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The Backlog Busters
by Backlog Busters: Quest 4 Pixels Gaming
An Elite group of Backloggers join forces to talk video games and tomfoolery
Episodes
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House Hunters: Lake America
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 9 - Episode 39. Mathman, blazeknight, hootz, and skinnymattk discuss Buckeyes, home buying/selling, Cleveland Gaming Classic, travel plans, battery issues in the Switch, time off, sick kids, library and game store finds, birthday gifts, miniature golf, rain....
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Why Go Out For Burgers?
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 9 - Episode 38. Mathman, blazeknight, and hootz discuss visiting family and old friends, mowing lawns, birthdays, time with family, high school reunions, being on the spectrum, talking about video games with random people in an airport. At the end of the...
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Real Nerdy in Here
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 9 - Episode 37. Mathman, blazeknight, and hootz discuss the Zelda direct, mathman getting put on blast during the latest episode of the Nintendo Shack, Google sheets, pie charts, youngest son learning to walk, reopened library, Animal Crossing comforter…
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Big Wheel Keeps On Turning
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 9 - Episode 36. Mathman, blazeknight, and hootz discuss Sony State of Play, RPGs in September, neighbor's birthday party with barbecue, first week of school for kids, museums, thrift store shirts, seasonal items at Trader Joe's, predictions for the two...
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Embrace the Cringe
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 9 - Episode 35. Mathman, blazeknight, and hootz discuss recording issues, back to school, first week of kindergarten, Pokemon-themed birthday party, good physical therapy session, trip to the museum, finishing up the summer semester and beginning the fall...
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As High As You Can
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 9 - Episode 34. Mathman, blazeknight, and hootz discuss Iowa State Fair, fair food and beer, diaper derby, Peoria zoo, bookstores, garlic parmesan cauliflower, new math faculty, checking out magazines through the Libby app, our favorite #2's. At the end of…
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Backlog Barrier
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 9 - Episode 33. Mathman, blazeknight, hootz, and skinnymattk discuss Dungeon Crawler Carl, audiobooks, anniversaries, birthdays and time with family, miniature golf, free treadmill, registering for college, answering Zablanc's question about when does a game...
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Is That My Voice?
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 9 - Episode 32. Mathman, blazeknight, and hootz discuss retreats, a Costco adventure, playing co-op with children, new Xbox controller(s), children getting ready for college, new work schedule, Fire Emblem preorder. At the end of the episode we dish out top...
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Massive Lips
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 9 - Episode 31. Mathman, blazeknight, and hootz discuss fixed cars, children on the mend, Retroarch, swim lessons, child getting into Super Mario RPG, getting 10k steps, donating plasma. At the end of the episode we dish out top secret tips for Earthworm Jim...
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If He Can Be a Godparent...
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 9 - Episode 30. Mathman, blazeknight, hootz, and SkinnyMattK are joined by Mel (from our Discord) to discuss becoming a godmother for the third time, vacations, mixing coolant and oil (don't do this), teambuilding exercises, new jobs, and applying to…
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Mortar Combat
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 9 - Episode 29. Mathman, blazeknight, and hootz discuss Father's Day for Mike, one-shot D&D campaign, pools and waterslides, finishing summer classes, more Micro Machines, passing GED, Nintendo eShop deal. At the end of the episode we dish out top secret…
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Holding Out For a Hero
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 9 - Episode 28. Mathman and hootz discuss birthday dinner for a 4-year-old, steaks, cooking vegetables, a Kirby cake, GED testing and scores, getting steps, time with family, Asia town, Transformers, and Micro Machines. At the end of the episode we dish out...
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You're the Smash Monkey
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 9 - Episode 27. Mathman, hootz, and Blazeknight discuss new computers, visiting family, playing golf, Father's Day delay, gift giving, licking keyboards, German chocolate cake, walking and getting steps. At the end of the episode we dish out top secret tips...
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04/25/2026 After Show Game
In this after show from S8 Episode 16, BlazeKnight has the hosts play a game with metacritic scores. Please enjoy!
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Poison Party!
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 9 - Episode 26. Mathman, SkinnyMattK, and Blazeknight discuss ditching soda for water, getting exercise, future Florida trips, library reading programs, and chicken pesto. At the end of the episode we dish out top secret tips for Wario Blast (GameBoy) and...
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Flash in the Pan
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 9 - Episode 25. Mathman staved off a solo show by recruiting John Blanco (ZaBlanc) at the last minute. They discussed deaths, RPGs, Kate Bush and Tori Amos, the radio, college football, and Ender's Game. If you were a patron, you would hear all the stuff we...
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Ostrich Abomination
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 9 - Episode 24. Mathman, Hootz, and Blazeknight discuss visual media, cookies, vacation Bible school, oil changes at home, peach cobbler, and our top games from the pseudo E3. At the end of the episode we dish out top secret tips for Gex on the Playstation…
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Unlimited Jason-ing
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 9 - Episode 23. Mathman, Hootz, and Grrouchie and joined by John Blanco (ZaBlanc) to discuss his frontlog progress with Heavy Rain. We also talked about the rumored Nintendo Direct, the A*Team, jobs, the NBA, 82-0.com, Grrouchie's Grilling (now an official...
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C-C-C-Combo!
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 9 - Episode 22. Mathman, Hootz, and Blazeknight discuss voting, riding bikes, Eragon, Disney cruises, digital movies, and WiFi. At the end of the episode we dish out top secret tips for Target Earth (Genesis) and Splatterhouse (TG-16) and highlight new...
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Webbies Have to Meet
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 9 - Episode 21. Mathman, Hootz, and Blazeknight discuss the upcoming Summer Games Done Quick schedule, seeing Styx and Cheap Trick in concert, acquiring an art table, and reading Dungeon Crawler Carl books. At the end of the episode we dish out top secret…
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Date Night Discount
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 9 - Episode 20. Mathman and SkinnyMatt discuss new glasses, the end of grading, date night, and new pants. At the end of the episode we dish out top secret tips for Snow Bros. Jr. (GameBoy) and Hole in One Golf (SNES) and highlight new releases on Steam. We...
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Little Brother Mode
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 9 - Episode 19. Mathman, Hootz, and Mike discuss more library finds, a child beating Mario Odyssey, and new glasses. At the end of the episode we dish out top secret tips for Rainbow Six for the PS1 and highlight new releases on Steam. We also played some...
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Drain Saddle
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 9 - Episode 18. Mathman, Hootz, and Mike discuss slip on shoes, oatmeal, YouTube D&D, installed water filter, and a deal on ribeye steaks. At the end of the episode we dish out top secret tips for Abadox on the NES and highlight new releases on Steam. We…
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He's Not On Your Frontlog, Is He?
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 9 - Episode 17. Mathman, Hootz, Mike, and Matt discuss working evenings on the Brooklyn Queens Expressway, the Nintendo store, excitement for a new YouTube video, swag for petsitting, a reverse osmosis water filter, breakfast food, and cheap dependent…
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Film of Slime
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 9 - Episode 16. Mathman, Hootz, and Mike discuss rain, grass growing, dreams, moving books, drawing a lot, and phase one of plumbing project. At the end of the episode we dish out top secret tips for Stormlord for the Sega Genesis and highlight new releases…
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Inside Water, Outside Water
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 9 - Episode 15. Mathman, Hootz, and Mike discuss fun budget, rain, reserving movie tickets, art anatomy lessons, and the Super Mario Galaxy movie. At the end of the episode we dish out top secret tips for Iggy's Reckin' Balls for the N64 and highlight new...
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Zip Your Pants
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 9 - Episode 14. Mathman, Hootz, and Mike discuss shorts, new monitors, preorders, no work, water supply projects, and closed libraries. At the end of the episode we dish out top secret tips for Lightening Force (Genesis) and highlight new releases on Steam.…
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Shopping for a Spine
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 9 - Episode 13. Mathman, Matt, and Mike discuss finding long-lost earbuds, completing job-mandated continuing education units, abstaining from desserts, the book How to Defeat a Demon Lord in Ten Easy Steps, Mario Kart World Radio, the latest Knives Out…
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Take It Apart From The Inside
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 9 - Episode 12. Mathman, Matt, and Mike discuss yardwork, driving lessons, visits from parents, doing taxes, new mattress, and getting a Switch 2. At the end of the episode we dish out top secret tips for Indy Racing 2000 for the N64. We also played some...
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What's Been Buying?
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 9 - Episode 11. Mathman, Matt, and Mike discuss cleaning out the garage, chemical disposal, more birthdays, the Stardew Valley concert, time at the library, and the movie "Your Name." At the end of the episode we dish out top secret tips for Command and...
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Blood Syrup
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 9 - Episode 10. Mathman and Mike are joined by Nate, and we discuss birthdays, new phones, pickups and campers, retirement, hiking tips, a recipe for King Ranch chicken, getting back to normal, and going to the library. At the end of the episode we dish out...
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I Hate Nice Weather
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 9 - Episode 9. Mathman, Hootz, and Mike gather to discuss spending time with friends, new transformers, substitute jobs, and the end of healing. At the end of the episode we dish out top secret tips for Burning Force and Arrow Flash for the Sega Genesis. We...
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Pop Open Your Geodes
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 9 - Episode 8. Mathman, Hootz, and Mike gather to discuss good phone deals, snow days with kids, and healing from surgery. At the end of the episode we dish out top secret tips for Frogger and Colony Wars for the PS1. We also played some games... Hootz -...
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There's No Wrong Way...
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 9 - Episode 7. Mathman and SkinnyMatt gather to discuss students saying nice things and a date night with family. At the end of the episode we dish out top secret tips for Captain Quazar (3DO) and Namco Museum Collection Vol. 1 (PS1). We also played some...
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Beer Inbred
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 9 - Episode 6. Mathman, Mike, Hootz, and Matt gather to discuss family therapy, birthday presents, spending time with children, and good health updates. At the end of the episode we dish out top secret tips for Solstice (NES) and Legendary Axe 2...
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All the Way Across
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 9 - Episode 5. Mathman and Mike gather to discuss replacing windshields, selling vehicles, family time, and Tin Tin. At the end of the episode we dish out top secret tips for Doom on the 32X and Lion King for the SNES. We also played some games... Mike -...
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Buster-In-Law
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 9 - Episode 4. Mathman, Hootz, and Mike gather to discuss gluten-free Cheez-Itz, Investi-gators, and cooking with significant others. At the end of the episode we forgot to dish out top secret tips. We also played some games... Hootz - Stardew Valley, Mio,...
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Grammatically Good
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 9 - Episode 3. Mathman, Hootz, Mike, and Matt gather to discuss taco night, Stardew Valley co-op, snow days, and LEGO sets. At the end of the episode we dish out top secret tips for the SNES game The Rocketeer and the NES class, Little Nemo: The Dream…
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Dark Man Dungeon
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 9 - Episode 2. It's our annual Games of the Year show - Part 2!. This time it's Mathman, Hootz, Mike, Grrouchie, and Nate. We talk about the weather, gaming deals, playing video games with spouses, no crisis week, the Pittsburgh Steelers in the NFL playoffs,...
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GOTY 2025
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 9 - Episode 1. It's our annual Games of the Year show. This time Mathman, Hootz, Mike, and SkinnyMatt are joined by community members Nate (t4ked4) and Ben (nukethebridge) to talk about table top games, time off, playing Splatoon 3, transformative years, and...
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We are Profectionals
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 8 - Episode 51. Mathman, Hootz, Mike, and SkinnyMatt talk about washers, gift giving, new jobs, and taking time off from work. At the end of the episode we dished out tips and tricks for the games BMX-XXX and Hitman 2: Silent Assassin for the PS2 and XBox.…
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Advent Escape Academy
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 8 - Episode 50. Mathman and Hootz talk about Christmas shopping, getting a deal on Civilization VII, and a very special escape room-themed Advent calendar from Gen-Con. At the end of the episode we dished out tips and tricks for the PS1 games In the Hunt and...
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Nate Hates Fun
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 8 - Episode 49. Mathman, SkinnyMatt, and Nate talk about turning in final semester grades, a recipe for King Ranch Chicken, playing games through Netflix and Luna, starting new jobs, and watching Zootopia 2. At the end of the episode we dished out tips and...
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Minor AC Boost
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 8 - Episode 48. Mathman, Hootz, and BlazeKnight talk about the joy of seeing pets get adopted, going Christmas shopping, and pork chops. At the end of the episode we dished out tips and tricks for the SNES games Batman Forever and Weaponlord. We also played...
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Black Friday Strikes Again
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 8 - Episode 47. Mathman, Hootz, and BlazeKnight talk about Thanksgiving food, shoveling snow, gaming deals, and spending time with our little ones. At the end of the episode we dished out tips and tricks for the SNES games NBA Jam and Jim Power. We also…
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Don't Drown Your Fans
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 8 - Episode 46. Mathman, Grrouchie, Hootz, and BlazeKnight talk about Thanksgiving break, homemade barbecue sauce, finishing projects, weddings, and how fast our children grow. At the end of the episode we dished out tips and tricks for the Sega Genesis…
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You Got This
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 8 - Episode 45. Mathman is joined by community member t4ked4 (Nate) to talk about Extra Life, gymnastics, movies, Halloween, and Christmas. At the end of the episode we dished out tips and tricks for the SNES games Super Bomberman and Blackthorne. We also...
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Extra Life
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 8 - Episode 44. Mathman and SkinnyMatt gather to discuss all that happened during the Extra Life event and the surrounding travel. Here is the link for the Chick Magnet --> https://www.chickmagnetchicken.com/ If you would like to have more of the Backlog...
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Fur Coat for My Face
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 8 - Episode 43. Mathman, BlazeKnight, SkinnyMatt, and Hootz are joined by the podfather himself, Sean Capri! We discuss Halloween (themed costumes and even wearing a costume to work), visiting family, houses that pass out beer to parents on Halloween, and...
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Basic Balls
Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 8 - Episode 42. Mathman and SkinnyMatt discuss delicious food and drinks, spending time with old friends, and spouses getting interviewed. At the end of the episode, we dish out top secret tips for Donkey Kong Country for the SNES. We also played some…
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An Elite group of Backloggers join forces to talk video games and tomfoolery
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Backlog Busters: Quest 4 Pixels Gaming
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