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Backlog: The Embiggening - July, 2013

Nelson Schneider - wrote on 06/28/13 at 02:01 PM CT

Welcome to another look into the near future. The Summer Game Drought should be upon us in full-force, yet there are still a significant number of games releasing in July. July is also the home of the annual Steam Summer Sale and its absurdly huge discounts. I’m expecting to add almost every game on my Steam Wish List to my backlog this month, even though most of them are old(ish).

But what ...

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The Third Console Curse is Real

Nelson Schneider - wrote on 06/21/13 at 04:01 PM CT

There is a term in the scientific world called “multiple discovery.” This term refers to the concept that every scientific breakthrough is made simultaneously, or near-simultaneously, by multiple different individuals in completely distinct and unrelated locations.

Years ago, I thought I was quite clever in inventing a concept I...

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E3 Impressions 2013

Nelson Schneider - wrote on 06/13/13 at 03:34 PM CT

With last year’s E3 Electronic Entertainment Expo being a complete let-down, it seemed that the former extravaganza of all things videogame was flagging and all but doomed. But this year’s E3 proved that it’s not really the expo format that’s the problem, it’s what the exhibitors bring (or fail to bring) that makes...

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Backlog: The Embiggening - June, 2013

Nelson Schneider - wrote on 06/08/13 at 02:08 PM CT

Welcome to another look into the near future. It has been an entire year since I began tracking the monthly embiggening of my backlog due to new releases. While, on paper, it would appear that my backlog has increased by 15 games over the course of the past year, in actuality, most of those games just went on my wish list, so as to prevent my backlog from growing out of control. Since they’re o...

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Review Round-Up: Spring 2013

Nelson Schneider - wrote on 06/02/13 at 03:06 PM CT

Welcome back to another installment of the MeltedJoystick Review Round-Up. Here’s what our staff has reviewed since last time:

Nelson’s Reviews:
This Spring I continued chiseling away at the lower strata of my backlog, blasting away everything from the 8-bit and 16-bit eras except for the entire ‘Phantasy St...

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