October ➝ December 2026

Update

July ➝ September 2026

I played (and beat) quite a few very good games throughout the summer and I cannot stress enough how good Forza Horizon 4 is. It's a shame it was taken off the store. I regularly listen to the Pulse radio playlist in my own car. Do you think that if I stop adding games to the backlog and save the money instead I'll be able to afford a real Lancia 037 Stradale? It captured my heart :)

April ➝ June 2026

Celebrating 10 years as a BLAEO member. Yay!

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.

October ➝ December 2025

First off, I wish you all a happy new year. To be honest, this post wraps up 2025 with yet another failure to reduce my backlog but I don't feel too sad about it. That simply means I still have many great games to play and since I family share my library with my son, he gets to play my collection too.
That being said, I haven't given up yet and recently devised a different way of fighting my backlog with a better reward than simply giving myself a pat on the back. I won't talk about it right now but I'll let you know if it works.

July ➝ September 2025

April ➝ June 2025

January ➝ March 2025

October ➝ December 2024

July ➝ September 2024