Heyas 2010. What's happening?
i have to admit, you're already looking a lot more eventful than 2009 was. (Be said events for better or for worse) You started off slapping carlo with numerous computer issues, causing me to hate life during the process for building my wireless 360 stick. At the same time though you've reaffirmed that my current relationship was a good decision, in that it's making both of us happy and really doesn't seem to have any roadblocks or issues in sight.
On that note, I'm actually feeling happy for once. Not feeling mopey, "emo", or whathaveyou. Sure I'm transparent and apparently always need a femme for happiness, but even that aside I have little I can complain about for once. Honestly a lack of a steady job (and thus still living at home) is the only thing that really gnaws at me at the moment, but even then I at least have enough money from tax returns and my last SalKeiz paycheck to keep me well off until I can be employed again. Life is good.
Oh, right. There is afterall a second problem. Dizzy is unable to charge properly. When I plug the AC Adapter in, it immediately acts like there's no connection (ie no power coming through). Wiggle the power cable after a while and she gets one, but it's a pain in the ass to get stable power coming in. Here's to hoping my Circuit City (. . . yeah. no comment) extended warranty is still usable in some format, so that I can at least get her sent in for repairs. If not, apparently Jones has some black magic for fixing this. Either way, as long as I can get my laptop to charging just fine again, life is pretty damn good.
I'm not entirely sure what compells me to write like this at night time. If i recall correctly, the last time i wrote a general statement on thoughts and life was at night time (morning time, whatev) like this. It's kinda weird and has me wondering, but i don't find it anything i'll lose sleep over. If anything, we all know i tend to get a little goofy in the late hours. Maybe this is my goofyness and excess energy finding a creative outlet, or something. or rambling on and on and on and on. Probably the second, but i can't keep focused or care enough to find one particular cause.
On the topic of creativity, my muse is somewhat back, at least for a little bit. Ever since the recent relationship start, I've found myself going back to my usual past time of drawing overly cute sketches of couples. In particular, our avatars (Speaking of, absolutely loved Avatar. Day 1 DVD purchase right there) anyway. it's nice to know i haven't completely lost my talent. (For the record, after trying earlier today i still suck ass at drawing werewolves. need to practice this lots, as this is a terrible thing to suck ass at) Assuming i can get back to drawing all sorts of things with fine motivation, that'll be yet another aspect of life to be happy about. Speaking of, one of these days I may get off my arse and upload more drawings to edkun-sketchings. (Most likely said couple sketches) Probably depends on how well i can get dizzy to act when her power supply is in flux.
so there you have it. Life is actually good, even great for once, even with some issues here and there. Despite a rocky start, 2010 is off towards a good strong showing. Here's to hoping it continues.
Oh, and Continuum Shift is awesome.
-Ed Kun Out-
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
09 Game Completion Check-Up
Looking at my Backloggery page, it came to my attention that there are a number of games I titled "likely to beat" in 09. It has also come to my attention that I have a few weeks at most left in 09 to finish said games. How likely are these predictions? Let's find out!
* Disgaea 2 (PS2)
Possible, just need to get back into it and power level some. I believe I saved after a round of transmigrations, but I am towards the end of the game chapter-wise. (Meaning that a.) I'm close to done anyway and b.) the real awesome plot will kick in soon) The only problem is that Disgaea is quite a timesink, and getting to the proper level to beat the final boss may require more time than I could allow if i want to beat other games as well before 2010.
* Pokemon Leaf Green (GBA)
Not bloody likely. Anyone who has played through a Pokemon game knows that it can take a VERY long time / lot of dedication. (In hindsight, Pokemon requires a LOT of grinding. Not sure how we all put so many hours into it as kids. . . ) Just in hopes of beating other games, probably won't be happening.
* Marvel Ultimate Alliance (360)
Quite Likely. Ultimate Alliance is by no means hard or long, it just requires people with enough perserverance to play it through. Ryan bailed out on our original grouping (never seemed too interested in it), but Adam and Beka's new roomie Jason is more than a bit of a gamer / comic nerd. I could see him joining us to finish this.
* Rock Band 2 (360)
The band has gone their separate ways for the moment, needing to overcome apathy before they can reunite. Worst case scenario however could see the Bassist Edge (or possibly even guitarist Ziff Thunderbolt) completing solo mode just for backloggery standards sake. Chances are high of this one at least being technically 'beaten' before 2010.
* Persona 3 (PS2)
Not likely at all. I'm probably halfway or so through this game, with the end not really in sight. (At least, with me wanting to finish the Dark Tower on my first time through)
* Deus Ex: The Invisible War (PC)
Oh god, do I still have my save. . . ? If so, Very doable. This game will not escape me a second time.
* Left 4 Dead (PC)
I need but request "the guys" come back together for one playthrough of the final campaign. Even if I don't technically survive, I'll have experienced all 4 Episodes and can mark this beaten in my book. Outlook good.
* Devil May Cry 2
Most Likely. Would require a couple days of powering at absolute tops to finish.
There are a number of other titles I could think on, but this is a list I required a while ago. As such I'll worry about completing set goals for the time being. I feel that come new year's day on 2010 I'll compile a list of gaming goals for that year. (2010 will be quite beastly with all of the new games due to recent sales. . . )
-Ed Kun Out-
* Disgaea 2 (PS2)
Possible, just need to get back into it and power level some. I believe I saved after a round of transmigrations, but I am towards the end of the game chapter-wise. (Meaning that a.) I'm close to done anyway and b.) the real awesome plot will kick in soon) The only problem is that Disgaea is quite a timesink, and getting to the proper level to beat the final boss may require more time than I could allow if i want to beat other games as well before 2010.
* Pokemon Leaf Green (GBA)
Not bloody likely. Anyone who has played through a Pokemon game knows that it can take a VERY long time / lot of dedication. (In hindsight, Pokemon requires a LOT of grinding. Not sure how we all put so many hours into it as kids. . . ) Just in hopes of beating other games, probably won't be happening.
* Marvel Ultimate Alliance (360)
Quite Likely. Ultimate Alliance is by no means hard or long, it just requires people with enough perserverance to play it through. Ryan bailed out on our original grouping (never seemed too interested in it), but Adam and Beka's new roomie Jason is more than a bit of a gamer / comic nerd. I could see him joining us to finish this.
* Rock Band 2 (360)
The band has gone their separate ways for the moment, needing to overcome apathy before they can reunite. Worst case scenario however could see the Bassist Edge (or possibly even guitarist Ziff Thunderbolt) completing solo mode just for backloggery standards sake. Chances are high of this one at least being technically 'beaten' before 2010.
* Persona 3 (PS2)
Not likely at all. I'm probably halfway or so through this game, with the end not really in sight. (At least, with me wanting to finish the Dark Tower on my first time through)
* Deus Ex: The Invisible War (PC)
Oh god, do I still have my save. . . ? If so, Very doable. This game will not escape me a second time.
* Left 4 Dead (PC)
I need but request "the guys" come back together for one playthrough of the final campaign. Even if I don't technically survive, I'll have experienced all 4 Episodes and can mark this beaten in my book. Outlook good.
* Devil May Cry 2
Most Likely. Would require a couple days of powering at absolute tops to finish.
There are a number of other titles I could think on, but this is a list I required a while ago. As such I'll worry about completing set goals for the time being. I feel that come new year's day on 2010 I'll compile a list of gaming goals for that year. (2010 will be quite beastly with all of the new games due to recent sales. . . )
-Ed Kun Out-
Issues in Game Completion
Hi blogspot. How are you? I know I've been gone for a while. I hope you can forgive me. Are we cool now? We are? Glad to hear it.
I was just speaking with a friend not too long ago about games we've both recently played, and it reminded me of a couple issues I have in completing games. I already know that were it not for these issues I'd probably have a lot more games done, but it's something I'm slowly working towards and having trouble with nonetheless.
The first issue has to do with 'sequels'. For example:
I have not beaten the original Half Life. I saved in a bad spot, lost my save, and now don't want to have to re-play the beginning yet again just to catch up with where I was. (More on this in a bit) For this reason however, I have completely neglected Half Life 2, and both of it's Episodes. (Now granted I own them, and even did before buying the Orange Box. At the same time I have yet to play them)
I have the full intent of getting to and beating these games some day, as I've heard amazing things and I am a fan of the genre anyway. The problem lies in the fact that I feel I should not be touching the sequel without playing the original first. If you had never seen the original Star Wars Trilogy, would you start on 'The Empire Strikes Back' without watching 'A New Hope' first? While I realize most games don't share quite this level of continuity between sequels, there's still a lot of content that can be missed (plot, running jokes, homeages, etc) by not playing the original first. Another factor that comes to mind is that often times you cannot fully appreciate a game without having played it's predecessors. One thing that made WarCraft 3 so amazing for me was just getting to see the progression and where we had come gameplay wise across the WarCraft series, culminating in 3. (I had a similar experience with Command & Conquer 3 as well upon its release)
Now granted, this indeed has kept me from a number of titles in my collection. (I feel bad playing through more of C&C3 when I haven't beaten the original and Tiberian Sun. The aforementioned Half Life is another, Doom 2 before Doom 3, and Quake 2 before Quake 4 for another example.) It gets particularly out of hand when I start to apply the "spiritual sequel" thought process. Even though it's a completely different world / universe / plot and has a lot of differing gameplay, I can't help but tether Mass Effect to KotOR. Both are very sci-fi Bioware RPGs with somewhat similar playstyle and mechanics, with KotOR having pioneered much of Mass Effect's playstyle.
That said, I'm getting close to finally going through with Mass Effect anyway (since there isn't too much if anything I'd need KotOR finished to appreciate) so hopefully this'll be slightly less of a concern.
The second issue stems from co-op enabled games.
I can honestly say that co-op experiences are my favorite in video gaming. Any time that you can team up with friends towards a common goal and see the result of teamwork happening is an accomplishment and feeling that few can match. The social interaction that comes from multiple players all working together (imo) elevates the gameplay to a whole new level.
It's for that reason that I have great difficulty playing co-op games alone. I can start up a game such as Gauntlet, X-Men Legends, Ultimate Alliance, or Rock Band. I can play it for a bit, but I know that I'm really depriving myself of so much entertainment and fun I (and others) could be having if I were playing it with friends at the same time. Sure I -could- beat it alone, but why bother when it would be much more enjoyable doing so with others?
It's for this reason that I find myself having not yet "beaten" Rock Band, Ultimate Alliance on 360, Gauntlet, and others. In such cases I try to hold out for 3 (or preferably 4) players so we can get the maximum value out of the game in terms of co-op experience. The problem just comes in with trying to get 4 people together who all want to play this game at a given point in time. . . (much like card games, tabletop games, and the like)
The last issue is one I think strikes a lot more players than my first two. Not wanting to replay segments.
Earlier I mentioned having played a ways into Half-Life, and then losing my save. (Forgot to back up during a reformat) Getting to other Half Life titles isn't a remote problem assuming I just jump back in and replay it, right? Well, problem is that I've played through the opening few hours quite a number of times. I guess part of it is just being sick of the same old scenery and wanting to jump right back to where I was (without the use of cheat codes).
This problem in particular has kept me from finishing Half Life, Jedi Knight, Neverwinter Nights (ESPECIALLY this one), and Morrowind among others. Is it really that difficult? No, but after having experienced opening areas in a game plenty of times, it often feels more like a chore than playing a game to have to replay through them yet again. I am fortunate however that with some games, a long period of time allows the beginning to feel fresh and new again. It's for this reason that I'm contemplating picking back up the original NWN or KotOR yet again in the future.
Now there are exceptions to these general issues. I had a blast playing through X-Men Legends 2 with 3 friends, while having barely touched the original. (For the record, XML2 is in my top 10 of gaming) WarCraft 3 and C&C3 are titles I was also willing to try, not having completed the prior to games. Even so though, these are issues that I know I just need to work on so that I can experience some truly great games.
I was just speaking with a friend not too long ago about games we've both recently played, and it reminded me of a couple issues I have in completing games. I already know that were it not for these issues I'd probably have a lot more games done, but it's something I'm slowly working towards and having trouble with nonetheless.
The first issue has to do with 'sequels'. For example:
I have not beaten the original Half Life. I saved in a bad spot, lost my save, and now don't want to have to re-play the beginning yet again just to catch up with where I was. (More on this in a bit) For this reason however, I have completely neglected Half Life 2, and both of it's Episodes. (Now granted I own them, and even did before buying the Orange Box. At the same time I have yet to play them)
I have the full intent of getting to and beating these games some day, as I've heard amazing things and I am a fan of the genre anyway. The problem lies in the fact that I feel I should not be touching the sequel without playing the original first. If you had never seen the original Star Wars Trilogy, would you start on 'The Empire Strikes Back' without watching 'A New Hope' first? While I realize most games don't share quite this level of continuity between sequels, there's still a lot of content that can be missed (plot, running jokes, homeages, etc) by not playing the original first. Another factor that comes to mind is that often times you cannot fully appreciate a game without having played it's predecessors. One thing that made WarCraft 3 so amazing for me was just getting to see the progression and where we had come gameplay wise across the WarCraft series, culminating in 3. (I had a similar experience with Command & Conquer 3 as well upon its release)
Now granted, this indeed has kept me from a number of titles in my collection. (I feel bad playing through more of C&C3 when I haven't beaten the original and Tiberian Sun. The aforementioned Half Life is another, Doom 2 before Doom 3, and Quake 2 before Quake 4 for another example.) It gets particularly out of hand when I start to apply the "spiritual sequel" thought process. Even though it's a completely different world / universe / plot and has a lot of differing gameplay, I can't help but tether Mass Effect to KotOR. Both are very sci-fi Bioware RPGs with somewhat similar playstyle and mechanics, with KotOR having pioneered much of Mass Effect's playstyle.
That said, I'm getting close to finally going through with Mass Effect anyway (since there isn't too much if anything I'd need KotOR finished to appreciate) so hopefully this'll be slightly less of a concern.
The second issue stems from co-op enabled games.
I can honestly say that co-op experiences are my favorite in video gaming. Any time that you can team up with friends towards a common goal and see the result of teamwork happening is an accomplishment and feeling that few can match. The social interaction that comes from multiple players all working together (imo) elevates the gameplay to a whole new level.
It's for that reason that I have great difficulty playing co-op games alone. I can start up a game such as Gauntlet, X-Men Legends, Ultimate Alliance, or Rock Band. I can play it for a bit, but I know that I'm really depriving myself of so much entertainment and fun I (and others) could be having if I were playing it with friends at the same time. Sure I -could- beat it alone, but why bother when it would be much more enjoyable doing so with others?
It's for this reason that I find myself having not yet "beaten" Rock Band, Ultimate Alliance on 360, Gauntlet, and others. In such cases I try to hold out for 3 (or preferably 4) players so we can get the maximum value out of the game in terms of co-op experience. The problem just comes in with trying to get 4 people together who all want to play this game at a given point in time. . . (much like card games, tabletop games, and the like)
The last issue is one I think strikes a lot more players than my first two. Not wanting to replay segments.
Earlier I mentioned having played a ways into Half-Life, and then losing my save. (Forgot to back up during a reformat) Getting to other Half Life titles isn't a remote problem assuming I just jump back in and replay it, right? Well, problem is that I've played through the opening few hours quite a number of times. I guess part of it is just being sick of the same old scenery and wanting to jump right back to where I was (without the use of cheat codes).
This problem in particular has kept me from finishing Half Life, Jedi Knight, Neverwinter Nights (ESPECIALLY this one), and Morrowind among others. Is it really that difficult? No, but after having experienced opening areas in a game plenty of times, it often feels more like a chore than playing a game to have to replay through them yet again. I am fortunate however that with some games, a long period of time allows the beginning to feel fresh and new again. It's for this reason that I'm contemplating picking back up the original NWN or KotOR yet again in the future.
Now there are exceptions to these general issues. I had a blast playing through X-Men Legends 2 with 3 friends, while having barely touched the original. (For the record, XML2 is in my top 10 of gaming) WarCraft 3 and C&C3 are titles I was also willing to try, not having completed the prior to games. Even so though, these are issues that I know I just need to work on so that I can experience some truly great games.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Let's take a step back. . .
Looking over the blog here, I re-found my Scheduling post. (Figuring out many games to play in such short time) Just for shits n' giggles, let's see how that turned out!
Wolfenstein 3D :
Got all the way to Episode 6, and then hit a brick wall. Episode 6 is pretty damn beastly, just have to get back into the swing of things.
* Devil May Cry 3:
Huzzah, beaten! =D Something productive did come from this list!
* Devil May Cry 2:
Been too lazy to put on PS2 HDD. Beating this by 2010 will be no challenge though.
* Sonic 3 & Knuckles :
S&K did come out on XBLA, and I do own it. That said, haven't had the chance lately to sit down and play it for fun. Full run is definitely on the to-do list.
Comix Zone :
. . . fucking hard. . . D: Need to just put more time into it.
Gunstar Heroes :
See Comix Zone. Needing to draft a second player for co-op assistance. . .
BlazBlue - Calamity Trigger:
Yeah. . . it was pretty much as amazing as I'd expected. Maybe even a little moreso. Still playing.
Operation Darkness:
Yeah. . . BlazBlue happened.
Disgaea 2 :
Still need to get back to this.
Hellboy: The Science of Evil :
Still need to get back to it.
Knights of the Old Republic :
It waits to be returned to. . .
Mass Effect :
Kotor still unbeaten. . .
Perfect Dark: Zero :
Went ahead and found a copy! Not that great, but not really as horrible as I'd expected. Back burner material.
Perfect Dark:
Looking pretty amazing in terms of the updated textures. Sadly though, still not out. =(
Ok, so next time! My plan for attacking my Unbeaten %!
Wolfenstein 3D :
Got all the way to Episode 6, and then hit a brick wall. Episode 6 is pretty damn beastly, just have to get back into the swing of things.
* Devil May Cry 3:
Huzzah, beaten! =D Something productive did come from this list!
* Devil May Cry 2:
Been too lazy to put on PS2 HDD. Beating this by 2010 will be no challenge though.
* Sonic 3 & Knuckles :
S&K did come out on XBLA, and I do own it. That said, haven't had the chance lately to sit down and play it for fun. Full run is definitely on the to-do list.
Comix Zone :
. . . fucking hard. . . D: Need to just put more time into it.
Gunstar Heroes :
See Comix Zone. Needing to draft a second player for co-op assistance. . .
BlazBlue - Calamity Trigger:
Yeah. . . it was pretty much as amazing as I'd expected. Maybe even a little moreso. Still playing.
Operation Darkness:
Yeah. . . BlazBlue happened.
Disgaea 2 :
Still need to get back to this.
Hellboy: The Science of Evil :
Still need to get back to it.
Knights of the Old Republic :
It waits to be returned to. . .
Mass Effect :
Kotor still unbeaten. . .
Perfect Dark: Zero :
Went ahead and found a copy! Not that great, but not really as horrible as I'd expected. Back burner material.
Perfect Dark:
Looking pretty amazing in terms of the updated textures. Sadly though, still not out. =(
Ok, so next time! My plan for attacking my Unbeaten %!
>= 50% D:
When we last left this blog, I was mulling over different things with the possibility of a job looming on the horizon. Well, things all worked out! I am (yet again) employed with Salem Keizer Public Schools, providing IT Support for its staff~! While it's not programming, it's still a very tech related job that I enjoy and am paid to do. All things considered, I'm pretty happy about all this.
Thus with monies and paychecks comes new goodies. I've finally carried through on one of my long term planned gaming purchases and gotten myself a Wii! With it, I'm now actually able to play those Wii games I got before, let alone some goodies I've missed over the years it's been out. (i hear there's some in that vast sea of crap)
I know many gamers who look at their Wii with disgust, saying how it has gathered dust in the past number of months due to nothing worthwhile being on it. I can most certainly see their argument (I agree that most of the library is crap cash-ins on a successful system and gimmick) but feel I'll be holding the console in a different light.
For me, owning a Wii will be the first time that I (legitimately) own any Nintendo console. Part of the excitement in this case is going back and playing NGC, N64, SNES, and NES titles that I missed out on not ever owning a Nintendo system growing up. Sure there have been emulators I've used for some titles, but it doesn't have the same feel as legitimately owning a game: be it on cart or a digital copy.
So that all said, the Wii is definitely providing me a whole new venue of enjoying gaming that I've missed out on the past decade or two. What's the inherent problem of this?
New games!
In my rush to make use of my new toy, I've gone out and purchased a new Wii title or two, as well as GameCube games I'd wanted before. My unbeaten games % has risen above 50%, and this is simply not acceptable.
Tune in next entry, when I lay out my plan of attack for fighting back against that unbeaten %!
Thus with monies and paychecks comes new goodies. I've finally carried through on one of my long term planned gaming purchases and gotten myself a Wii! With it, I'm now actually able to play those Wii games I got before, let alone some goodies I've missed over the years it's been out. (i hear there's some in that vast sea of crap)
I know many gamers who look at their Wii with disgust, saying how it has gathered dust in the past number of months due to nothing worthwhile being on it. I can most certainly see their argument (I agree that most of the library is crap cash-ins on a successful system and gimmick) but feel I'll be holding the console in a different light.
For me, owning a Wii will be the first time that I (legitimately) own any Nintendo console. Part of the excitement in this case is going back and playing NGC, N64, SNES, and NES titles that I missed out on not ever owning a Nintendo system growing up. Sure there have been emulators I've used for some titles, but it doesn't have the same feel as legitimately owning a game: be it on cart or a digital copy.
So that all said, the Wii is definitely providing me a whole new venue of enjoying gaming that I've missed out on the past decade or two. What's the inherent problem of this?
New games!
In my rush to make use of my new toy, I've gone out and purchased a new Wii title or two, as well as GameCube games I'd wanted before. My unbeaten games % has risen above 50%, and this is simply not acceptable.
Tune in next entry, when I lay out my plan of attack for fighting back against that unbeaten %!
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Try try again
I just finished watching 15-20 minutes or so of work and 2 pages of summing up my life vanish, due to Facebook (or Firefox. Not sure who) being a complete fuckwad. This honestly doesn't please me in the least, but I feel like talking (wangsting?) too much to leave empty handed. That said, I'm going to post this on a site that at least has the common fucking sense to make periodic auto draft saves. Thank you google for being superior to facebook. (As if there were doubt)
Now for the summarized version:
EDIT --
Note to self. Write follow-up to game scheduling post. Really is interesting to see how my game choice + playing has diverged from or followed previously laid out plans.
-Ed Kun Out-
Now for the summarized version:
- Want to draw. Very badly, but absolutely 0 motivation / inspiration. IE my muse is gone once again, at least for tonight. Her and I need to work out some sort of schedule so we both feel like working on the same nights, and thus no more "want to draw but no muse" or "muse is there, but bad time can't draw".
- Want very badly to find my headphones again. I miss being able to lay in bed, listening to music on Jack. (my Zune)
- Tried Dissidia on PSP. Feel it lacks balance in some areas (I RAGE every time I'm halfway close to winning then the computer is able to pretty much kill me in one combo for stupid reasons) but is an overall fun product. Played Cloud first (Hype aside, FF7 is still amazing) then switched to Ultimecia. She's hard to play but fun, and looks wicked awesome junctioned with Griever.
- Ken may be coming up to visit Salem for his birthday. Could be a lot of fun between 40k, FMA Brotherhood to watch, Bubble Bobble Neo (on XBLA), and discussing Horde guild politics. (ie bullshitting at sharis with milkshakes) Sadly no XBLA Perfect Dark to coop yet.
- Apparently have another temp job with SalKeiz lined up. If it works out and does happen, I'll be very very very happy. I'm in need of money both to feel better about college bills, as well as having money to spend on unnecessary fun things. I'll be feeling a lot more worthwhile in life though should this all happen.
- On the topic of feeling happy about life, still very much single with no idea how to remedy this. Still have some really off nights where it really gets to me, though not as often as I could (have them) I suppose. Regardless, really need to find a femme soon. =\ Probably one of the biggest downers for life at this point in time.
EDIT --
Note to self. Write follow-up to game scheduling post. Really is interesting to see how my game choice + playing has diverged from or followed previously laid out plans.
-Ed Kun Out-
Saturday, June 6, 2009
The Great Scheduling
As with most gamers, I have more than my fair share of games that are unbeaten and need completion in one form or another. I included this comic ( (c) Penny-Arcade.com ) because quite honestly I feel I can relate. I have a mountain of games already to play and beat, with only more coming right around the corner. So in lieu of needing something new blogwise, I decided to have some fun and try to (at least with words) map out my gaming schedule.First 'checkpoint' of sorts is June.29.2009, the release date for BlazBlue on 360. Seeing as how I've been awaiting this game for the better part of 3 years now, I can safely say that once it's released I'll be playing VERY few other things.
-- Playing Prior to June.30.2009 --
* Wolfenstein 3D :
All things considered, I'm now halfway through the game and have had it for half a week or so. While I may not have it done before June 29th, I know beating it will be no problem at all. (Much love for this game btw. I'm glad I found a good version to buy, after growing up on it. =) )
* Devil May Cry 3:
Beating DMC4 recently reminded me I need to finish up this series. DMC3 is easily the hardest left for me to do, so I'm going to try and power through that. Seeing as how I'm now on Mission 15 of 20, I don't think it'll be too hard. . .
* Devil May Cry 2:
Might as well finish the series. This will be a cakewalk, as DMC2 was remarkably easier than the rest of the series. I can then take pride in having finished the whole series.
* Sonic 3 & Knuckles :
These goodies are being released on LIVE Arcade in less than a week. (At least Sonic 3 is, not sure when S&K is out) While not hard and not unbeaten, I still love em dearly and will be playing them a bit.
* Comix Zone :
Yet more Genesis XBLA goodness. One of my fave Genesis games, but very hard. This could be tough to beat in time.
* Gunstar Heroes :
See Comix Zone. Thankfully not as hard.
--- June.30.2009 ---
BlazBlue is released. I will be trying to not only pick up a new system, but to take my time and fully enjoy new sights, sounds, a new story environment, etc. I will be trying to get absolute maximum enjoyment from this possible. In addition, time will most likely be spent learning a competitive level of play, and sparring with Ryan + Adam.
--- Past June.30.2009 ---
Not necessarily after I'm "done" with BlazBlue (as i feel this won't happen for a VERY VERY long time) but moreso in between sessions, and once i've started playing it not as often.
* Operation Darkness:
Fun now that I'm getting back into it. I put this one after Blazblue however, because there's no physical way possible I'll be finishing it before the 29th. If i can clear it at least once though, I'll feel happy and that the money was well spent. That said, i may skip optional missions for the sake of clearing it quickly.
* Disgaea 2 :
I'm so close to the end I can taste it. I might as well do that last grinding stretch (since i Transmigrated iirc) and finish her up, then doing the sidequests (or not) on PSP once that's out.
*Hellboy: The Science of Evil :
Was having a lot of fun with it, just need to get back into the game.
* Knights of the Old Republic :
I own Mass Effect now, and i've seen how pretty + fun it looks. That said, I want to finish KotoR first. I know once I get back into it, i'll enjoy playing. Just have to catch back up to where I was.
* Mass Effect :
See Kotor.
* Perfect Dark: Zero :
Perfect Dark has been confirmed for Winter of 09, and with it a good chunk of my time. (See below) That said, I've recently tried the PD:Zero demo and found myself having some fun with it. I may very well go ahead and pick up PD:Zero, playing it a bit (ie beating it) in preparation for my reunion with Perfect Dark. =)
--- Winter 09 ---
As of some time Winter 09, Perfect Dark will be released. I feel this will have a very similar effect to when BlazBlue is released in terms of sheer time I will put into it. Hopefully I will have more games done by then so I don't feel so neglectful.
That said, that's just about everything I can foresee in the near future gaming wise. It'll be interesting to see how closely I can follow all of this. =)
-Ed Kun Out
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