I will be posting mini reviews for each as I go, including the games I've finished up til now in 2012, but I'll save that for a later post. When you finish a game, it's not required, but posting impressions and how long it took you to beat the game would be appreciated. If you're a completionist and need to eke every single ounce out of a game, you don't get any extra credit officially, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't do it if that's how you get the most enjoyment out of a game.

For some games, like an arcade/score attack type game, simply investing enough time until you feel you're 'done' with it counts. What counts as beaten? For most games, finishing the main story/reaching the credits counts as the bare minimum. No rentals, no games borrowed from a friend. If you own it, and you finish it, it counts for +1. What counts as backlog? For the purposes of this thread, any game you own counts as backlog, whether it's been sitting in the backlog since the Clinton administration or you brought it home from the store and started playing immediately. * The goal is to have as high a number as possible. * If you buy or otherwise acquire a new game, that counts as -1. * If you finish a game in your backlog, it counts as +1. In the past we've had friendly backlog competition threads that have served to keep people motivated and working through their backlogs, and I think it's time for the 2012 edition. Since the new year has begun, I've seen a large number of threads here on GAF discussing backlogs, which serves to drive home the point that Backlog Season is upon us.

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