Circle Back Podcast

Ep. 124 of The Circle Back Podcast. Shelby is missing, but Dan and Dan had a ton of news to talk about with the summer games season upon us! We run through the PlayStation State of Play for June, Summer Game Fest, and Xbox Bethesda Showcase and all the exciting games showed off. We then dig into a few April games, and a few June games, but focus on the May games of which there were very few but so...

Ep. 123 of the Circle Back Podcast. The crew is all together and talking April (but mostly March and May) games! Not a lot came out in April if you hadn't noticed... Rogue Legacy 2 and The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe are the standouts for us and we dig into some details on both. We also talk some Norco and Tunic spoilers and what makes them 2 of the best games of the year respectively. Stay safe...

Ep. 122 of The Circle Back Podcast. The gang's all here talking March (and February) games! Tunic, Norco and Weird West are some of the March highlights that we dive deep into on this episode. Also Shelby was missing on the last episode so we have some older games to discuss as well. Stay safe, and we hope you enjoy! Games Discussed: -Elden Ring -Sifu -Pokémon Legends: Arceus -Horizon Forbidden We...

Ep. 121 of The Circle Back Podcast. We are missing Shelby but have a ton of very good games to discuss! Elden Ring is out, and it's one of the best games ever made??? Also Sifu is incredibly fun and in another year would be a legitimate game of the year contender. Stay safe, and we hope you enjoy! Games Discussed: -Triangle Strategy -Sifu -OliiOlli World -Infernax -Horizon Forbidden West -Elden Ri...

Ep. 120 of The Circle Back Podcast, and the first of our new style! Dan unfortunately could not be here for this one, but the train keeps a rollin'! We talk a whole bunch of catch-up for November and December games before eventually digging into some January games we've been enjoying including the addictive Pokemon Legends: Arceus, and the early pleasant surprise Nobody Saves the World. Stay safe,...

It's the most wonderful time of the year! Game of the year! Listen in as the crew from Circle Back Gaming whittle down a list of 52 games to a top 10 list ranked 1-10. Stay safe, and we hope you enjoy!

The team at Circle Back Gaming ranks the best soundtracks in games in 2021. As always, our superlative game of the year awards have 1 winner and 2 runners up. Stay safe, and we hope you enjoy!

The team at Circle Back Gaming ranks the best moments in gaming of 2021! As always, our superlative game of the year awards have 1 winner and 2 runners up. Stay safe, and we hope you enjoy!

The team at Circle Back Gaming ranks the games with the best game design of 2021, the best storytelling in games in 2021, the best time loop games of 2021, and the best games that didn't come out in 2021! As always our superlative game of the year awards have 1 winner and 2 runners up. Stay safe, and we hope you enjoy!

The team at Circle Back Gaming ranks the best boss fights in 2021, the best game feel in games in 2021, the best multiplayer in games in 2021 and the best surprises of 2021! As always our superlative game of the year awards have 1 winner and 2 runners up. Stay safe, and we hope you enjoy!

The team at Circle Back Gaming ranks the best ensemble casts of 2021, the funniest games of 2021, the games that we wish we had time to get around to, and the games with the best style of 2021! As always our superlative game of the year awards have 1 winner and 2 runners up. Stay safe, and we hope you enjoy!

The team at Circle Back Gaming ranks the best looking games of 2021, the most disappointing games of 2021, and the best new characters of 2021! As always our superlative game of the year awards have 1 winner and 2 runners up. Stay safe, and we hope you enjoy!

Ep. 119 of The Circle Back Podcast. The gang's all here and have a ton of games to discuss since we missed an episode! Shelby and Dan finished Metroid: Dread and both agree it's a bonafide GOTY contender. Dan is very pleasantly surprised that he is enjoying Guardians of The Galaxy as much as he is. Oh and also Inscryption rules and the whole crew has played it to varying degrees. We then have a to...

Ep. 118 of The Circle Back Podcast. It's just Dan and Shelby on this one, but they've both been playing lots of games! Shelby started and finished Sable and really loved it despite comparing the frame rate to a silent film. Dan finally got his hands on Inscryption and it has surprises and thrills around every corner (he's in love). We then have a few delays and small news hits to talk about includ...

Ep. 117 of The Circle Back Podcast. The gang's all here to talk about lots of good games! Dan and Shelby both played and finished the throwback action-3D platformer Kena: Bridge of Spirits and loved the hell out of it. Dan and Dan are playing the long anticipated adventure game Sable and really digging it despite some serious flaws. Shelby also finally finished one of the year's best games Psychon...

Ep. 116 of The Circle Back Podcast. The gang's all here and with a special guest Diana LaMarca to talk some games! Dan and Diana played through Life is Strange: True Colors and adored it. The whole crew has been playing Deathloop and can agree that it's one of the year's best games. Shelby has been working on F.I.S.T. Forged in Shadow Torch and is really enjoying it. We then dig into some news bit...

Ep. 115 of The Circle Back Podcast. The gang's all here and we have a lot of games to discuss including some catch-up for Dan both good (Death's Door) and bad (12 Minutes). Dan finished Psychonauts 2 and adored every second of it. We then dig into some news including a dedicated segment to the big Playstation Showcase from 9/9! We wrap up with our gamepass games of the show and some more fantasy u...

Ep. 114 of The Circle Back Podcast. It's just Dan and Shelby on this episode, but they've been playing some of the big recent releases including 12 Minutes and Psychonauts 2! We then dive into some news including Geoff Keighley's Gamescom ONL which had a bunch of fun new news bits to discuss. We close it off with our gamepass games of the show and some very interesting and important fantasy update...

Ep. 113 of The Circle back podcast. The gang's all here and ready to talk about a on of games! Dan got a PS5(Thank you Ralph) and has been playing some of the exclusives and really enjoying them! Dan played a million games including some of the newly shadow-dropped Axiom Verge 2. Shelby gave Genesis Noir another shot and really disliked its lack of interesting gameplay. We then have a bunch of new...

Ep. 112 of The Circle Back Podcast. It's just Dan and Shelby on this special occasion and it's a short one due to a baby LaMarca on the way! Shelby played through Chicory and liked it quite a bit! They're both playing Death's Door and loving it. And Dan has a new MOBA to talk about in Pokémon Unite. We wrap it up by deciding on June's Game of The Month which we were 1 episode late on. We hope you...

Ep. 111 of The Circle Back Podcast. The gang's all here in person! Finally some decent audio! They've been playing some games of varying quality including Shelby spending a ton of time golfing with Mario and friends and Dan nearing the end of Chicory. They then dig into some news hits including some PlayStation studio acquisitions and that new OLED model switch that everyone is super stoked about....

Ep. 110 of The Circle Back Podcast. It's just Dan and Dan here again but they've got some games to talk about including some more thoughts about Chicory: A Colorful Tale now that they have both dug in a little bit more since last episode. Dan finished Resident Evil Village so he has some final thoughts on that one. A few quick news hits are then followed by a ridiculous and fun top 5 bottom 5 that...

Ep. 109 of The Circle Back Podcast. It's Dan and Dan here on the episode, but we were lucky enough to get a guest appearance from Shelby to talk about his feelings about Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart, and surprise surprise, he and Dan are loving it. We also finally have the release of Chicory: A Colorful Tale, and while both Dan and Dan are pretty early on, it seems as good as they've hoped it wou...

Dan and Shelby recap all of the news that they found interesting from and around E3 2021. Look for the main episode this upcoming Monday!

Ep. 108 of The Circle Back Podcast. The gang's all here but have been busy as hell! Not too many games to talk about, but Dan did finish Resident Evil: Village and freaking loved it! We dip into a couple of quick news bits including the IGN Palestinian relief article debacle before moving on to a super fun Top 5. We then debut a fun new idea before heading into our gamepass games of the show and a...