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Tales from the Backlog #4: Costume Quest (PSN, XBLA, PC)

Posted by Jonah Gregory
on March 12th, 2012
Filed Under: Features

“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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