Off the Shelf is an interview format where we bring a guest on the show to talk about the following scenario: “Imagine you have a library full of books that represent to you the greatest video game narratives. If I were to pull 5 books at random off of those shelves, what would I find? How did each book earn a spot on your shelf?”
This week, I interview Dave Jackson from the Tales from the Backlog podcast. I highly recommend you check out his full podcast here. Also, here are the Tales from the Backlog episodes that cover each game we discuss:
The discussion of each game contains spoilers, so please refer to these timestamps to avoid those as needed:
(00:00) Introduction
(11:50) Soma
(33:00) Silent Hill 2
(44:35) Spec Ops: The Line
(55:10) Xenogears
(01:06:20) Final Fantasy X and X-2
(01:17:10) Closing Comments