This may not seem like a new or surprising assertion to anyone else, but *I* think it’s interesting, and this is my column, damn it: I actually play a lot more games than my backlog numbers may seem to suggest. It’s just that so many of the ones I compile are RPGs falling somewhere within the [...]
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Confessions of a Backlogged Gamer, Week 37: Chloroform and Liquid Nitrogen
I’ve gone through a rather complicated cycle with regards to Scribblenauts. When I first heard about it, I thought it sounded like a cool idea, but I didn’t think it was really going to be for me. Games with too many choices, ironically, often make me feel trapped. This is why I usually prefer JRPGs [...]
Confessions of a Backlogged Gamer, Week 36: Stupid Moon
Brace yourself, because it’s a landmark week. I completed not one, but TWO games! Of course, I acquired more than that in return, and it’s possible that I put off writing this column until I was done one of them so that I would have more progress to report, but… shhh. It’s the thought that [...]
Confessions of a Backlogged Gamer, Week 35: The Curious Effects of Magic Mushrooms
Sometimes a game has great writing, and sometimes it has great gameplay. Either of these by itself can be a little tricky to find, but a game that has both is a genuine treasure. I’ve always found that the Mario and Luigi series is quite reliable for falling into that last category, which is why [...]
Confessions of a Backlogged Gamer, Week 34: How I Roll
Yeah, I know I used pretty much the same title for a recent podcast. It fits, okay?
So, as you might surmise, I have been hitting the Katamari pretty hard. Really, why wouldn’t I? It’s bright and shiny, the music is as infectiously adorable as ever, and the King of All Cosmos retains his creepy awesomeness. [...]
Confessions of a Backlogged Gamer, Week 33(ish): Milestones
I sort of abandoned this column for a while, and for that, I apologize. Rather than bore you with lame excuses, though, I’ll start off with what spurred me to come back to it: after 120+ hours and plenty of both enjoyment and frustration, I have finally completed Persona 3, including the FES content! I’d [...]
Confessions of a Backlogged Gamer, Week 26: Winners Never Quit, Quitters Never Get Lost On Stupid Mountains
So yeah, I kinda stopped playing Crimson Gem Saga. I just got too frustrated by the fact that I couldn’t find where I was going half the time. More than half, really. I still love Atlus, and if you are the type who enjoys grindy, exploration-heavy JRPGs, then I would still recommend it. If you’re [...]
Confessions of a Backlogged Gamer, Weeks 24-25: Shootin Manz, Part 2
I feel like I’m boring you. Hell, I’m boring myself a little. I really need to pick up the pace on at least one of my current games, because it feels like I’ve been stuck in a rut for a while now. This means, of course, that for yet another column, I’m still in the [...]
