Astro Bot, Hi-Fi Rush, and a new definition for cozy games, part one
What makes a game as fun to watch as it is to play?
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The Banished Vault and what remains
Guest Backlog by Brandon Walsh
Big-Ass RPG Month Part 2: Gameplay
The one where I probably ruffle some feathers
Big-Ass RPG Month Part 1: Story
Comparing Baldur’s Gate 3 and Dragon Quest XI, just because
Hot take: music games are good
Lumines Remastered and Katamari Damacy Reroll
I’m never going to beat Okami, am I?
Forever backlogged
Storyteller gets writing right—because it’s about revision
Writing is rewriting, and rewriting, and rewriting
Midnight Suns and my midnight son
Guest Backlog from Brandon Walsh
Animal Well and reading poems for hidden meaning
I prefer interpretation to deciphering
Hades II and my work-in-progress
Give me the book on the shelf, not the Word doc
Personas 3 and the liminal space of possibility
Guest Backlog by Alex Galka
Is it Balatro, or is it me?
How roguelikes mirror the mind
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Psychonauts 1+2 and your favorite author's next book
No brain drain on these brain games
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Chants of Sennaar and being an American abroad
Mi scusi
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Moonlighter and the grindset
These potions aren't going to sell themselves
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Dead Space and how to play a scary game when you’re a big chicken
I am a scared little man with a scared little plan
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Chrono Cross, Majora’s Mask, and the flow of time
What’s left when we leave the loop?
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Super Mario Bros. Wonder and coming out swinging
An endless bag of tricks
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Backlog, Substack, Nazis, and what’s keeping you from just saying no
Hello and happy new year! Here’s hoping this message made it to you, because I just flew in from porting Backlog from Substack to Ghost, and boy are my arms worried that I did the code copying part very wrong. Okay, dad joke completed, I wanted to briefly explain
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Backloggies 2023
The return of the unfortunately named Backlog GOTY list
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Undertale and how did I not have this spoiled for me
Let sleeping algorithms lie
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A humble pitch for Dry Dark Souls
Guest Backlog by Jade Jones
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Gorogoa and laying the groundwork
The kind of game I had in mind when I started Backlog
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Royal Match and the slow decay
King Robert calls out to you