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A list to remind me what games I should be focusing on, for the sake of finishing some: Final Fantasy X (PS3) Dark Messiah (PC) Postal 2: Paradise Lost (PC) Earthbound (WiiU) What I'm actually playing, mostly because they are fun: Shantae and the Pirate's Curse (PC) Saints Row IV (PC) Games I can play anytime with little or no pressure to finish them, mostly because they're pretty open ended: Starbound Reigns We Happy Few Death Road to Canada Games I plan to install overnight so I can get into them once I finish something: Deus Ex: Human Revolution (although I have this one on PS3 as well... hmmm.) Soma  Resident Evil 4 I ordered some nostalgic cartoons which will be arriving shortly, The Tick (Seasons 1 & 2), Pirates of Darkwater, and Conan the Adventurer (Season 2). My kids got me into Gravity Falls, which is really good and surprisingly mature (in that it doesn't dumb things down for kids).

I mentioned that I am looking forward to Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. I like the games, but I haven't played many of the newer ones... and when I say newer, I mean the DS and forward. Intending to catch up some, I bought Skyward Sword and Windwaker HD, but there are so many I missed in between, I won't even attempt to catch them all. Thankful each is its own compartmentalized story with no continuity between them... well, after the first two. Here's the score: Zelda 1: Maybe 90% completed. The final dungeons kicked my butt. Zelda 2: Completed! Link to the Past: Completed! Links Awakening: 10% completed because I never owned it. Ocarina of Time: No idea... but I never became adult Link, which is probably not much. Majora's Mask: Never played. Oracle of Ages: Completed! (borrowed) Oracle of Seasons: Never played. Four Swords/Wind Waker/Minish Cap: Never played. Twilight Princess: 10% at a guess. Phantom Hourglass/Spirit Tracks: Never played. Skyward...

Here are some games I look forward to both announced and expected. Kingdom Hearts III Of course it's coming out... eventually. Like they're just going to cancel the end of this awesome cash cow. I'm content to wait... that's what KH fans do. The series just fills us with so much hope! (Katara cry) Final Fantasy XV Looks really good! This is a system seller... and the anime, CG movie, and gameplay videos are all really appealing.( Edit : Having got my PS4, I have still not invested much time in this one. Funny that.) Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Iga does this genre well. Since there is no more Castlevania, we now call the genre "Igavania". Shadow Warrior 2 Heard it described as Shadow Warrior + Diablo 2. Sounds fun. ( Edit : Got it. It was fun, but grindy. I enjoyed it, but don't see my self doing a replay.) Saints Row V Not a peep out of Volition or Deep Silver on this one. Odd... gotta be coming though. Maybe they'll do the No Mans...

Mad Max currently ranks #13 on Steam as having the most hours of play. I intend to knock it off the top 20. Rather than a buggy remnant of a quest I completed, I like to think it means metaphysically. It's right.... I should. I recently finished the game... all I cared to of it. I liked the game play... cruising around in the Magnum Opus (the game's customizable/upgradable car). Harpooning and blowing vehicles up was fun. Clearing camps was a slog because gathering scrap is arduous and the combat is a chore... or the other way around even. I got all but the last two areas cleared of threat and I have no desire to do the abysmally boring Mine Clearing missions to finish them up... frankly I have no incentive. Where the game lacked was the story missions. I saw in a game magazine sometime ago... in reference to the protagonist of Secret of Evermore. "It's hard to [care for] a character who doesn't [care]." Max gives little in the way of excrement. He jus...

Repost from Facebook, originally written December 5, 2008. Notes (2016): My apathy continues unabated... I only occasionally check Kenzerco to check if it's still in publication out of a desire to experience schadenfreude . Kinda like how I check on Spoony monthly to see if he's done any work... the difference being that, amazingly, KoDT is still producing content. Note (2024): The prior statement about Spoony producing anything is at this point tragically hilarious. I now check in about every four months. He has done an interview and streams sporadically. Ugh. Upon going to the Kenzerco website to verify that link, I was unfortunately reminded of the live action KoDT series that was kickstarted. If the Kickstarter preview was any indication, this is going to be painful.