The Back Log, vol. 23 - Sla(y)dies Night (Patreon)

It's just like The View, but evil...

Thank you so much to Jazzals for this week's #creative piece, which is a perfect encapsulation of the vibes on our show this past Thursday, which may I just say was a rousing success - here's to many more Sladies Nights!

Not much housekeeping this week, other than a reminder that I put out a form for Anniversary Pins this week, so if you donated during our stream and believe you are eligible, go fill it out! And just to refresh you on the eligiblity for those, you either need to have donated A$50 or more through Streamlabs towards our Anniversary fundraiser, OR have upgraded your Patreon pledge to the Merch Tier from a lower tier.

THIS WEEK ON BACK POCKET

Back Pocket Tonight: Sladies Night
For the first ever all-female episode of Back Pocket, Ruby and Steph were joined by none other than Gem (GeeOfDee) and Loz of Griefed! The banger vibes started with a general discussion of what it's like to be a woman in gaming - yes, it may sound cliché but let me tell you that it was anything but, and a great convo all round! Then, the girls jumped into some What We've Been Playing, with chats about Spider-Man 2, Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, the demo for cute indie Europa and the truly evergreen Minecraft. Before jumping into some Tee-KO 2 from the latest Jackbox Pack, they also played a game called Who Girl in Game?, which was basically a mash-up of Celebrity Heads and Poetry for Neanderthals, with much, much bonking...

It's Sladies Night with Jackbox 10! Ft. @GeeOfDee & @lozcopy | Back Pocket Tonight 

Post Show (link to locked post)

PocketBuds: Knuckles, Sandwiches and Surfing
This week on PocketBuds, we had the first of our extended interviews that Ruby recorded while down in Melbourne for Games Week! She sat down with Andy Brophy and Olivia Haines, who are married, work on games together and are all around very cool people. There was lots of talk about their upcoming games, Knuckle Sandwich and Surf Club, as well as more general discussion about making games as an Australian. It's a certified banger so go listen now!

Getting A Knuckle Sandwich At My Local Surf Club ft. Andy Brophy & Olivia Haines
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PocketBuds XTRA - Short Games vs. Long Games ft. Gus (link to locked post)

Socials: The Wheel of Spidey Villains
There were literally SO many new games coming out this week that we had to use our trusty anniversary wheel for the Game Plan. And that wasn't the only wheel to feature on our socials this week, with Spidey's greatest nemesis, Big Wheel, making an appearance in Will's video on which villains he'd love to see in Spidey 2! Plus, we've got our weekly podcast clip, and a great moment from our Next Fest demo dive.

Game Plan 

Spidey Villains 

Clip - While We Wait Here 

Podcast - Australian Game Dev 

NEXT WEEK ON BACK POCKET

It's a secret. Perhaps even... a spooky one?

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While I leave you on that cliffhanger, I'm gonna go play swing around New York some more, having just wrapped up the Spider-Man 2 main story. How about you? Did you spend the weekend thwipping, or wowie-zowieing? Or perhaps even neither? Maybe you just had a good nap. Well, however you spent it, I hope you had as much fun as I did kicking Kraven's butt.

- Ben :)