Lengray
January ➝ March 2026
In my last post, I mysteriously mentioned a new way of reducing my backlog but didn't go into details as I didn't know if it was going to work. Well, it has so I can now share it with you.
It's actually quite simple. When I beat a game from my backlog, I check out its all-time low price, add 25% of it (33% for physical games) into a virtual piggy bank (a spreadsheet, really) and that's all the money I'm allowed to spend on new games. For my old Wii and 3DS games, I use the price I paid for them (which I kept track of). This way, it encourages me to play the most expensive games first before their value drops too much and favour games I actually bought over freebies and emulated games since they count for nothing.
It's actually quite simple. When I beat a game from my backlog, I check out its all-time low price, add 25% of it (33% for physical games) into a virtual piggy bank (a spreadsheet, really) and that's all the money I'm allowed to spend on new games. For my old Wii and 3DS games, I use the price I paid for them (which I kept track of). This way, it encourages me to play the most expensive games first before their value drops too much and favour games I actually bought over freebies and emulated games since they count for nothing.
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury
Switch
2021 · Platformer
Mario Tennis Aces
Switch
2018 · Sports
coleypollockfilet
I like a lot the colors contrast of your layout. 1 long game, 3 medium and this cute Turnip boy, that’s a really good month !
Lengray
Thanks. It took me a while before I was completely satisfied with this new layout. And all those games were beaten over the course of three months, not one :)
And see the style you use for your titles? That’s one of my creations from a few years back. A few fellow assassins are using it too but when I merged all my posts into quarterly updates last year, I used a newer title style.
coleypollockfilet
Oh didn’t know that, thanks for your creation, does it bother you that i use it now ?
Lengray
Of course not! I’m glad you like it enough to include it in your posts :)
coleypollockfilet
Thank you very much ! ^^
Oh I love the idea of the piggy bank! Hahahah I don’t particularly buy a lot of games, but that’s a very smart way of keeping things under control :)
I don’t buy many games either these days but I do need to focus more on what I already own.