Hello Sector. It’s been quite a while. Everyone has been quite busy, I’m sure, with various things over the course of the past several months.
Now that I am a little bit older and marginally less fiscally irresponsible and I’ve grown out of some of my more ADHD tendencies (as much as I know we’re all guilty of this), I find myself staring at a pretty huge pile of games that I’ve purchased over the last couple of years through one means or another that I have not finished.
Looking through Steam alone, here’s my unfinished game list:
And Yet it Moves
Beyond Good & Evil
Borderlands
Commander Keen
Far Cry
Gish
Jamestown
Just Cause 2
Magicka (nevermind, I hate this game)
Orcs Must Die!
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
Shadowgrounds: Survivor
Shank
Star Wars: Empire at War Gold
Titan Quest
Torchlight
Trine
VVVVVV
Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War 2
Zombie Driver
I also have a slew of Xbox 360 and PS3 games I haven’t beaten, including (and I’ll list more later):
Fallout: New Vegas (practically finished, at this point I’m just putzing around)
Batman: Arkham City
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Red Dead Redemption
God of War 3
Rather than continuing the abandonment cycle, I’m committing myself to a novel New Year’s resolution.
I will only be purchasing one game in 2012: Diablo 3.
I can’t *not* purchase Diablo 3. Any games that I receive as gifts don’t count as “purchased” games, because I didn’t purchase them. I’ll just add them to the list.
But what will I do with all of the money I’ll save from not purchasing any games? Much of it will be simply saved and used to pay off my car, but…
Starting on January 1, 2012, I will donate $10 to Child’s Play for every game I finish.
Obviously I will have to post updates here for when I actually finish the games, but don’t expect those to be more than a few sentences.
So, let’s play in 2012.
I think this is a fantastic idea, but I have to ask what’s with all the Magicka hate?
I think we were all looking forward to it quite a bit before it ended up being really frustrating. It was a pretty big let down in a lot of ways, from the near-extreme bugginess to the friendly fire.