I used to pride myself on my ability to complete games no matter their quality or length. If I started a game I was going to finish it, no matter what. Slowly, as my tastes broadened and I started buying more games, I realised I no longer had the attention span or, in some cases, the time to complete a lot of the games I’d bought. Soon, I got into University and found I had even less time to play games, especially those that required a significant investment into either the story or the mechanics to be fun and I eventually found myself playing 1 or 2 hours of a game and then putting it back in its box (or digital locker) and never picking it back up again. Now, I’m done with University, 3 years of my life that I’ll probably look back on with a lot of fondness. I’ve got time to burn and I intend on doing just that. So, with that out of the way, I present to you my Pile of Shame. (There are no Steam/PC games here because I don’t have a PC capable of running a lot of them)

1. Alpha Protocol (PS3)

2. Dragon Age 2 (360)

3. Lost Odyssey (360)

4. Resonance of Fate (360)

5. Warhammer 40000: Space Marine (360)

6. Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet (XBLA)

7. Darksiders (360)

8. Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts (360)

9. God Of War 3 (PS3)

10. Persona 3: FES (PSN)

11. Fatal Frame/Project Zero (PSN)

12. Condemned 2 (360)

13. Demon’s Souls (PS3)

14. Beyond Good and Evil (XBLA)

15. Dead Nation (PSN)

16. Alan Wake’s American Nightmare (XBLA)

17. Swarm (XBLA)

18. Splosion Man (XBLA)

19. Dark Souls (360)

20. Dust: An Elysian Tail (XBLA)

21. Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X (360)

22. Alone in the Dark (360)

Beautiful, isn’t it? I’m not 100% sure how to approach this if I’m honest. I was considering doing them in alphabetical order or perhaps as they are listed here (which was completely random, I just listed games as soon as I remembered them), however I may just end up hand picking games just so that I don’t get stuck with 3 ridiculously long RPGs in a row.

Whichever way I end up choosing what to play, I intend to finish each and every one.

I decided on a couple of rules which should make keep it interesting for myself and you, the reader, if you choose to continue reading my blogs on this endeavour.

Rule 1: If I start a game I must play it at least once every day until it is finished

Rule 2: I can start any number of games and play them simultaneously but Rule 1 still applies for each of them

With all of that said I sincerely hope you join me for next week’s edition where I’ll have chosen my game selection method and have started at least one of the games on the list.

P.S If any super cool dudes want to provide a banner image for this that would be awesome, I don't have photoshop and even if I did I doubt I could produce anything that I'd be happy putting up here.