I have played many of the games on my itinerary for the year. It was rewarding in itself, but I see how it also has its limits. I think what’s missing from the process is some form of composing and sharing my thoughts. You may be thinking, “wait, but you did that.” Well, I don’t know if my casual thoughts are satisfying me enough. I want to write something with more structure. One of my favorite exercises in playing and writing about games was the PS2 thread. It was fun to approach posts as creative writing prompts.
Another place I get to is kind of like “am I playing these games to make some kind of list?” “Am I making this list as a means to discover and play new and interesting games?” I want the second one to be true. I want any list I make to serve as a source of discovery for others and an invitation for recommendations to me.
So here’s my new system! I’m going to post polls for games that I’m considering playing. I will play the game with the most votes for at least 2 hours. I will post a writing piece about games I’ve been playing every 15th and end of the month.
So without further ado, here are my first two polls:
- Enemy Zero
- Panzer Dragoon Saga
- Sakura Taisen 2
- Ultima Underworld
- Maniac Mansion
- Damocles