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POST-PANDEMIC CHECK-IN: ORCHIDS, TIN WHISTLE, AND VIDEO GAME MUSIC! ♪

By Angie | Backlog Crusader

Hey, friends! It’s been ages and I hope you have all been well. While I’m still
not in the writing mood very often, I wanted to show readers what hobby
activities I’ve been up to this past year, which is mainly growing a LOT of
houseplants, and also playing the tin whistle and making nerdy video game,
anime, and film song covers!

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SAYONARA WILD HEARTS ANALYSIS – USE OF TAROT IN GAME DESIGN AND NARRATIVE

By Angie | Backlog Crusader

Sayonara Wild Hearts incorporates all 22 Major Arcana of the Tarot in its fast
paced, pop-arcade, cosmic wonderland. You can check out my full review of the
game here. I cannot understate how creative and ambitious studio Simogo is to
have given us such a spectacularly beautiful, mesmerizing rendition of the
Fool’s Journey in video game form.

I wanted to do a deep dive into the significance of Tarot cards and their
meanings are used in Sayonara Wild Hearts to add a hidden layer of depth for
those in know, so that’s what you’ll find in this article! I’ll be covering the
entire game from start to finish (including a short explanation of Tarot at the
start) so please be sure to complete the game before reading to avoid spoilers.
You can also watch a play through of the game here.

Let’s pop!

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BIOSHOCK – VIDEO GAME LITERARY CLASSICS 101

By Angie | Backlog Crusader

Originally released on the Xbox 360 and PC in 2007, BioShock has blown many
minds with what is widely considered one of, if not the best narrative twists in
video game history. It features the most well-integrated explorations of
philosophy, morality, and ethics in a video game story to date. If BioShock is
still on your to-play list, beware of the MASSIVE SPOILERS ahead. It’s time to
revisit Rapture!

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BYSTANDER’S GUIDE – COMBATING HARASSMENT IN ONLINE MULTIPLAYER GAMES

By Angie | Backlog Crusader

I used to play a lot of competitive Overwatch. Like, a lot. I’ve lost track
amount of times I’ve been harassed in a game of Overwatch (not to mention in
other games) while the other four people on my team quietly listen to a fifth
person say absolutely vile things to me, completely unprovoked. It feels awful
that bystanders often don’t seem to bat an eye as they observe what is
essentially verbal assault. It always makes me wonder, How can they listen to
this and say or do nothing?

Correcting the toxicity in competitive gaming communities will be an ongoing,
group effort. This guide will teach you how and why you can and should help when
you encounter harassment in one of your games.

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ADVENTURES IN VALHEIM

By Angie | Backlog Crusader on March 17, 2021

Valheim is all the rage right now and I’ve been having a fantastic time with it
and our friends who are also playing. It’s the first game my boyfriend and I
have found mutual interest in, in like… 5 years? (It’s tragic that we have
nearly opposite tastes in games.)

In fact, I’ve never felt drawn to the survival game genre. The only one I’ve
ever really enjoyed is Ark: Survival Evolved, and that’s only because I’m highly
dinosaur (and dragon) motivated. Spent the whole game taming dinos and nothing
else. Valheim, however. Valheim I find so enjoyable that it’s inspired me to
write about games for the first time in over a year!

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STATE OF THE BLOG: WHERE HAVE I BEEN?

By Angie | Backlog Crusader on February 27, 2020April 9, 2021

You may have noticed, but I have been on hiatus over the past several months,
for which I apologize profusely. I wanted to thank those who continue to stop by
and catch up on my posts. I started this blog back in spring of 2019 and I was
writing so much, so frequently, that eventually I hit burnout about two months
after my PAX West trip last year.

In addition, my hobby interests have turned away from gaming and writing to
other things for a time, namely Tarot (the happy fault of Sayonara Wild Hearts),
drawing, and online community building. I tend to go through periods of “hobby
rotation” where I’m really into one thing or another for a half year or so and
then move to something else, eventually circling back to an intense focus on
gaming. I do plan on writing more in the future when the burnout wears off.

It would warm my heart to see some of you on Instagram in the mean time. I’ve
included a few of my art posts from Instagram between paragraphs below for
anyone interested.


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NINTENDO SWITCH ACCESSORY REVIEW – SWITCHBLADES RAIL COVER KICKSTAND

By Angie | Backlog Crusader on December 4, 2019December 4, 2019

Regular Backlog Crusader readers might have noticed a banner ad on the last
dozen posts or so for an innovative, robust product called Switchblades. This
Nintendo Switch kickstand accessory is one I had been using so much that I had
actually reached out the manufacturer, Gravilogic, personally to see if they
wanted to support Backlog Crusader for a while, and they did. Thanks,
Gravilogic! I use my Switchblade all the time when I play my Switch. Seriously.
All. The Time. Here’s my review!

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WOLVEN STORM – MUSINGS ON LOVE AND FEMINISM IN WITCHER 3

By Angie | Backlog Crusader on November 15, 2019October 5, 2020

Yennefer. Who is she, really? In the Witcher 3 we see her relentlessly pursuing
her goals across multiple continents, taking down any obstacles in her way. Yes,
she cares passionately for her love, Geralt, but he won’t distract her from her
ultimate goals. Despite their closeness, she keeps extremely important secrets
from the Witcher during their travels, yet he trusts her implicitly. She is
strong and wise, confident and skilled, and a timeless beauty. Their romance is
legendary in the Witcher universe, literally.

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DISCO ELYSIUM (PC) REVIEW – AS GOOD AS IT GETS

By Bohdan on November 7, 2019

Almost 20 years ago, Planescape: Torment made a promise. It demonstrated that
video games as an art form are capable of delivering writing on par with the
best narratives that exist over all forms of media. The world of Planescape
offered prose so invigorating and eloquent, storytelling so pristine and
cohesive that it captivated creative minds for decades to come.

In its stead, many games posed to be the promised heroes, ready to cash in on
that promise but unfortunately, no one managed to soar as high… until now. Of
all iterations that could have been, few could imagine that the savior of video
gaming prose would take upon such an interesting form: bare naked, hungover,
laying in his filth in the middle of a ravaged motel room, awoken from eternal
slumber by a hellish clarion call. Rise and shine, detective. Welcome to
Revachol.

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GAMES OF OUR CHILDHOODS

By Angie | Backlog Crusader on October 23, 2019November 7, 2019

The Autumn colors outside have had me feeling somewhat nostalgic lately and I
wanted to expand a little on my older piece about how video games influenced the
different phases of my life. It is less common than you’d expect for a non-sport
hobby to stay with a child into their later adult life. What is it about video
games that allow them to stick with us on such a deep, sentimental level for so
many years?

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NEO CAB (PC) REVIEW – A DYSTOPIAN UBER SIMULATOR

By Bohdan on October 18, 2019October 23, 2019

I must confess: I am a sucker for all things cyberpunk, so enthusiasm might
cloud my judgment, but I cannot help but feel that Neo Cab is one of the coolest
games I’ve played in a while. It is a game that does not only capture the
general aesthetic of the setting (think neon lights, cheesy synths, high-tech
gizmos), but its fundamental core: a struggle of an individual faced with a
soul-crushing march of high-tech corporations. And Neo Cab achieves that not by
projecting an image of some distant dystopian future. Instead, it narrows the
gap between reality and the imagination until I could not help but think that
the world it has described is waiting for us just around the corner.

Continue reading “Neo Cab (PC) Review – A Dystopian Uber Simulator”


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FIRE EMBLEM THREE HOUSES CONCEPT ART

By Angie | Backlog Crusader on October 11, 2019

It seems I’m fighting off a bit of writer’s block this week so instead of a text
article I’ve got some official Fire Emblem illustrations to share with you from
the concept art book that was included with the collector’s edition of the Three
Houses. Obviously don’t view the rest of this post if you haven’t finished the
game because some of the images have spoilers. In case you missed it, you can
find my review of Fire Emblem Three Houses here.

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CATCH UP ON YOUR READING!

 * Post-Pandemic Check-in: Orchids, tin whistle, and video game music! ♪ July 9,
   2021
 * Adventures in Valheim March 17, 2021
 * State of the Blog: Where have I been? February 27, 2020
 * Nintendo Switch Accessory Review – Switchblades Rail Cover Kickstand December
   4, 2019
 * Wolven Storm – Musings on Love and Feminism in Witcher 3 November 15, 2019
 * Disco Elysium (PC) Review – As Good As It Gets November 7, 2019
 * Games of Our Childhoods October 23, 2019
 * Neo Cab (PC) Review – A Dystopian Uber Simulator October 18, 2019
 * Fire Emblem Three Houses Concept Art October 11, 2019
 * Sayonara Wild Hearts Analysis – Use of Tarot in Game Design and Narrative
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