BitBloggist
Games mentioned:
Journey Outer Wilds Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Bioshock Uncharted (series) Everwild Inscryption Far Cry (series) Hades The Last of Us Final Fantasy VII Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Deathloop The Artful Escape Gone HomeWhat weâre playing:
Balatro Wingspan Donkey Kong Country (Soundtrack) -
Mark and Jake Martin talk about the lack of truly good video game protagonists and how the medium itself creates a challenge to write great characters.
Let us know: Can we ever get a truly great video game protagonist?
Play Metacritic Golf QUARTER 2 by April 15: â shoot your shot
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Listen online: Quick Play
RSS: Quick Play
Email us: [email protected]
If you enjoy this podcast: subscribing, rating, reviewing, and sharing it with others goes a long way to helping it grow. Thanks for listening!
Find more Jake on the internet:
Podcast: BitCast
Twitter: @BitBloggist
Instagram: @BitBloggist
Games mentioned:
Mario (series) Halo (series) Pac-Man Metroid (series) Banjo & Kazooie Ratchet & Clank (series) Dragon Quest 11 Uncharted (series) Metroid: Other M Red Dead Redemption 2 Uncharted 4 Resident Evil 4 The Witcher 3 Like a Dragon (series) Grand Theft Auto V Sonic the Hedgehog (series) Duke Nukem (series)What weâre playing:
Helldivers 2 Stardew Valley -
Mark takes a look back at the games of Q1 2024, along the results of Metacritic Golf to see how we perceived games matches up to their ultimate review scores.
See the charts: i wanna see the charts
Play Metacritic Golf QUARTER 2: shoot your shot
Let us know: What's your favorite game from 2024 so far?
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Listen online: Quick Play
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If you enjoy this podcast: subscribing, rating, reviewing, and sharing it with others goes a long way to helping it grow. Thanks for listening!
Games mentioned:
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered Palworld Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Tekken 8 Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Persona 3 Reload Helldivers 2 Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden Life is Strange Jusant Skull & Bones Mario Vs. Donkey Kong Balatro Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Expeditions: A Mudrunner Game Unicorn Overlord Rise of the Ronin Dragonâs Dogma 2 Princess Peach: Showtime!What weâre playing:
Stardew Valley -
Introducing the Second Opinion: a brand-new format of revisiting an old topic with a fresh perspective.
Mark and Nate McKeever of The Backlog Breakdown talk about the continual shift towards digital media, the potential pitfalls and concerns, but also why not getting up from your couch is nice.
Missed the original episode? Listen to Ep. 54, The Digital Apocalypse with Billie Cox here.
Let us know: Are you okay with an all-digital future?
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Listen online: Quick Play
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If you enjoy this podcast: subscribing, rating, reviewing, and sharing it with others goes a long way to helping it grow. Thanks for listening!
Find more Nate on the internet:
The Backlog Breakdown: Podcast
Nate on Twitter: â @nate_mckeeverâ
Nate on Instagram: @nate_mckeever
Twitter: @bbdowncast
Instagram: @thebacklogbreakdown
What weâre playing:
Diablo IV Halo Infinite -
Mark and Justin and Matthew of Watcher Gaming talk about the use of time limits in video games, when they're implemented well, and when they're just the worst.
Let us know: Do you like time limits?
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Listen online: Quick Play
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If you enjoy this podcast: subscribing, rating, reviewing, and sharing it with others goes a long way to helping it grow. Thanks for listening!
Find more Justin on the internet:
Twitter: @PuffyRedShirt
Find more Matthew on the internet:
Twitter: @zeroparse
Games mentioned:
Super Mario Bros. Wonder Super Mario Bros. (series) Metroid (series) Super Metroid Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Final Fantasy VII Remake Ori and the Blind Forest Harvest Moon Stardew Valley Persona (series)What weâre playing:
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Xenosaga 2 Super Mario Bros. Wonder -
A real quick podcast about video games. New episodes go up on Wednesdays.
What happened to 11 & a Half Minutes to Talk About Video Games? We never left. We just found a little bit more time.
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in defense of open-world games (with Elizabeth Coats Bowen) rites of [battle] passage (free to play games, pt. 1) (with Billie Cox) the case for cinematic trailers (with Landry Smith) are video games a guilty pleasure? (with Matt Intemann) character creation (protagonists, pt. 3) (with Henry Overos) -
Mark and Sarah Erickson talk about the collaborative games they've played, loved, and tolerated, and how they relate to each other through cooperative games.
Let us know: What's your favorite collaborative game?
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Games mentioned:
Lego Fortnite Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 Super Mario Odyssey Stardew Valley Animal Crossing: New Horizons It Takes Two Unravel Two Rocket League Overcooked! 2 Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Halo Infinite Rainbow Six Hades Ori (series)What weâre playing:
Wingspan Lego Fortnite -
Mark and Jake Martin talk about the stories around and behind their favorite games and consider what it would take to have a new favorite game.
Let us know: Why is your favorite game your favorite game?
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Anchor: anchor.fm/11point5minutes
Email us: [email protected]
If you enjoy this podcast: subscribing, rating, reviewing, and sharing it with others goes a long way to helping it grow. Thanks for listening!
Find more Jake on the internet:
Twitter: @BitBloggist
Games mentioned:
Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Pokemon Red Super Mario 64 Metroid Prime Persona 5 Pokemon Scarlet/Violet Super Mario World Duck Hunt Super Mario Bros. Coffee GolfWhat weâre playing:
Super Mario Bros. Wonder Coffee Golf -
Mark and Nate McKeever of the Backlog Breakdown talk about how exclusive games (or the lack thereof) brand a console, particularly when it comes to Xbox.
Let us know: Should we have console exclusives?
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If you enjoy this podcast: subscribing, rating, reviewing, and sharing it with others goes a long way to helping it grow. Thanks for listening!
Find more Nate on the internet:
The Backlog Breakdown: Podcast
Twitter: @bbdowncast
Instagram: @thebacklogbreakdown
Nate on Twitter: @nate_mckeever
Recommended listening: Bite sized: Excluding Exclusivity
Games mentioned:
Hi-Fi Rush Halo (series) Gears of War (series) Forza (series) Ori (series) Cuphead Metroid Dread Sonic the Hedgehog (series)What weâre playing:
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered Chants of Sennaar (demo) -
In this booster pass-sized episode, Mark and Sarah Erickson talk about playing through all 96 courses now in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and their individual and collective best and worst courses.
View the full rankings here (and complete your own rankings!)
Let us know: What are your top 8 courses from Mario Kart 8?
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If you enjoy this podcast: subscribing, rating, reviewing, and sharing it with others goes a long way to helping it grow. Thanks for listening!
Games mentioned:
Mario Kart 8 DeluxeWhat weâre playing:
Lego Fortnite WingspanParticipate in 2024 (Q1) Metacritic Golf here.
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Mark and Billie Cox talk about games where you're a tiny character in a big world, why there might be so many of these games, and what they'd like to see from from tiny games.
Let us know: What is your favorite tiny game?
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If you enjoy this podcast: subscribing, rating, reviewing, and sharing it with others goes a long way to helping it grow. Thanks for listening!
Participate in 2024 (Q1) Metacritic Golf â hereâ .
Find more Billie on the internet:
Twitter: @nolisgvi
Instagram: @nolisgvi
Join his Discord: https://discord.gg/qtDwTb2pkn
Games mentioned:
Pikmin (series) Grounded It Takes Two The Plucky Squire Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap Tinykin Little Nightmares Katamari Re-roll I Am Bread New Pokemon Snap Army of Men 2: Sarge's Heroes Toy Story 2 Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Pokemon (series) Super Paper Mario Resident Evil (series) Human Fall Flat Overcooked! Lego (series)What weâre playing:
Marvel Snap Super Mario Bros. Wonder -
In this Big Discourse, Mark and Billie and Elizabeth and Henry and Jordan and Landry and Parker talk about some of their favorite games they played in 2023.
Let us know: What is your own game of the year?
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If you enjoy this podcast: subscribing, rating, reviewing, and sharing it with others goes a long way to helping it grow. Thanks for listening!
Participate in 2024 (Q1!) Metacritic Golf â hereâ .
Find more Billie on the internet:
Twitter: @nolisgvi
Instagram: @nolisgvi
Join his Discord: https://discord.gg/qtDwTb2pkn
Find more Biza on the internet:
Twitter: â @ElizabethCoats1â
Find more Henry on the internet:
Twitter: @henry0veros
Find more Jordan on the internet:Twitter: â @realJarNodâ
LuxCor Twitter: â @LuxCorStudiosâ
Internet: â luxcorstudios.comâ
Find more Landry on the internet:
Twitter: @SoftIconoclast
GG|: @isolate_connect
Find more Parker on the internet:Youtube: Re:Direct
Twitter: @ParkerDeal
Also Twitter: @watchredirect
What weâre playing:
Pikmin 4 (x2) Lethal Company Octopath Traveler 2 Pokemon Scarlet DLC Lego Fortnite -
Mark talks through the results of 2023 Metacritic Golf, how we perceived games would turn out vs. how they were critically received, and announces the big winner(s).
Let us know: Did this yearâs games measure up to what you expected?
Check out the charts â hereâ .
Participate in 2024 (Q1!) Metacritic Golf â hereâ .
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Twitter: @11point5minutes
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What weâre playing:
Portal 2 -
Mark and Landry Smith talk about the oft-reviled CGI trailer, how they impact the discourse around upcoming games, and why they're maybe not so bad after all.
Let us know: Do you like CGI trailers?
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If you enjoy this podcast: subscribing, rating, reviewing, and sharing it with others goes a long way to helping it grow. Thanks for listening!
Find more Landry on the internet:
Twitter: @SoftIconoclast
GG|: @isolate_connect
Games mentioned:
Halo (series) Legend of Zelda (series) Metroid Prime 4 Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker The Last of Us Part 2 Uncharted (series) Death Stranding Dead Island 2 South of Midnight Ghost of TsushimaWhat weâre playing:
Super Mario Bros. Wonder Solar Ash -
Mark and Jake Martin talk about when they find themselves listening to video game music, some of their favorite soundtracks, and why we like listening to this music.
Let us know: Whatâs your favorite video game soundtrack?
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Anchor: anchor.fm/11point5minutes
Email us: [email protected]
If you enjoy this podcast: subscribing, rating, reviewing, and sharing it with others goes a long way to helping it grow. Thanks for listening!
Find more Jake on the internet:
Twitter: @BitBloggist
Games mentioned:
Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker Outer Wilds Jusant Final Fantasy (series) Kingdom Hearts (series) The Legend of Zelda (series) Super Mario Galaxy Stardew Valley Undertale Animal Crossing (series)What weâre playing:
WarioWare Inc. Dave the Diver (demo) - Vis mere
