Circle Back Podcast

Well hello there... Some good games so far this year we hear! Listen to Dan and Dan talk through what they've played so far. We hope you enjoy!

Da best of da best baybeee

Dan and Dan get together to choose their top soundtracks in games for 2025!

Dan and Dan get together to touch base about their favorite games so far in 2025. We hope you enjoy!Games Discussed:-Lonely Mountains Snow Riders-Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector-Avowed-The Roottrees are Dead-Split Fiction-Keep Driving-Wanderstop-Blue Prince-Clair Obscur: Expedition 33-Skin Deep-Despelote-Monster Train 2-Doom: The Dark Ages-The Alters-Mario Kart World-Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo-Rematch-Death Stranding 2: On The Beach

The culmination...

Another one!

Tis the season!

A year full of great games continues! (Dragon's Dogma II is an all-timer) Games Discussed: -Dragon's Dogma II -Content Warning -Pepper Grinder -Another Crab's Treasure -Minishoot' Adventures

Dan is playing 3 giant RPG's and is enjoying all of them to varying degrees. Dragon's Dogma 2 is all I can think about...

We're trying a new thing! Just checking in once in a while to get some thoughts out about games we've been playing. We hope you enjoy!

It's the most wonderful time of the year! Listen in as the Circle Back Gaming crew whittles down a huge list of games into a top 10 list ranked 1-10. We are happy to be back, and hope you enjoy!

Bangers only.

Sorry if there's an echo on Ozzy's mic :/. Maybe it's not like riding a bike after all...

Like riding a bike...

We're back baby!

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

The team at Circle Back Gaming ranks the best soundtracks of 2022! 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 storytelling in games of 2022, the best game feel of 2022, the best new characters of 2022, and the best moment/moments of 2022! 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 game design of 2022, the best ensemble casts of 2022, the best looking games of 2022, the funniest games of 2022, and a new category we make a top 10 non-video game entertainment list and rank them 10-1. 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 surprises of 2022, the most disappointing games of 2022, the games with the best style in 2022, and the best boss fights of 2022! As always our superlative game of the year awards have 1 winner and 2 runners up. Stay safe, and we hope you enjoy!

Ep. 130 of The Circle Back Podcast. The gang is all together and talking about some great new games. Dan and Dan beat God of War Ragnarok and Shelby is pretty deep in. Big surprise, they all love it! Dan and Dan are in love with the Night in The Woods-like Pentiment from Obsidian. Also Marvel's Midnight Suns is a surprisingly fun story in addition to a fantastic tactics game and Dan's been loving it. We end it by recapping The Game Awards. Stay safe, and we hope you enjoy! Games Discussed: -God of War Ragnarok -Somerville -Pentiment -Pokémon Scarlet/Violet -Marvel's Midnight Suns

Ep. 129 of The Circle Back Podcast. The whole crew is here and talking about a ton of recent releases. Everyone dipped their toe into God of War: Ragnarok and are as impressed as you could have guessed. Dan played through A Plague Tale: Requiem and is wondering why a sequel that improves over the original in every way somehow feels a bit flat. Oh, and Dan is obsessed with Marvel Snap in an unhealthy but fun way. Stay safe, and we hope you enjoy! Games Played: -The Looker -The Excavation of Hob's Barrow -Scorn -Marvel Snap -Return to Monkey Island -Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope -Bayonetta 3 -Vampire Survivors -A Plague Tale: Requiem -God of War Ragnarok 

Ep. 128 of The Circle Back Podcast. The gang is missing Shelby on this episode, but Dan has been busy as ever playing a ton of new games including the incredible Return to Monkey Island. Dan wrapped up Horizon Forbidden West and really loved it. A new tabletop meets turn-based tactics game has Dan's full attention amongst a bunch of other great games. Stay safe, and we hope you enjoy! Games Discussed: -Horizon Forbidden West -Return to Monkey Island -Metal Hellsinger -Cult of The Lamb -Shovel Knight Dig -Splatoon 3 -Citizen Sleeper -Strange Horticulture -Moonbreaker -Dark Souls 2 -Spiderheck -Overwatch 2 -Aperture: Desk Job -The Looker -The Excavation of Hob's Barrow

Ep. 127 of The Circle Back Podcast. The crew is all together and excited to talk some games! We've all played the new Sam Barlow game "Immortality" and let's just say it is divisive! Dan played the wonderful 3D platforming collectathon throwback "Tinkykin" and is loving it! Shelby and Dan touch on their continued experience running cults in "Cult of The Lamb". Stay safe, and we hope you enjoy! Games Discussed: -Cult of The Lamb -Two Point Campus -Immortality -Tinykin

Ep. 126 of The Circle Back Podcast. The gang's all here and there are some games to discuss! Dan is back and forth between the 'turn your brain off' zen of Power Wash Simulator and the layers and layers of building, designing, and nurturing your own cult in Cult of The Lamb. We also discuss some RPG's including Dan wrapping up Triangle Strategy and LOVING IT, and dipping his toe into an old Japanese only classic in Live A Live. Oh, and we've all been some cool cats and kittens in the cyberpunky post-apocalypse of Stray. Stay safe, and we hope you enjoy! Games Discussed: -Elden Ring -Escape Academy -Into The Breach -Triangle Strategy -Stray -Live A Live -Power Wash Simulator -Multiversus -Hindsight -Cult of The Lamb

Ep. 125 of The Circle Back Podcast. The gang's all together and playing some dang video games! The whole crew is loving the best game of June Neon White, Dan and Dan are falling in love with a space station in Citizen Sleeper, and Dan and Shelby are playing catch up on some of the more interesting games from earlier in the year, notably, The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe and Elden Ring. Stay safe, and we hope you enjoy! Games Discussed: -Disc Room -The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe -Elden Ring -Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course -Card Shark -Horizon Forbidden West -Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge -Citizen Sleeper -Switch Sports -Neon White

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 solid! Citizen Sleeper and Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate- Daemonhunters were the standouts for us. We also touch on some of the impressive demos Dan played during the Steam Next Fest. Stay safe, and we hope you enjoy! Games Discussed: -Rogue Legacy 2 -Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate- Daemonhunters -Citizen Sleeper -Hardspace: Shipbreaker -Card Shark -Poinpy -Metal: Hellsinger -Anger Foot -Cult of The Lamb -Naiad -Terra Nil  

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, and we hope you enjoy! Games Discussed: -Norco -Kirby and The Forgotten Land -Tunic -Stacklands -Patrick's Parabox -Perfect Tides -Rogue Legacy 2 -The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe -Citizen Sleeper -Trek to Yomi -Loot River

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 West -Ghostwire Tokyo -Triangle Strategy -Weird West -Tunic -Norco

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 Ring

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, and we hope you enjoy! Games Discussed: -Marvel's Guardians of The Galaxy -Forza Horizon 5 -Halo Infinite -Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon -Beast Breaker -Solar Ash -Toem -The Gunk -Heavenly Bodies -Pokemon Legends: Arceus -Nobody Saves the World -Windjammers 2

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 ton of news to catch up on including some delays and surprise game drops. We wrap it up with our gamepass games of the show, a quick little fantasy check-in and decide out October game of the month. Stay safe, and we hope you enjoy! Games Discussed: -Inscryption -Darkest Dungeon 2 -ElecHead -Guardians of The Galaxy -Unpacking -Metroid Dread -Forza Horizon 5 -Returnal -Halo Infinite -Deathloop -Outer Wilds: Echoes of The Eye

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 including our beloved Elden Ring slipping about 1 month (take your time!). We wrap it up with our Gamepass games of the show and our September Game of The Month. Stay safe, and we hope you enjoy! Games Discussed: -Sable -Deathloop -Mario Golf: Super Rush -Super Smash Bros. Ultimate -Metroid Dread -Back 4 Blood -Scarlet Nexus -Inscryption

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 Psychonauts 2 and agrees that it is really something special. Dan digs into one of his Demo Corners before jumping into some news including that Nintendo Direct from 9/23(oooooohhhh boy). We wrap it up with our August Game of The Month (1 episode late, sorry!), our Gamepass games of the show, and a quick fantasy check-in. Stay safe, and we hope you enjoy! Games Discussed: -Deathloop -Psychonauts 2 -F.I.S.T. Forged in Shadow Torch -Kena: Bridge of Spirits -Sable -Unsighted -Outer Wilds: Echoes of The Eye -Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl -JETT: The Far Shore -Eastward

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 bits including Quantic Dream working on a Star Wars game? :(... We wrap it up with our gamepass games of the show, and a interesting fantasy check-in. Stay safe, and we hope you enjoy! Games Discussed: -Before Your Eyes -Life is Strange: True Colors -F.I.S.T. Forged in Shadow Torch -The Artful Escape -Lost in Random -Deathloop -Eastward -Deltarune Chapter 2 -Kena: Bridge of Spirits -Get in The Car, Loser! -Psychonauts 2

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 updates. Stay safe, and we hope you enjoy! Games Discussed: -Psychonauts 2 -F.I.S.T. Forged in Shadow Torch -Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart -Metroid Fusion -12 Minutes -Death's Door -Axiom Verge 2 -Returnal -World Flipper

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 updates. Stay safe, and we hope you enjoy!

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 news beats to cover including some catch-up from the past few weeks of announcements and controversies. We close it out by deciding July's game of the month and a quick fantasy check-in. Stay safe, and we hope you enjoy! 

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 enjoy! Games Discussed: -Boomerang X -Death's Door -Pokémon Unite -Chicory: A Colorful Tale -The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles

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... We wrap it up with our gamepass games of the show and totally forget to do our June game of the month so please look forward to that on our next episode! We hope you enjoy! Games Discussed: -Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart -Chicory: A Colorful Tale -Ender Lilies: Quietus of The Knights -Mario Golf: Super Rush -Wildermyth -Trials of Fire -Boomerang X

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 Nintendo fans are sure to love(hate)! We hope you enjoy! Games Discussed: -Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart -Chicory: A Colorful Tale -Wildermyth -Operation: Tango -Final Fantasy VII Remake: Episode Intermission -Genesis Noir -Resident Evil Village -Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance

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 would be! Dan played a bunch of demos from the summer of games festival and talks about his 3 most promising. A few quick old news hits (sorry for missing an episode, we explain multiple times) follow that, and we close it out with our gamepass games of the show, our May game of the month, and a loaded fantasy check-in. We hope you enjoy! Games Discussed:  -Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart -Chicory: A Colorful Tale -New Pokémon Snap -Resident Evil Village -It Takes Two -Knockout City -Griftlands -Overboard! -Ynglet

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!