I’ve found that over the years I’ve collected quite a few games. I haven’t counted recently but the numbers are mind boggling. What I’ve also found that is out of all the games I buy the majority of them just sit on the shelf. I only play a handful of games at a time and when I’m done with them, which sometimes could be years, I put another game in my rotation.
So this year I’ve taken a completely different approach to my game purchases although there have been a few slip ups. I’ve focused mainly on quality titles and I’ve only purchased games on 3 platforms so far this year out of a possible 6. I’m making this list to remind myself of what games I truly want to play this year and that I’ll only be buying those games. There is some wiggle room, I’ll allow for a total of 6 game purchases outside of the list. So far I’ve already spent 3 of those.
The challenge will be to see if I can hold myself to buying only games on the list. This is the first time I’ve tried to really limit what games I buy. We’ll see how it goes. So far I’ve bought a few impulse games. The only one I really wanted was a good basketball game. At least I bought it while it was on sale.
The Impulse Buy List (5 of 6)
Playstation 3
The Bigs
NBA 2k8
MLB ‘08: The Show
Karaoke Revolution
Xbox 360
LOST
Naruto
PC/Mac
Sins of a Solar Empire (PC)
These games aren’t 100% for sure purchases. There is a slight chance I won’t buy them due to not enough time to play them, poor reviews, or lack of interest once they’re released. I won’t swap these games for other titles so it’s either the game on the list or nothing.
Can’t believe I forgot this one on the original list. Who knows, it may not ship this year anyway.
Forgot this one as well. Sort of up in the air on this one but it looks very interesting.
Pretty awesome piece of software that Sony is developing for the Playstation 3. This is a video from the BBC. Hopefully this product will make it over to the states.
I was going to write this long post detailing my story with the Xbox 360 and $700 worth of downloadable content I had purchased. In a nutshell my original 360 console got the red ring of death (RRoD) and after acquiring a replacement console all of my downloadable content no longer worked as it did previously. The reason for this was simple: Microsoft’s implementation of DRM on the 360 console does not take into account the consoles extremely high failure rate.
Microsoft is promoting one of the worst consumer unfriendly DRM schemes ever produced. Read the following threads below to get a more detailed view on the issue. Microsoft has yet to fix the issue or publicly acknowledge they are working on a solution.
The mainstream media still hasn’t have a clue about video games after all these years. This video is pretty funny with all the completely fact-less information pranced around. If you still live in an Atari world, as one person on the panel stated she did, you shouldn’t be on a panel about video games.
To mainstream media outlets: Get your heads out of the sand and start taking objective views towards video games. How about discussing the options that parents have for limiting mature content on game consoles instead of playing into the fears of the masses.
If you buy digital content from the Xbox Live Marketplace and your Xbox 360 dies due to the known issues of “red rings of death”, you’re rights as a consumer will become SEVERELY compromised.
Simple; Microsoft is either not business savvy (debateable but doubtful in this case) or they’re developing their own portable console that will launch with a version of Halo. I really can’t think of another smart reason for canning a Halo game what was obvoiusly going to sell a ton of units given the DS’s installed base.
Only time will tell but I hope we see a portable Halo in the next year.
Bomberman Live! was released today for XBLA. It’s one of the best Bomberman games I’ve ever played and that’s saying a lot. I’ve pretty much played them all after the course of it’s 20+ year history. Saturn Bomberman is still my favorite. XBLA is missing the rideable creatures and team play but otherwise it’s perfect.
I’ve been a big fan of casual games lately as have other members of our household. Quick games you can pick up and play without reading a manual. Engaging games that make you want to come back for more. The Diner Dash series has been a big favorite in the house recently.
In my quest for the next cool casual game, I stumbled upon a game named fl0w. Fl0w is a thesis project from Jenova Chen. The game was built in Flash and is available for download for PC or Mac or can be played in a web browser.
What I found most interesting about fl0w was how easy it “flowed”, which was really the point of the design. And what is even more interesting is that the game will be made available for Sony’s new PS3 console. I’m glad it’s a flash based game because honestly, I’m not buying a PS3 just for fl0w.
At a cost of less than $2.00 per case, I find that these Altoids chewing gum cases are the best thing for storing my precious Nintendo DS games. I currently have two cases, both of them full of 8 games each. I have a “must have games case” and a “keep in the game drawer case”. Go on, head on down to your local mini-cart and buy some cases!
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