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Guest info: Doug Lief (he/him) and Gen Moonen (they/them) 

<ul>
<li>Listen to Nostalgium Arcanum <a href="https://nostalgiumarcanum.fireside.fm/" rel="nofollow">https://nostalgiumarcanum.fireside.fm/</a></li>
<li>Listen to Playing By Ear <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/playing-by-ear/id1815995146" rel="nofollow">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/playing-by-ear/id1815995146</a></li>
<li>Listen to Still Muppeting <a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/stillloadingpod/posts" rel="nofollow">https://www.patreon.com/c/stillloadingpod/posts</a></li>
<li>Listen to &quot;Fun&quot; and Games <a href="https://funandgames.libsyn.com/" rel="nofollow">https://funandgames.libsyn.com/</a></li>
</ul>

TIMESTAMPS

<ul>
<li>0:00 Title Card</li>
<li>0:10 Introductions and Top-Level Thoughts</li>
<li>7:20 Unpredictability- Problem or Opportunity?</li>
<li>19:48 Failure Can Be Funny</li>
<li>38:35 Jokes In Any Form</li>
<li>50:07 Unique Challenges Facing Game Comedy</li>
<li>1:32:15 More Ways Games are Uniquely Funny</li>
<li>1:44:46 Wrap-Up Thoughts</li>
<li>1:48:56 Gen &amp; Doug&#39;s Podcasts</li>
</ul>

Music used in the episode:

<ul>
<li>Secret Hoppin&#39; (Vacation Mix)- ClascyJitto (Pizza Tower OST)</li>
<li>Whispering Rock Psychic Summer Camp- Peter McConnell (Psychonauts OST)</li>
</ul>

Dave&#39;s guest appearance on Play Along Podcast- <a href="https://linktr.ee/PlayAlongPodcast" rel="nofollow">https://linktr.ee/PlayAlongPodcast</a>

Cover art by Jack Allen- find him at <a href="https://linktr.ee/JackAllenCaricatures" rel="nofollow">https://linktr.ee/JackAllenCaricatures</a><a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/realdavejackson">Support Tales from the Backlog</a>

<description>
 &lt;p&gt;Support my work on Patreon- &lt;a href="https://patreon.com/realdavejackson" rel="nofollow"&gt;https://patreon.com/realdavejackson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Discord, Socials and more- &lt;a href="https://linktr.ee/talesfromthebacklog" rel="nofollow"&gt;https://linktr.ee/talesfromthebacklog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Guest info: Doug Lief (he/him) and Gen Moonen (they/them)&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Listen to Nostalgium Arcanum &lt;a href="https://nostalgiumarcanum.fireside.fm/" rel="nofollow"&gt;https://nostalgiumarcanum.fireside.fm/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Listen to Playing By Ear &lt;a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/playing-by-ear/id1815995146" rel="nofollow"&gt;https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/playing-by-ear/id1815995146&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Listen to Still Muppeting &lt;a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/stillloadingpod/posts" rel="nofollow"&gt;https://www.patreon.com/c/stillloadingpod/posts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Listen to &amp;quot;Fun&amp;quot; and Games &lt;a href="https://funandgames.libsyn.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;https://funandgames.libsyn.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TIMESTAMPS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;0:00 Title Card&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;0:10 Introductions and Top-Level Thoughts&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;7:20 Unpredictability- Problem or Opportunity?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;19:48 Failure Can Be Funny&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;38:35 Jokes In Any Form&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;50:07 Unique Challenges Facing Game Comedy&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;1:32:15 More Ways Games are Uniquely Funny&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;1:44:46 Wrap-Up Thoughts&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;1:48:56 Gen &amp;amp; Doug&amp;#39;s Podcasts&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Music used in the episode:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Secret Hoppin&amp;#39; (Vacation Mix)- ClascyJitto (Pizza Tower OST)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Whispering Rock Psychic Summer Camp- Peter McConnell (Psychonauts OST)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Dave&amp;#39;s guest appearance on Play Along Podcast- &lt;a href="https://linktr.ee/PlayAlongPodcast" rel="nofollow"&gt;https://linktr.ee/PlayAlongPodcast&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cover art&lt;/strong&gt; by Jack Allen- find him at &lt;a href="https://linktr.ee/JackAllenCaricatures" rel="nofollow"&gt;https://linktr.ee/JackAllenCaricatures&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 </description>

Dave is joined by Doug Lief (Nostalgium Arcanum, Playing By Ear) and Gen Moonen ("Fun" and Games) to discuss comedy in video games, and if it's actually harder to for games to be funny. 

Tales from the Backlog

Is It Harder for Video Games to Be Funny? (with Doug Lief & Gen Moonen)

Is It Harder for Video Games to Be Funny? (with Doug Lief & Gen Moonen)

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