17: Dark Souls (with Jack Allen)
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02/09/22 • 191 min
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Dave is joined by Jack Allen to talk about the perfect Valentine's Day game- Dark Souls. Don't give up, skeleton! Dark Souls is a game that changed the way many people, your host included, look at video games, and specifically the way people look at difficulty in video games. Find out why we think this is truly worthy of that Game of the Decade title.
TIMESTAMPS: Intro 0:00, Dark Souls 10:50, Spoiler Section 2:21:47
Find Jack and his artwork at https://www.instagram.com/jackallencaricatures/ and his other pages
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Cover art by Jack Allen- find him at https://www.instagram.com/jackallencaricatures/ and his other pages
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Dave is joined by Jack Allen to talk about the perfect Valentine's Day game- Dark Souls. Don't give up, skeleton! Dark Souls is a game that changed the way many people, your host included, look at video games, and specifically the way people look at difficulty in video games. Find out why we think this is truly worthy of that Game of the Decade title.
TIMESTAMPS: Intro 0:00, Dark Souls 10:50, Spoiler Section 2:21:47
Find Jack and his artwork at https://www.instagram.com/jackallencaricatures/ and his other pages
[Support Tales from the Backlog on Patreon!](patreon.com/realdavejackson) or buy me a coffee on Ko-fi!
Join the Tales from the Backlog Discord server!
Social Media:
Instagram
Twitter
Facebook
Cover art by Jack Allen- find him at https://www.instagram.com/jackallencaricatures/ and his other pages
Listen to A Top 3 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and [other podcast platforms](atop3podcast.fireside.fm)!
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5 RecommendationsIn the fourth edition of the Lazy Sunday Series focusing on short indie games, Dave is joined by Ryan Delaney to discuss Adam Robinson-Yu's charming hiking game, A Short Hike. In a gaming landscape full of punishing action games, blockbuster AAA titles and promises of hundred of hours of content, sometimes all your soul needs is a short hike with some cute animal characters.
TIMESTAMPS: Intro 0:00, A Short Hike 12:30, Spoiler Section 45:00
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[Support Tales from the Backlog on Patreon!](patreon.com/realdavejackson) or buy me a coffee on Ko-fi!
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Cover art by Jack Allen- find him at https://www.instagram.com/jackallencaricatures/ and his other pages
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