My days with gaming began long ago, when I got a neat little Game Boy Color passed down from my cousin, and with it, the first game I can ever remember having, Pokémon Red. The many days that I spent playing it were absolutely grand, and as I eventually moved on to Pokémon Silver, they continued to get even better. My first actual home console came only a bit later, when I got a GameCube for my birthday from a woman whose son had left it at home when he had left for college. Honestly though, the times I spent with it and the few games I had for it were never as memorable, but they are still part of the time I've spent with gaming just the same. When my mother got a PC, I even expanded to playing some games on it, in a way that actually surpassed what I did with my GameCube. Finally, after I got a nice little GBA whose only purpose was for Pokémon, I got my first home console that was all my own: my Wii. Since then, not only has my gaming library expanded further, but my very views on gaming has taken many radical changes until I got to where I am now.
OK, OK, I get it, you're thinking, "What
does any of that have to do with why he made this blog?" Well, I wanted to give
you all a good introduction to just how big gaming has been for me throughout
my life with a little history regarding me and gaming. Now that you've seen all
of that, it would probably be a good time to bring up that it is my life's
dream to one day make a living off of writing. With that in mind, I've come to
embrace the idea that maybe I should actually be practicing my writing if I
ever want to go anywhere with it, which I've somewhat done with my many novel
ideas. However, writing just fiction surely isn't very good when it comes to
improving writing ability, right? So, taking that into account with my love of
gaming and the apparent concept that my generation needs to be opinionated, it
just seemed like maybe the perfect thing for me to do would be to start
reviewing games.
Alright, now that we're through with all of that, it's your turn. I'm going to list what is practically the entirety of my gaming library below this next paragraph and it would be a pleasure if any of the people reading this could pick a title or two from among it that you would like to be my very first review. If, somehow, there is a game not among those listed that you think worthy or a game that you feel would be better played on a different console then the one I own it on, then, by all means, I would love to hear suggestions.
GameCube games (All played on Wii due the untimely death of my GC)
Digimon World 4
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine**
Extreme-G III
Flicky**
Mega Man*
Mega Man: The Power Battle*
Mega Man 2*
Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters*
Mega Man 3*
Mega Man 4*
Mega Man 5*
Mega Man 6*
Mega Man 7*
Mega Man 8*
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2
Pokémon Channel
Pokémon Coliseum
Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness
Rampage: Total Destruction
Ristar**
Sonic & Knuckles with included expansions of the original three games**
Sonic 3D Blast**
Sonic Adventure 2 Battle
Sonic Spinball**
Sonic the Hedgehog**
Sonic the Hedgehog 2**
Sonic the Hedgehog 3**
Soul Calibur II
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Ty the Tasmanian Tiger
Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 2: Bush Rescue
Viewtiful Joe
Viewtiful Joe 2
Viewtiful Joe Red Hot Rumble
Zoids: Battle Legends
*=Part of the Mega Man Anniversary Collection
**=Part of the Sonic Mega Collection
Game Boy Advance games
Pokémon FireRed
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team
Pokémon Ruby
Pokémon Sapphire
Wii games (I'm still unsure as to if my Classic Controller works well for it or not)
Chaos Field**
Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon
Godzilla Unleashed
Karous**
Kirby Super Star*
Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards*
Kirby's Adventure*
Kirby's Dream Land*
Kirby's Dream Land 2*
Kirby's Dream Land 3*
MadWorld
Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games
Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Monster Hunter Tri
Muramasa: The Demon Blade
New Play Control! Pikmin
No More Heroes
Ōkami
Phantom Brave: We Meet Again
Pokémon Battle Revolution
Radio Allergy**
Sonic Colors
Sonic Unleashed
Spectrobes: Origins
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Xenoblade Chronicles
Wii Sports
Zack and Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure
*=Part of Kirby's Dream Collection
**=Part of the Ultimate Shooting Collection
DS games
Digimon World DS
Digimon World Dusk
Fossil Fighters
Kirby Super Star Ultra
Kirby: Squeak Squad
Mega Man Star Force 3: Red Joker
Nintendogs Dachshund& Friends
Pokémon Diamond
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky
Pokémon Ranger
Pokémon SoulSilver
Pokémon White
Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Solatorobo: Red the Hunter
Sonic& Knuckles with included expansions of the original three games*
Sonic Rush Adventure
Sonic the Hedgehog*
Sonic the Hedgehog 2*
Sonic the Hedgehog 3*
Spectrobes
Spectrobes: Beyond the Portals
The Dark Spire
Trauma Center: Under the Knife
*=Part of the Sonic Classic Collection
PS2 games (As far as I can tell, my controller for it has a bad X button)
Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil
TimeSplitters
PS3 games
Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle***
Alien Syndrome***
Alien Storm***
Altered Beast***
Armored Core: For Answer
Batman: Arkham Origins
BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger
Beyond Oasis***
Bonanza Bros.***
Catherine
Comix Zone***
Congo Bongo***
Decap Attack***
Demon's Souls
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine***
Dynamite Headdy***
ESWAT: City Under Siege***
Eternal Sonata
Fantasy Zone***
Fatal Frame**
Fatal Labyrinth***
Flicky***
flOw*******
Flower*******
Gain Ground***
Golden Axe***
Golden Axe Warrior***
Golden Axe II***
Golden Axe III***
Ico********
Journey*******
Kid Chameleon***
Kingdom Hearts Final Mix****
Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories****
Klonoa: Door to Phantomile*
Metal Gear******
Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake******
Metal Gear Solid******
Metal Gear Solid: VR Missions******
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty******
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater******
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots******
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker******
Mirror's Edge
Phantasy Star***
Phantasy Star II***
Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom***
Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millenium***
Ratchet& Clank*****
Ratchet& Clank: Going Commando*****
Ratchet& Clank: Up Your Arsenal*****
Record of Agarest War
Ristar***
Shadow of the Colossus********
Shadows of the Damned
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 FES**
Shining Force: The Legacy of Great Intention***
Shining Force II: The Ancient Seal***
Shining in the Darkness***
Shinobi***
Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master***
Sonic& Knuckles***
Sonic the Hedgehog***
Sonic the Hedgehog 2***
Sonic the Hedgehog 3***
Sonic 3D Blast***
Sonic Spinball***
Space Harrier***
Streets of Rage***
Streets of Rage 2***
Streets of Rage 3***
Super Thunder Blade***
The Last of Us
Vectorman***
Vectorman 2***
White Knight Chronicles
Yakuza 3
Yakuza 4
Zaxxon***
*=Part of the PS1 Classics from PSN
**=Part of the PS2 Classics from PSN
***=Part of Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection
****=Part of Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD Remix
*****=Part of the Ratchet and Clank Collection
******=Part of the Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection
*******=Part of the Journey Collector's Edition
********=Part of The Ico and Shadow of the Colossus Collection
Xbox 360 games
[Prototype]
[Prototype2]
Adventures of Shuggy
Alien Hominid HD
Alpha Protocol
Anarchy Reigns
Awesomenauts
Bayonetta
Bioshock*****
Bioshock 2*****
Blue Dragon
Borderlands GOTY
Borderlands 2
Brutal Legend
Bulletstorm
Call of Duty: Black Ops
Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Charlie Murder
Chromehounds
Comic Jumper
Dante's Inferno
DarkStar One: Broken Alliance
Dark Void
Dead Island
Dead Rising
Deadly Premonition
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Devil May Cry*
Devil May Cry 2*
Devil May Cry 3*
Dishonored
Divinity II: The Dragon Knight Saga
DmC: Devil May Cry
Dragon Age: Origins
Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
Dust: An Elysian Tail
Earth Defense Force 2017
Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon
Enchanted Arms
Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron
Fallout: New Vegas
Forza Motorsport 4
Gears of War 3
Half-Life 2**
Half-Life 2: Episode One**
Half-Life 2: Episode Two**
Halo 4
Iron Brigade
Kingdoms of Amular: Reckoning
L.A. Noire
Lost Odyssey
Lost Planet: Colonies
Lost Planet 2
Mark of the Ninja
Mass Effect***
Mass Effect 2***
Mass Effect 3***
Metro 2033
Metro: Last Light
Might& Magic: Clash of Heroes
Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition
Mini Ninjas
Ms. Splosion Man
Outland
Portal**
Portal 2
Project Sylpheed: Arc of Deception
Rayman Origins
Rage
Red Dead Redemption GOTY
Resonance of Fate
Risen
Skulls of the Shogan
Sonic& Knuckles with included expansions of the original three games
Sonic Adventure with DX version DLC
Sonic Adventure 2 with Battle version DLC
Sonic CD
Sonic Generations
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Soul Calibur IV
Soul Calibur V
Splosion Man
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Tales of Vesperia
The Cave
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
The Maw
The Walking Dead with all of Season 1
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition
Transformers: War for Cybertron
Two Worlds II
Vanquish
Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise
Wartech: Senko No Ronde
Wolfenstein
Zone of the Enders****
Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner****
*=Part of the Devil May Cry HD Collection
**=Part of The Orange Box
***=Part of the Mass Effect Trilogy
****=Part of the Zone of the Enders HD Collection
*****=Part of the Bioshock: Ultimate Rapture Edition
PC (Thanks to Hawke for contributing so much to this section)
Advent Rising
Avernum 1*
Avernum 2*
Avernum 3*
Avernum 4*
Avernum 5*
Avernum 6*
Battle Realms with Winter of the Wolf expansion
Beneath a Steel Sky
Blades of Avernum*
Deponia
Deus Ex GOTY
Diablo
Dragonsphere
Duke Nukem 3D Atomic Edition
Dungeon Keeper Gold
Dungeon Keeper 2
Evil Genius
Fallout
Fallout 2
Fallout Tactics
Geneforge 1**
Geneforge 2**
Geneforge 3**
Geneforge 4**
Geneforge 5**
Ground Control 2: Operation Exodus SE
Guacamelee! Gold Edition
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream
Jagged Alliance 2
Master of Magic
Myst: Masterpiece Edition
Nexus: The Jupiter Incident
Outcast
Painkiller Black Edition
Panzer General II
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
Spore
Stargunner
Stronghold Crusader HD
Syndicate Plus
Syndicate Wars
System Shock 2
Thief II: The Metal Age
Total Annihilation: Commander Pack
Treasure Adventure Game
Tyrian 2000
Ultima 4: Quest of the Avatar
Wargame: European Escalation
Warsow
Worlds of Ultima: The Savage Empire
Zoo Tycoon with Marine Mania and Dinosaur Digs expansions
Zoo Tycoon 2
*=Part of Avernum The Complete Saga
**=Part of Geneforge 1-5
Games I plan to replace with copies that have actual cases
Dark Sector (360)
Dead Space (360)
Devil May Cry 4 (360)
Fallout 3 (360)
Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom (360)
Metroid Prime (GC)
Ninja Blade (360)
The Darkness II (360)