March 4, 2024

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Reviews
Geoff Jewell

Backlogvania Review: Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered

Welcome to Backlogvania Join me each month as I tackle one game from my backlog, try to complete it in a month, and then tell you if it’s worth playing now, leaving in your backlog, or skipping completely. Not that my opinion means anything, but you’re here. You have now entered the daunting, and traitorous world of Backlogvania! This month’s game is… Game: Ghostbusters: The

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Backlogvania: The Messenger
Reviews
Geoff Jewell

Backlogvania Review: The Messenger

Welcome to Backlogvania Join me each month as I tackle one game from my backlog, try to complete it in a month, and then tell you if it’s worth playing now, leaving in your backlog, or skipping completely. Not that my opinion means anything, but you’re here. You have now entered the daunting, and traitorous world of Backlogvania! This month’s game is… Game: The Messenger

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Reviews
Geoff Jewell

Backlogvania Review: Xenogears

Welcome to Backlogvania Join me each month as I tackle one game from my backlog, try to complete it in a month, and then tell you if it’s worth playing now, leaving in your backlog, or skipping completely. Not that my opinion means anything, but you’re here. You have now entered the daunting, and traitorous world of Backlogvania! This month’s game is… Game: Xenogears System:

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4 Games You Should Back on Kickstarter
Industry
Geoff Jewell

4 Upcoming Games You Should Back on Kickstarter!

One of my favorite games of 2019 was Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. Bloodstained is a 2.5-D Metroidvania that bears more than a passing resemblance to Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. If you’re thinking to yourself: “Wow, what a coincidence that two incredibly similarly playing games would have such similarly sounding titles” then all I can say is “there are no coincidences! Wake up. You’re

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Ten Games I Want To Add To My Backlog
Reviews
Geoff Jewell

Backlogvania – Ten Games I Want To Add To My Backlog

Welcome back to Backlogvania! It’s the series where I dive into my backlog of games, talk about them and show you if they’re worth playing or not! It’s essentially a really big excuse for me to play all the games I have and to be able to tell my wife “I swear, this is for research purposes!” You know the thing about backlogging is that

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Top 5 Reasons To Be Excited About The Last of Us Part II
Reviews
Geoff Jewell

Top 5 Reasons To Still Be Hype for Last of Us Part II

The Last of Us sits near the top of the list of my favorite games of all time. From the incredible performances by Ashley Johnson and Troy Baker to the haunting and hopeless score by Gustavo Santaolalla, everything about this masterpiece redefined what I thought video games could and should be. I’ve talked about The Last of Us so much since we’ve been together that

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The Last Of Us Part II
Reviews
Geoff Jewell

Post Mortem Review – The Last of Us Part II

(Disclaimer: This review contains spoilers for The Last of Us and The Last of Us Part II – You have been warned) It’s been seven long years since I first finished The Last of Us. In that span I have played many great games, but none that have had the same profound visceral and emotional impact on my views as a gamer or as a

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Geoff Jewell

Backlogvania Review – Harmony of Dissonance

Welcome to Backlogvania Join me each month as I tackle one game from my backlog, try to complete it in a month, and then tell you if it’s worth playing now, leaving in your backlog, or skipping completely. Not that my opinion means anything, but you’re here. You have now entered the daunting, and traitorous world of Backlogvania! This month’s game is… Game: Castlevania: Harmony

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Reviews
Geoff Jewell

Welcome to Backlogvania!

back·log /ˈbakˌlôɡ,ˈbakˌläɡ/ noun an accumulation of something, especially uncompleted work or matters that need to be dealt with. Like most geeks who fancy themselves gamers, I have a backlog of unfinished and mostly unplayed titles. What’s difficult to quantify is exactly how many games I currently have in my backlog but I know it’s not a short list. I’ve bought, received, traded and sold hundreds

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Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection
Industry
Geoff Jewell

Nintendo Switch Spring Sales From Multiple Studios Happening Until 4/30!

Are you stuck in quarantine? Do you need something new to play? Are you itching to add several new games to your backlog that maybe you want to play at some point in the future? Are you horribly addicted to buying games that maybe you want to play but you won’t play because you’re unwilling to give up your precious Animal Crossing time? If you

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