Games you play vs. games you finish

There are really two types of games (ok, there are piles of categories, but go with me here).... there are games you play for the sake of playing much like a board game or sports where there is no real story or narrative and therefore no real finish... then there are games with a definite beginning, middle, and end.

I have come to find that I really play a lot less of the "games you finish". I've been playing through Ico and Metal Gear Solid 3 for ages... both are AMAZING games and truly the height of their craft, but I just don't have too many days where I have 2 or 3 hours straight to devote to a game like that.

The games that I end up playing more are fighting games, shoot em ups, and FPS shooters when there are more people around... generally more arcade style games... I can pick them up and play, sweet!

When I do have the time to actually play through a long game though, I get sucked right in...

Not exactly sure of my point here... but I feel guilty for not making it through so many of these cool, but long games... the "to be played" stack is growing.

Always proof read your work

I was going through some of my game related stuff when I stumbled on this page from a Gamefan magazine.

Hopefully the scan will do it justice, not sure if you can read it or not.. not sure if you should read it or not.... the article is misplaced in the magazine, it's supposed to be about sports but instead it's about an Ace Combat game and it's a bit offensive. I remember finding it really hard to find this issue of Gamefan, turns out it was because they pulled it from most distributors as soon as they noticed the mistake. The next issue had a BIG apology to everyone. Neat bit of crazy history and the end of a game reviewers career... as well as an editors I'm sure.

In Neo Geo news, not much is new... got Samurai Shodown 1 and 4 last week for cheap, so now my machine is mostly all Samurai Shodown which while cool is not the goal... gotta get some variety in there!