May'22 overview
Thank you BLAEO, now I know for sure I have a problem...
First I stumbled upon Steamgifts in mid May, and shortly after that I stumbled upon Backlog Assassins. Before that I have never paid attention to my steam library and my “consumer behavior” under such an angle. Can’t say that I considered myself a games hoarder before that, but now I clearly can see the problem.
There are 16 (!) new games on my account by the end of the month. Most of them appeared before I joined BLAEO… Most of them I got before realizing that I have a problem. From now on I will starve to get less new games per month then I’ve played. And will use this “diary” to track my progress.
| Games owned | Added in May | Never played (change in May) | Beaten/Completed in May |
|---|---|---|---|
| 255 | +16 | 141 (-7) | 3 |
Won on SG:
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Painkiller: Recurring Evil
3.9 hours playtime
no achievements
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Tropico 5
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Armed with Wings: Rearmed
Painkiller Recurring Evil - My first win on SG! Hurray!.. The experience was awful. I saw ratings but was thinking “It can’t be that bad.” - I played first games in series and it should be hard to spoil the idea of the game. Turned out it can be that bad. I deleted game twice from my laptop. After the second and the fourth chapters. It wasn’t fun, the level design is terrible, the enemies are stupid and gameplay is too monotonous. I went out of my way to end the story line just to prove to myself that I can be a responsible gift recipient :)
Tropico 5 - my second win. A real gift that I am very happy with. Once I will finish the campaign (on mission 7 I realized that I did everything wrong and short-sighted - and had to start over) - I will definitely try some ideas in the sandbox. The game turned out to be almost perfect for me. 8/10
Armed with Wings: Rearmed - Won it on May 26 and so far just tried the game a little. First impression: it is not bad at all. Submitted it for a June is a “play a game you won on Steamgifts” month - Fire and Ice event.
Can you challenge me?
I want to join June event (Dune) with one of my games I have never played before. Can you choose a game for me that will suit the June’s Theme? Preferably not a long one to beat. Thanks! :3
!!!Welcome to BLAEO!!!
A lovely first post, mine was a huge mess. This wonderful website will definitely help you assassinate your backlog and keep you aware of what games you have, + reading everyone’s posts are really encouraging, and pagywosg is pretty fun! Good luck, assassin!
Thank you for welcoming and for compliment regarding the post! Before posting were reading other posts and learned a lot from them :) Still need to figure out a lot regarding formatting - I’m slow learner in such things. Also I’m fine with just beating the games and reducing amount of unplayed once (but not to complete them). Hope, with a help of BLAEO, I eventually will manage to change my gaming behavior :)
Steamgifts, BLAEO, pagywosg - all together form something like a game over the gaming for me.
At least that’s my perception. So far I enjoy how it all works together :)
For formatting, you can go into settings via arrow next to your username, above the preview button of your profile description there is a easy link with some info, for posts there is the blaeogenerators which I think you are already using, after that you just make the post on how you want to, everyone has a different style!
Thanks! blaeogenerators was very useful - first version of my post was a real mess before I figured out about it :)
Now I want to figure out how to make custom blocks as others, including you, are using (like with “drop down” section or with a “tabs” sections). So far I reversed page code and can see that it is simple div’s with tables… But not sure if people writing custom code or if they are using some online tools. Will investigate it later for sure :)
Oh that! That’s in the link I sent you for blaeogenerators, go to the “Hero” tab for the large blocks and then the ones under it are “Panel.”
The dropdown menu is automatically added when you write something in the “review” section!
Welcome to BLAEO and good luck with the backlog fighting! =D
Thank you! I really hope I will manage to reduce number of un-played and un-beaten games :)
250 games and hoarding? On the grand scheme of BLAEO demographic you barely have any backlog :hehe:
Still actually playing games you spend your money on is always noble cause :blobgentleman:
I also have games om other platforms. So probably 500+ combined. But even “just” 250 is a lot from my point of view :)
So for me - yes - it is hoarding. I’m buying more games then I play…
Welcome to BLAEO, realizing you have a problem is the first step to the backlog fight, so congrats \o/ (We have all started there).
I’d recommend the Bioshock games from your unplayed backlog to fit the June theme :)
Thank you!
+1 for Bioshock (but I’m a bit biased, as you can see in my avatar :) )
Welcome to BLAEO!
Thank you! Bioshock Infinity is one of my most favorite games, so I will be glad to finally beat the first game :)