the back log vol. 99 - welcome home gandalf

Image credit: Dolphinpants & Legoreck (left), Nicrotex (top right), Dolphinpants (bottom right)

welcome to the backlog, your weekly look at the week that was and the week ahead! this week, we're celebrating the return of pete and steph's beloved round boy Gandalf, but ALSO the END of GAMES FORTNIGHT!!! i'm hearing reports that they made MIGW/PAX/SXSW Sydney back2back specifically to kill me but i lived, bitch!!!!!!!! anyway, lets get on with it.

PREVIOUSLY ON BACK POCKET

BACK POCKET TONIGHT

We Made You A Mixtape ft. Johnny Galvatron + Beethoven & Dinosaur

we were delighted to have the WINNERS of the SXSW Sydney Game of the Year, game director Johnny Galvatron as well as the whole Beethoven & Dinosaur team, in the studio to chat about their upcoming game Mixtape as well as goof around!!!

• Making The Perfect MIXTAPE w/Johnny Galvatron + Beethoven & Dinosaur Team | Back Pocket Tonight

• The Post Show ft. Woody from Beethoven & Dinosaur (16/10/25) [gold tier and above]

BACKCHAT

this week on BACKCHAT, Pete & Gus answer questions from MindofJak & nanojeans!!!

• BACKCHAT #7 - MindofJak & nanojeans [gold tier and above]

MONDAY GAME NIGHT

Arc You Raiding To Me? Is That Anything? Gus Played Arc Raiders

as mentioned, Gus streamed Arc Raiders last night and, if my brief glimpse of the chat was anything to go by, there was significant mention of Cock and Balls

• ARC RAIDERS Server Slam! | Game Night Stream

SOCIALS

and here's what we did on socials, which VERY heavily skews into PAX highlights territory!!!

• Hecate Loves A Succulent Chinese Meal

• Horsing Around At PAX Australia 2025

• The Castle, narrated by Baldur's Gate 3's Narrator

• Rolling for DND Characters with Diana Fay (pt. 1)

and that's what you missed on glee!!!

THIS WEEK ON BACK POCKET

we're bringing back another fave this week who can deeply relate to the exhaustion we've faced the past two weeks, it's presenter, producer, and pwriter at ABC Gamer, GEM!!!!

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as for BTBP,

a BIG thank you to the lovely pocketeers that joined us on Saturday for the Pokemon GO meetup!! what a fun day!!

speaking of Pokemon, Pete and I have been playing the FUCK out of Pokemon Legends: Z-A. i honestly think its my favourite Pokemon game of all time. its so good. i love dress up. i love creatures.

Gus has been hate-playing the Halloween mode of Call of Duty Warzone, and tells me that it's embarrassingly riddled with microtransactions. shocker!!!

and last but certainly not least, Josh tells me he played a "game" called Speak At My Grandfather's Funeral Simulator 2025, a game that i cannot find anywhere online!

ANYWHO!

i hope you're all having a beautiful week, and are resting up after the two big weeks of gaming. i'm still filled with joy and love from seeing so many of you at MIGW, PAX and SXSW, and i was also filled with the delayed 1-day PAX Pox yesterday, which is why this back log's come a little late.

stay cool,

• Ruby Balboa