Dave recaps his favorite games that released in 2024 and discusses the year in podcasting, gaming and more. Catch Dave's favorite games from other years that he played for the first time in 2024 on Patreon, available to all paid patrons! TIMESTAMPS: Intros/Reminiscing 0:18 Honorable Mentions 5:40 #10 13:44 #9 18:01 #8 21:15 #7 26:38 #6 32:01 #5 36:34 #4 41:17 #3 46:40 #2 52:26 #1 and thank yous 59:23 Music used in the episode: 1000xRESIST - The Orchard (At Peace) (Drew Redman) 1000xRESIST - The Youngest Looks (Drew Redman) 1000xRESIST - Watcher (Drew Redman) Animal Well - Animal Well (Billy Basso) Animal Well - Dawn Chorus (Billy Basso) Animal Well - Flames (Billy Basso) Balatro - Main Title (LouisF) Balatro - Boss Blind Theme (LouisF) Dragon's Dogma 2 - Escort Mission (Tadayoshi Makino, Rei Kondoh, Inon Zur and Masayoshi Ishi) Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree - Diving Beast Dancing Lion (Tsukasa Saitoh, Shoi Miyazawa, Tai Tomisawa, Soma Tanizaka, Yuka Kitamura) Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree - Gravesite Plain (Tsukasa Saitoh, Shoi Miyazawa, Tai Tomisawa, Soma Tanizaka, Yuka Kitamura) Final Fantasy VII Rebirth - Main Theme Battle Edit (Nobuo Uematsu, Shotaro Shima) Final Fantasy VII Remake/Rebirth - Nibelheim/Train Graveyard (Nobuo Uematsu) Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth - Dondoko Island (SEGA Sound Team/Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio) Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth - Yokohama Sunset (SEGA Sound Team/Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio) Metaphor ReFantazio - Akademia (Shoji Meguro, Atsushi Kitajoh and Toshiki Konishi) Metaphor ReFantazio - Main Theme (Shoji Meguro, Atsushi Kitajoh and Toshiki Konishi, Keisuke Honryo) Metaphor ReFantazio - Port Brilehaven (Shoji Meguro, Atsushi Kitajoh and Toshiki Konishi) Mouthwashing - Main Title (Martin Halldin) Nine Sols - Awakening (FFXX) Nine Sols - Walk Me Through History (FFXX) The Plucky Squire - A Very Happy Ending (Mike Georgiades) The Plucky Squire - Celebration & Moonbeard's After Party (Mike Georgiades) The Plucky Squire - Plucky Squire Theme (Mike Georgiades) UFO 50 - Devilition (Placement) (Erik Suhrke) UFO 50 - Mortol (Gameplay) (Erik Suhrke) UFO 50 - Play Forever (Erik Suhrke) UFO 50 - UFO 50 (Erik Suhrke) Support Tales from the Backlog on Patreon! or buy me a coffee on Ko-fi! Join the Tales from the Backlog Discord server! Social Media: Instagram Twitter Facebook Cover art by Jack Allen- find him at https://www.instagram.com/jackallencaricatures/ and his other pages Listen to A Top 3 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and [other podcast platforms](atop3podcast.fireside.fm)! Support Tales from the Backlog