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    <title>Unlockables: The Story of Video Games - Episodes Tagged with “Tales From The Backlog”</title>
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  <title>Stray feat. Dave Jackson | 12 Games of Christmas</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Day  1 of the 12 Games of Christmas where Dave and I talk about Stray. Originally posted on December 5th, 2022.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>Welcome to the 12 Games of Christmas presented by the Unlockables! I'm looking back over the past year of gaming and picking some of my favorite experiences to talk about, as well as celebrating an incredible year of The Unlockables. For Day 1, Dave Jackson of Tales From the Backlog stops by to talk about the indie hit, Stray!
Check out all things Tales from the Backlog!
Follow the Unlockables on Bluesky! (https://bsky.app/profile/unlockables.bsky.social)
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The Unlockables is a video game podcast about people's stories and memories around the games that they play, as well as the story of the games themselves! The show consists of solo essay episodes, guest interviews, and collaborative episodes on some of the games that shaped us. 
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    <![CDATA[<p>Welcome to the 12 Games of Christmas presented by the Unlockables! I&#39;m looking back over the past year of gaming and picking some of my favorite experiences to talk about, as well as celebrating an incredible year of The Unlockables. For Day 1, Dave Jackson of Tales From the Backlog stops by to talk about the indie hit, Stray!</p>

<p>Check out all things Tales from the Backlog!</p>

<p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/unlockables.bsky.social" rel="nofollow">Follow the Unlockables on Bluesky!</a><br>
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<p>The Unlockables is a video game podcast about people&#39;s stories and memories around the games that they play, as well as the story of the games themselves! The show consists of solo essay episodes, guest interviews, and collaborative episodes on some of the games that shaped us.</p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Welcome to the 12 Games of Christmas presented by the Unlockables! I&#39;m looking back over the past year of gaming and picking some of my favorite experiences to talk about, as well as celebrating an incredible year of The Unlockables. For Day 1, Dave Jackson of Tales From the Backlog stops by to talk about the indie hit, Stray!</p>

<p>Check out all things Tales from the Backlog!</p>

<p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/unlockables.bsky.social" rel="nofollow">Follow the Unlockables on Bluesky!</a><br>
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<p>The Unlockables is a video game podcast about people&#39;s stories and memories around the games that they play, as well as the story of the games themselves! The show consists of solo essay episodes, guest interviews, and collaborative episodes on some of the games that shaped us.</p>]]>
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  <title>Dave Jackson of Tales from the Backlog</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>An interview with creator Dave Jackson, host of Tales from the Backlog. Originally aired on  March 2nd, 2022.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>Friend of the show Dave Jackson stops by this week to talk about his show, Tales from the Backlog. Eric and Dave discuss his inspiration for the show, his other podcast A Top 3, our preferences for video games over movies and television, Dave's personal gaming history, his love of Fromsoft games, and of course a tiny bit of Elden Ring discussion.
Check out all things Tales from the Backlog related! (https://linktr.ee/realdavejackson?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaYe5gZtS3MKJnbcxrohJoklyBsgsJp1kVUbnUmMQSB2hyilwDioHxmzzIA_aem_6UURjSrn7g-5srCco4pHrw)
Follow the Unlockables on Bluesky! (https://bsky.app/profile/unlockables.bsky.social)
Follow the Unlockables on Instagram! (https://www.instagram.com/unlockablespod/)
Subscribe to the Unlockables YouTube Channel! (https://www.youtube.com/@theunlockables)
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The Unlockables is a video game podcast about people's stories and memories around the games taht they play, as well as the story of the games themselves! The show consists of solo essay episodes, guest interviews, and collaborative episodes on some of the games that shaped us. 
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    <![CDATA[<p>Friend of the show Dave Jackson stops by this week to talk about his show, Tales from the Backlog. Eric and Dave discuss his inspiration for the show, his other podcast A Top 3, our preferences for video games over movies and television, Dave&#39;s personal gaming history, his love of Fromsoft games, and of course a tiny bit of Elden Ring discussion.</p>

<p><a href="https://linktr.ee/realdavejackson?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaYe5gZtS3MKJnbcxrohJoklyBsgsJp1kVUbnUmMQSB2hyilwDioHxmzzIA_aem_6UURjSrn7g-5srCco4pHrw" rel="nofollow">Check out all things Tales from the Backlog related!</a></p>

<p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/unlockables.bsky.social" rel="nofollow">Follow the Unlockables on Bluesky!</a><br>
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<p>The Unlockables is a video game podcast about people&#39;s stories and memories around the games taht they play, as well as the story of the games themselves! The show consists of solo essay episodes, guest interviews, and collaborative episodes on some of the games that shaped us.</p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Friend of the show Dave Jackson stops by this week to talk about his show, Tales from the Backlog. Eric and Dave discuss his inspiration for the show, his other podcast A Top 3, our preferences for video games over movies and television, Dave&#39;s personal gaming history, his love of Fromsoft games, and of course a tiny bit of Elden Ring discussion.</p>

<p><a href="https://linktr.ee/realdavejackson?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaYe5gZtS3MKJnbcxrohJoklyBsgsJp1kVUbnUmMQSB2hyilwDioHxmzzIA_aem_6UURjSrn7g-5srCco4pHrw" rel="nofollow">Check out all things Tales from the Backlog related!</a></p>

<p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/unlockables.bsky.social" rel="nofollow">Follow the Unlockables on Bluesky!</a><br>
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@theunlockables" rel="nofollow">Subscribe to the Unlockables YouTube Channel!</a><br>
<a href="https://patreon.com/unlockables?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink" rel="nofollow">Check out the Unlockables on Patreon!</a></p>

<p>The Unlockables is a video game podcast about people&#39;s stories and memories around the games taht they play, as well as the story of the games themselves! The show consists of solo essay episodes, guest interviews, and collaborative episodes on some of the games that shaped us.</p>]]>
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