The Gaming Backlog "Book Club” hosts share first impressions about Hades after putting some time into the game and playing through a handful of runs. They discuss their preferred weapons and playstyles so far, and share tips, tricks & stories from the early hours.

Danny from RoguePod LiteCast joins us to discuss the intricacies of roguelites and his experience with Hades, and even provides a few valuable pointers that are sure to come in handy as we progress further in the game.

Stay tuned for the final episode of this first Side Quest season at an undetermined time in the future to discuss Hades as a whole, the various story beats, story variances, and true ending.

We want to know how you’ve approached your first escape attempts from the underworld of Hades so far. Take part in our conversation by joining The Gaming Backlog "Book Club" Discord server at https://discord.gg/9xdX3znWQn or finding it through our LinkTree link on Instagram.

• (00:00:02) - Hades SideQuest
• (00:00:43) - 'Call of the Underworld': Chugging Along
• (00:01:30) - Hades: First Impressions
• (00:06:43) - Hercules Review
• (00:13:25) - "I don't like the sword"
• (00:13:56) - God of War Leviathan Axe
• (00:28:05) - Portal to the Underworld
• (00:29:43) - The Ultimate Roguelite Tier List
• (00:31:20) - What is a Roguelike?
• (00:34:01) - How Deep Do You Go In With Roguelites?
• (00:37:15) - How to Play a Roguelite
• (00:38:50) - Hades 2
• (00:45:43) - Dead Cells
• (00:53:00) - Upgrading Boons
• (01:06:51) - Prepping for the final Hades episode

Season 8 of The Gaming Backlog "Book Club” covers Final Fantasy VI. We discuss our expectations for the game based on what we know of the Final Fantasy franchise, the games in the series we have already played and the fact we’ve always wanted to play FF6 and somehow managed to avoid spoilers since 1994.

Stay tuned for next week's episode to discover what order we tackled the scenarios in and our first impressions of Final Fantasy VI, and share some tips, tricks and stories along the way.

We want to hear your expectations for Final Fantasy VI. Take part in our conversation by joining The Gaming Backlog "Book Club" Discord server at https://discord.gg/9xdX3znWQn or finding it through our LinkTree link on Instagram.

The first Side Quest season of The Gaming Backlog "Book Club” covers Hades. This season will take a different and extended format to our normal ones because the roguelike genre is so hard to encapsulate into our typical week-to-week season format considering the learned knowledge and/or skills, or unlocked items they involve and require. We discuss our expectations for Hades based on what we have heard or know from other Supergiant Games. Time to escape the Underworld, one relationship at a time.

Stay tuned for our next Side Quest episode for our first impressions of how things are looking after awakening in Hades, and share some tips, tricks and stories along the way. Additionally stay tuned for our first season 8 episode to hear more about which game our next normal season will be about.

We want to hear your expectations for Hades. Take part in our conversation by joining The Gaming Backlog "Book Club" Discord server at https://discord.gg/9xdX3znWQn or finding it through our LinkTree link on Instagram.

• (00:00:01) - The Gaming Backlog Book Club: Side Quests
• (00:01:45) - Fallout 4 Remake
• (00:03:23) - Hades 1.0
• (00:05:22) - Hades: A Roguelike Story Review
• (00:09:54) - Have You Played Any Roguelikes?
• (00:12:00) - D&D: Isometric Action Games
• (00:14:19) - Starting Hades

The Gaming Backlog "Book Club” hosts chat about the Fallout 4 Far Harbor story expansion DLC and reflect on the Fallout 4 experience as a whole. Join us as we explore the existential side of what it really means to be a human or a synth, all while interacting with fishermen, cult members, and yes, more synths. Additionally, hear our final analysis on the game along with our individual reviews and some parting thoughts of Fallout 4.

Check in next time to learn about the next game from the backlog that we’ll be playing.

We want to know which Far Harbor faction you sided with, which ending you achieved, and your overall take on Fallout 4. Take part in our conversation by joining The Gaming Backlog "Book Club" Discord server at https://discord.gg/9xdX3znWQn or finding it through our LinkTree link on Instagram.

The Gaming Backlog "Book Club” hosts walk through the endings they achieved in Fallout 4. We discuss the intricacies of the various faction routes and goals, and how exactly we reached the ending of the main story quest.

Stay tuned for next week's episode to join us in Far Harbor to explore the first major story expansion of the game, in Fallout 4 Part 8, all while sharing some tips, tricks and stories along the way.

We want to hear about which ending of Fallout 4 you got and how you felt about the way the main quest wrapped up. Take part in our conversation by joining The Gaming Backlog "Book Club" Discord server at https://discord.gg/9xdX3znWQn or finding it through our LinkTree link on Instagram.

• (00:00:01) - Skyrim
• (00:08:14) - Other companions in Fallout 4
• (00:10:58) - Undercover at the Cambridge Polymer Labs
• (00:12:48) - The Synths' Fight for Their Freedom
• (00:24:31) - The Brotherhood of Steel vs The Institute
• (00:26:08) - How To Play Along With The Brotherhood
• (00:31:32) - Ideal For The Brotherhood of Steel
• (00:43:05) - How to Defeat the Railroad in Fallout 4
• (00:50:10) - Members of the Brotherhood of Steel
• (00:53:16) - Fallout 4: The Minutemen & Institute Endings?
• (00:56:55) - Fallout 4: Railroad Story playthrough
• (00:58:44) - Next Time: Far Harbor

The Gaming Backlog "Book Club” hosts break down the various ways to find a teleportation device and get access to the Institute. It doesn’t look like we’ll get there without picking sides though, so we hope you chose wisely. What will happen once we’re inside? Let’s find out!

Stay tuned for next week's episode to discuss the end of the main story quest of Fallout 4 in Part 7, all while sharing some tips, tricks and stories before we jump into some of the Fallout 4 DLC expansions.

We want to hear which faction you chose in Fallout 4 and what happened as you made progress. Take part in our conversation by joining The Gaming Backlog "Book Club" Discord server at https://discord.gg/9xdX3znWQn or finding it through our LinkTree link on Instagram.

• (00:05:55) - Molecular Level
• (00:10:02) - How to Make a Synth Teleportation Platform
• (00:13:02) - Post-Molecular Level SPOILER ALERT
• (00:13:51) - The Network Scanner
• (00:14:39) - The Origins of Father In The Elevator
• (00:17:05) - How To Escape From The Institute
• (00:22:33) - Turning Human In His Lab
• (00:23:47) - Fallout 4: The Institute Music
• (00:25:13) - Fallout 4 vs. Uncharted 4
• (00:28:44) - Members of the Brotherhood Join The Minutemen
• (00:36:11) - Minutemen 3D
• (00:40:33) - Nick Valentine's Revenge
• (00:42:53) - The Witch Museum

The Gaming Backlog "Book Club” hosts discuss their adventures crossing the Glowing Sea to enlist the help of dear old Virgil in their mission to infiltrate the Institute and find Shaun. But first, they put in the effort to butter up some faction members and completed side quests galore, because this is Fallout, and that is what wastelanders do.

Stay tuned for next episode to listen in on the chemistry and physics lecture explaining the Molecular Level, as that appears to be the only way to locate the Institute and take them down. Join us for Fallout 4 Part 6, and trade tips, tricks and stories along the way.

We want to hear how you handled the Glowing Sea of the Commonwealth and the horrors lurking within its endless radioactive cloud. Take part in our conversation by joining The Gaming Backlog "Book Club" Discord server at https://discord.gg/9xdX3znWQn or finding it through our LinkTree link on Instagram.

• (00:00:02) - Welcome back to The Gaming Backlog "Book Club"
• (00:01:54) - The quest
• (00:02:53) - The Silver Shroud Quest
• (00:04:07) - Nick Valentine's Companion Quest
• (00:07:04) - Silver Shroud
• (00:09:46) - Lost on Patrol quest
• (00:13:06) - The Brotherhood of Steel Quest
• (00:16:52) - Taking Independence Quest
• (00:18:22) - How To Take Independence From The Queen
• (00:22:59) - How To Find A Secret Society From The Maze
• (00:27:35) - How did you go about this quest
• (00:30:21) - Piper Gets A Hazmat Suit
• (00:31:30) - Other Side Quests
• (00:35:42) - Brotherhood quests
• (00:38:34) - How To Get The Sword Back From My Dad
• (00:41:53) - Mr. Handys
• (00:44:56) - Speak of the Devil
• (00:52:04) - Super Mutant
• (00:58:02) - Fatekeeper
• (00:59:54) - Hunter Hunted

Stay tuned for next week's episode to hear how we tackled the next main quests and totally random side quests in Fallout 4 Part 5, all while sharing some tips, tricks and stories along the way.

We want to hear what you made of the revelations from Kellogg. Take part in our conversation by joining The Gaming Backlog "Book Club" Discord server at https://discord.gg/9xdX3znWQn or finding it through our LinkTree link on Instagram.