Whenever I hear of a game I might like, or buy one on a whim I add it to a list. I do something similar with books and movies. The purpose of the lists aren’t to put pressure on myself, but to remind myself of all the things I’m interested in and to avoid the feeling of “I have nothing to play/read/watch”. If I’m not enjoying something, I just won’t finish it and I check it off the list so I know I tried. For me, deciding what to do with my limited time can give me analysis paralysis. I don’t see the list and backlog as a chore, but more of an easy menu of options that I’ve already considered.

I basically have a spreadsheet to tackle my backlog, I add 10 - 20 games to my list of games that I’ve bought (mostly on discount, some from bundles, and some from PS+, some emulated games, etc), then I’d just stream them.

If I don’t feel like the game is resonating with me, I’d just stop, assign Not Resonating tag and move on.

I do admit that when I see a big backlog, I tend to exhibit these behaviors:

• Guilt in buying new games, which is not bad, now I only buy full priced game once or twice a year, and mostly buying discounted stuff
• The need to power thru games that I don’t like, until I started using Not Resonating tag, which I give games that don’t click with me two tries, before giving up

Playing games on stream made me:

• Alternate between long and short games
• Alternate between AAA games and indies