I've been struggling with a phenomena many of you will be able to relate to : my Steam library is full of games I've never played or even installed. I call this my Steam backlog.

To remedy this I started 'Full Steam Ahead', an effort to play those games that aimlessly fill up my games list and started a blog about my effort in order to commit myself to the cause.

I figured there could be some people on Steamgifts that would enjoy the posts so here goes nothing :

Games

A Game of Thrones - Genesis Preplay - Postplay

And Yet It Moves Preplay - Postplay

Blocks that matter Preplay - Postplay

Red orchestra ostfront 1941-45 Preplay - Postplay

Bad rats: the Rats' Revenge Preplay - Postplay

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD Preplay - Postplay

Dear Esther Preplay - Postplay

Galactic Civilizations I : Ultimate Edition Preplay

Specials

Introduction

Help me decide which games I should play next

We are many

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i like your idea. i think i'll try to play all my games too

1 decade ago
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Good luck with that!

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I admire you and it's a great idea.

I have to admit that i really don't have the patience and TIME to play them all. I know for a fact i will never play them all. And the stupid thing is that i keep buying more.

I think my steam library turned more into a collection now... not to play, to collect games...

1 decade ago
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I've met a lot of people with the same "problem" since starting the blog.
My next post will introduce some groups and applications to help cleaning up your backlog.

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So the site is basically reviews of your steam backlog? Is there any gameplay as well or is it just reviews. Still, nice idea.
Just to be clear I don't mean anything bad by the first question, It is a serious question.

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I'm only doing reviews at the time.
I have been screen capturing while playing but don't have a decent set up to do video at the moment.
My intention is to create video versions of the existing postplays in the future and perhaps make gameplay video's even later. The main focus will be the writing though, as practicing my English and writing is a secondary goal of the blog.
Thanks for the interest!

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Just looked at the entire line up, I can't believe you haven't played some of them!

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Ha! I know, I'm looking forward to a lot of them myself. You can suggest which ones I should play in the comments on that page if you like.

1 decade ago
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Good to know. I'll try and stay tuned but I cannot promise anything. Anyways, good luck with the site.

1 decade ago
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Thanks man, appreciate it!

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I really like this idea, and I think I'm going to start one of my own. I'll post here when I get around to starting, and I can link to your blog if you want credit for the idea or anything.

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Cool! If you do start I'll be sure to figure you on the blog as well. Best of luck and have fun!

1 decade ago
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Goed bezig!
Ik kijk ook al tegen een veel te grote backlog aan. Moet er ook maar eens beginnen die te tackelen ;)

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[dutch] Hallo daar taalgenoot :) Veel succes met je backlog alleszins en bedankt voor het compliment [/dutch]

Let's keep the conversation in English though ;)

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Yea sorry, busy @ work (doing non work things :P).

The blog looks nice. I like the mini reviews!
Your backlog is not nearly as serious as other people (like me), but it is good to tackle that asap. If you want to get things moving a little faster, you should play Super Hexagon. That game is impossible to play more then 10 minutes before you slam your keyboard in frustration :) But still nice to play once in a while.

Good luck with you 'Steam backlog' project.

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I'm afraid of Super Hexagon. I've started playing it when I bought it and just gave up after a minute or so. That game looks crazy

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That game IS crazy, I think my 21 seconds is a BIG achievement

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I've only played like 30% of my library almost sure. think i only have like 4 games i bought that i never bothered to install lol

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My advise would be to install and play them now (if it bothers you), once you start buying without installing it can become a habit.

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Tony Hawk games. <3

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Yeah I know right. I believe there's an entire generation of kids that at some point loved the series. Somebody to proof me wrong?

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Nice seeing your reviews up here, seems you've been keeping it up :D

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I do my best to keep it going. I've been keeping up with your reviews on the Backlog Attack group as well, good stuff!

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My hat goes off to you. I've been trying to do this also, but not the same way. I try the games until I say too myself "this is not for me". I've managed to play games for less then 5 minutes or so. But I definitely want to try most of them. Good luck!

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Do you keep track of you progress in some way? If you do I'd love to read it :)

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Nope, I'm a really bad writer, and I'm doing this just to clean up my library xD

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Ah ok, good luck on that! Watch out though, summer sales are around the corner :)

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Wow nice job doin em

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Thank you :) I'm enjoying it so far

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We actually started a Backlog Crusade in my group. Each member who is participating creates their own thread and writes what game they are playing and their thoughts on it after playing. It's been pretty fun so far and love reading about everybody's personal crusade.

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Nice. I'm part of a similar group, the backlog attack. And a while ago someone mentioned the Gotta Play 'Em All! group as well. I don't know if you read my "We are many" post but I'm planning on doing another one like that. I would like to feature your group as well if I could get a bit more information about it. Would you be interested in this?

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I seriously thought this was about
The Ship 2

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Yeah I'm sorry, you aren't the first one to make this comment. I didn't know about the connection to the ship 2 when I chose my title.

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Good luck!..

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Thanks

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You probably spend more time writing those two articles than playing the game ^^ It took me only 45 minutes to complete it :P

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I'm sure I will spent more time writing about Dear Esther than playing it. In case of THPS HD, time spent writing will have come close to time playing the game as well. But I've found that I really enjoy writing these posts so I don't mind too much :)

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Closed 1 decade ago by SimoensS.