Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Unfinished Games

So, last night I couldn't sleep (the Prednisone is starting to work its magic) and I was just wandering around the house, looking for something to do. I started moving stuff around, played some DS, watched some TV... and then, oddly enough, I decided to make a list of all the games I own, but haven't finished. Here the criteria is not completionism, that is, it's not about whether I've done everything there is to do in the game, but rather whether I've finished the game, in conventional terms. This means, if it's a story-based game, I've finished the story. Of course, in the case of Viva Piñata, which is a game about collecting piñatas, then it's about collecting all the piñatas (which I haven't done, and so it is listed as unfinished).

I was surprised by the amount of games in the list. There's just quite a few a games I haven't come back to, and didn't realize there were so many until last night. The list totals 22 games! Here's the list:
  1. Fable 2
  2. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
  3. Chrono Trigger
  4. Street Fighter IV
  5. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion: The Shivering Isles
  6. Psychonauts
  7. Ninja Gaiden
  8. Blynx
  9. The Incredibles
  10. Catwoman
  11. Lego Starwars
  12. Sonic Heroes
  13. Viva Piñata
  14. Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood
  15. Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance
  16. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
  17. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
  18. Grand Theft Auto III
  19. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
  20. Half Life 2
  21. Half Life 2: Episode 1
  22. Half Life 2: Episode 2
So there you have it. There are a few games that I got recently, basically the first four games in the list, but I thought I'd add them to the list since I haven't finished them, and remove them when I'm done with them.

It bothers me a little that I keep moving on to other games, when I have stuff on the shelf that I can work on, and so the list keeps growing. So I've decided to commit myself to work on this list and get it down. I don't know where to start though... there's so many games on that list. I guess I'll start with the fresh ones (the ones at the top) and then move on to the rest

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