A New Way to Look at Your Backlog

yup, i recall reading this article last year. i still believe that I will never play or see all the game sin my collection. heck i would be happy if i even started 20% of them, but even that seems unlikely. Brutal maths tells me i simply don't have the required spare time to game sufficiently :( and FUTURE ME will probably not want to play such old games in 5-10 years time.

But if i look at this like a "collector" then its suddenly more feasible :-) So i am building up a personal library of games, for posterity more than actual play :)
 
I read this yesterday. I believe it was part of the Sunday Papers at Rock Paper Shotgun. :)

I like the fact that I have a backlog. When I was younger it was hard to get games without pirating. Indie games were non-existent and so were specials like the ones we have these days. Now though I have a backlog of games that were all purchased cheaply or as part of a bundle and whenever I finish a game I can pick any genre of game that I want. I don't play new games because it seems like such a waste of money.

My backlog is a game in itself for me these days and I love it! I'm a list maker and it's another list that I take care of religiously. :)
https://trello.com/b/WHCsPfF2/games
 
Yoh thats a long article! Skipped a few paragraphs lol " There's nothing wrong with your backlog, as long as you're not going into debt to buy games you may not play in the near future. You shouldn't be ashamed of the stack of games that seem interesting but remain unplayed. They won't spoil. They will be there when you need them" <- True
 
I can't even finish my trello list, it's too long. :p I thought grey was a fitting colour.

A feel that the article is a bit flawed. You don't actually own any of your games on Steam, they're just licenses. So basically you're a collector of licenses. Honestly, when I look at my backlog, I feel like I've been conned. :D There's a reason Valve hires psychologists after all, they know how to get money about of us. And that guy that was in charge of the Steam market became the finance minister of Greece. Valve literally hired someone who went on to serve a sovereign nation. That notion is quite scarey.

I think it also has sometime to do with instant gratification. I don't feel anything when I buy digital games that I know I'll never play. However, lets say I spent that money on physical copies instead. I'd instantly feel like I was spending more, even though I wasn't. It's a strange feeling. If I were to hypothesise, I'd say that there must be a connection that the brain makes with tangible goods, that doesn't get made with goods that technically, you can't touch.

Maybe I'm just a hands on person? "whistling:
 
The_Imp_ZA said:
And that guy that was in charge of the Steam market became the finance minister of Greece. Valve literally hired someone who went on to serve a sovereign nation. That notion is quite scarey.
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To be fair though, Valve finances have been more successfully balanced than Greece's :-)
 
Very interesting read, but I still feel guilty that I bought games in the 2010 xmas sale and STILL haven't played them.. Buying games and not playing them tends to lean on the hording gene (even if its just digital). I for 1 hate leaving series hanging around after 1 watch them. Same applies for games, I want to play them and delete when done. That way everything feels in order.
 
I rarely have backlogs, but when I do, it's just under 10 games. I never indulge myself into such rampant consumerism of steam summer sale.

Game selection progress is simple, based on setting, genre, and kind of game.

1) I read on game's description, genre, setting, etc. (majority of games fail here)
2) Next step is checking it out on youtube, if game is what I am thinking. (sometimes watching video is enough to "play" the game)
3) Get demo or evaluation copy of the game, get feel of the game.

In end it turns out that the game is uninteresting to begin with or is boring to play, unless someone else plays it.

Sometimes it takes too long to finish the game, only option is to finish it with cheats! Other games are not supposed to be finished by design! (CSGO, Robocraft, and other multiplayer games)
 
Jagtiger said:
I rarely have backlogs, but when I do, it's just under 10 games. I never indulge myself into such rampant consumerism of steam summer sale.

Sometimes it takes too long to finish the game, only option is to finish it with cheats!
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Finishing a game with cheats... FOR SHAME! That's like goin online and reading the ending of a book, just so that u don't have to read it. The problem is I have been buying steam specials for ages and thanks to all the multiplayer games I play, this list has slowly grown over time. The reason why im now goin through my backlog is because apparently my collection is worth something stupid of R10k. So I feel compelled to get my "moneys" worth.
 
Lothy said:
Finishing a game with cheats... FOR SHAME! That's like goin online and reading the ending of a book, just so that u don't have to read it. The problem is I have been buying steam specials for ages and thanks to all the multiplayer games I play, this list has slowly grown over time. The reason why im now goin through my backlog is because apparently my collection is worth something stupid of R10k. So I feel compelled to get my "moneys" worth.
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This was for game that was for 12 years in backlog, I have tried to play honestly to end multiple times, but had to leave it for various reasons. So I had to start over again a few weeks' effort from zero (difficulty progression is quite steep).

This is for other topic... In general some games' cheats allow to play game on completely different level, and I'm not talking about difficulty change, the gameplay changes!
 
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