Keeping Promises is Hard

I started a blog on 1up.com on how I was going to only play my current collection of games and nothing else for the year of 2010. That meant no new purchases, vintage purchases, or even going within 50 feet on a game I never played before, until I "completed" all the unfinished games in my collection; which is a lot (around 50). 
 
Then came Father's Day and my gift: a Gamefly account. And not only the one game at a time rental but two! My fiance knew of my quest, why she tempted me to break it with Gamefly I will never know. My streak is now broken. I managed to make it almost half a year playing only games I owned. I had a great time doing it, but now I have a much greater purpose. Since I technically won't be spending money on any new games I play (one of the reasons for such an arduous task was to save money by not purchasing anything new) the Gamefly catalog is my oyster. So I devised not one but several new challenges for myself for the rest of the year. Hopefully, I'll keep these new promises much better than my old one. 
 
Stay tuned, as I will blog about my new adventures in the world of gaming.

I started a blog on 1up.com on how I was going to only play my current collection of games and nothing else for the year of 2010. That meant no new purchases, vintage purchases, or even going within 50 feet on a game I never played before, until I "completed" all the unfinished games in my collection; which is a lot (around 50). 
 
Then came Father's Day and my gift: a Gamefly account. And not only the one game at a time rental but two! My fiance knew of my quest, why she tempted me to break it with Gamefly I will never know. My streak is now broken. I managed to make it almost half a year playing only games I owned. I had a great time doing it, but now I have a much greater purpose. Since I technically won't be spending money on any new games I play (one of the reasons for such an arduous task was to save money by not purchasing anything new) the Gamefly catalog is my oyster. So I devised not one but several new challenges for myself for the rest of the year. Hopefully, I'll keep these new promises much better than my old one. 
 
Stay tuned, as I will blog about my new adventures in the world of gaming.

I wish I could use Gamefly.  Sounds like a pretty neat system if you finish games relatively quickly (and even if you don't).

I would use gamefly if I could stream 'em like netflix.  Now you get to see what you've missed, I recommend Mass Effect 2.   

Thank God you haven't gone on Steam recently. Those game deals have maxed out many a poor gamer's credit card.

" Thank God you haven't gone on Steam recently. Those game deals have maxed out many a poor gamer's credit card. "

"I would use gamefly if I could stream 'em like netflix.  Now you get to see what you've missed, I recommend Mass Effect 2.    "

Gamefly is the tits. Though I would often find myself in the same predicament as your one of unfinished games in your collection.  I see all these games I wanna get to as they release and in time for future releases to where finishing them starts to become like homework. :P  It's a shame.  At least it's not as bad as buying them all, but oh the lost time spent on merely decent games.  I've got it together nowadays though. It's made me seriously think about how and why I play games. :P