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Vote in Backlog Series 26: Comic Relief
[Backlog is the ongoing quest to rid Conrad Zimmerman's collection of unfinished games. As voted on by the Destructoid community, Conrad plays each game from start to finish live on Destructoid's Twitch.tv channel every weeknight at 8pm Pacific] It's time once more for you, the Destructoid audience, to determine how I spend what passes for my leisure time. We'll soon be ready to start our twenty-sixth game on Backlog and the theme this go around is as straightforward as they come. All of the games in our new crop are based on comic book properties. Take a gander at the list and pick the game you'd like to see me play through next!
Who doesn't love Wolverine? He might have been a little over-used from time to time, but that's just because there's nothing you can't apply a gruff and insensitive guy with knives in his hands to. Of the games to feature the cunning Canuck in a leading role, X-Men Origins: Wolverine is regarded by many as the very best.
Based on the graphic novel series of same name, The Red Star is a game which went through a difficult development as Acclaim Studios shut down shortly after a demo of the game appeared in August of 2004. The final product, a combination of third-person shooting and fighting game mechanics, wouldn't see release until three years later, it's development completed by Archangel Studios. Probably too late, and the completed Xbox version was never even put on store shelves. The game sounds awesome and I've always wanted to try it. The copy I picked up on the cheap has been sitting around for an awful long time.
I really like Spider-Man games, even most of the bad ones. The curse of the sandbox is magnified by all the ability orbs crammed throughout New York and I can't seem to stay on track more than a couple of minutes every time I fire up this game. But swinging through the city is always fantastic fun and I love the way the two costumes work together, so this would be a delightful choice.
I dig Hellboy. I can't resist a good alternate history, particularly if it involves nazi occultists and steampunk science. I should probably learn to do something about that because I'm led to understand that this Hellboy game is mediocre at best. I snagged it for less than a tenner, so I'm not crying any tears but I can't say that I've felt a whole lot of motivation to even drop it in at all.
Finally, we have the Mystery Game. Don't make the mistake of choosing this for curiosity's sake, as people have clamored before to know what it was and groaned when they learned. The intent here is to select the Mystery Game if none of the other games appeal to you, so voting for it just because you want to know what it is is kind of a dick move. If the Mystery Game is not chosen, it'll roll over into the next series where it will continue to be a mystery. There you have it. Make your selection in the poll below and make your case in the comments for the game you want to see next on Backlog!
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Legacy Comments (will be imported soon)X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Until Batman: Arkham Aslyum came out, it was to me the greatest comic book game ever made. I like the new voting method. I also like X-Men Origins: Wolverine because FUCKING HELICOPTER BRAIN SPLATTER KILL! Red Star is the only good game up there, but it's not really that interesting to watch someone else play. I choose MYSTERY. Mystery game, despite the fact that it could be something awful like Superman 64 (as if that is playable on the blog). I went with Wolverine. I hear it's pretty brutal. Otherwise, I'm not particularly interested in any of these. 7:30 PM on 12.12.2012 Promoted blog: The five stages of backlog grief[Dtoid community blogger TriplZer0 shares some insight into dealing with an all-too-common first-world problem. (Who knew I was actually depressed all this time?!) Want to see your own words appear on the front page?&nbs...
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10:00 PM on 09.30.2011 Live show: The final episode of BacklogAfter a journey which has lasted nine months and seen the end of twenty-five games, tonight Backlog comes to its conclusion. People used to joke that Fable III, the least popular game ever to appear in a round of voting ...
10:00 PM on 09.29.2011 Live show: The Albion revolution lives on Backlog[Backlog is the ongoing quest to rid Conrad Zimmerman's collection of unfinished games. As voted on by the Destructoid community, Conrad plays each game from start to finish live on Destructoid's Twitch.tv...
10:00 PM on 09.28.2011 Live show: Backlog plays more Fable III right now[Backlog is the ongoing quest to rid Conrad Zimmerman's collection of unfinished games. As voted on by the Destructoid community, Conrad plays each game from start to finish live on Destructoid's Twitch.tv...
10:00 PM on 09.23.2011 Live show: Bowerstone will rise again on Backlog[Backlog is the ongoing quest to rid Conrad Zimmerman's collection of unfinished games. As voted on by the Destructoid community, Conrad plays each game from start to finish live on Destructoid's Twitch.tv...
10:00 PM on 09.22.2011 Live show: More Fable III on Backlog[Backlog is the ongoing quest to rid Conrad Zimmerman's collection of unfinished games. As voted on by the Destructoid community, Conrad plays each game from start to finish live on Destructoid's Twitch.tv...
10:00 PM on 09.21.2011 Live show: Backlog returns to Albion for more Fable III[Backlog is the ongoing quest to rid Conrad Zimmerman's collection of unfinished games. As voted on by the Destructoid community, Conrad plays each game from start to finish live on Destructoid's Twitch.tv...
10:00 PM on 09.19.2011 Live show: The end of assassins comes to Backlog[Backlog is the ongoing quest to rid Conrad Zimmerman's collection of unfinished games. As voted on by the Destructoid community, Conrad plays each game from start to finish live on Destructoid's Twitch.tv...
8:30 PM on 09.19.2011 Vote in Backlog Series 26: Comic Relief[Backlog is the ongoing quest to rid Conrad Zimmerman's collection of unfinished games. As voted on by the Destructoid community, Conrad plays each game from start to finish live on Destructoid's Twitch.tv...
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After a journey which has lasted nine months and seen the end of twenty-five games, tonight Backlog comes to its conclusion. People used to joke that Fable III, the least popular game ever to appear in a round of voting ...more
[Backlog is the ongoing quest to rid Conrad Zimmerman's collection of unfinished games. As voted on by the Destructoid community, Conrad plays each game from start to finish live on Destructoid's Twitch.tv...more
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