Blog Banter: New Years Devolution
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A gaming new year is a happy new year, as someone once told me. I can’t particularly remember who that character was, or if in fact that character even exists. Heck, for all I know I could have gone on a wild drug binge over christmas and materialized a cavalcade of imaginary friendships… The fictional ones are nice… They understand me… NO, Louis! Snap out of that unfortunate dungeon you call insanity! The doctors don’t need to see you again so soon into the new year. You did promise you’d change, after all. And, alas, so I must. And with this subject of change comes the opportunity for new directives and the indulgence in new passions.
I see gaming becoming an even greater part of my life in this, the year ending eight. O-seven was a big one, arguably one of the greatest. We were treated to an incomprehensible influx of A-star titles, across a range of platforms, and if you weren’t borderline bankrupt by the time Christmas took hold you were no kind of gamer. This unrelenting and consistently sustained attack set the market on fire, but with such quality there’s a foreboding sense of vacancy on the horizon. We can’t have fantastic periods like this every season, after all. So now we must adjust to the idea of making the most of the games we’ve been spoiled over. This is where my new years gaming resolution steps through the narrative door with a healthy swagger, as my vow is now to invest a little more of my energies into those incredible titles I’ve missed on past generations of console. I’ve neglected entire platforms, and missed potentially fantastic experiences. As a Playstation devotee, I saw no need for offerings from the Microsoft and Nintendo camps. I therefore missed the Gamecube boat, and that XBOX airship was far beyond reach. I plan to unearth those old chestnuts that evaded me, however, and experience those moments missed. 2008 will be a retrospective year for Lou, I think, and one with prospects to look back on, as well as forward to.
bs angel wrote:
That’s actually an awesome resolution, I like that. It will save some money in your pocket as those games and consoles are definitely cheaper than the super expensive current gen stuff. What titles are you going to start with?
Posted 05 Jan 2008 at 6:23 pm ¶
Cat wrote:
But can you resist the temptation of the current gen?
A GameCube is definitely on my list as well. But then again it has been for several years…
Posted 06 Jan 2008 at 7:14 am ¶
Lou wrote:
bs angel: thank you very much!
economical AND educational; how can one go wrong! I think I might hunt down a Gamecube. I’m a huge fan of the Resident Evil’s, and would like to sample Zero and the RE1 remake that was made. Also, of course, the Zelda games definitely remain on the agenda.
Cat: I can’t resist the temptation, no. But I’m not counting out the current gen altogether, I’d just like to weigh out time between the two generations more evenly, and make as much as I can of things I’ve missed.
Posted 06 Jan 2008 at 8:51 am ¶
bs angel wrote:
Aaahhh, … RE and Zelda. Nice! I bet you’ll have a good time with this.
Posted 06 Jan 2008 at 11:17 am ¶
Silvercube wrote:
Yeah, I missed out on some classics too.
I’m currently playing some old Xbox games.. and maybe one day play some PS1 games I missed out on.
Posted 06 Jan 2008 at 6:36 pm ¶
Zath wrote:
Interesting, I’m not sure I could do this, mind you had trouble finding time to play my Gamecube 3 years ago when I got it.
It then spent 3 years sat in a cupboard until I gave it to a friend to play last week.
Check out my Gaming Resolution and you’ll see that it’s based on this kind of waste!
Posted 06 Jan 2008 at 8:14 pm ¶