Backlog Burndown
Backlog Burndown #5: Comfort Food and Jisei
Greetings Backloggers! What’s your gaming”comfort food”? When things get weird in life, in the world, or in general, what’s your gaming answer? For me it’s driving games. Nothing like focusing your world down to extracting a few tenths of a second more from your Ring time in Forza, or rumbling around Europe building your virtual trucking empire in Euro Truck Sim 2. I&...[Read More]
Backlog Burndown #4 – Back to School
Hello Backloggers! After a few weeks in hiatus due to self-inflicted computer problems, we’re back! Hopefully you readers are having more success than I am in burning through my backlog, as the afor-mentioned computer troubles, coupled with playoff baseball and election insanity, put a big dent in my free time.
Backlog Burndown: Sprint #3 – 1953: KGB Unleashed
Various research show that it takes between three weeks and six months to fully develop a new habit. Six weeks into this backlog challenge may not be enough to say I’ve got a new pattern fully realized, but it’s definitely a good start.
Backlog Burndown: Sprint #2 – Another World
What’s the natural follow-up to starting a backlog challenge with a short Visual Novel? Obviously it’s to go oldschool with a remastered version of a twenty-five year old classic.
Backlog Burndown – Sprint 1: A Wild Catgirl Appears
“Let’s see, what should I play first? Too long, too short, too weird, no wait, there’s no such thing in my library. Okay, A Wild Catgirl Appears it is then!” Such was basically my selection process for choosing a game in Sprint #1. Quick enough that I could finish in the limited time I had, and a little bit weird.
Backlog Burndown – Sprint 0: Introduction
“Backlog”, “Pile of Shame”, “Game Retirement Stash.” Whatever it’s called, it’s a fact of life for almost every gamer. It’s the games sitting in our Steam, Xbox Live, PSN, and Virtual Console accounts; the shrink-wrapped boxes decorating our shelves; the dusty discs played for a single session then added to the pile by the TV.