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Which will take longer to complete: my ten unpainted Warhammer 40K miniatures, or my 1,813 unread Warhammer 40K book pages?

My pledge is eternal service

Two Warhammer 40,000 books next to a box of Space Marine miniatures and some painting equipment.
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The phrase "Steam backlog" is one that’s often passed around PC gaming circles in guilty whispers, like a barely mustered-up confession to a Catholic priest. Forgive me father, for I hath bought five different Anno games in the Christmas sale, and do not know when I’m going to play them. I have no such shame, because my personal backlog is even more damning – formed not by a lack of time to play, but an inability to create art. And, apparently, to read.

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James Archer: Dep ed James has been rattling around RPS in some way, shape, or form since 2015. As the site's former hardware editor, and owner of the tiniest screwdrivers out of anyone on the team, he writes about both games and the beep-boop stuff you play them with.
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