I am not the type of gamer that sits on my rump for more than an hour at a time playing a game. I haven't done so since I was but a Wii (did you see what I did there?) little tyke. But last night, I downloaded Kirby's Adventure on the Virtual Console and spent three freaking hours on the couch just playing that game. I've got Bioshock 2 in my 360, I never had the chance to get into it, and I'm playing an 8-bit title from 1993. Not only am I playing it but I'm having a damned ball doing it.

Finally, after I was kicked off the TV by the Mrs., I trotted over to the 360. But instead of booting up Bioshock 2 I load up Castle Crashers, get online, and spend another hour and a half playing that! I would have played until the Wii (I'm like a Britney Spears song, doing it again and all...) hours of the morning but I was thwarted in my efforts by "The Boss".


Come to think of it, I have spent more time playing titles off Live Arcade then I have playing actual retail titles. Given, I have just recently gotten another 360 but I have had access to getting whatever latest and greatest is out there I just haven't wanted to. I had so much fun playing Kirby's Adventure that I'm going to buy more older titles like it. I may even buy titles I've played before considering how many years ago it was, I probably don't remember anything about it.


Does anyone else out there have the same thing going on? Where you'd rather play fun titles from Live Arcade or retro classics instead of the big releases?