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Embarassing list of games I have played in the last month


Ghost Recon Advance Warfighter (Played a couple of chapters, will prolly go back)
Serious Sam 3 (Played main campaign up to final boss.)
Trine 2 (Ongoing campaign with my daughter)
Torchlight 2 (Played a few hours and got bored)
Shadow of the Colosssus (finished main campaign)
God of War (Played a few hours. No inclination to continue this inferior clone of Darksiders (joke))
Katamari Damacy(played about half an hour to see what all fuss was about)
The Last Remnant (Played a few hours, interested in trying some more)
The Walking Dead (Finished first chapter)
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic (Played through to end of main campaign)
Dishonored (Played through to the end of main campaign)
Stacking (Played with my daughter for a few days)
Shatter (Whiled away some time a few evenings)
Dogfighter (can't remember what I did with this)
EVE Online (only logged in to take advantage of skill changes in patch)
Star Wars The Old Republic Online (Played for a couple of hours and got bored)
Open TTD (Played this with my daughter for about a week)


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Anonymous said…
Hm, I also find myself rushing through games and not finding any that stick. Comes with age?
1:04 am
mbp said…
Age perhaps and also the completely overwhelming choice of games to play. Ten years ago an exceptional game might have consumed my attention for several weeks. Today even great games have to fight a slew of equally good titles to get any attention.

I suspect this is a transition phase for my gaming. I just haven't figured out yet what it is transitioning to but it probably involves playing fewer different games. I am half tempted to give up on newer releases and simply focus on classics of the past. Not because I think the games of today are bad. I don't I think they are excellent but focussing on retro games reduces the choice to a more manageable level.



9:11 am
Eutheos said…
(same person as above) well give Don't Starve a try. Fun and absolutely time consuming! :D
11:13 pm
mbp said…
Hi Eutheos, I have read a bit about the game and I will definitely look out for it.
3:37 pm
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