Playing Badly, For Good

We're here to do our legally obligated Baldur's Gate 3 episode, but don't worry about spoilers. We're much more interested in why this game has exploded in the way that it has, and what its surge in popularity (and other games' like it) can tell us about how we engage with games as a community. Backstage Gaming is a proud member of the HP Video Game Podcast Network (@hpvgpodnetwork on Twitter) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week, we work a little differently and talk through an episode we recorded for a different show! We recorded a Patreon-exclusive episode for the Unexplored Places in which we played Together Among the Stars by Takuma Okada, and we had such a good time that we needed to break down what made this game so special. Check out the Unexplored Places at unexploredcast.llibsyn.com, and take a look at Takuma Okada's work at noroadhome.itch.io Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week, we're back to run out the second half of 2023 strong! Dylan and Chris get into the weeds of why it can be Really Fun to engage with games in suboptimal ways, and the surprising discoveries that can come out of that. Backstage Gaming is a proud member of the HP Video Game Podcast Network (@hpvgpodnetwork on Twitter) Enjoy our show? Consider supporting us on Patreon! (patreon.com/bsgpod) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This one is Very Short, but we wanted you all to know that we are alive and that the podcast has not been fully abandoned. We'll be back in force soon, with some new ideas and some new projects in the tank! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week, we're more on our artsy bull than ever! We set out to talk about additions to remakes and re-releases of games that leave something to be desired, before RAPIDLY shifting into a discussion of the value of limitation, the interesting choices that come out of necessity, and how it feels to leave those things behind when they're no longer necessary. Backstage Gaming is a proud member of the HP Video Game Podcast Network (@hpvgpodnetwork on Twitter) Enjoy our show? Consider supporting us on Patreon! (patreon.com/bsgpod) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week, we dive into an even-more-naval-gazey-than-usual discussion of bygone genres of games. Or, perhaps, ways games ask us to engage with them less often these days. Or maybe... it gets a little rambly, but we promise it's a good time! Backstage Gaming is a proud member of the HP Video Game Podcast Network (@hpvgpodnetwork on Twitter) Enjoy our show? Consider supporting us on Patreon! (patreon.com/bsgpod) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week, we delivery a slightly smaller episode on a slightly smaller topic: games with compact worlds that you spend a lot of time in. From RPGs to Adventure Games to menu systems, we talk about how much of an impact a small, intimate space can have on a game's presentation! Backstage Gaming is a proud member of the HP Video Game Podcast Network (@hpvgpodnetwork on Twitter) Enjoy our show? Consider supporting us on Patreon! (patreon.com/bsgpod) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We return to the topic from a couple episodes ago, but from Chris's point-of-view this time. We go over the games and realizations that made Chris into the consumer of games that he is today, and wax a little poetic along the way! Backstage Gaming is a proud member of the HP Video Game Podcast Network (@hpvgpodnetwork on Twitter) Enjoy our show? Consider supporting us on Patreon! (patreon.com/bsgpod) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Here we come, screaming back into the foreground to promise to do better about uploading regularly! For real this time! As we get back into the swing of things, we're naval gazey as ever, discussing how to best judge games as "finished products" in an era of patches, DLC, and continual games-as-service models, and we look at a few examples of games that purposefully don't follow those new ways. Backstage Gaming is a proud member of the HP Video Game Podcast Network (@hpvgpodnetwork on Twitter) Enjoy our show? Consider supporting us on Patreon! (patreon.com/bsgpod) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week, we kick off a two-week series and a new broad conversation starter: the games that made Dylan. We take a walk through games that had an impact on Dylan, his relationship with games, and the perspective he brings to the show. Come give a listen! Backstage Gaming is a proud member of the HP Video Game Podcast Network (@hpvgpodnetwork on Twitter) Enjoy our show? Consider supporting us on Patreon! (patreon.com/bsgpod) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices