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I played a lot of different games today. Most of them annoyed me in different ways, but I was happy to get a bunch of them done and put aside as trade bait. My mission is to pair down my collection as far as possible. I guess my onlly problem is that I sometimes still add games to it like this week when I bought Ys I & II Chronicles for PSP. Here's the pic.

 Forgot to post this on Monday. I got this poster, actually two of them, from some Gamestopers. It's kinda neat. It shows the history of Mario games over their 30 year history. Pretty cool, I say.

2006, a year in which I bought a Xbox 360 because I just had to play Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. It was a nice moment I remember seeing that expansive world for the first time at home. I got into comics starting with The Halo Graphic Novel. From there it was weekly visits to the comic store to pick up all sorts of new stuff. I also starting reading the Halo novels this year and have been ever since. The insane and incredibly entertaining movie Crank came out this year. I still quote from it all the time. I distinctly remember going to the movies to see Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny. It was ok. My favorite song, as happens many a time, was in the credits, the song, The Metal. I guess I could say more, but I think I'll just drop a bunch of top ten (or less) lists. Feelin' kinda down today. 

After revising my short-play list last night, I got down to some new titles today (Monday that is) starting with the Wii. I had my Game Cube controller ready to go for some Game Cube games too. Then it was back to Xbox 360, football and more Xbox. 

I had a half day of gaming today because of family, but that's ok. There's still a bunch of stuff to mention as I continue to churn through my quick-play playlist.  

Firstly, I am Master Chief. By that I mean we are the same age. I heard on IGN's Podcast Unlocked someone casually say that MC was 48. My eyes widened because I just turned that age a week ago. I didn't just go on the podcaster's comment though, I fact checked it on the Halo Wikia page and sure enough, in Halo 5, he is indeed 48. I just hope he isn't killed off in Halo 5. I'd feel a little weird about that. In any case, now I know what I'm going to be for Halloween.

2005. Can you believe right now it's the 10th anniversary of the Xbox 360? I remember getting that system like it was yesterday. 2005 is an interesting year because, for me, I was still playing my original Xbox and there were a load of great games for it . Why is it always the last year of system is its best? Anyway, here's an all-media look at my 2005.

Today I knocked off a bunch of games off my shortest-to-longest playlist. I skipped handheld titles because console is what Mark and I do. I may try to do them next time though, they are piling up on my list. I've gotta hook up my Wii again too. I think I've discovered enough room for it in my rig at Mark's place. 

This week I added a lot more of my collection to my playlist of games arranged by completion time. So a bunch of games got put into my travel pack for Mark's place. Those I finished with will be put in the trade bin to go towards new purchases. I've heard the Amiibo's are more plentiful right now and I'd like to have an Olimar one. 

Maybe you got all gothically moody with Evanescence's Fallen album. Ot started thinking about gaming as a true sport with Halo 2 multiplayer, or got outraged by the GTA: San Andreas "Hot Coffee" scandal. Or maybe you read David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas and hoped it'd be made into a movie, "It'll never happen!", you said. Or maybe you got your apocalyptic paranoia on with The Day After Tomorrow. I experienced none of that. I liked the following: