{"id":10529,"date":"2019-01-02T04:30:40","date_gmt":"2019-01-02T12:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losharrow.wordpress.com\/?p=10529"},"modified":"2019-01-02T04:30:40","modified_gmt":"2019-01-02T12:30:40","slug":"backlog-to-the-front-my-mission-for-2019-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgu.tv\/?p=10529","title":{"rendered":"Back(log) to the Front: My Mission for 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s inescapable. No matter what you do, no matter how much time is devoted to it, it can&#8217;t be stopped. It affects us all &#8211; the backlog.<\/p>\n<p>Comics, tv shows, movies, video games; so many avenues of media that we as human beings push aside with the honest (but foolish) intention that one day we will return to them. Yet we don&#8217;t. Many of us suffer from the desire to be in the moment of the brand new thing. I&#8217;m guilty of this as well.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10542\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/vgu.tv\/?attachment_id=10542\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vgu.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/nierautomata-1280-1-1488398963732_1280w.jpg?fit=400%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"400,225\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"nierautomata-1280-1-1488398963732_1280w.jpg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vgu.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/nierautomata-1280-1-1488398963732_1280w.jpg?fit=400%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-10542 alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vgu.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/nierautomata-1280-1-1488398963732_1280w.jpg?resize=400%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vgu.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/nierautomata-1280-1-1488398963732_1280w.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vgu.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/nierautomata-1280-1-1488398963732_1280w.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>2018 had been a rough year for me personally. Finances are tighter than ever, additional pressure of more people to take care of in our house, my almost three year old son potentially having a developmental disorder, and more. Since video games are a costly hobby, I&#8217;m going to heavily cutback my purchases in 2019. At least, that&#8217;s what I hope to do.<\/p>\n<p>Which leads to my mission in 2019. I&#8217;m going to try and write a weekly piece discussing a game I&#8217;m playing from my backlog whether it a recent title or something from many console cycles ago. It won&#8217;t be an actual review, but more of my impressions of the game up to that point. I also want to touch on any games in the zeitgeist by acknowledging if I&#8217;m missing out and how hard it might be to pass them up.<\/p>\n<p>Though spoilers: I&#8217;m not going to be successful 100%. There are certainly titles that will release I can&#8217;t resist. For example, if <i>The Last of Us 2<\/i> drops this year, I&#8217;m not holding out on that!<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10540\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/vgu.tv\/?attachment_id=10540\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vgu.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/dujkfjn7dzkrgwbydkehr6-320-80.jpg?fit=320%2C180&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"320,180\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DujKfjN7dzKrgwbyDkEhr6-320-80.jpg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vgu.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/dujkfjn7dzkrgwbydkehr6-320-80.jpg?fit=320%2C180&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-10540 alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vgu.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/dujkfjn7dzkrgwbydkehr6-320-80.jpg?resize=320%2C180&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"320\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vgu.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/dujkfjn7dzkrgwbydkehr6-320-80.jpg?w=320&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vgu.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/dujkfjn7dzkrgwbydkehr6-320-80.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the end though, I have plenty at my disposal to choose from, but the following titles are some games in my backlog just quickly browsing:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Yakuza Kiwami<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Gravity Rush 2<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Papers, Please<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Hotline Miami 2<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>The Last of Us: Left Behind<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Marvel Ultimate Alliance 1 &amp; 2<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>The Misadventures of Tron Bonne<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Her Story<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>To the Moon<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Oxenfree<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Tomba<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Killer Is Dead<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Metro 2033\/Metro: Last Light<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Star Wars: Knight of the Old Republic<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Star Wars: Force Unleashed<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Uncharted: Drake&#8217;s Fortune<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>The Darkness 2<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Dead by Daylight<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Iconoclasts<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Batman: The Telltale Series<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Mortal Kombat X<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Deus Ex: Mankind Divided<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Nier Automata<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10541\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/vgu.tv\/?attachment_id=10541\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vgu.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/darkness-2-header.jpg?fit=640%2C275&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,275\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"darkness-2-header.jpg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vgu.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/darkness-2-header.jpg?fit=640%2C275&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-10541 alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vgu.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/darkness-2-header.jpg?resize=640%2C275&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vgu.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/darkness-2-header.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vgu.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/darkness-2-header.jpg?resize=300%2C129&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There are plenty of others I&#8217;ve picked up along the way through PS+, Humble Bundles, or just fantastic sales in general. So it&#8217;s time for me to put up or shut up and dive into some games I&#8217;ve had on the backburner for far too long. Maybe I&#8217;ll finish them, maybe I won&#8217;t. But I will finally be able to say I&#8217;ve at least played them.<\/p>\n<p>Then at the end of 2019, I would like to take a look and see what all Ive played throughout the year and even reflect on whether the focus on the backlog felt worth losing out on the brand new titles. I know I&#8217;m particularly eager to see my response at that time.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10779\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/vgu.tv\/?attachment_id=10779\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vgu.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Tothemoon02.jpg?fit=1430%2C801&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1430,801\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Tothemoon02.jpg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vgu.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Tothemoon02.jpg?fit=1024%2C574&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-10779 alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vgu.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Tothemoon02.jpg?resize=1430%2C801&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"1430\" height=\"801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vgu.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Tothemoon02.jpg?w=1430&amp;ssl=1 1430w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vgu.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Tothemoon02.jpg?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vgu.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Tothemoon02.jpg?resize=1024%2C574&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vgu.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Tothemoon02.jpg?resize=768%2C430&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s inescapable. No matter what you do, no matter how much time is devoted to it, it can&#8217;t be stopped. It affects us all &#8211; the backlog. 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