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Circle Back Podcast
by Circle Back Gaming
Three friends talk about various topics in the world of video games
Episodes
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2026 Mid-Year Check-In
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!
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GOTY 2025
Da best of da best baybeee
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2025 Best Soundtrack
Dan and Dan get together to choose their top soundtracks in games for 2025!
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Mid-Year Check-in
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…
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GOTY 2024
The culmination...
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Superlatives 2024: Ep. 2
Another one!
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Superlatives 2024: Ep. 1
Tis the season!
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She Dragon on my Dogma: Dan's Journal 2024 Ep. 3
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
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JRPGeezus: Dan's Journal 2024 Ep. 2
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...
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Dan's Journal 2024 Ep. 1
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!
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GOTY 2023
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!
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Superlatives 2023: Best Soundtrack
Bangers only.
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Superlatives 2023: Ep. 3
Sorry if there's an echo on Ozzy's mic :/. Maybe it's not like riding a bike after all...
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Superlatives 2023: Ep. 2
Like riding a bike...
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Superlatives 2023: Ep. 1
We're back baby!
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GOTY 2022
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!
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Superlatives 2022: Best Soundtrack
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!
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Superlatives 2022: Best Storytelling, Best Game Feel, Best New Character, and Best Moment/Moments
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!
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Superlatives 2022: Best Game Design, Best Ensemble Cast, Best Looking, Funniest, Top 10 Non-Videogame Entertainment
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…
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Superlatives 2022: Best Surprise, Most Disappointing, Best Style, and Best Boss Fight
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!
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130: Murder in 16th Century Bavaria
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...
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129: Kratos' BOY is Turning into MAN
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...
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128: Overwatch Too
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...
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127: Marissa Marcel heads rise up!
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…
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126: Just Cult Things
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...
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125: Shaving Off Some Milliseconds in Neon White
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…
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124: Keigh3
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…
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123: I Picked This Heir Because They Have IBS
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…
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122: Zelda like a fox
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…
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121: Touching Grace > Touching Grass
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…
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120: Extremely Large Snorlax
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…
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GOTY 2021
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!
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Superlatives 2021: Best Soundtrack
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!
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Superlatives 2021: Best Moment/Moments
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!
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Superlatives 2021: Best Game Design, Best Storytelling, Best Time Loop, and Best Game That Didn't Come Out in 2021
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,...
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Superlatives 2021: Best Boss Fight, Best Game Feel, Best Multiplayer, and Best Surprise
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!
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Superlatives 2021: Best Ensemble Cast, Funniest Game, Game We Wish We Had Time For, and Best Style
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…
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Superlatives 2021: Best Looking, Most Disappointing, and Best New Character
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!
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119: Dan played Elden Ring
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…
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118: Please play Inscryption I'm begging you
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...
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117: It's a-me, Chris Pratt!
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...
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116: Not Another Time Loop Game
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…
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115: THWIP and SNIKT?!
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…
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114: Willem Dafriend or Willem Dafoe?
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...
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113: Dan got a PS5
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...
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112: Pothead for best new character
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...
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111: (OLED Model)
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...
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110: Chicory Spoke In Class Today
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...
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109: Ratchet and Clank: Ripped A Fart
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...
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E3 2021 Extravaganza (Bonus Episode)
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!
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