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(C)
Steam
Jurassic World Evolution
This is everything I wanted. And lots of things I didn't know I wanted. Achievements: 70 / 73 (96%)

Updated about 2 days ago

★★★★★
(U)
Steam
Get in the Car, Loser!
I feel like it might be more fun to watch someone else play this. I dig the writing and overall vibe but I'm overwhelmed by the gameplay presentation. Achievements: 1 / 28 (4%)

Updated about 3 days ago

☆☆★★★
(U)
PC
Star Wars: Empire at War
I'm a good chunk through the Rebellion campaign, and I think it's the Star Wars setting more than the actual gameplay that's keeping me playing.

Updated about 2 months ago

☆☆★★★
(U)
Steam
Microsoft Flight Simulator
I am, at best, a mediocre pilot at the moment. But this is still everything I was hoping for. Achievements: 3 / 43 (7%)

Updated about 4 months ago

☆★★★★
(U)
3DSDL
Parascientific Escape: Cruise in the Distant Seas
Enjoying this more than expected. It's unabashedly a 999 knockoff, but it manages to forge its own identity.

Updated about 5 months ago

☆★★★★
(U)
GOG
Star Trek: Away Team
I'm liking this so far. The learning curve is just right, the gameplay is flexible, I'm a big fan of this style of graphics, and it feels Trek-worthy.

Updated about 9 months ago

☆☆★★★
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PC
Make a Good Mega Man Level Contest 3
I'm a judge for this contest, which will eventually become a free-to-download game. I'm currently writing dialogue for some of the tier hubs.

Updated about 1 year ago

More info about MaGMML: https://magmmlcontest.com/

Flashman85's Status

(U) Unfinished ?No significant accomplishments.     (B) Beaten ?The main objective has been accomplished. Usually marked by the defeat of a final boss and/or viewing of credits.     (C) Completed ?For games which are 100% done. All extras and modes have been unlocked and finished. All significant items have been collected.
383 (U)
  310 Unplayed  
80.9% of Unfinished
28.1% of Total
34.7%
63 (B)
5.7%
659 (C)
59.6%
Wishlist  0 ?         Top-Rated  54 ?????         Master Runs  63 (M)
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Apple II C O M P L E T E ! 4 Total
Arcade C O M P L E T E ! 10 Total
Atari 2600 C O M P L E T E ! 7 Total
Browser 1 (U) 0 (B) 39 (C) 40 Total
Calculator C O M P L E T E ! 2 Total
Family Computer 1 (U) 0 (B) 7 (C) 8 Total
Game Boy/Color 1 (U) 3 (B) 27 (C) 31 Total
Game Boy Advance 5 (U) 6 (B) 24 (C) 35 Total
GameCube 14 (U) 12 (B) 37 (C) 63 Total
Game Gear BEAT 1 (B) 0 (C) 1 Total
Genesis / Mega Drive C O M P L E T E ! 6 Total
GOG.com 98 (U) 1 (B) 67 (C) 166 Total
Mac C O M P L E T E ! 5 Total
NES 4 (U) 1 (B) 54 (C) 59 Total
Nintendo 64 1 (U) 4 (B) 14 (C) 19 Total
Nintendo DS 14 (U) 2 (B) 15 (C) 31 Total
Nintendo 3DS 2 (U) 1 (B) 2 (C) 5 Total
Nintendo Switch 2 (U) 0 (B) 0 (C) 2 Total
Origin 1 (U) 3 (B) 1 (C) 5 Total
PC 27 (U) 11 (B) 141 (C) 180 Total
PlayStation 3 (U) 1 (B) 5 (C) 9 Total
PlayStation 2 14 (U) 1 (B) 4 (C) 19 Total
PlayStation Portable 2 (U) 0 (B) 5 (C) 7 Total
Saturn C O M P L E T E ! 1 Total
SNES 4 (U) 1 (B) 34 (C) 39 Total
Steam 139 (U) 14 (B) 94 (C) 247 Total
Switch Downloads 4 (U) 0 (B) 3 (C) 7 Total
Virtual Console (3DS) 3 (U) 0 (B) 4 (C) 7 Total
Virtual Console (Wii) 14 (U) 0 (B) 18 (C) 32 Total
Virtual Console (WiiU) 11 (U) 1 (B) 0 (C) 17 Total
Wii 11 (U) 0 (B) 18 (C) 29 Total
Wii U 3 (U) 0 (B) 2 (C) 5 Total
Wii U Downloads 1 (U) 0 (B) 3 (C) 4 Total
WiiWare C O M P L E T E ! 5 Total
WonderSwan/Color C O M P L E T E ! 1 Total
All Games 1111 Total
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about 2 months ago (edited)

Badges
Right Hand of Bak'laag: 1000+ unfinished games
Treasure Hunter: 1000+ games
Cursed: 10+ new games in a row
Confused: Playing 10+ games at once
man, back when I played EaW a LOT was before I had Steam at all... and honestly, I didn't even actually own it... at the time I was mostly pirating PC games... I do not do that anymore though. my pirating days are (mostly) done.

JWE is fun... sometime a bit difficult but very rewarding... takes a lot of work for some things but it ends up satisfying. can't say the same for JWE2. that game is a mess and far too hard.
about 2 months ago

Badges
Right Hand of Bak'laag: 1000+ unfinished games
Treasure Hunter: 1000+ games
Cursed: 10+ new games in a row
Confused: Playing 10+ games at once
I greatly enjoyed Jurassic World Evolution.
about 2 months ago

Badges
Right Hand of Bak'laag: 1000+ unfinished games
Treasure Hunter: 1000+ games
Cursed: 10+ new games in a row
Confused: Playing 10+ games at once
I did so enjoy EaW back in the day... I wouldn't mind revisiting it someday for sure.
about 3 months ago

Badges
Right Hand of Bak'laag: 1000+ unfinished games
Treasure Hunter: 1000+ games
Cursed: 10+ new games in a row
Confused: Playing 10+ games at once
I also definitely added more than I finished... but I think I liked everything I played to completion.
about 3 months ago

Badges
Master of Unlocking: Majority of games are completed
On Fire: 3 beat or complete in a row
Yeah, well... at least you finished Phantasy Star II. That felt great, right?
about 3 months ago

Badges
Minion of Bak'laag: 100+ unfinished games
Master of Unlocking: Majority of games are completed
Treasure Hunter: 1000+ games
What an absolutely atrocious year for my Backloggery, and gaming in general for me.

I tried, gave up on, and removed more than half the games I actually finished. Most of what I finished was average at best. And between Pinball FX3, Capcom Arcade Stadium, and one last round of purchases before the closure of the Wii U and 3DS eShops, I added more than twice the number of games that I finished.

That said, I've been spending more time making games than playing them, trying to wrap up my responsibilities on Make a Good Mega Man Level 3. I also joined Letterboxd at the beginning of the year; in the process of cataloguing the movies I've seen, I was reminded just how much I love movies, so an unusually disproportionate amount of my relaxation time went toward watching instead of playing.

I'm hoping 2024 will be a little more balanced, though. I think I'm past the point of pushing myself to try games outside my interests and comfort zone, especially if it's because they're popular or on sale. I can watch playthroughs on YouTube if I want to get up to speed on what other people like. Gaming has always been a way for me to lose myself in a fictional world and blow off steam, and somewhere along the way it became a cultural literacy project. I need to get back to playing games I *want* to play, not games I feel like I *should* play.
about 3 months ago

Badges
Minion of Bak'laag: 100+ unfinished games
Treasure Hunter: 1000+ games
Focus: Only playing one game
Right back at you I just wanted to expand my multitap and I thought your backloggery to be very interesting. Have a good one.
No matter where you go, there you are.