Circle Back Podcast

Ep. 107 of The Circle Back Podcast. The whole crew is here and Dan sure did play a lot of big new games! This includes the incredible new Housemarque game in Returnal, and the amazing remake of Nier. Shelby also finished up Olija and ended up liking but not loving it. We then dig into some news including the Ratchet and Clank State of Play and talk a bit about the huge departures from Giant Bomb,...

Ep. 106 of The Circle Back Podcast. The gang's all here and talkin' gamessss. Dan started and finished a new quintessential "Dan Dufrenoy Game" in Before Your Eyes and loved it, and Shelby finally finished off Hollow Knight which he thought was pretty great (duh). We then dig into some news including Sony backpedaling on their PS3 and Vita storefront shutdowns. We then crown our March Game of The...

Ep. 105 of The Circle Back Podcast. We're missing Shelby this week, but this train just keeps rollin'! We're talking games games and more games on this episode, including the excellent new co-op only puzzler from Josef Fares It Takes Two. We have some news hit after that including E3's re-animated corpse hitting store shelves this summer! We wrap it all up with a great Top 5 Bottom 5 that FromSoft...

Ep. 104 of The Circle Back Podcast. Dan D is out this week but Dan and Shelby have a few games and whole lotta news to talk through. Shelby is still spending most of his gaming time on Hollow Knight, while Dan dipped his toes in a bunch of smaller games including two of the most stylish games out so far this year in Mundaun and Genesis Noir. A dumptruck full of news follows including the PSVR 2 co...

Ep. 103 of The Circle Back Podcast. The whole crew is here to talk some games. Dan is obsessed with Loop Hero as he suspected he would be after the demo. Dan and Shelby are mixed on the new recursive puzzle game Maquette. And Shelby is jumping into an overlooked gem from 2020 in Immortals Fenyx Rising. There's a whole slew of news after that, including some Pokémon stuff and some of our favorite g...

Ep. 102 of The Circle Back Podcast. The gang is all here and talking games. Dan also played a bunch of demos and brought a few standouts to show off. A bunch of news follows including a luke-warm Nintendo Direct and some discussion about a PSVR 2 among other things. We wrap it up with a fun top 5 video game openings. Stay safe, and we hope you enjoy! Games Discussed: -Super Mario 3D World + Bowser...

Ep. 101 of The Circle Back Podcast. It's just Dan and Dan here today but they have a ton of new games to talk about! Also a ton of news including Google shutting down all first party studios and Joel being officially cast in the upcoming The Last of Us HBO series. Stay safe, and we hope you enjoy! Games Discussed: -Cyber Shadow -Olija -Destruction Allstars -qomp -The Medium -Super Lucky's Tale -Li...

Dan and Shelby hold down the fort with Dan out for the episode. They dig into some of the early new releases of 2021 while also talking about games they caught up on over the break. There is a ton of news to cover over the past 6+ weeks, and then we do some fun new segments. Stay safe, and we hope you enjoy! Games Discussed: -Hitman 3 -Cyber Shadow -Yakuza: Like a Dragon -Ghost of Tsushima -Unto T...

The whole crew got together to take a look at the most anticipated releases of 2021. We then have our very first annual video game fantasy draft! We had a blast doing this and we hope you enjoy!

Dan's personal top 10 list for 2020! We really love doing these and we hope you enjoy listening to them as well! Stay safe, and Happy Holidays!

Shelby's personal top 10 list for 2020! We really love doing these and we hope you enjoy listening to them as well! Stay safe, and Happy Holidays!

Dan's personal top 10 list for 2020! We really love doing these and we hope you enjoy listening to them as well! Stay safe, and Happy Holidays!

It's the most wonderful time of the year! You already know what it is!!! Game of the year babyyy!!! Listen in as the crew at Circle Back Gaming whittle down their favorite games of the year to a top 10 list ranked 1-10. We love doing these shows more than anything and we hope you enjoy listening as well! Stay safe, and happy holdidays!

It's the most wonderful time of the year! You already know what it is!!! Game of the year babyyy!!! Listen in as the crew at Circle Back Gaming whittle down their favorite games of the year to a top 10 list ranked 1-10. We love doing these shows more than anything and we hope you enjoy listening as well! Stay safe, and happy holdidays!

The team at Circle Back Gaming ranks the best games that we played in 2020 that didn't come out in 2020, and the best moments in games of 2020! As always our superlative game of the year awards have 1 winner and 2 runners up. Stay safe, happy holidays, and we hope you enjoy!

The team at Circle Back Gaming ranks the best multiplayer games of 2020, the best game design of 2020, and the best storytelling in games of 2020! As always our superlative game of the year awards have 1 winner and 2 runners up. Stay safe, happy holidays, and we hope you enjoy!

The team at Circle Back Gaming ranks the best style in games in 2020, the best boss fights in 2020, the best game feel of 2020, and the best early access games of 2020! As always our superlative game of the year awards have 1 winner and 2 runners up. Stay safe, happy holidays, and we hope you enjoy!

The team at Circle Back Gaming ranks the best looking games of 2020, the most disappointing games of 2020, the best new characters of 2020, and the funniest games of 2020! As always our superlative game of the year awards have 1 winner and 2 runners up. Stay safe, happy holidays, and we hope you enjoy!

The team at Circle Back Gaming ranks the best Soundtracks/Score of 2020! As always our superlative game of the year awards have 1 winner and 2 runners up. Stay safe, Happy Holidays, and we hope you enjoy! 

Ep. 98 of The Circle Back Podcast. It's just the two Dans here today but they got the big game (Cyberpunk 2077) to talk about. Holy crap there is a lot to say about this game both good and bad. Dan also finished 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim and adored it. Also there is a ton to discuss from Geoff Keighley's The Game Awards™ . We also do a quick, top of the head casting for the Metal Gear Solid move in...

Ep. 97 of The Circle Back Podcast. The whole gang is here with a ton of games to discuss. Shelby finished Journey to the Savage Planet and really enjoyed it. Dan found a new love in the amazing sci-fi storybook 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim. Oh yea and also we've been playing the PS5 for the past few weeks and have a ton of amazing games to talk about! We wrap it all up with some news bits as we get rea...

A special episode of the Circle Back Podcast! The crew gets together with their top 20 PS4 exclusive games and seeds them into a bracket based on their respective Metacritic scores. Only 1 winner can emerge, which will it be??? Top 20 includes (in alphabetical order ass to not give anything away):  -Astro Bot Rescue Mission -Bloodborne -Death Stranding -Dreams -Final Fantasy VII Remake -Ghost...

Ep. 96 of The Circle Back Podcast. The whole crew is here and we got some games to talk about! Some new highlights include Shelby's return to Journey to the Savage Planet, Dan's foray into non-Playstation VR with the incredible Half-Life Alyx, and the alluring mysteries of the saw-core in Disc Room. Some more PS5 details eek out and a few other fun news bits. We even have a surprise Giancarlo sigh...

Ep. 95 of The Circle Back Podcast. The gang is all here and playing a ton of games. Some highlights of new things include the excellent if buggy early access for Baldur's Gate III and the spooky phenomenon sweeping the nation Phasmophobia. A bunch of PS5 news follows along with some other fun news bits. We wrap it all up with a fun Super Smash Bros. Top 5 Bottom 5. Stay safe, and we hope you enjoy...

Ep. 94 of The Circle Back Podcast. The whole crew is here and playing a ton of games! Also some huge news including discussion about Microsoft buying Bethesda and the implications that go along with that. Also Hades is really damn good and we can't stop gushing about it. Stay safe and we hope you enjoy! Games Discussed: -Hades -Spelunky 2 -Super Mario 3D All-Stars -Super Mario Bros. 35 - Creatures...