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Backlog Dialogues

Backlog Dialogues

Backlog Dialogues is the nerd culture podcast where we dig you out of your backlog, BEFORE it buries you. We attempt to bring a literary eye to nerd culture media, like video games, films, TV shows, and more. Think of us like a book club, but for video games and other types of media. Our second backlog-buster is: When They Cry!

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106:53

Umineko WTC - Alliance of the Golden Witch Episode 7...

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2026/04/22

At last, we have reached the end of the games. Of the Questions.At long last, in a fierce storm of red and blue, Fantasy and Mystery clash. Only one can win. But what fate awaits the one that began this tragic tale? The end is here. But the story is just beginning. Welcome to Rokkenjima. Do you have an answer yet?

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114:49

Umineko WTC - Alliance of the Golden Witch Episode 6...

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2026/04/15

It's time for part two of the Question Arc finale, with the emotional resolution of the story of Ushiromiya Ange! In 1998, Ange arrives at Rokkenjima, where she confronts the Black Witch that creates the cycle of hatred consuming the world. Then, she heads to the Golden Land to start the game back up and return Sakutaro to Maria. But what will she sacrifice to see this story reach its conclusion?

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124:10

Umineko WTC - Alliance of the Golden Witch Episode 5...

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2026/04/08

It's time for the action packed first part of the finale of the question arcs! The surviving humans mount a resistance against Beatrice, but will they be able to leverage their magic-like powers and the rules of narrative irony well enough to defeat the demons consuming the island? And what is with this test that Beatrice is putting the cousins through? And most importantly, is Battler even Battler?

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125:05

Umineko WTC - Alliance of the Golden Witch Episode 4...

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2026/04/01

Finally, FINALLY the game has begun, and it has begun with a bang! Kinzo reveals himself to the family conference and immediately things go off the rails. We also get to see just what Beatrice has been teaching Maria about coping with sadness, a glimpse of what Shannon and Kanon think about the golden land, and Ange being frustratingly vague about seeing something that spooks her!But why hasn't Battler really done anything yet?

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81:34

Umineko WTC - Alliance of the Golden Witch Episode 3...

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2026/03/25

It's time to get sad in two of the saddest chapters in all of Umineko! First, Ange kills her imaginary friends and everything that can possibly bring her joy in her high school life. Then, Rosa goes to unthinkable new lows in her treatment of Maria. It's time for another scene heavy episode, so get some tissues ready!

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110:01

Umineko WTC - Alliance of the Golden Witch Episode 2...

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2026/03/18

On the board, Kyrie proposes a stunning theory - Kinzo is already dead! But Battler is not able to fully capitalize on that, as Beatrice has changed her strategies and is refusing to use the red, meaning it's time to introduce a new rule!But enough about those losers, it's time for even more of Ange's sad life and how she views Maria! At least there are stuffed animals. Oh, and Lambdadelta wants to make her a better offer than Bern! Fun times all around.

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100:41

Umineko WTC - Alliance of the Golden Witch Episode 1...

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2026/03/11

It's almost time to start a new game, but before we can do any of that, we need to learn all about Ange! Her story is one of the most complex of any Ryukishi has written, taking place along a winding path through narrative time weaving between the space above the game board, her life at St Lucia Academy, and her life in 1998 after miraculously surviving her leap off a skyscraper. Let's try to make sense of it all! Let's also try to make sense of why the fuck Okonogi is here!

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66:51

Hogfather Minilog - Humans Need Fantasy to Be Human

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2026/03/04

It's the belated Backlog Dialogues holiday minilog, covering Terry Pratchett's Hogfather novel. Our first but probably not last peek at the Discworld covers the time the titular jolly fat man got inhumed by a deranged assassin, and so Death has to step in to fill his job while Death's granddaughter Susan tries to figure out what happened to the Hogfather and why all these other innocuous gods keep appearing. An immensely quotable and thoughtful adventure, just a few months late for the holiday

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44:25

Umineko WTC - Banquet of the Golden Witch Godcast - I...

Backlog Dialogues ·

2026/02/25

God dammit we got got again! Join us as we discuss everything that happened on the last episode, as well as adaptations and our usual special black tea for those who have seen to the end.

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147:18

Umineko WTC - Banquet of the Golden Witch Episode 6 -...

Backlog Dialogues ·

2026/02/18

It's time for a showdown as Battler and Beatrice face off against the demented witch EVA-Beatrice! Beatrice's noble turn and Battler's valiant deductions lead to a mind bending conclusion and some of the craziest turns yet!Wait, Beato, why are you making that face? And... who is that?

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105:30

Umineko WTC - Banquet of the Golden Witch Episode 5 -...

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2026/02/11

The rampage of the new Golden Witch Eva-Beatrice cannot be stopped! The childish and brutal witch becomes increasingly deranged as she loses all sense of what it means to respect life thanks to the endless magic. As Battler suspends the game to let Beato go on a journey of self discovery, massive battles break out which reveal hidden sides of characters and unleash terrifying new magic on to the board - magic with bunny ears.

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97:13

Umineko WTC - Banquet of the Golden Witch Episode 4 -...

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2026/02/04

Schools out, it's party time! Now that we know how to deal with magic, it's time for everything to get crazier! Ushiromiya Eva solves the epitaph and becomes the new Golden Witch! It's just like in that one movie, you know, where a guy has to become Santa. It's legally binding! And it leads to some really violent stuff.

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109:42

Umineko WTC - Banquet of the Golden Witch Episode 3 -...

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2026/01/28

The First Twilight is here early, and Beatrice has turned her sights on the servants this time! Battler is increasingly flummoxed by the rapidly escalating scale and spectacle of the Golden Witch's magic, but finds an unlikely ally in another Witch, who takes on the name Virgilia. Now that Battler knows how to argue against magic, surely things will start to get more sane.

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74:58

Umineko WTC - Banquet of the Golden Witch Episode 2 -...

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2026/01/21

How many people are on Rokkenjima, really? This seemingly obvious and straightforward question leads us down a rather strange rabbit hole as Ushiromiya Rosa tells us a story about how she met Beatrice almost twenty years before the event of this story. Plus, we get to learn about Contrapositives thanks to Beatrice's favorite countermove to the Devil's Proof, Hempel's Raven!

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103:28

Umineko WTC - Banquet of the Golden Witch Episode 1 -...

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2026/01/14

A new game is about to begin, but before we do, we have to confront the cringe of our past! Beatrice, Eva, and Battler are all asked to think about their younger selves, and even talk to one in one case. Then, as the game begins, a demonic butler named Ronove pops in to let us know that things are only going to get wilder from here.

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64:47

Migi and Dali Minilog - Nefarious Twin Revenge Farce

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2026/01/07

For our Minilog this week, we're covering a truly strange Weird Japanese Thing series, Migi and Dali! We follow the Titular Twins as they pretend to be the same person while investigating the death of their mother in a tale about revenge, forgiveness, individuality, and some extremely strange methods of child rearing. It's got everything you could want - strange maybe demon children, strange maybe demon parents, good dogs, a kid that looks like a beaver, a kid that wants to be a bird, and oh so much

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58:24

Umineko WTC - Turn of the Golden Witch Godcast -...

Backlog Dialogues ·

2025/12/31

We have finished Turn, let's talk about what we learned! Also, yap interminably and incoherently about Voice Actors. Also included, discussions of the manga and anime adaptations and a glimpse behind the curtain for those who have already navigated to the answer.

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103:27

Umineko WTC - Turn of the Golden Witch Episode 5 - I...

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2025/12/24

Beatrice has won. Play again?This week on Backlog Dialogues, we fall and rise.

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93:45

Umineko WTC - Turn of the Golden Witch Episode 4 -...

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2025/12/17

Our When They Cry map is becoming increasingly useless. As the storm rages and our ship drifts in to uncharted waters, we continue to be plagued with more questions than answers. Just what can the red truth not say? Just how many goats can Beatrice summon? What is Rosa's problem anyway? And for that matter, why does Beatrice get so mad about the subject of love? The answers to these questions will not be contained in this episode.Be careful, sailor. Here be Goats.

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110:21

Umineko WTC - Turn of the Golden Witch Episode 3 -...

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2025/12/10

It's time for a new rule! Umineko has been going easy on us for a chapter and a half now, but this week it shows its cards and reveals that we're in for a very different story. As the First and Second twilights happen again, this time with a far more grotesque display, Beatrice reveals just how much magic she can muster - and it turns out to be a lot! But the game truly begins when Beatrice introduces the rule that will change everything - Red Truth.

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