The Backlog Check-In Vol. 455: 9/21/26: Control Resonant Edition

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New games this week...

Sept. 21
Dressmaker (PC)
Undusted: Letters From The Past (Mac)

Sept. 22
Dune: Awakening (PS5, Xbox)
Graveyard Keeper 2 (PS5, Xbox, Switch, PC)
Well Dweller (PS5, Xbox, Switch, PC)

Sept. 23
Lawn Mowing Simulator 2 (PS5, Xbox, PC)
Otterly Lost (PC)
Qliphah in Providence's Shadow (PS5, Switch, PC)
Stick It To The Stickman (PC)
Wind Runners (PC)

Sept. 24
Control Resonant (PS5, Xbox, PC, Mac)
EA Sports FC 27 (PS5/PS4, Xbox, Switch, PC)
Garfield – Escape from Monday (PS5, Xbox, Switch, PC)
Kingdom Rush 6: Genesis (PC, iOS, Android)
Silent Hill: Townfall (PS5, PC)
Sin: Reloaded (PS5/PS4, Xbox, Switch, PC)

Sept. 25
The Relic: First Guardian (Xbox)




Played recently: Dragon Quest Builders

Finished: nothing

Added to backlog: nothing

I had a very busy week... didn't get in much gaming. Maybe none? Can't remember, haha.

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Finished: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (platinum)

Now Playing: Wolverine

Added to Backlog: Wolverine

Current Backlog: 35 games

Got the platinum in Expedition 33, will have to write up my full thoughts a little later. Bought Wolverine and will start that this week.

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Played an hour or so of Onimusha 3. I'm interested, but it hasn't gripped me early on.

I'm also really spending a lot of time with Slay the Spire. Really fun, deep and challenging. (And of course OOTP. Please send halp.)

Brief argyle's movie review (TM) via izzy:

Prisoners (2013, Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Paul Dano):



A couple of young neighborhood kids of two families that are friends are abducted at the same time. The police (and the families) have a strong suspect (Dano) in custody, but he denies any involvement under examination, and cannot be held due to lack of evidence. The father of one of the girls is convinced he's guilty (Jackman). He's a real A-type and action oriented, even when discretion and patience may be warranted. He confronts the suspect as he's leaving the police station to be released, and Alex (Dano's character) says something cryptic suggesting his involvement when Keller (Jackman's character) tries to rough him up a bit in his sadness, rage and belief that this is the man. These few words by Alex sets Keller OFF, and he is determined to take things into his own hands, believing the police to be incompetent and/or too slow. Detective Loki (Gyllenhall's character) is, however, an honorable and driven cop that seems to have some deep wounds of his own that motivate him with equal fervor to Keller. Ultimately it's all a search for the girls and an attempt to extract the truth from Alex. The families and the cops are approaching the same goal but with decidedly different methods as things unfold and there is a great deal of tension as the families and the detective Loki are breaking under the stress. It also has an interesting twist of an ending.

Anyway, it was a very good movie overall. Another one that I had never even heard of. It's funny because when you are a parent raising your kid(s), it's so easy for so much of pop-culture to slip through the cracks, and I missed so much (not in a bad way - I love my child more than anything) during the period of active parenthood. So, often I go back and realize there are many things I have the opportunity to catch up on from that period of life, and this movie was one such thing. Surely worth a watch, although if you are sensitive to violence, there are some parts that may be a little tough to endure.

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Another movie to add to my list - I've never heard of it either, but I like both Jackman and Gyllenhaal, and the premise sounds really good.

Games added: The Adventures of Elliot: The Millenium Tales (xbox)

Last week: Finished nothing, played TAoE and Balatro

This week: Same

The demo for TAoE is the first 4 hours or so of the game (the clock read 3:57 when I finished it), and your save carries over to the full game. I ordered the first game Friday before I had wrapped up the demo, finished the demo that night & the game came in the mail on Sat. I love it, it's good STRONG old-school action JRPG vibes and is just plain fun. Some very pretty pixel graphics don't hurt either.

Not a movie, but I watched the first 2 episodes of the new animated series based on Golden Axe, and it's great. They went the comedy route, and I think that was a wise choice - I mean, really, how can you take an extremely basic 80's arcade game plot seriously? There are tons of references to the games, mainly the characters poking fun at it, so for any fans of the game, it's just that much better. I'm looking forward to finishing this one up this week or next.