Pile of Shame 2013 / Wishlist / A Miserable Little Pile of Shameful Wishes

Most people only start to feel shameful after drinking too much on New Year's Eve, or perhaps after a huge Christmas dinner, but I'm getting an early start. For this week, leading up to the 25th, I've been busily playing all the excellent Indie games I missed to ensure I'm not leaving anyone out of the GOTY list. It occurs to me that there were simply way too many excellent downloadable games this year to get through them all this month, or at least with the amount of time and attention they deserve.

Instead, I'm making a list of all the games I intend to play through next year, in case I don't manage to beat them by the end of this one.

Hmm, I could've just said "It's like my Pile of Shame 2012 list, but for 2013" and saved myself some typing. A pox on this pernicious prolixity! I'm adding "discover what 'brevity is the soul of wit' means" to my list of resolutions.

[This List is now out of date, what with it not being 2013 any more. The new hotness can be found here.]

List items

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  1. Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies

  Part of the "I started this game, I should really finish it" series.

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  2. Trials Evolution

  Part of the "I started this game, I should really finish it" series.

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  3. Yakuza 3

  Part of the "I want to play the newer entries in this franchise, I should go back and ensure I'm up to date" series.

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  4. Fortune Summoners: Secret of the Elemental Stone

  Part of the "This was a gift, so I ought to play it and write about it as a thank you" series. (Thanks omghisam!)

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  5. Disciples II: Dark Prophecy

  Part of the "This was a gift, so I ought to play it and write about it as a thank you" series. (Thanks ArbitraryWater!)

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  6. Back to the Future

  Part of the "This was a gift, so I ought to play it and write about it as a thank you" series. (Thanks Kap!)

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  7. Deadly Premonition

  Part of the "I bought this game and meant to write about this year, but next year will have to do instead" series.

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  8. No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle

  Part of the "Wii games I want to beat before switching to the Wii U" series.

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  9. FlingSmash

  Part of the "Wii games I want to beat before switching to the Wii U" series.

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  10. Another Code: R - A Journey into Lost Memories

  Part of the "Wii games I want to beat before switching to the Wii U" series.

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  11. Tiny and Big: Grandpa's Leftovers

  Part of the "2012 Indie Game of the Year nominee that I ought to (have) play (played) in 2012" series.

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  12. Retro City Rampage

  Part of the "2012 Indie Game of the Year nominee that I ought to (have) play (played) in 2012" series.

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  13. Tokyo Jungle

  Part of the "2012 Indie Game of the Year nominee that I ought to (have) play (played) in 2012" series.

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  14. Black Knight Sword

  Part of the "2012 Indie Game of the Year nominee that I ought to (have) play (played) in 2012" series.

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  15. Rainbow Moon

  Part of the "2012 Indie Game of the Year nominee that I ought to (have) play (played) in 2012" series.

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  16. Legend of Grimrock

  Part of the "2012 Indie Game of the Year nominee that I ought to (have) play (played) in 2012" series.

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  17. Botanicula

  Part of the "2012 Indie Game of the Year nominee that I ought to (have) play (played) in 2012" series.

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  18. Primordia

  Part of the "2012 Indie Game of the Year nominee that I ought to (have) play (played) in 2012" series.

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  19. Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two

  Part of the "Xmas presents are a thing" series.

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  20. Persona 4 Arena

  Part of the "I want to witness for myself the cutscene where Chie threatens to eat Yosuke in a not-friendly cannibal way" series.