The Back Log, vol. 55 - More Bens Is Good For Everyone (Patreon)

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Isn't it crazy there's been two different Bens that aren't me on Back Pocket in the past two weeks? Truly, we're slowly gonna take over the whole thing. Just you wait...

Once again, a big thank you to Dolphinpants for your Photoshop work this week, showing a very accurate image of what we would look like in Minecraft, thanks to some fabulous stretching we did for the Rizz Quiz in our last ep.

And in a little bit of housekeeping, you may have noticed that Steph has been taking a bit of a break from Back Pocket recently. You can read her full tweet about it here, but essentially she's just taking a bit of time to prioritise her own work, and juggle a bit of a better work/life balance! We hope to welcome her back as soon as she's ready ❤️

LAST WEEK ON BACK POCKET

Back Pocket Tonight ft. Awesome Black's Ben Armstrong
Our Ben of the week may be familiar to some of you - he actually had been on Back Pocket before, all the way back in our special Powerhouse episode! But this week he was in the studio proper, and subject to the true chaos of Back Pocket. After a bit of a discussion about the work Awesome Black is doing alongside Powerhouse for A Lil Bit of Back Up, he then shared with us his continuing love of World of Warcraft in What We've Been Playing, alongside some chats about Clickolding, Diablo 4's Season of the Infernal Hordes and the Delta Force: Hawk Ops alpha. And the rest of the show was wrapped up with a D&D-themed Rizz Quiz, and a Very Good Gameplay of Oddballers!

Diablo 4: Season of the Infernal Hordes + Delta Force: Hawk Ops | Back Pocket Tonight

Post Show (link to locked post)

PocketBuds: The PR Nightmare
Don't worry, it's not something Ruby said! The nightmare we're referring to on this occasion is the world of games PR, as described by former publicist Jim Barker in his recent chat with Ruby that was released last week! And in a fun lil bonus ep activity, the two of them broke down some of the most famous gaming PR disasters, and how Jim himself would've dealt with them...

Waking Up From A Games PR Nightmare ft. Jim Barker
Spotify Apple iHeart Acast

PocketBuds XTRA - WWJD (What Would Jim Do)? ft. Jim Barker (link to locked post)

Playback
We Solve The Case Of The Rise Of The Golden Idol... The Demo

Game Night
Halo 4 U Halo 4 Me w/Peter & friends

Socials
Game Plan

So Many Words

Definitely Olympic Gameplay

THIS WEEK ON BACK POCKET

We've got another stacked week of Back Pocket, and it all starts tonight as Gus finally gets around to playing X-Men Origins: Wolverine for our Game Night!

Our special guest on Thursday, meanwhile, is comedian and podcaster Tommy Dassalo! And our PocketBuds episode this week is a Ruby and Nicrotex special, all about ARGs and immersive theatre.

Plus, is that a special little Playback there on the horizon, perhaps dropping at a special little time on Saturday morning, for a special little game? 🤔

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I hope you're doing very well, and staying hydrated everyone! I ain't got anything special to talk about myself this week, so I simply send you the best of vibes, and hope all your games this week are good ones!

Wait... can I say that?

• Ben 💖