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For Backlog Month, I wanted to go back and play one game more than any other. One that had been casting the longest shadow over my back catalogue, a game that was both seemingly made specifically for me, but also made to keep me at arm’s length. That game is
Alien: Isolation.
Half-Life shark fight), and my trusted solution to this problem is to simply never play horror games. Yet when
Half-Life shark fight), and my trusted solution to this problem is to simply never play horror games. Yet when
Alien: Isolation came along in 2014, I was torn. The general premise, that I was going to be spending the whole game in a lavishly-recreated corner of an iconic cinematic universe, sounded perfect to me. And sure, I am very into
Alien/
Aliens.
But it was also going to be scary, because in this game the alien wasn’t target practice for my pulse rifle, it was unkillable, and it would hunt my every step. Which sounded like a game I would
What Defines A Backlog?
At what point do you face the truth and admit you re never finishing Assassin s Creed Valhalla? (Screenshot: Ubisoft / Kotaku)
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Kotaku, which means we’re spilling a lot of ink on a plight shared by basically everyone who plays games. But this got us wondering: What defines a backlog? At what point does a game jump from being anything else in your library to being a (likely permanent) fixture on your ever-growing list of things you’ll “get to someday”?
I Have Backlog Anxiety
How I feel looking at my backlog. (Photo: Krakenimages.com, Shutterstock)
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We at
Kotaku have designated April as Backlog Month, in which we, in light of a looming dearth of new video game releases, turn our attention toward the games that we have wanted to play but missed. But unlike my colleagues, I’m having a problem I have no idea what to do for Backlog Month, and it’s stressing me the hell out.
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