I started this draft back in June of 2020. I don’t remember if I still thought this would end at some point, or if I had accepted that we’re all just trapped in hell for the foreseeable future. In any case, I thought it might be interesting to see just how many games I’ve played (however briefly) over the course of all of this nonsense. Because if I wait to post this until it’s all over…well, I’ve learned not to dream of such things.
For a couple of years now, I’ve been loosely keeping track of all the games I play in a year, both in Paper, my favorite iPad app, and now in my Hobonichi Techo. I call it either the Games Journal or Games List. It varies.
I’ve recently ironed out my concrete rules for adding something to the list, because I now have time for that level of faffery. And so I only add something to this list if:
- I’m playing a new game for the first time.
- I make actual progress in a game I’m returning to.
- It’s an old game I’m starting over on a new platform.
These rules ensure I don’t drive myself up a wall adding some DS game I saw and went, “Oh yeah, what is that again?” and played for five minutes before turning off again. It should be a list of memorable experiences rather than just a catalogue of things I booted up.
Without further ado, then, here is every video game I’ve played since this all started. Duplicates have been removed, since this list spans two years (and therefore two lists). Games I returned to will be italicized, and games I’ve completed will be marked in bold.
- Stellaris
- Megaman Zero/ZX Legacy Collection
- Animal Crossing New Horizons
- Nancy Drew: The Silent Spy
- Katamari Damaci Reroll
- Dragon’s Dogma
- Vermintide
- Type Dreams
- Star Wars: Battlefront II (2017)
- Control
- Starcraft 2
- Tonight We Riot
- Cadence of Hyrule
- XCOM 2
- Clubhouse Games
- Elite Dangerous
- Supreme Commander 2
- Beglitched
- Lee Carvallo’s Putting Challenge
- Desktop Goose
- Powerwash Simulator
- Quadrilateral Cowboy
- The Flower Collectors
- Atom Zombie Smasher
- Project Cars
- Halo: Combat Evolved
- Halo 2
- Halo 3
- Pokemon Expansion
- Pyre
- Panzer Paladin
- Her Story
- Hitman 2 DLC
- Zelda BOTW DLC
- Good Sudoku
- Hollow Knight
- No Man’s Sky
- Risk of Rain 2
- One Step From Eden
- Megaman Battle Network 2
- Earthbound
- Hades
- Super Mario Sunshine
- Super Mario Galaxy
- Townscaper
- Spelunky 2
- Nancy Drew: Shadow at the Water’s Edge
- Nancy Drew: Warnings at Waverly Academy
- Fall Guys
- Teardown
- Islanders
- Star Wars: Squadrons
- Shovel Knight: King of Cards
- Jenny Leclue: Detectivu
- Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
- Nancy Drew: The White Wolf of Icicle Creek
- Grindstone
- Dicey Dungeons
- Stardew Valley
- The Crew 2
- Lunar Knights
- Super Mario 35
- Outer Wilds
- Bit.Trip Runner
- Boktai 2
- Boktai: The Sun is in Your Hand
- Hitman 3
- The Old Republic
- Cyber Shadow
- Picross S
- Boktai 3
- Microsoft Tinker
There you have it! I didn’t realize I’d played an even six dozen games since last March, but I’m glad it came out at such a clean number. Plenty of interesting things going on in this list! Like finally finding Microsoft Tinker and getting it to run on Windows 10 after so many years! I’ll probably write about that at some point.
In any case, that was my first list post. I’m sure that ticks some sort of box.
Dream Avenue 
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