I have to get back into my old gaming habits, I used to have my addictions, I used to spend a day saying I'm just going to beat the next level in this game and 8 hours later I had the game beaten. Now I say I'm just gonna play this level in this game and 20 minutes later.. the level is done and I am done. I wonder have games changed? Or have I changed? Is it that games are going downhill or that my expectations for games are rising with the price tag I have to pay for them? I lean towards most games going dowhill, I think, because I can still go back to my old favorites and play them for hours on end. Breath of Fire IV, Final Fantasy X, Dragon Warrior for the nintendo, any Zelda game. But new games just..have lost something to me. If it weren't for Left 4 Dead I would assume my old gaming self was dead but I can still settle down for a night and forget about school and work for 4 hours while playing with other people to that game. Fallout 3 let me down, I play it more out of my sense of duty to complete a game rather then to see what happens, that really makes me sad. Soul Caliber 4 let me down, I beat each characters campaign and it was done to me, sure that satisfies the needs of a fighter but I don't ever have the desire to go back to it like I did Soul Caliber 3 with the amount of customization and fun it had. I don't know, I'm on no sleep, a bit of excitement, and a strong desire to rant. I definitely jumped around but I got my thoughts out there and I will clarify them and expand on them when I have the opportune moment.