There’s really no need to “keep up” with the games that come out, it’s practically impossible really; just play whatever game you want even if it’s from 10 years ago

Way back in 2012 i made a resolution to clear out my backlog. I had games dating back to the Gamecube and PS2 days. The only new game i bought that year was Mass Effect 3. I cleared out a bunch of old games but let some go through trade ins and giving some away I knew I wouldn't finish. i was really proud of myself and then Steam came into my life....

I’m glad damon is still with ign gamescoop has always been a go to games podcast cause of the panels knowledge

The weekend doesn't begin until a gamescoop episode is uploaded!!!! Love the show

You know what... Upon thinking about it... If you were to ask 10 year old me 'hey how you coming along with your back log'? I would have been like... WHAT THE HECK IS A BACKLOG??? and that's because as a kid I got like 5 or 6 games a year if I was extremely lucky and 2 to 3 on average... The idea of a gaming backlog only came into my lexicon around a year after I got my first job and my backlog has just become a constant background thought in the back of my mind 24/7 and now in 2021 in my thirty's... I'll never catch up but I'll never give up... I find now... I'm just gonna play the games in order of what I'm most currently excited about. Thanks for reading this fellow human gamer, much love

I’d rather play my backlog because those are full complete games unlike every new game that’s really an unfinished beta that won’t be worth playing for two years. Then those games become my new backlog when they are finally finished.

Late lunch Scoop! Time to turn my work computer off and spend the next hour watching the only and best gaming podcast available to kick off my weekend. It was a long week after the early Scoop last week. Nicely job!!!

My best friend and I LOVED playing Lord of the Rings Return of the King together. I was usually Aragorn and he was Legolas. Just slicing through hundreds of orcs at the southern gate on repeat

Just want to let Sam know that in 1984/85, Nintendo put out a "Deluxe Set" of the NES and it came with 2 controllers, the Light Gun AND R.O.B, along with 2 games, Gyromite and Duckhunt. I still have the box it all came in.

I find the best way to deal with a backlog is don't build up a backlog in the first place, don't buy a bunch of games simply because they're on special - you'll save yourself a lot of time & money.

I’m in my early 40’s, so I had many of the same experiences as Daemon and Sam. The one thing that I used to get so excited over the most was my EGM delivery each month. Like when I grabbed my mail one morning on a Saturday to find my new issue of EGM with The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time on the cover! I can still feel that excitement I had looking at the cover stories from Zelda to MGS and Resident Evil! Subscribers would get their copies of the magazine earlier than the stores sometimes too, and you’d have info before most people. In a time before the internet was prevalent, magazines ruled new information for video games. The 90’s were such a great decade! Quite possibly the last of the magical decades before the millennium changed everything…

I wait for this all week, love you guys and gals!

Let the weekend begin!

I echo Justin, Dragon Age: Inquisition definitely feels like a wintery feeling game that I tend to dive back into each year. The options with companions and story choices also make it feel a bit different each year.

Another 10/10 episode. Way to go, team!

Every Fall/Winter I always get into the mood to play Resident Evil 4 or Devil May Cry 2. The atmosphere of those games are very fall winterish for me.

The wireless adapter on GBA was pretty big for Pokemon fans. It would come bundled with Pokemon Firered or Leafgreen. It was great for me as a kid as it was the first time I was ever able to actually trade pokemon with someone and get those special evolutions. For some reason those GB link cables were rare among the kids at my school. If I recall they broke pretty easily.

Per the conversation, I believe the Emmy’s and Oscars also have a technical aspect that they award to. Perhaps it should be the same for the video game industry? A tech-only award and a performance/story setup?

I've worked 60-70 hours per week since graduating college. There's usually at least 10-20 games per year I would like to play but only have time to finish 2-3 per year. I joke with my gaming bud that I'm going to have a mountain of games to play when I retire. The bad thing about modern games is you can't play them all from disc, and 20 years from now they may not be supporting games from this generation even if you have the system and game in good condition. I tip my hat to people that make games available for emulation. My old self in the future will need it.

Right now my backlog consists of: Dark Souls Doom Yakuza: Like a Dragon Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Dragon Quest 11 S And I just keep buying new games…

16:00 Literally just bought Super Mario Bros/ Duck Hunt at the pawn shop 5 mins ago! Hahaha

There was a wireless link cable that launched with Pokémon Fire Red and Leaf Green for gba. Think that’s what the Nintendo power was hinting that

The wireless adapter did come out here, I had one. It came packaged with Fire Red and Leaf Green for the GBA.

My current backlog has 40 ish games I've got a written list it's important to see what you've accomplished also I just made a list on gog so I can see the 70 games I've beat in the last 4 years keeps you going glad backlog is a conversation its important to tackle it like a chore list

There must be quite a backlog on the Scoop crew's "We should do a Top 10 of this one day"

This mag was the one that had me convince my parents to get me the Zelda collection and banjo gba. You guys brought a vivid lost memory. Thank you lol

I didn't get my NES until 88. Came with SMB/DH. My dad also got Marble Madness (which I beat) and Robocop (couldn't get past lvl3).

The way I take on my backlog is by what I feel like playing. I do get excited for current games out like Halo, Forza, Back 4 Blood etc. But its fun to just look at the games and just pick them and work on them slowly.

Excellent episode. Pumped for the Daemie Awards. It’s my favourite awards every year! 👍👍

My NES in 86 came with ROB, the Zapper, Gyromite, and Duck Hunt. I had to get Super Mario Bros. separately.

I remember that gamecube ad with the guy standing on the gamecube looking off into the distance.

Another great show!! Scoop Nation Forever.

Every time I finish a game I look at the achievement/trophy to see how many people finished it and it blows my mind how few people actually finish games. I don’t ever see myself not finishing a game unless it’s sucked. It’s like going to see a movie and thinking it’s good and 10 minutes in leaving because you “got what you wanted out of it”. To each their own but I work hard for my money to just throw a game aside like that.

The NES Action Set came with the light gun and both games (Mario & Duck Hunt) were on one cartridge not two separate cartridges.

Lmao, when justin found out the eReader cards were so expensive... I lold

Mario Part 5 did not come with a microphone. The microphone started in MP 6 or MP 7

I have that Zelda collection disc. I remember that's when I realized the only thing I didn't like about the GCN was the small d-pad. Playing the NES Zelda's was such a pain on it and I don't like sticks for 2-D games. I also remember really wanting one of those ocarinas... Holiday traditions: Borderlands 2 Mercenary Day Headhunter Pack, Mario Kart snow levels, Snowboard Kids, SSX Tricky, Mario Party snow boards. Aside from snow themed games, replaying games I got for Christmases in the past.

Ohhhh, Legacy of Goku II! My first ever DBZ game. So many pleasant memories with that one.

Need to finish my backlog before the world ends as Damon predicted it would be soon

Loved Damon's point about playing when you want when you want, but live service games with their limited time events really entice gamers to put more hours in than they may "want"

My friends and I are fighting game players. Every Thanksgiving morning, we have a tradition called Rounds Giving

Sam, there was a NES bundle called the "Deluxe Set" that came with the grey zapper and ROB, as well as individual cartridges for Duck Hunt and Gyromite. That's the same one we got.

Was just looking for the EP! Perfect timing 🙌🏼

Yes, finally, let's get it!!!

Lets start collectively calling our games part of our ‘collection’ instead of our ‘backlog’ 😉

Love the shout out to Kung-Fu on NES. This is one of my most wanted Switch NES Online games (Along with Air Fortress).

I had the NES with the R.O.B. Duck Hunt and Gyromite. I wish I had the one with Super Mario Bros. Cause back then, my cousin had it, and that game blew my mind ... Oh yeah, the Zapper came with it, and it was gray and white

I remember playing The Hobbit in like 2008 in a bookstore like barnes and nobles or something for some reason they had either a PS2 or BC PS3 setup with the game and I played a bit.

The Wireless Adapter came out here in the USA, it was bundled with Fire Red and Leaf Green.

Damn, I used to listen to game scoop every week back in 2012

Wow Justin's oldest is 7?! I remember when he took time off with his first born. Cant believe I've been listening to Game Scoop that long, plus some! Awesome.

yakuza zero has been in my backlog since whenever it came out, if i had a nickel for every time i deleted and redownloaded it on ps4

I am "actively" playing one game on each of my consoles as my backlog. In no particular order its: Dragon Quest IV on DS, Metroid 2 Remake on 3DS, Shin Megami Tensei V on Switch, GTA San Andreas on PC, DMC V on PS4, Xenoblade X on Wii U, Lost Odyssey on Xbox 360, and Mega Man Legends on my PS3. I sometimes go months between playing any of these games, but when I do, I binge for a couple weeks straight. Additionally, in regards to Fire Emblem GBA; it is an original game not a remake or port. It is Fire Emblem 7, a prequel to the, at the time, recently released Fire Emblem (6) in Japan that starred Roy from Smash Bros Melee. Put some respect on the series' name in the future the games are really good.

I had the NES with Rob and the Zapper. Duckhunt and Gyromite where on their own standalone cartridges. Had to purchase Super Mario Bros separately. Funny thing was at first I was bummed because all my neighbors had Ataris, so I couldn't borrow games, but that changed pretty quickly as the NES became more popular

Man you guys have to understand I feel old listening to this. I had to think in 2003 that was my sophomore year of college. I remember SC II. for the Nintendo game cube my grandmother loved fighting games we played that for Christmas that year. In fact when you guys talked about our family traditions my grandmother loved the video games from the old NES days and if it was a hot Nintendo series we were on it F zero Zelda star fox Mario all the iterations of Mario in fact Mario kart was a household staple for the weekend me my stepbrother my cousin my grandmother we ran all the tracks to see who had the most wins. Mario party was nuts because we were all gamers. Our tradition was to always play video games during the holiday season my grandmother will cook Thanksgiving dinner with my mother and then my mother would have to pry my grandmother away from the video games with us to make us eat. Those were the good old days.

LORD OF THE RINGS SEASON! I didn't know this was a thing. Thought it was only me. I'm happy.

Per the discussion, I had the OG NES with the Super Mario Bros/Duck Hunt version, that was a thing.

Me just reading the title of the episode: You can’t make me!

I have that ocarina and specifically because of that same ad in Nintendo power

I can still walk into a game store and find games I've never seen before for example I walked into my local game store looking at the 360 selection and found Tornado Outbreak becoming super excited cuz it looked cool and cuz I've never seen or heard of. Actually turned out to be a really fun game too

Wireless adapter came with fire red and leaf green. Those were cool, they clipped onto the top. Legacy of Goku were the best GBA games

Killer 7 is still one of the most bonkers games I’ve ever played. Can’t say it’s good, but it’s an experience.

I had to learn how to let go of backlog games. I grab too much on sales and then I will have limited time to play, so I have finally decided to play games that I will have the most fun with. I do try and stay current with the big games. Halo Infinite has me now, and the campaign is launching next week! I’m telling you Halo is back big time along with Forza 5, all on Gamepass mind you, they’re the opening salvo for MS that will last the entire year! Hail!

They do have little scoreboards Daemon could use to display numbers vs his fingers haha. That’s still be visual ;)

What is the nameof the game of the song that's playing at the beginning of 20 question it sound really cool

How did it take me this long to realize Justin’s doppelgänger is Vince Vaughn 🤦‍♂️

Oh wow I thought I was the only one who made a list or spread sheet of all the games I need to play and finish 😅😅😅 keeps getting longer

The 25 in the title means it’s a sequel

With the current state of gaming where we are getting unfinished games for $70, i will only buy games on black friday. I'll spend next year playing my backlog which is a lot of ps4 games and some ps5 games.

I love my back log, I’m starting last of us 2 after finishing spider man last night what a great game…

I blame my gaming backlog on Game Pass.

I can't tell if Justin's disdain over Tales of Arise was targeted at Damon for struggling to recall it or in general, lolol

Man, it's been like a year or something since I watched an episode of Game Scoop!, and I think it's because I actually really do prefer the format you've ended up with due to Covid. I never liked that formal and stale sitting behind a desk setup where you looked like a bunch of newscasters talking to each other. It just looked too corporate for me or something. This newer format almost feels a bit like going back to when you were all sitting on the couch just chillin' out talking games in the earlier shows. I guess the whole "we're all just a bunch of mates on our webcams broadcasting from home" vibe makes it feel a bit more personal and friendly again. I hope you can stick with something similar even after Covid.

Yes, Sam, def play Half-Life: Alyx. All of you should play that game if you haven't already.

RDR2 was never part of my Backlog. Valhalla on the other hand has been sitting at 90% story completion at over 110 hrs played for a year, and still haven't finished it.

According to Xbox I played 1300 titles however I'm pretty sure I finished like 10. My backlog will be finished on my 3rd or 4th reincarnation

Isn't that karate game the one they play in the movie Bloodsport?

I use xbox surprise me and just play whatever it picks

Scoop!

I think this will be my resolution for 2022 as there are too many games and never enough time :D

Ah the weekly cozy podcast ❤️ Does the title mean i should just not finish Chrono Trigger and Super Metroid? lol, Parasite Eve was a holiday pick because of the Christmas setting (albeit horrifying night haha). Would be nice if they remade that or combine PE 1 and 2 together as a remake.

I mean I mostly play backlog

nice hat Daemon

My backlog has definitely been worse. Right now it's Far Cry 6, Hades, Cod Vanguard campaign, and the Hot Wheels campaign and Deathloop. I've been kind of slowly chipping away at all of them since purchase so I'm pretty far along in most of them. Hopefully I can finish at least a couple before Christmas cause that's when the real backlog piles. Deathloop is the only one of haven't touched in quite some time. I've almost thought about just straight up cutting it from the roster but I did like it quite a bit and think I should just see it through cause it's not too long. Though I heard they raised the AI difficulty so that may be an issue 😂

i'll never complete my backlog. my goal is to just play all of them at least once. which will still be a challenge.

Backlog is a construct. There is no backlog.

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Rather than letting go of your backlog, let's share the tv shows/games in our backlogs here! Here's mine: Games: Forza Horizon 5 (level 160ish, making my way through the campaign still, working on drift tunes 😎) Archvale (v fun so far, like 2 hours in) The new LoL turn based battler Cyberpunk 2077 (got it for $10 at Target, will give it a shot over work holiday) TV Shows: Cowboy Bebop live action Poorly Drawn Lines on Hulu (love their comics) Money Heist Season 5 part 2 (tonight!!)

Oh look how bad those shirts are.... surely they're worth hundreds today.

halo came out and i dropped all my "shooter" games. it completely ruined my aim but im cracked in halo

What’s the point of buying games and not playing them? I’ve seen people who have games in their back log from YEARS ago and that’s just straight up financially irresponsible

Scüp!

Before Diablo.... But after Lost Vikings...

Game Soup

Daemiiverse

what's a Daemy?

You actually can return digital games from Steam and Xbox unlike opened physical games

Tina ur cat is cute

Impossible

Never