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