I have a small confession to make.

This will come as a shock to most, if not all, of the hardcore gamers out there, and I have shamed myself accordingly. In fact, I’m still waiting for the eternal wrath of Cthulhu to be brought down upon myself. Actually, you have to send in some paperwork, including a resume. Really, the process is complicated, so I’ll just skip it and get to the confession;

I have only truly completed less than 10 games in my 10 years of gaming.



Yes, I know, blasphemy and what not, “how can I call myself a gamer”, “have Neiro ban this sick individual,” (please don’t, I love Destructoid), but first, allow me to clarify what I have just said with some background information.

I have played a whole two ton truck load of games, and, as I mentioned in my previous blog, while I might not still have the 70+ game collection for my ex-Gamecube and on-his-deathbed Playstation 2, I did spend time with each and every one of them.

I just never completed them.



Honestly, I can’t tell you why I have the inability to complete most of the games I buy. I know it’s not time constraints, even with an advanced class, I still find time to burn/snipe/bonk people in Team Fortress 2, or get my ass kicked in BlazBlue. Hell, I’m starting to get over the fact that I lost all my game saves from when I had to get my PS3 exchanged, and I’m planning to go through Burnout Paradise to get my Burnout License again.

I’m also sure it’s not having an abnormal amount of games to play either. Like I mentioned earlier, I have a very small game collection, if you can even call it that. I’ve given all the games in my possession, as of right now, at least 4-8 hours of my time, the prize champion being Pokémon Diamond, earning a whopping 400+ hours. I haven’t touched Diamond in 5 months.

Go figure.

I know it’s not the enjoyment factor. I greatly enjoyed the time I had with Fallout 3, but I haven’t even picked up the box since May, and I bought the game in January. I remember having a blast killing all the people in Megaton with the Fatman, but lately, I have no urge to do that, or anything like it, even though I know I’ll have fun doing it.

And damnit, I still enjoy gaming. I (80% of the time, at least) enjoy the games I buy. I still buy games old and new. I just never complete them.



What seems to be the “problem” is that I’ll reach a point in playing a game where I’ll just stop and forget said game existed in my meager collection. Hell, I have to remind myself I bought a copy of Psychonauts from Steam. It’s as if something subliminal in my subconscious makes my mind reset itself, and once it’s finished rebooting, it already has a new game it wants to play, with no plan to go back and finish the old game what so ever, for no certain reason.

To speak truthfully, I’m fucking tired of that happening.



So yeah, I know I’m making a lot of changes in my gaming lifestyle (a lot being 2). I understand I’m 9 months late to New Year’s Resolutions and what not, and more importantly, I have only a few months till the Spring ’10 Game Rush, but damnit, I want to be a better gamer. I want to be able to, one day, post my collection of games, my collection at that moment being over 80 games. I want to be able to sit down and talk about gaming more fluently. Hell, I want to make games for a career, and I believe that it’s these subtle changes that are going to help me accomplish those goals.

So I’m going to complete the games I buy, starting now. I’ve got a list, and I think I can finish it by the time Modern Warfare 2 drops, so I’ll be ready for that. I’ll keep my priorities straight, promising to give the unfinished games more time than the new ones (I can always play Scribblenauts at school). I’m going to complete all the games that come into my possession , unless said game is like Resistance 2, in which case I’ll try to get all the Achievements/Trophy’s I can before my eyes bleed.

Play me off, Hall & Oats.