All The Zelda Titles I Haven’t Finished
While looking through my draft folder, I came across this topic that I never did anything with. Seeing as Zelda is a hot topic these days I may as well take advantage of the analytics. For some background context, I wouldn’t say that I am a major Legend of Zelda…
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My Time With The Gameboy Advance
This is it. This is the device that kept me in the gaming sphere until the mid to late 2000s. While most people were enjoying the PlayStation 2, Xbox, Gamecube, or whatever the hell the N-Gage was, I had this pocket sized gaming machine by my side. Growing up in…
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What I’m Playing in 2022
In previous years, I would create a crazy wish list of games that have zero chances of being released. This year, I wanted to look at things on a more realistic level and talk about games that I want to finish this year, games I’m looking forward to this year,…
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My Games of 2021
Ugh. What year is it? 2021 is over, so now I can talk about the games I played throughout the year. I was originally going to rank the games that I came out in 2021 that I played, but I ended up playing a lot of uninteresting titles. If you…
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My Time With The Nintendo DS
A year ago I wrote a post about my time with the Nintendo 3DS. Since I haven’t written off the beaten trail lately, I decided to write a follow-up post, but this time focus on the original dual-screen system. I was very late to the DS world due to being…
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My Current Top 100 Games! (Minus 90 of Them)
If my math is correct, this post should be my 100th post here on Tales From The Backlog. I am surprised just like you all that I am here to celebrate this occasion. I already surpassed 100 follows on the blog a while ago, but I didn’t do anything at…
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2021 Lightning Prediction Round (Anniversary Edition)
Last year I wrote a post with my wild ideas and predictions of what I would be playing in 2020. Out of the 13 games that I mentioned I have played 3, own one that I haven’t played yet, didn’t pick up one of them, will be playing two this…
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I Am Now Ready for Monster Hunter Rise
Last year when we got the news of Monster Hunter Rise, I was excited but cautious. The trailer looked interesting and showed off a new world and ascetic for the series. The use of the new Wirebug mechanic to zip around the map looked very interesting and it made me…
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My Favorite Games of 2020 Award Extravaganza
Another year, another level completed. This year would have been an amazing year to get a lot of games off of my backlog. What happened instead was a lot of picking up a lot of games on sale and drowning myself even more. Even so, I’m surprised that I was…
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My Time With the Nintendo 3DS
With the news that the Nintendo 3DS has finally ended production, I wanted to take a look back on the console and the fond memories that it provided. The Nintendo 3DS is probably one of my favorite systems. Growing up with two brothers and only one home console that we…
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Soul Calibur Appreciation Post
I’ve done it! I was able to obtain my second platinum trophy! The honor goes to Soul Calibur VI. I wouldn’t expect myself to complete a game like this, but something clicked and it motivated me to get everything. While there is some clean up left to do, I think…
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From Sword to Bowgun. Recommendations On Which Weapon Is Best For You In Monster Hunter World
There are a lot of weapons to choose from in Monster Hunter. Each one plays differently and determining which one you will like the most takes time and practice. Luckily, there are a ton of guides out there to help you become proficient with your weapon of choice. Today, I…
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How To “Level Up” In Monster Hunter. Personal Growth over Artificial.
Most RPGs follow the tradition of giving attribute points to build a character’s stats. The points that are given to you, or randomly assigned, determines how strong you are, the equipment that you can use, if you can cast magic, your health, etc. This allows replayability so players can restart…
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The Appeal of Monster Hunter
So what else can you do in the game? If you want to be a pacifist, you can capture monster instead of killing them. Capturing yields more rewards than killing, but requires you to utilize the limited number of traps carefully. There are some monsters that cannot be captured, so…
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Pokemon Day 2020 – Typing My Favorite Typing of Pokemon From Each Type.
Pokemon has always been one of my favorite franchises. Growing up having to share one console with my brothers, we were lucky to each have our own Gameboy. Pokemon quickly became my go to game afterwards since I didn’t have to share it with anyone. So for this Pokemon day,…
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Where To Start In 2020 🤔
Since 2017, it feels like gaming has gotten bigger and more and more big titles have been released. 2020 doesn’t look different with people anticipating several big titles coming out this year. While there are some titles that I am drooling to get my hands on, I can’t help but…
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Obligatory Post About Gaming This Decade
It is hard to believe that we are leaving the 2010’s and moving into the 2020’s. It felt like 2010 was yesterday and that everything in between happened in a blur. While a lot of things happened to me personally over the past decade, this post is not about that.…
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The Scariest Time Of The Year
Imagine. You are resting in bed comfortable after a 9 hour video game session. Your palms are sweaty, knees a little bit numb, and dad’s zucchini was left in the kitchen. You are snuggled in, about to be drifted off into autosave mode, when suddenly you get a notification. It…
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Final Fantasy XIV: The Chosen MMOne
Massive Multiplayer Online games have never been my type of genre. As an introverted person, interacting with other people has always been a challenge for me; more so with one’s that I cannot physically interact with. Most people adapt an online persona to help with that uneasiness, but for me,…
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