November 2024 Backlog Burner: Conclusion and Recap

kfwyre
Sun, 01 Dec 2024 21:47:36 +0000

The November 2024 Backlog Burner event is officially over!

Over the course of the month of November, 17 participants moved 136 games out of their backlogs.

There were 9 bingo wins from:

u/aphoenix

u/AugustusFerdinand

u/CannibalisticApple

u/CrazyProfessor02

u/Eidolon

u/Evie

u/kfwyre

u/SingedFrostLantern

u/Wes

Also, a big thank you to ALL who participated in the event, whether that was by playing games or joining in conversations.

It has been an absolute blast doing this with everyone. Thank you all for participating.

Use this topic to post your final bingo cards, give recaps of your games, and share any thoughts you have on the event itself.

See you again for the next Backlog Burner in May 2025!

Statistics

We averaged 8.0 games per person and 31.7 games per week.

There were 245 comments posted across 5 different topics.

Two games were played twice: Hades and Monster Hunter Wilds

We played games that started with every letter of the alphabet except Q.

Highlights

The following highlights were aggregated from participants. Thank you to those of you who wrote in! I'm sharing these as written, though I did make some minor edits to maintain anonymity.

u/Wes made a great bingo site that works really well for this event.

It's touching that u/Wes took the time to respond to nearly everyone. He really made this feel like a community.

A special mention for @Wes, who seems to have read and thoughtfully replied to every single writeup this month, which was very kind (and I really liked their writeup of Praey for the Gods).

I love the evolution of the Bingo card over the past several events, and I really liked this form.

There were so many great entries that I enjoyed reading this time around, actually, and I really wanted to keep trying games that other people tried.

@SingedFrostLantern for their hole-in-one golf

The highlight for the whole event to me was @SingedFrostLantern's hole-in-one and the wonderful writeup that went with the game.

My favourite writeup had to be @SingedFrostLantern with their Keylocker Hole in One, a fun little exercise that put me onto a new game that (regrettably) went straight back into the backlog.

@JCPhoenix for creating full video reviews for many of his entries

@Eidolon's Neverwinter Nights for bringing the classics back

@kfwyre for Journey to the Savage Planet, and finally getting to be the dog

u/kfwyre completely missing the joke

@Evie, with basically every write-up she did. Dead Space, Prey, and Outer Wilds were all very good.

@CannibalisticApple with Lost in Blue, finally tackling the game cartridge lost somewhere in a closet

@J-Chiptunator with four unique console selections

Full Game List (alphabetical)

A

A Dance of Fire and Ice

A Short Hike

ActRaiser

Affordable Space Adventures

Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX

Anachronox

Anomaly: Warzone Earth

Another Crab’s Treasure

Ariel_Knight’s Never Yield

Assemble With Care

B

Beholder

Between Horizons

BioShock 2 Remastered

C

Call of the Sea

Card Shark

Cave Story+

Cavity Busters

CAYNE

Celeste 64: Fragments of the Mountain

Celeste

Cloud Gardens

Control

Convoy (and Let's Play video by u/JCPhoenix)

Crying Suns

Cult of the Lamb

Cyberpunk 2077

D

Dark Future: Blood Red States

Darksiders Genesis

DarkStar One

Dead Space (2023)

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided

Duskers

E

Eigengrau

Encased

Eternal Threads

Europa Universalis IV

F

FPS Chess

Frostpunk

G

Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator

Gearshifters

Girls Like Robots

Golf Club Nostalgia

GUNDAM BREAKER 4

H

Hades

Hades

Half-Life 2: VR Mod

Hardspace: Shipbreaker

HoloCure

Hourglass

I

Ikenfell

J

Jotun: Valhalla Edition

Journey to the Savage Planet

K

Keylocker

Kickbeat Steam Edition

L

Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light

Last Epoch

Lethal Company

Lost in Blue

M

Mandragora (demo)

METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN

Metroid Dread

Metroid Fusion

Mighty Switch Force! Collection

Mining Mechs

Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate

Monster Hunter Wilds (beta)

Monster Hunter Wilds (beta)

Moonring

Mushihimesama

N

Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition

New Pokémon Snap

No Man’s Sky

O

Odysseus Kosmos and his Robot Quest (and Let's Play video by u/JCPhoenix)

Otherskin (demo)

Outer Wilds

Oxenfree II: Lost Signals

P

Paradise Killer

Part Time UFO

Party Hard

Pattern

Perspective

PictoQuest

Pikmin 4

Pistol Whip

Pokémon Kanto Expansion Pak

Portal 2

Portal with RTX

Praey for the Gods

Prey

Project Borealis: Prologue

Project Warlock II

Pumpkin Jack

Q

R

Rabi-Ribi

Ragnarock

REMNANT II

Reverse Collapse: Codename Bakery

Rumu

S

Sea of Solitude

Secrets of Grindea

SIGNALIS

Slant

Slay the Princess

Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts

Snow Moto Racing Freedom

Spiritfarer

Star Citizen

Sticky Business

Subnautica

Super Mario Eclipse

Super Mario Maker 2

Super Mega Baseball: Extra Innings

T

Tacoma

TaleSpire

Tank Team

That Which Gave Chase

The Battle of Polytopia (and Let's Play video by u/JCPhoenix))

The Falconeer

The Fall

The Gardens Between (and Let's Play video by u/JCPhoenix)

The Last Stand: Aftermath

The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe

This War of Mine

Touhou Hero of Ice Fairy

U

UpGun

V

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines

Victoria 3

W

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide

Warhammer: Vermintide 2

Warpips

Where the Water Tastes Like Wine

Wilderless

Windward

X

Xenoblade Chronicles X

Y

Yes, Your Grace

Z

Zelda Dungeons of Infinity

Full Game List (by week)

Week 1

Beholder

Darksiders Genesis

Dead Space (2023)

Eternal Threads

Frostpunk

HoloCure

Ikenfell

Jotun: Valhalla Edition

Monster Hunter Wilds

Mushihimesama

Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition

Sea of Solitude

A Short Hike

SIGNALIS

Slay the Princess

This War of Mine

Windward

Week 2

A Dance of Fire and Ice

ActRaiser

Affordable Space Adventures

Anomaly: Warzone Earth

CAYNE

Celeste 64: Fragments of the Mountain

Control

Cult of the Lamb

Dark Future: Blood Red States

DarkStar One

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided

Journey to the Savage Planet

Lethal Company

Mandragora (demo)

Monster Hunter Wilds (beta)

Moonring

Odysseus Kosmos and his Robot Quest (and Let's Play video by u/JCPhoenix)

Otherskin (demo)

Part Time UFO

Pikmin 4

Pokémon Kanto Expansion Pak

REMNANT II

Rumu

Secrets of Grindea

Snow Moto Racing Freedom

Super Mario Eclipse

Super Mario Maker 2

Super Mega Baseball: Extra Innings

Tacoma

TaleSpire

That Which Gave Chase

The Battle of Polytopia (and Let's Play video by u/JCPhoenix))

The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines

Wilderless

Yes, Your Grace\

Week 3

Ariel_Knight’s Never Yield

BioShock 2 Remastered

Call of the Sea

Cave Story+

Cavity Busters

Celeste

Cloud Gardens

Convoy (and Let's Play video by u/JCPhoenix)

Eigengrau

FPS Chess

Garden Life: A Cozy Simulator

Golf Club Nostalgia

Hades

Half-Life 2: VR Mod

Lost in Blue

Mining Mechs

No Man’s Sky

Paradise Killer

Party Hard

PictoQuest

Portal 2

Portal with RTX

Praey for the Gods

Prey

Project Borealis: Prologue

Project Warlock II

Pumpkin Jack

Slant

Subnautica

The Falconeer

The Gardens Between (and Let's Play video by u/JCPhoenix)

Victoria 3

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide

Warpips

Week 4

Assemble With Care

Between Horizons

Card Shark

Crying Suns

Duskers

Encased

Europa Universalis IV

Gearshifters

Girls Like Robots

Hardspace: Shipbreaker

Hourglass

Keylocker

Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light

METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN

Mighty Switch Force! Collection

Outer Wilds

Pattern

Pistol Whip

Ragnarock

Spiritfarer

Star Citizen

Sticky Business

Tank Team

The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe

UpGun

Warhammer: Vermintide 2

Xenoblade Chronicles X

Week 5(ish)

Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX

Anachronox

Another Crab’s Treasure

Cyberpunk 2077

GUNDAM BREAKER 4

Hades

Kickbeat Steam Edition

Last Epoch

Metroid Dread

Metroid Fusion

Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate

New Pokémon Snap

Oxenfree II: Lost Signals

Perspective

Rabi-Ribi

Reverse Collapse: Codename Bakery

Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts

The Fall

The Last Stand: Aftermath

Touhou Hero of Ice Fairy

Where the Water Tastes Like Wine

Zelda Dungeons of Infinity

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