And it should go without saying that all the games pictured are honorable mentions for a lot of the other categories, too.

Story Honorable Mentions:
Mass Effect Trilogy, Metal Gear Solid 3

Art:
Ni no Kuni, Bravely Default, Octopath Traveler

Combat:
FFXII, Xenoblade 1

Overrated:
Chrono Trigger, FFX, Suikoden 2 (I still like these games)

Childhood:
Banjo-Kazooie

Soundtrack:
Too many

This was challenging, esp to avoid duplicates. Honorable mentions below!

two boys in a theater, armed with snacks and sodas, ready to watch their cringey, old youtube let's plays and reminisce about the halcyon days. A Backlog Boys 10-year celebration happening Sunday April 5th at 7pm US Central time.

This Sunday, Vaughn joins me on stream again! 💙💛

Our YouTube channel is turning 10, and we're going to relive some of our favorite moments across the years and do "director commentary."

There will be many shenanigans and probably some emotions. twitch.tv/backlogboys

The Number of Collectibles in Donkey Kong 64, Settled Once and for All based on the datamining efforts of DK64 expert and DK64 Randomizer creator Ballaam The Internet is full of misinformation about the number of collectibles in Donkey Kong 64. Various guides, articles, and even the Guinness Book of World Records all list wrong numbers due to either neglecting to count some type of collectible, or not considering that the coin and banana counters are not equivalent to the number of coin and banana collectibles; e.g. Banana Balloons add 10 bananas to the counter, and Rainbow Coins add 25 coins, while each only being a single item. Note: a "collectible" is any individual item for which the collection status is saved to the save file, i.e. which does not respawn after collecting if the game is saved, exited and loaded again. This is as opposed to "pickups" like ammo that do respawn. Golden Bananas 201 +3 OOB Blueprints 40 Banana Medals 40 Fairies 20 Battle Crowns 10 Boss Keys 8 Company Coins 2 Rainbow Coins 16 Single Bananas Donkey 185 +1 OOB Diddy 130 +1 OOB Lanky 140 Tiny 170 +1 OOB Chunky 165 Banana Bunches Donkey 65 Diddy 70 Lanky 70 Tiny 66 Chunky 63 Banana Balloons Donkey 19 +1 OOB Diddy 22 Lanky 21 Tiny 20 Chunky 22 Banana Coins Donkey 99 Diddy 103 Lanky 110 Tiny 118 Chunky 147 +3 OOB Total number of collectibles:2142 (2152 if counting out of bounds content) Source: https://bsky.app/profile/ballaam.dk64randomizer.com

Donkey Kong 64 has a large number of collectibles, but the Internet is full of misinformation on what exactly that number is. I present an accurate count based on comprehensive datamining, aiming to answer this question once and for all: Donkey Kong 64 has 2142 collectibles.

DARK CLOUD SCREAMING CRYING

omg YES you're so brave

Streaming Pokémon Colosseum tomorrow! As a huge Pokémon nerd AND hardcore turn-based RPG fan, I've always wanted to dive in and see what this game is all about.

I'm very excited! Thanks @fauxretro.bsky.social for getting it on the poll!

Playing on #originalhardware with the CHUNKY 55-page manual

this is either an incredibly shortsighted mistake, or a cosmic IQ genius play on their part.

Tonight! One night only! 7 CST

Dear friend (and fellow Backlog Boy) Vaughn will be joining me on the channel for the first time in nearly FOUR YEARS!

We'll be hosting and commentating a Super Smash Bros. 64 CPU Tournament and it's going to be a RIOT!

We're dressin' up! Come hang with the Boys!

BacklogBoys - Twitch ❤️ !Charity Day 3 - Link’s Awakening DX 🐳 Any% Glitchless // [ɢʙ ʜᴀʀᴅᴡᴀʀᴇ] // type !donate in chat

Going 🔴 Live for Charity Marathon Day 3!
Link’s Awawkening DX (GBC) 🐳 Any% Glitchless

It’s Heart Week! 💙💛 Raising money for @americanheart.bsky.social

#charity #speedrun #heartweek

twitch.tv/backlogboys

it's so sports

Going 🔴 Live for Charity Marathon Day 2!
Yoshi's Story (N64) 🌴
It’s Heart Week! 💙💛 Raising money for @americanheart.bsky.social

#charity #heartweek

twitch.tv/backlogboys

Going 🔴 Live for Charity Marathon Day 1!
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (N64) 😍
It’s Heart Week! 💙💛 Raising money for @americanheart.bsky.social

#charity #heartweek
twitch.tv/backlogboys

the bravest thing a human can do

I'm putting a lot of hard work and love into the charity marathon I'm throwing next week.

Come hang out and please donate if you can! 💙💛

It's a great cause and there are a ton of great incentives for each game that you can put your donations towards.

#charity #speedrun @americanheart.bsky.social

As a son of a cigarette mom I can corroborate that I was (unthankfully at the time, but now thankfully) subjected to this music

The way that you pull the lid off is EXACTLY the same way Luke pulls off Vader's helmet

I keep having to take the lid on and off of my GameCube to access the sd card for my FlippyDrive, and all I can think of is RoJ Anikan.

I got to meet the composer for this game! He had infinite wacky stories

these are mega cute

A schedule graphic depicting five different games to be played on five different days, with a little bit of info about each game. Monday 2/16 - Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire. Extend the Game! Tuesday 2/17 - Yoshi's Story. Extend the Game! Wednesday 2/18 - The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX. Any Percent Speedrun! Thursday 2/19 - Pokemon Silver. Any Percent Speedrun! Friday 2/20 - Chrono Trigger. Unlocks at $1500 total raised! All streams are 3:00 pm - 8:00 pm CST

In a few weeks I'll be hosting a charity marathon to raise money for @americanheart.bsky.social -- On my channel we call it Heart Week! 💙💛

I'll be participating with a team of friends who will also host their own themed streams that week raising money for the same cause.

More info soon!

😂 we all want the same thing

medieval fantasy my beloved

In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.

my goat

PAC-MAN World 2 is an AWESOME videogame and more people need to know it.

I *despise* when they do this

I saw this when highlighting the grayed out buttons. No idea otherwise

This is the hardest I've laughed in a long time