“Tales From the Backlog” is a series of articles in which WingDamage Editor-in-Chief, Jonah Gregory, finally gets around to playing through the many games he has collected throughout the years.

A while back, we did a week of articles about the Super Nintendo for the console’s 20th anniversary. It got me thinking about something I really enjoy in games: Charm.

Sure, some people thought its design looked too much like a toy, or that purple was a dumb choice, but to me it showed what Nintendo was there to do: have fun playing some video games. That is what I am there to do as well. I love gaming and I love talking about games, but cutting edge graphics, fancy lighting effects, and 32x anti-aliasing does not a good game make. I can appreciate cutting edge graphics as much as the next guy, but they aren’t something I get hung up on.

With the recent Kickstarter campaign for the as yet unknown new point-and-click adventure game from Double Fine, I was interested to go back and check out some of their downloadable titles that I missed the first time around. I was also in the mood for an RPG, so starting with Costume Quest was a no-brainer.

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UPDATE: The project has already been funded! The good news is, the more money they get, the more of budget they will have for multiple platforms, music, and voice over. So don’t let their “funded” status deter you if you want to help fund an awesome project!

You claim to like adventure games, but are you willing to put your money where your mouth is? Tim Schafer and Double Fine have started a Kickstarter campaign to allow fans a chance to show they are willing to pony up the dough to have a new, original point-and-click style adventure game made.

Not content to take their fans’ money and lock themselves away at their Top Secret San Francisco based headquarters while they crunch away on those video game bits and bytes, they have hired 2 Player Productions to create a documentary about the experience. They’ll be covering the entire process, from start to finish. That way we can see their meteoric rise to the top, or alternatively their crash and burn culminating in a close up on Schafer with a single tear rolling down his cheek.

Either way, they promise it will be quite entertaining. Click past the break for their video intro to the project. Also, go donate. For reals.

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