Backlog Gamer Introduction

The life of a gamer can be a frivelous one. Thanks to advances in software and a gaming industry with a net profit surpassing the movie industry by a healthy margin year by year, we have much more on our plates then twenty years ago when games were more a distraction than anything else.

If you look back, video games have gone from a simple ball going back and forth between two paddles to sprawling worlds with mythose and magic. For some, video games are a simple pasttime to enjoy once or twice a week and are satisfied with that. Other people have the desire to play some form of game every single day. There are plenty of people who are fortunate enough to make a living doing nothing but playing games and writting about them. Having a fulltime job where you are encouraged to play games is a luxury many of us do not have. Finding the perfect harmony of family, personal, game, and work is no easy task. Sure, for those who simply go to school and then go home to play games may not understand. A large number of gamers out in the world have to find that balance of life. Easier said than done.

The combination of the earlier mentioned dilemma for the "Hardcore Limited" gamer and the developing competitive market for games and consoles creates a problem for many of you... "The backlog." Yes, the infamous backlog. These days there are so many worthy and amazing titles most of us are forced to choose which ones deserve our money and time. When we are forced to choose, we are likely to miss out on great titles until farther down the road when we stumple upon them or others tell us about them.

Many people take different approaches to The Backlog. Some are collectors who want to own those old games they loved but whether they know it or not, never intend to play them again. Then there are those who know a game is good and decide to wait until it is on sale to pick it up, but guess what, once you pick it up there are newer, more exciting games to grab your time so you shrug and set that old game on the shelf not realizing you may never return to it and give that game the six to twenty hours it may need to be beaten. And finally there are some who are just completely unaware of a game until years later. It is very easy to fall into all three of these catergories. In fact, I am one of those lucky/unlucky few.

I'm going to be kicking off this series very shortly but wanted to give a rhyme and reason as to what will be going on here so please, feel free to comment and follow along as I explore what is out there and I deem worthy to grab my time.