Now that the dust has settled, how did we do in this year’s Backlog Attack? Randy successfully braved a trio of Metacritic’s most hated games…
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We stick the fork of mercy into the Summer Backlog Attack, because it’s time for us to stop playing old games and start stealing cars. We also stick multiple forks (with varying degrees of lethality) into Splinter Cell Blacklist, and Paul’s still playing Diablo III? Oh, it’s the new Diablo III for Consoles. Also, we’re super excited for Watch Dogs but maybe it’s just because the Internet is a big place and we get lonely.
In the Hangover, Randy’s playing Killzone: Mercenary, which is a first-person shooter you play on a handheld, D.J. is unusually restrained about Final Fantasy XIV, and Paul is already sick of Grand Theft Auto V.
We’ve got your Spelunky-flavored Viewer Mail, and we announce the grand prize winner of the Backlog Attack contest! Is it you?
4 CommentsHere’s our last backlog update before GTA5 comes out and we post our final results next week! If you listened to this week’s episode, you…
Comments closedThe moment you’ve been waiting for is here! It’s been a long month of dusting off old backlog games, and it’s been amazing hearing from…
30 CommentsJust two weeks left in the Backlog Attack! I was busy running around the Seattle convention center, but I still managed to get in a…
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Three weeks left to go in our backlog challenge! Randy and I have gotten sidetracked a bit with Splinter Cell Blacklist, but we’re making good progress (or at least Randy is), so we’re giving ourselves a week off. Smart move??
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We’re officially past the halfway point! How are we doing?
Comments closedWe made more backlog progress this week: I started up Suda51/Shinji Mikami/Akira Yamaoka’s Shadows of the Damned and Paul ventured into the oft-overlookd Spec Ops:…
Comments closedJust a quick update: We made some real progress last week. I finished Analogue: A Hate Story and Randy decided he’d had enough of The…
1 CommentIf you’ve been listening to the show for the last few weeks, you know we’ve been making an effort to finish a pile of our…
31 CommentsEven though we’re already three weeks into the Summer Backlog Attack, it just didn’t feel official without the big board. So here it is! As…
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We continue our discussion on scalability of game experiences. In the Hangover, Randy talks about samurai warriors using iPads in Shin Megami Tensei IV, Paul has more Project X Zone musings and D.J. grinds beetles to dust in Animal Crossing: New Leaf.
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It’s tougher than ever to fit lengthy gaming experiences into our crowded schedules. We discuss what we do when faced with the 60-odd-hour JRPG, whether it’s the developers that should be more considerate, and what’s truly important for us to get out of our precious gaming time.
In the Hangover, Randy selflessly throws himself on top of The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct, D.J. saves the world many times in Half Minute Hero, and Paul… well, Paul’s still doing his Animal Crossing thing.
Also, we reveal the most shameful games in your backlogs in Viewer Mail!
Special thanks to listener DontJudgeMyADD for suggesting this week’s topic by way of his article, “Gamers need more choices to scale game experiences.”
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The Summer Backlog Attack returns for 2013! After being humbly defeated last year, we’ve got our sights on six (or so) new games that we’re committing to finish before the Fall releases (and Grand Theft Auto V) hit. Tune in to find out which neglected classics (and which questionable bargain bin finds) we’re finally going to play.
In the Hangover, Paul indulges in the craziness of Project X Zone, Randy plays Tetris on a touchscreen, and D.J. leads a tour of the 3DS’s revamped Mii Plaza and its four new games… which you might actually want to pay for!
We’ve also got your most anticipated Fall games in Viewer Mail!
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