A future update may include a game you've actually heard of

In 2020, I decided I was going to stop buying new games and declare war on the backlog. Much like the majority of gamers, I own more games than I can ever play in a lifetime but countless games I want to play get shuffled further and further to the back while the endless stream of new stuff gets stacked on top of them. It was a success! Aside from cashing in steam vouchers over Christmas that I had received as a gift, I purchased exactly zero new games, and the backlog was sufficiently injured. Any current year games I played were on the behest of constant backlog enemy, Jason Venter, who even now is plotting ways to trick me into playing more visual novels. THE GOAL: Do the same thing in 2021. Block Venter. Profit.

//The Backlog Mortuary//


American Patriots: The Swamp Fox: There’s no win conditions attached to this game, so the only way to beat it is to stop playing. It’s a barebones horde-mode FPS that’s very limited in options. I’ve played it enough to be underwhelmed; I’m done with it.
Review// yes


The Beard in the Mirror: Goofy retro point & click openly inspired by Sierra’s Quest games. Got maybe halfway through a few years back, then stopped for reasons I no longer remember. Been threatening to go back and finish it for ages and now have.
Review// pending?


Dungeons of Naheulbeuk: Goofy fantasy parody story told alongside genuinely faithful D&D-built turn based strategy battles. It’s surprisingly good stuff. I didn’t expect great things from this when Jason randomly dropped it on me some time last year, but I put the hours in, got pretty far, then saw my progress get mercilessly deleted when the game updated to full retail edition, destroying all my review edition save files in the process. Took a break, started anew, and killed so many cave spiders. The little shits.
Review// yes


Sarawak: A simple text adventure game that took me about an hour and a half to play through. You progress by solving simple puzzles or by advancing conversations. It’s over before it begins and the ending is a bit of a damp squib, but I enjoyed it. Puzzles were never hard enough to rage quit over, but often not easy enough to be a mere triviality.
Review// in progress

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	Germ - January 23, 2021 (06:25 PM) It's bad when you see a game on Steam and think you might check it out some day, only to realize it's already in your library. You're an inspiration!
	EmP - January 28, 2021 (09:29 AM) I figure I'll make a new post every time I beat four games. I've already beaten 2! The other two I'm playing are huge, though...
	honestgamer - January 31, 2021 (04:19 PM) Germ, I do that frequently, but it's not my fault. So many games are going on sale for deep discounts these days on the Nintendo eShop and on Steam. I snatch them up for a pittance and then forget I even did. Luckily, the digital stores won't let me accidentally buy them twice!