Joe Murray

Site Update v1.4.1 - Timezones & Milestones

Hello again! It's Saturday night, so I'm gonna keep this short.

This is a mostly prep work for some more badges, but also a bugfix update for some milestones and timezones issues. I hate tim...

Site Update v1.4.0 - Badges I & 18 Years!

Hello again, backloggers!

There's been a lot going on! I'll try to run down things quickly here.

• Backloggery's 18th Anniversary is tomorrow, Aug 14! Try4ce, Lyn...

  2025-08-13 17:42:51 +0000 UTC View Post

Site Update v1.3.4 - Site Emotes

Hey backloggers!

Got another quick, unscheduled update for you! Many site veterans continue to be confounded by the way platforms work on the new site. In an effort to get less emails abou...

Site Update v1.3.1-3 - Some fixes before the weekend

Several bug fixes and usability improvements.

• Fixed various issues with Like notifications

• Fixed a issue that allowed liking the same post multiple times in some circum...

  2025-05-16 18:58:39 +0000 UTC View Post

Site Update v1.3.0 - Likes & Misc

Heya backloggers!

As mentioned in the last post, I've splitting up the previously planned update into smaller chunks to hopefully break my mental log-jam. This time the main addition is the n...

Quick Update and a Cat

Hey Backloggers!

Just wanted to touch base again as I know it's been longer than expected since the last update.

I thought the Likes+Badges update would go relatively quickly, but unfo...

Checking In and Badges Brainstorming

Heya Backloggers!

Things have been a bit hectic lately so I figured I was due to give you all a little update.

Linux

I'm in the middle of transitioning from Windows 11 to Linux ...

Site Update v1.2.3 - New Achievement Icons & Fixes

I'm back with another batch of bugfixes. But the real story this time is an innocent question on Discord snowballing to a complete redo of the achievement icons, which you can see below. The main i...

Patron's Choice #2 Result - Badges Win!

Happy Holidays, Backloggers!

Badges have handily won the latest Patron's Choice poll. As a reminder, that means the next major site update will be:

Badges and emoji return! ...

2024-12-20 18:28:22 +0000 UTC View Post

Patron's Choice #2 - The Poll

Option descriptions are here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/117633304

Thanks for your support! ☃️

Patron's Choice #2 - Badges VS The World

Happy Holidays, Backloggers!

It's time once again for you to choice the next major update to the site. While that's happening, I'll be spending the rest of this month focusing on bug fixes an...

Site Update v1.2.2 - Bug Fixes

Sorry the add game bugfix took a bit. Horrible timing for holiday travel and airport delays. 😬

Patch Notes v1.2.2

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the ...

  2024-12-04 22:25:34 +0000 UTC View Post

Site Update v1.2.1 - Bug Fixes

Just a quick round a fixes before we head into turkey week!

Patch Notes v1.2.1

Improvements

• Allow collapsing of expanded game notes

2024-11-20 19:26:07 +0000 UTC View Post

Site Update v1.2.0 - Icons, Sizes, and Filters

Before we hope into this update, two bits of housekeeping:

• You can now gift Patreon memberships here, ...

  2024-11-15 22:39:57 +0000 UTC View Post

Game Presentation Poll Results and Plans

Hey gang! I'm back with the final poll results.

As you can see, Option #1 won the poll by...

Patron Poll - Game Presentation: Round 2

You can find details about the options here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/game-round-2-113631324

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Game Presentation: Round 2

Life is slowly getting back to normal here and I'm back with the 2nd, and perhaps final, game presentation poll!

This time the preview layouts show several games for each option and use vario...

Quick Check-in

TLDR: a more detailed follow-up poll to finalize a game presentation design is coming once I get enough sleep to function again.

Hey Backloggers!

I just wanted to touch base real quic...

Patron Poll: Game Presentation Drafts

Please see this post for option descriptions.

If you don't like any of the options, pick #5 (and ideally p...

Game Presentation Drafts (See next post for poll)

More info with less clicking, that's the takeaway of a lot of the feedback I've gotten about the remake since launch. So it's no surprise that Game Presentation won the first Patron Poll. I promise...

Site Update v1.1.1 - More Library Options

Polish update time! This one is more of a hodge-podge of small new features, tweaks, and fixes. Enjoy!

2024-08-21 19:59:47 +0000 UTC View Post

17th Anniversary stream is starting now!

We're celebrating our site's 17th anniversary with 12 hours of friends, food, and fun! I hope you'll come and join in.

https...

Patron's Choice #1 Results & Bonus Poll: Pixels

Patron's Choice #1 Results 

It was a knock-down drag-out fight with Badges...

Backloggery 17th Anniversary Marathon & Patron's Choice Poll Ends Soon

• Where: ...

  2024-07-24 19:51:46 +0000 UTC View Post

Site Update v1.1.0 - Data Export & Policy Update

'Hoy Backloggers!

I'm back with the first new feature update for the new site, the long-promised data export function. Served up with a side dish of polish and bug fixes. Enjoy!

Please ...

Patron's Choice Poll #1 - What's Next?

Hey there, Backloggers!

I was hoping to the Data Export update out today, but I've hit a few snags. Hopefully next week!

In lieu of that, I thought I'd go ahead and start the first Patr...