Happy Monday! Another week down, another week on the horizon. Here’s what we’re playing this beautiful week in August:
PJ
Still making good progress through P4 Golden (get ready for a couple weeks of that). Downloaded and chugging along through SM64 and OoT on the Wii U VC. Recently beat Firewatch for the first time, likely try a couple more play-throughs.
Lastly, revisiting a mystery PS4 game for some upcoming articles.
David
After 100+ hours of adventure, finally finished Breath of the Wild last week. Glad it’s over, but excited to jump back in for Master Mode and Ballad of the Champions later this year. Over the weekend, also beat a little gem I highly recommend: What Remains of Edith Finch.
Up this week? Pyre, Splatoon 2, and maybe even some Horizon: Zero Dawn.
Game acquisitions: 0
Games beaten: 2
Net backlog: -2
Kei
I finished writing my opinion piece of Man of Steel, which was a truly harrowing experience. Just started playing through Fire Emblem: Binding Blade, or FE6, in preparation for an upcoming article. OG Fire Emblem is godlike. Fates is trash.
Jack
Continuing my long-lasting chronological rewatch of Survivor. Currently about halfway through Season 21, Nicaragua, which is only a little more than halfway through the entire series up to this point. Yes, it is still airing.
Augustine
Still 2/9 in Mythic ToS Progression and working on completing La Mulana. Decided to drop Persona 5: NG+ to complete other games on the back log including Horizon: Zero Dawn. Like Kei I decided to replay through Fire Emblem: Binding Blade as well as both Fire Emblem: Blazing Blade and Sacred Stones while I wait for the release of Starcraft: Remastered, releasing August 14.
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Huge video game, comic book, and anime fan. Spends way too much time watching things he doesn’t like. Hates Zack Snyder. Mains Falco.
Jack is unsure why he’s a contributor to The Punished Backlog, as compared to the rest of the team his qualifications in the gaming department are considerably lacking. But fun passion projects are right up his alley (he has his own podcast too!), and he is excited to bring a unique, albeit sarcastic voice to the site. You can follow him on twitter @JackLinnehan where he mostly tweets about sports, Survivor, and generally lots of jokes.
PJ's played games for the better part of 16 years. His earliest gaming memory involved going to his neighbor's house to play GTA Vice City way too young. His second was being thoroughly unamused at a demo in Target. It was weird and hard. You had to keep swinging on ropes. That game was The Wind Waker, his favorite game of all time.
He speedruns. He writes about speedrunning.
He plays music. He writes about music.
He Tweets. Find it here: @HashtagPManning
David is the founder of The Punished Backlog. He has a problem finishing games he starts. Just beat: Nine Sols, UFO 50. Working on: Metaphor: ReFantazio. Can't wait for: Hollow Knight: Silksong. Follow David on Twitter at @David_Silbert to keep up to date with all things The Punished Backlog.
Augustine is our resident Blizzard and PC gaming expert. When he’s not playing World of Warcraft, Overwatch, or League of Legends, he’s probably playing some random steam game that looks interesting or is replaying Final Fantasy VIII, the best one, for the 100th time.
