233: The Walking Dead, Season One (with Aaron Angle - A Top 3 Podcast)

OCT 7, 2026164 MIN

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Support my work on Patreon- https://patreon.com/realdavejackson Discord, Socials and more- https://linktr.ee/talesfromthebacklog Everyone's got that game, book, movie, etc that a longtime friend has been recommending for years, decades or more and you just haven't quite gotten around to it. One of those for me and one of my oldest friends was Telltale's series of games based on The Walking Dead. For many reasons, despite believing that the games would be good, I just waited a wild amount of time to finally give them a shot, and hey- we did it! And I brought that friend back onto the podcast to give season one the deep dive treatment. As always, no spoilers for a while- enjoy! Guest info: Aaron Angle (he/him) Check out A Top 3 Podcast https://atop3podcast.fireside.fm/ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Title Card 0:35 Introductions 5:19 Our Histories with The Walking Dead 9:21 Top-Level Thoughts about The Walking Dead 13:57 Story Setup, Characters, Tone 27:21 Choices and Consequences 46:19 Puzzles and QTEs 51:18 Art, Music and Sound 1:01:46 Who Should Play? 1:04:14 A Top 3 Podcast 1:07:23 Spoiler Wall and Patron Thank-Yous 1:09:06 Spoilers- Episode 1 1:25:35 Spoilers- Episode 2 1:40:23 Spoilers- Episode 3 1:56:01 Spoilers- Episode 4 2:11:09 Spoilers- Episode 5 Music used in the episode: Clementine, Twist of Fate, Terror Mysterious, Folk Loop, Mother and Son, The Guantlet, Jewelry Store Cover art by Jack Allen- find him at https://linktr.ee/JackAllenCaricatures Support Tales from the Backlog