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xyzzysqrlSo I mentioned earlier that I had an idea for a thing to do about beating MORE GAMES. I realized, looking at my stacks of random crap, that I -really want- to finish some of this stuff. I was supposed to be dead at thirty, you guys! I should have done it all LONG before now! What is wrong with me? Procrastination ahoy, seriously. Anyway. What I've done is feed all my digitally-held games into a randomizer. Then I came up with some RULES.
Rule 0 - I will play games dictated by random draw ("The Hat", by Harmony Hollow Software) and write about them meaningfully in blog form.
Rule 1 - I should make a good-faith effort to finish each game I start.
Rule 2 - However, some are arcade style, some last forever/are super-long, some are really hard, and some will piss me off enormously or be in a genre I can't stand. As such, after a few hours of gameplay, I can Escape Clause out of a game and go "Y'know, screw this." or "I will come back to this." But I still have to write about it and why I quit.
(Rule 2.5 - For MMOs and online shooters, just playing several hours will do. I can decide to keep playing after that if I like.)
Rule 3 - I can mod games, but they have to remain recognizable. No turning Doom into a third-person turn-based strategy game.
Rule 4 - I will accept gifts. Is there something you want to see me play? Drop it to me on Steam or GoG and it goes IN THE RANDOM PILE with every other game. You may not see it soon, but... I'm grateful if you choose to support this insane plan.
So that makes SENSE, right? That's a thing real people would do. I'M NOT CRAZY, OKAY.
Anyway, to get started, I tried out a random draw.
PIXELJUNK EDEN will be the first game I play through and write about! Aren't you excited?
I sure am, because I have no goddamn idea what this game is or why I own it. *baffled face* Oh well, let's find out... TOGETHER.
Rule 0 - I will play games dictated by random draw ("The Hat", by Harmony Hollow Software) and write about them meaningfully in blog form.
Rule 1 - I should make a good-faith effort to finish each game I start.
Rule 2 - However, some are arcade style, some last forever/are super-long, some are really hard, and some will piss me off enormously or be in a genre I can't stand. As such, after a few hours of gameplay, I can Escape Clause out of a game and go "Y'know, screw this." or "I will come back to this." But I still have to write about it and why I quit.
(Rule 2.5 - For MMOs and online shooters, just playing several hours will do. I can decide to keep playing after that if I like.)
Rule 3 - I can mod games, but they have to remain recognizable. No turning Doom into a third-person turn-based strategy game.
Rule 4 - I will accept gifts. Is there something you want to see me play? Drop it to me on Steam or GoG and it goes IN THE RANDOM PILE with every other game. You may not see it soon, but... I'm grateful if you choose to support this insane plan.
So that makes SENSE, right? That's a thing real people would do. I'M NOT CRAZY, OKAY.
Anyway, to get started, I tried out a random draw.
PIXELJUNK EDEN will be the first game I play through and write about! Aren't you excited?
I sure am, because I have no goddamn idea what this game is or why I own it. *baffled face* Oh well, let's find out... TOGETHER.
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Date: 2012-07-25 02:08 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-07-25 02:20 am (UTC)Also, are you including free games on GoG in your list? I think it'd be great if you played Ultima 4.
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Date: 2012-07-25 02:36 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-07-25 03:43 am (UTC)