Saturday, August 8, 2009

Pile Of Shame - Video Game Edition

I became aware of the term 'Pile of Shame' through the excellent Gamers With Jobs podcast/website/forums. I do believe the term originated elsewhere, perhaps over at 1up as some have suggested. In my definition, the pile of shame refers to the stack of media I have spent money on, but haven't consumed yet. In these tough economic times, I am going to endeavor to shrink my piles of shame. It makes sense to go back and play games I have already spent money on before spending money on new games. This is partly motivated by a lack of games coming out that really interest me. The only game scheduled for this year that I am dying to play is Dragon Age Origins. My plan is to make that my only video game purchase for myself for the rest of the year. At the same time, I am going to attempt to keep playing the games I already own. So, let's take a look at what games I own, haven't finished, and might possibly play. If you see one of your favorites here, be sure to mention it and I will maybe move it to the top of the stack.

Xbox 360
Fallout 3 Downloadable Content (I have played about 100 hours of Fallout 3, but haven't touched any of the FOUR expansions.)
Fable II (I played quite a bit, but I was mildly disappointed in the game. I need to play it some more.)
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (i have put tons of hours in, but still haven't finished the expansion)
Overlord (half finished)
Banjo Kazooie: Nuts And Bolts (10% finished)
Enchanted Arms (never played)
Just Cause (60% finished)
The Orange Box: Portal (never played)
The Orange Box: Half Life (barely started)
Viva Pinata (not played nearly enough)

Xbox Live Arcade
Peggle
Magic The Gathering

Xbox
Armed and Dangerous
Beyond Good and Evil
Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Grand Theft Auto San Andreas (60% finished)
Oddworld Munch's Oddysee
Oddworld Strangers Wrath
Panzer Dragoon Orta
Shenmue II
XIII (50% finished)

Playstation 2
The Bard's Tale (10% finished)
Bully (50% finshed)
Final Fantasy X
The Getaway
God Of War
Ico
Jak II
Jak 3
Katamari Damacy
Kingdom Hearts II
Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil
Shadow Of The Colossus
Sly 2: Band of Thieves
Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves
Suikoden IV
Viewtiful Joe 2

Playstation
Final Fantasy I
Final Fantasy II
Final Fantasy IX
The Legend of Dragoon
Oddworld Abe's Exoddus
Oddworld Abe's Oddysee
The X-Files

Gamecube
iNinja
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (50% finished)
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
Tales Of Symphonia (60% finished)
Viewtiful Joe

Gameboy
Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney
Metal Gear Solid

PC
Mount & Blade
King's Bounty: The Legend
Far Cry
World Of Goo
Dark Messiah Might & Magic
Tomb Raider: Anniversary

1 comment:

Ryann said...

Get to work! Chop chop!