Everyone loves to do New Year’s resolutions. You get the chance to turn the page on a year full of disappointment and regret and enter a vibrant new period full of promise and hope. Now’s the time to get started on that dream project, lose those extra pounds, go to that place you’ve been meaning to go.
So along with the litany of usual cliched resolutions (exercise more, eat healthier, be more successful), I have a gaming resolution of my own.
In 2010, I resolve at least play every game on my Steam backlog.
Every dedicated gamer has a backlog of games. It happens, there’s just too many games on too many platforms now for a single person to realistically complete. Add in having a job or classes and other personal endeavors and it’s no surprise that most players never beat the majority of the games they play. And these backlogs grow over time. I have games from the Dreamcast/PS2/Gamecube-era that I have yet to fully play through. So each year the pile grows larger and larger.
But since the arrival of Steam (and specifically the insane Steam holiday deals) the ability to pick up multiple games on a whim has grown significantly. In December alone I picked up over 10 new games not including expansions and episodic titles (like the awesome Sam & Max deal). So I have an ever-growing list of games that aren’t just completed, but not even installed on my computer. They sit completely untouched.
So screw that. I spent good money (but not a lot) on getting these games. So over the course of this year I swear that I’ll slowly reduce that backlog by installing and putting in a honest amount of time into each game. I’m not going to beat every game, but I can’t sit here idly with Popcap’s Plants Vs. Zombies mocking me in its gray non-highlighted text.
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