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Alright, I've been keeping track of games I've played (old and new). I'm counting December 2014 as part of 2015, because I loved Talos Principle and feel that December games typically get the shaft. Things listed in rough order of enjoyment / anticipation.

2015 games I have played end enjoyed:

• Splatoon - Who would have thought Nintendo would make a great online multiplayer shooter?
• Kerbal Space Program - All about that ∆v
• The Talos Principle - I enjoyed the difficulty of puzzles, the variety and layering of mechanics, and the story on top of it.
• Her Story - I liked figuring out things and going further down rabbit holes as my search term ideas yielded developments to my understanding of what happened.
• Sunless Sea - The story parts were great, the atmosphere great, and there was a good amount of the world explained while some left to mystery

Vintage games I have played and enjoyed this year:

• Katamari Damacy / We Love Katamari / Beautiful Katamari - Extremely original mechanic (patented!). Wonderful style and quirkyness. Each of the first three games have something going for them.
• Gitaroo Man - Fun songs, solid rhythm game with fun story. I (lovingly) hate you Sanbone Trio. I actually hate you Gregorio. Very difficult, though that may be due to emulator / monitor.
• Pokémon Snap - Still enjoyable. Kind of annoying how some of the good shots rely on esoteric things that near adventure game logic. Professor Oak is a terrible judge of photography.

Games that are out and I want to play:

• The Witcher 3: The Witchening - Everything I heard is exciting, but early patches made me delay playing this and I haven't taken the chance to play it yet.
• Axiom Verge - I have a Metroid itch that Nintendo won't scratch.
• Hotline Miami 2 - Early complaints of it being more ranged combat and less melee combat made me less interested. Still interested.

Future games that I want to play:

• Return of the Obra Dinn - Murder mysteries excite me. Aesthetic style looks amazing and unique.
• XCOM 2 - Going with the losing ending from 1 is great, I can't wait to blast more aliens.
• Final Fantasy XV - I haven't played a non-MMO Final Fantasy since X-2 (ugh), I'm excited to try out what looks to be a more open world experience with an action oriented combat system.
• The Witness- I love me some puzzles, and this game has got style and puzzles. I hope the puzzles are good.
• Superhot - The style and unique mechanic grabbed me to the point where I had to back it on kickstarter.
• Firewatch - Who can say what it is, but what I've seen has me interested in the story and art.
• The Legend of Zelda Wii U - A Link Between Worlds got me excited about Zelda again, and the idea of an open world Zelda excites me more. I'm ready to love 3D Zelda again.
• Frog Fractions 2 - I have to learn about fractions 2.

For those of you that haven't seen the guitar playing part, type in the search term wind and rain. Watch the first video first, the second video second. Enjoy. I believe this heavily ties into a bunch of plot points.

That little piggy song used just before the start of UPF.

http://us.audionetwork.com/production-music/this-little-piggy_21156.aspx

This here is Merlin circa 2011, a few months old. He's a white long haired german shepherd.

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