I really did enjoy my job when I reviewed video games, but it was rough on my stack of shame. Either the deadlines I had didn’t allow me enough time to finish a game I wanted to, or I had to stop a game in order to review this new one. I am going through my stack bit by bit now that I am out of the reviewing biz, starting with the games I have strategy guides for. I wrapped up Mass Effect Andromeda recently, and now I’m carving out time to play Horizon: Zero Dawn. That’s the last strategy guide I currently have from 2017 that needs to get done. Yes, I have a ton from 2016, but baby steps, people. Baby. Steps.
The problem is, if I start to think about what I should tackle next after HZD, I start to realize how ridiculous my stack has become. A good friend has threatened to spoil everything in Dragon Age Inquisition if I don’t finish that, so I need to put that higher in the stack. But I never did finish Tales of Berseria, and that game was really good. Then I think of Dragon Quest Builders, Dragon Quest Heroes, and World of Final Fantasy, which then leads me to Final Fantasy XV. Holy crap, I really want to finish that game! Oh wait, I never did start The Witcher 3. OMG I NEVER OPENED NIER AUTOMATA OR THE LAST GUARDIAN. What about Fallout 4? Aw crap, I never did finish The Division, and I loved that game! Shit…there’s also that thing called Breath of the Wild…
That’s usually when I turn to tea or wine, and then text a friend asking if they want to still play Gears of War 4 together. Procrastination, my old friend, you’re always there when I need you.
At the very least, I don’t have any games to review to make this hole even deeper. I also don’t have any future games on my radar until the fall, and so far, it’s only one—the next Assassin’s Creed game. That should help, right? (Humor me, please.)
Waiting patiently for you to come home and fuck me! https://bit.ly/3UKFVxa