School's out, the sun's out, but who wants skin cancer? Stay inside and play some classics with the Summer Gaming Challenge!
Every year, a retro gaming community called Racketboy hosts a special gaming challenge, wherein participants pick 10 games that are considered 'classics' that they haven't played, and try to play them during the summer. Pretty cool, right? Well, I wanted to share the challenge with Era because... I can! And it's fun!
You can check out the Racketboy thread here, for all of the original rules and whatnot.
What counts as 'Summer'?
It's up to you! June 1 - August 31 is the easiest time slot for most, but others may choose the actual beginning of Summer (June 21) to the beginning of Autumn (September 22), or students may pick the end of the Spring semester to the beginning of the Fall semester. Or those in Aussie upside down world may want to just pick some dates during the upcoming months, even though it's Winter.
What counts as a 'classic'?
Honestly, that interpretation is going to change for everybody. Since Racketboy is a retro games forum most of those users' choices are going to be retro games. However, you can pick most things that are remembered fondly by many people, even if more recent. For example, some of my choices for previous years include Cave Story, Super Mario Galaxy, Earthbound, and Valkyria Chronicles. Maybe don't pick like the new God of War that isn't even a month old yet, but 'modern classics' are definitely viable for this challenge!
Of course if you want to get feedback if others think a game is 'classic enough' to put on the list you can ask, but I won't judge :)
What if I can't beat all my games?
No problem! I typically only get through about half my list each year. But it's fun trying out some backlog games that fell on the wayside.
What am I going to use this thread for?
Updates!! You can post your list, get feedback, and post updates about the games you've beaten and what you thought of them right here. Playing together as a community is exciting!
So what are you going to play? When are you going to start? Let us know and we can enjoy the classics together!
Also, some links for all of your backlog busting needs:
52 Games Challenge
2018 Backlog Blitz
There is also a Backlog ERA Discord! Quote the OP and you can find gamers with backlogs to talk about games and backlogs. Exciting!
Every year, a retro gaming community called Racketboy hosts a special gaming challenge, wherein participants pick 10 games that are considered 'classics' that they haven't played, and try to play them during the summer. Pretty cool, right? Well, I wanted to share the challenge with Era because... I can! And it's fun!
You can check out the Racketboy thread here, for all of the original rules and whatnot.
What counts as 'Summer'?
It's up to you! June 1 - August 31 is the easiest time slot for most, but others may choose the actual beginning of Summer (June 21) to the beginning of Autumn (September 22), or students may pick the end of the Spring semester to the beginning of the Fall semester. Or those in Aussie upside down world may want to just pick some dates during the upcoming months, even though it's Winter.
What counts as a 'classic'?
Honestly, that interpretation is going to change for everybody. Since Racketboy is a retro games forum most of those users' choices are going to be retro games. However, you can pick most things that are remembered fondly by many people, even if more recent. For example, some of my choices for previous years include Cave Story, Super Mario Galaxy, Earthbound, and Valkyria Chronicles. Maybe don't pick like the new God of War that isn't even a month old yet, but 'modern classics' are definitely viable for this challenge!
Of course if you want to get feedback if others think a game is 'classic enough' to put on the list you can ask, but I won't judge :)
What if I can't beat all my games?
No problem! I typically only get through about half my list each year. But it's fun trying out some backlog games that fell on the wayside.
What am I going to use this thread for?
Updates!! You can post your list, get feedback, and post updates about the games you've beaten and what you thought of them right here. Playing together as a community is exciting!
So what are you going to play? When are you going to start? Let us know and we can enjoy the classics together!
Also, some links for all of your backlog busting needs:
52 Games Challenge
2018 Backlog Blitz
There is also a Backlog ERA Discord! Quote the OP and you can find gamers with backlogs to talk about games and backlogs. Exciting!
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