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Welcome to the Backlog Busters, Season 7 - Episode 22. It's another episode of herding cats as a rare Grrouchie sighting attempts to derail Mathman, BlazeKnight, and Hootz. It seems that everyone (well, almost everyone) has a birthday in September. We also take shots (of water or peanut butter whiskey) every time Mike mentions Baldur's Gate 3.

• BlazeKnight - Baldur's Gate 3
• Hootz - SteamWorld Quest and preordering games
• Grrouchie - Solitaire, Far Cry 5
• Mathman - Shantae and the Pirate's Curse, BG3, and Darkest Dungeon

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BlazeKnight and special guest talk about Mario Odyssey.

Mathman visits with Skinny Matt and the Mrs. to discuss Niagara Falls and the Strong National Museum of Play. We also talked about several tabletop games, had a quick marriage counseling session, and laughed a lot.

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The Backlog Busters are back and Serge, Mike, and Ryan debate the what would make the best new mini-console in this month's Mini-Console March Madness!! What's your pick?!

You can also keep an eye on the Backlog Busters twitter account (@backlog_busters), and vote on our March Madness polls to get your two cents in!!

While Hungrypup can’t wrap up February fast enough, he feels much less excited to close out Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. In logging his first backlog bingo square (game started in 2020 but did not beat), Hungrypup is off to a strong start in 2021.

Music by Eric Matyas - www.soundimage.org  “Weird Puzzle Builders”

On this episode of The Backlog Busters Ryan, Serge, and Jeremy discuss the top games that they played in 2020.  

Happy New Year! Hope you enjoy Hungrypup’s thorough review of his Video Gaming in 2020. Tonight, he unveils his Hungrypup Platinum Award for (his) Game of the Year!

Thank you all for being so awesome.  Happy gaming in 2021 and cheers to kicking off Backlog Bingo!

Mike and Dom dig into the the lauded Play Station classic "The Last of Us" for PS3/PS4.  

Ryan Challenges his fellow Backlog Busters to guess the name of the game his Haiku's are about again.

Season’s Greetings! Hungrypup could not get a PS5, but he did get a couple of online memberships. Anyone up for Splatoon 2 & Rocket League this Holiday Season? While Hungrypup kicks off his Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, several free games that came with Playstation Plus and Switch online now wait in the backlog!

Credit to Fesliyan Studios for the background music.