Support my work on Patreon- https://patreon.com/realdavejackson Join the Tales from the Backlog Discord server and make your own resolutions!- https://discord.gg/kAqSBb6jH2 Buy me a coffee on Ko-fi- https://ko-fi.com/realdavejackson For the past few years, we've been making "backlog resolutions" each year- choosing a list of games from our libraries that we keep telling ourselves "I'm gonna play that someday" and....playing them! What a concept! Well, we're playing most of them. In what's becoming a yearly tradition, I'm joined by some friends to discuss our experience throughout the year. Guest info: CtrlAltNoob (she/her)- find her work at https://ctrlaltnoob.com/ and follow on BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/ctrlaltnoob.bsky.social Taylor/Athunderheart (she/they)- Follow on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/athunderheart/ and BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/athunderheart.bsky.social Soccr (any/all)- Follow on BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/soccr.bsky.social TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Title Card 0:11 Introductions 4:45 Stats from 2025's Resolutions 7:11 General Thoughts and Experiences 21:31 Resolutions Success Stories 53:33 Patron Thank-Yous 55:37 Why Didn't We Play Them All? 1:25:57 Lessons & Strategies for 2026 1:40:59 Sneak Peek at Our 2026 Lists 1:59:40 Closing Thoughts 2:10:37 Guest Plugs Music used in the episode: Bless My Stars (Akitaka Tohyama - Beautiful Katamari OST) a forty-six story motel (RJ Lake - El Paso, Elsewhere OST) Mortol (Gameplay) (Eirik Suhrke - UFO 50 OST) Bionic Bay (Francisco Javier Pérez - Bionic Bay OST) Check out Dave talking about NieR: Automata on Pixel Project Radio https://linktr.ee/pixelprojectradio Check out the King of Games 1999 FINALE on Retro Hangover https://linktr.ee/retrohangover Social Media: BlueSky- https://bsky.app/profile/tftblpod.bsky.social Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/talesfromthebacklog/ Cover art by Jack Allen- find him at https://linktr.ee/JackAllenCaricaturesSupport Tales from the Backlog