Backlogs

I am more inclined to think that the vast majority of people who play many video games have a significant backlog. Humble Bundles, Steam Sales, Green Man Gaming, free games on the Epic Games Store, and other things (Sailing them seas) have blessed us all with more hours of cheap entertainment that we can know what to do with. My own PC, and various hard drives are living memorials essentially to video games; games I own, games I have played, never played, played some of, and games I will play games time and time again until they day I die.

I have been into quite a bit lately, and having fun in doing so. I recently replayed Yakuza 0 and Yakuza Kiwami. Since beating Infinite Wealth, I wanted to get back to the earlier parts of the story, and experience some of that again. I don’t know when I will get to Kiwami 2, and onwards, but really that’s fine. I have played and beaten all of those in the past, and I find myself looking toward my backlogs, both purchases sitting on a shelf, digital front-end, or however, and I question the need to buy new games. I have been so remiss in some titles through the years, and I have the means to easily play those. There are some titles I will get on day 1, or whatever, like for instance, Eiyuden Chronicle. I was a Kickstarter Backer for this game, and it is a game that I waited months to play, but now that I am in it, I am so happy. It is still early for me, but I do plan on writing more about that as I get through it.

I have also been playing around more with my Retroid Pocket 3+. Specifically I have been eyeing GBA games I missed out on as a youngster. So I started Advanced Wars on the GBA, and I got through the field training sessions. I am looking forward to getting more into that. The only entry I ever got far into was Advanced Wars: Dual Strike on the Nintendo DS. I lent that game to a guy I knew in college, never got it back. That and Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon. From what I have seen, they both are games that command premium prices on the secondary market.

So back…to backlogs. Video games are expensive, and I have a massive backlog. I plan on looking at the calendar for releases this year, and make a list of games I really do want to drop everything and play right away. As of this moment, all I can think of is the newest Legend of Heroes entry. But for the moment, I think I want to concentrate on the massive list of games I have missed through the years, especially in that older-game space. I have so much I want to try, and I think it is time I write all of this out, change some habits. Failure to launch, to fire, to trying and bailing early, I am wrapping my mind around what makes me do these things. I feel inspired by things I see on Twitch, how streamers tackle retro games. I also love it when I can find well-written review and video content, from folks like Indy Gamer Chick, and Retro Game Corps. Jeff Gerstmann’s ranking NES games videos also greatly appeal to me. Gameifying my gaming; truly a testament to how the modern world has ruined my attention span.