Octopus Overlords

Gaming in 2009:The good year
Gaming in 2010: Gaming with the baby
Gaming in 2011 during naps and bedtime
Gaming in 2012 gaming time gets shorter and shorter the more kids we have


Games Finished
Borderlands 2 PC 1/18/2013
Borderlands 2 Captain Scarlett and her Pirate's Booty PC 1/18/2013
Borderlands 2 Mr. Torque's Campaign of Carnage PC 1/18/2013
Farcry 3 PC 2/26/13
Call Of Duty Black Ops 2 PC 3/16/13
Tomb Raider PC 4/20/13
Bioshock Infinite PC 4/24/13
Metro 2033 PC 6/9/13
The Last Of Us PS3 6/30/13
Halo 4 Xbox 360 8/10/13
Splinter Cell Blacklist PC 10/27/13
Grand Theft Auto V Xbox 360 11/23/13
Battlefield 4 PC 12/21/13

Currently Playing
Assassin's Creed III Xbox 360
Borderlands 2 Sir Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt
Darksiders PC
Darksiders II PC
Dead Island PC
Dishonored PC
Don't Starve PC
Madden 2013 Xbox 360
Max Payne 3 PC
Metro Last Light PC
Sang Foid PC
SimCity PC
Sleeping Dogs
Spec Ops: The Line PC
Torchlight II PC
The Darkness PC
The Walking Dead PC
XCom PC

Games I gave up on, but might play later
Assassin's Creed Revolution Xbox 360
BioShock PC
Black Mesa PC
Deus Ex Human Revolution PC
Don't Starve PC
Driver San Francisco PC
Faster Than Light PC
Kingdom of Amular PC
Portal 2 PC
Rage PC
Saints Row: The Third PC
Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity PC
Skyrim PC
Tropico 4 PC
The Witcher 2 PC

Games and crap!

Finished:

Batman: Arkham Asylum (Xbox 360)
Just Cause 2 (Xbox 360)
LA Noire (Xbox 360)
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (PS3)
Borderlands 2 (PC) (Repeat, but with all DLC this time.)
Valkyria Chronicles (PS3)
Black Mesa: Source (PC)
Ni No Kuni (PS3)
Star Wars: Republic Commando (PC)
Dragon's Dogma (PS3)
Shadowrun Returns (PC)
Quantum Conundrum (PS3)
Mass Effect 3 (Xbox 360)
Battlefield 3 (campaign) (PS3)
The Walking Dead, Episode 1 (Vita)

Currently playing:
Unfinished Swan (PS3)
Rift (PC)

Looking back, it seems that I'm moving further away from PC gaming and more toward console gaming. This is largely because my PC isn't able to keep up with gaming anymore, but I'm still having fun.

Finished
Monster Detective
The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing
Diablo III
Path of Exile
Lake House: Silence of the Children
Cognition - Episodes 1-3
Broken Sword 5 - Episode 1

Currently Playing
Cognition

From now on I'll only be listing one "currently playing" title at a time. I'm determined to focus on knocking one thing out before moving to the next.

Finished
The Walking Dead [PC] - 01/05/13
Far Cry 3 [PC] - 01/18/13
Spec Ops: The Line [PC] - 01/21/13
Max Payne 3 [PC] - 02/04/13
Mass Effect 3 [PC] - 04/24/13
Roads of Rome [iOS] - March
Roads of Rome II [iOS] - April
My Kingdom for the Princess [iOS] - May
My Kingdom for the Princess II [iOS] - May
The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing [PC] - June
Sleeping Dogs [PC] - 06/20/13
Costume Quest [PC] - 06/23/13

Currently Playing

Stacking [PC]

My meager accomplishments for 2012...only completed four games, which is by far my least in years. I think there were really two causes for the 'decline'...spending the first half of the year playing nothing but Mass Effect 3 and Skyrim (164 hours!), and having a few distractions in my personal life. I'm hoping to get back into the groove for 2013 though


Finished

Assassin's Creed: Revelations - January 31
Dishonored - February 25
DmC: Devil May Cry (Demon Hunter) - March 19
God of War: Ascension - April 5
The Walking Dead - April 6
Bioshock: Infinite - May 14
Gears of War: Judgment - June 9
The Last of Us - July 7
Tomb Raider - August 24th


In Progress

Rage
The Witcher

Finished
The Witcher 2
Torchlight 2
Thirty Flights of Loving
Gravity Bone
Metro 2033
Borderlands 2 (Commando)
The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing
Little Inferno
Dishonored (high chaos)
Civ 5 + G & K + BNW (multiple replays)
Risen 2 - Dark Waters
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Dungeon Siege III (Reinhart w/ Anjali support)
The Walking Dead
Tomb Raider
The Path
Painkiller: Black
Shadowrun Returns

In Play
Assassin's Creed
Path of Exile (mostly a Ranger)

Played to various degrees ...
Deadlight
FTL
Age of Empires
Age of Empires III
Sang Froid
Don't Starve
System Shock 2
Far Cry 3

Up next?
The Backlog

My list from 2012


Games Finished
Defense Grid: Awakening
Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War
Axel and Pixel - meh, might not be my type of game. -update, this is really not my type of game - I don't even like loading it up, but I'm over half way through and want to finish for some masochistic reason I guess. Well, I finished. 1 painting, 1 paint color, and 5 bones short, but I'm done. Not sure I'm going to go back and find them.


Currently Playing
Shattered Union


Games I gave up on, but might play later
Bastion
Red Faction - Armageddon (need a better computer to play on)

FINISHED:
FTL:Faster Than Light - January
Deus Ex: Human Revolution - February
Tiny and Big: Grandpa's Leftovers - February
Just Cause 2 - March
Civ V (a few games) - March
Mechwarrior Online - Jan thru April
Mark of the Ninja - April
Don't Stave - May
World of Tanks - June thru July
Hotline Miami - July
Dragon Age + DLC - July
Dishonored(High Chaos) - September
Little Inferno - October
Card Hunter(SP main quest) - October
Civ V w/ BNW - November
Minecraft - Oct thru Dec
Frozen Endzone (several games) - December
FEZ - December
Gunpoint - December
The Stanley Parable (some endings) - December
XCOM: Enemy Within (normal/ironman) - December


2012 - 12 games finished
2011 - 27 games finished

Games Finished

Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack - 7.5 (January)
Farcry 3 - 8.5 (January)
Crashmo - 7.5 (January)
The Unfinished Swan- 7.5 (January)
The Cave - 6 (January)
Unmechanical - 6 (February)
Adventure Time: Hey Ice King, Why Did You Steal Our Garbage? - 7.5 (February)
Zombi U - 8 (February)
10,000,000 - 7 (February)
Unepic - 8 (March)
Professor Layton and the Miracle mask - 7.5 (March)
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm - 8.5 (March)
Bioshock: Infinite - 8.5 (March)
Dishonored: The Knife of Dunwall - 8.5 (April)
Sine Mora - 5 (April)
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon - 9 (April)
Shad'O - 6 (April)
Game Dev Tycoon - 7.5 (May)
Farcry 3: Blood Dragon - 7.5 (May)
Alan Wake: American Nightmare - 8.0 (May)
The Swapper - 8.5 (June)
Gunpoint - 8 (June)
The Last of Us - 9.5 (June)
Rogue Legacy - 8.0 (July)
Borderlands 2 - 8.0 (July)
Evoland - 7.0 (July)
Rogue Legacy - 8.0 (July)
Borderlands 2 - 8.0 (July)
Castle Storm – 7.0 (August)
Pikmin 2 – 8.0 (August)
Hotline Miami – 7.5 (August)
Guacamelee! – 8.0 (August)
Papo & Yo – 7.5 (August)
Dishonored: The Brigmore Witches – 9 (August)
Papers, Please – 8.5 (August)
Trine 2 – 8.0 (September)
Mark of the Ninja: Directors Cut - 9.0 (September)
Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons - 7.0 (September)
Rayman Legends - 9.5 (September)
Fire Emblem: Awakening - 9.5 (October)
The Stanley Parable - 8.5 (October)
Skull Girls - 5.0 (October)
Dead Space 2 - 8.0 (November)
Path of Exile - 8.0 (December)
Dead Space 3 - 7.0 (December)
Shelter - 4.0 (December)

Currently Playing



Castle Crashers
Risen 2
The Witcher 2
Chivalry

Previous Years

2012 - 53 games finished
2011 - 38 games finished
2010 - 21 games finished

Currently playing:

PC/Mac:
Crusader Kings 2
Mafia 2
Wargame: AirLand Battle
The Stanley Parable


PS3:
Mass Effect 2
Assassin's Creed Brotherhood


PS Vita:
Persona 4 Golden (I'm not a big fan of Japanese game design but the raving reviews made me curious. So far it's ... interesting. Let's see how it continues)
Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lion

On the short list:
L.A. Noire - PS3 (played quite a bit but stopped due to traveling. It's not perfect but I like it)


Completed:
Heavy Rain - PS3 (I really liked it!)
Sound Shapes - PS3 & PS Vita (Not really my type of game, normally, but liked it - although it was frustratingly difficult for me at times)
Tomb Raider - PS3 (Fantastic game that kept me hooked until the last second, also best PS3 graphics I have seen and great sound and music)
Mass Effect - PS3 (Really enjoyed it, part 2 is quite different and I even miss parts of part 1 ...)
Company of Heroes - PC (Stopped playing for a couple of years but enjoyed finishing it)
Gone home - PC (Really liked it, it's short but well made and I enjoyed the experience)
Dear Esther - PC (I realize this is not for everyone but I thought it was very good)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - PC (What a stupid game, I swear I'll never play another CoD ...)
Sniper Elite V2 - PC (Overall, not a great game. Some good levels but also some really annoying ones)
MLB 13 The Show - PS3 & Vita (Fantastic game, having the mobile version that works so well with the PS3 version helped me with all my travels)
Fallout 3 - PS3 (I still have a few DLCs to play but I finished the main storyline and the major DLCs. I put around 100hrs into this, which is a lot for me)

Here we go (again)! However, I'm going to try a slightly different tack this year.

Finished 2013:


Ongoing, got my money's worth:
Defense Grid


Currently playing:
Guild Wars 2 - love that I can drop this for a few months and then come back to it, without feeling guilty

DOTA 2 - on the fence about this one, I loved Demigod, but the 'last hit' mechanic here is really driving me batty. I may give up on it.

Portal 2 - having a blast, and laughing it up

Darksiders 360 - this game is just fun. I like the art style and characters

Dishonored - I put this down for a few weeks, but want to get back to it before it gets stale

January Goal (s):
Finish Portal 2, Dishonored or Darksiders (probably closest to Darksiders).

I think I'll keep my goals simple for now, and see how it goes.

Finished:
Dishonored -- Loved it.

Lego LOTR -- "Finished" in the sense that I completed the story quests; still plenty left to do. Definitely the best Lego game that I've ever played.

Mark of the Ninja -- 2d platformers are really not my bag, but this is so, so well done.

Sleeping Dogs -- A very good GTA-style open-world game. Great graphics, good story, and a fun hand-to-hand combat system, marred by a clunky gunplay system.

Finished:
Deadlight (around 6 hours, fun game, decent storyline)
Toy Soldiers (part of a bundle with Deadlight, short, fun, worth the $3)


"Finished" but still playing:
Dishonored
FTL
Just Cause 2 (I can grapple soldiers from the roof of a moving car for hours on end)

Playing:
RAGE
X-Com: Enemy Unknown
Orcs Must Die 2

Abandoned:
Dead Rising 2 (controls are shite on PC)

Backlog:
Max Payne 3
Alice: Madness Returns

PC


Finished:

The Blackwell Legacy
Thirty Flights of Loving
Analogue: A Hate Story
Gemini Rue
Shadowrun Returns
Spec Ops: The Line
The Swapper
To The Moon
Trine
Trine 2
The Walking Dead
The Witcher 2
X-Com: Enemy Unknown
The Wolf Among Us (Episode 1)
Gone Home
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
The Stanley Parable
StarCraft II: Heart Of The Swarm

Finished:

The Walking Dead (360)
Undercroft (iOS)

WARLOCK: MASTER OF THE ARCANE researched and cast Unity spell for victory
AMNESIA most gruesome game i ever played
THE BOOK OF UNWRITTEN TALES fun like grim fandango
DEUS EX HUMAN REVOLUTION 500+ failed attempts at boss Jaran even turret and melee takedown tips didn't work for me
GRAY MATTER great story and puzzles (until it devolved into a meaningless maze puzzle toward the end)

THE WITCHER

2013
ouchee, I joined the tread late this year - I'll probably be on page 2 later in the year
Anywhoze
Let the games begin . . . and end.


GAMES FINISHED
Might and Magic 7
Might and Magic 8
ShadowRun Returns
Eschalon Book 2
Bioshock Infinite
Risen 2
Gothic 3


CURRENTLY PLAYING
Space Rangers 2 HD
Ultima 9
Legends of Dawn
Majong

Games Finished
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Gunman Clive (3DS)
Hyperballoid HD (PSN) - 100% trophies
The Walking Dead (PSN) - Platinum Trophy
Max Payne 2 (PC)
Diablo III (PC) - Witch Doctor (Nightmare 4)
Uncharted 3 (PS3) - 17% Trophies
Ratchet & Clank HD (PS3) - 55% Trophies
Picross e (3DS) - 22 hours
Tales From Space : Mutant Blobs Attack (Vita) - 55% Trophies
Ratchet & Clank Future : A Crack In Time (PS3) - 86% Trophies
Torchlight II (PC) - Engineer (Veteran) - 32 hours
When Vikings Attack (PSN) - 18% Trophies
Assault Heroes (XBLA) - 160G
Tales From Space : About A Blob (PSN) - 47% Trophies
Tomb Raider (PC) - 22 hours - 89% Complete
Ratchet & Clank : Going Commando HD (PS3) - 54% Trophies


Casual Games Finished - 26

Games Finished

Witcher 2 - Fantastic , Fantastic Game - Pretty sure it is game of the decade for me so far. Huge improvements on the first game and I just loved my final choice. 5/5
Far Cry 3 - Fun Game / Story Sucked Eggs 3.5/5
Dishonored - Played through with Clean Hands/Low Chaos. Will have re-run sometime with High Chaos - 4.5/5
Hitman Absolution - Pretty routine as far as Hitman games go which is a good thing. - 3.5/5

Playing

Sleeping Dogs
Sengoku
Football Manager 2013

Recently finished Max Payne 3 [PC] - 27.02
Currently playing Skyrim [it's hard to finish as you know ]

10/10 The Walking Dead: Season 1 + 400 Days (PC) - don't tell me it doesn't really feel like you are "playing" it
9/10 The Cave (PC) - too much backtracking, but great style and humor
7/10 Little Inferno (PC) - clever and atmospheric, for a casual game
8/10 Deadlight (PC) - (got all achievements except nightmare mode) - awesome style and visuals hurt by LOTS of trial-by-instadeath, and one secret is poorly designed
7/10 Unmechanical (PC) - beautiful and clever but short, unless I'm supposed to find areas I didn't find
4/10 Sherlock Holmes: The Mystery of the Mummy (PC) - some good ideas, but in some ways the most awful an adventure game can be
10/10 Portal 2 (PC) - played through the single player for the second time, and finished the co-op expansion Art Therapy for the first time. Just superb.
7/10 Disney Alice in Wonderland Inspired by the Tim Burton Film (iOS) - didn't bother with every item, but this was a very nice little puzzle platformer
8/10 Alice: Madness Returns (PC) - would like to give it a 9 because I'm biased towards the twisted Alice thing, but some parts are just to aggravating
7/10 Musaic Box (PC) - less than three hours of gameplay is a shame because this puzzle game makes good on a great idea
10/10 The Stanley Parable (PC) - After 3-4 hours, it's hard to know if you've already finished this game, besides the achievement. Still, if I could make games, I'd make this.

Finished all the races in Dirt 2. I ran the majority of events on Savage, most of the Rallies on Serious, with one Throwdown requiring Hard to beat.

I still can't understand why I was trashing people on Trailblazers but couldn't keep the difficulty up on Rallies.

Now I just need a really good sale on Dirt 3.

Oh man, I've actively been hitting my steam library this year so far...

Completed PC:
Borderlands 2
Hitman: Absolution
Hitman: Blood Money
Beat Hazard
Recettear
SPAZ
DLC Quest
Hotline Miami
The Cave
Surgeon Simulator 2013
Thomas was Alone
Defcon (as finished as you can be)
Crysis 1
Braid
Eufloria
Metro 2033
Quantum Conundrum
Mount and Blade
Warhammer 40k Dawn of War II
The Binding of Isaac
Dungeons of Dredmor

Currently Playing PC:
Chilvary
Sleeping Dogs
The Walking Dead
Psychonauts (still playable, curiously enough)

Currently Abandoned PC:
The Witcher 2.
Dead Island
Just Cause 2

I have a HUGE backlog of games still. Not going to bother listing them. Got over 15 on pc, around 3 on ps3 and 5 on 360 in my backlog. Main titles are Dishonored, Bioshock Infinite, Tomb Raider, Max Payne 3 and Metro Last Light.

Completed ps3:
Portal 2 co-op (finished the main storyline last year)
Uncharted 2
Uncharted 3
Little Big Planet 2 (and karting)

Currently Playing:
The Last of Us

Completed 360:
Gears of War 1
Halo 3

Currently playing:
Halo 4
Gears of war 2

Abandoned:
Army of 2

Finished
L.A. Noire
Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing
Max Payne 3
Trine 2
Torchlight 2
Mark of the Ninja
Hitman Absolution
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Batman: Arkham City

Playing
Skyrim
Legend of Grimrock
Saints Row: The Third
Orcs Must Die! 1 & 2
Witcher 2

Shadowrun Returns
Eschalon Book 1
Eschalon Book 2
Bioshock Infinte
Bioshock 2

Costume Quest! Children dressed as candy can breathe a sigh of relief on Thursday!