PixlBit

The game buying monkey has been off my back since September 17 and will remain so for another 3 weeks. It actually bothers me that I can't go into any video game/electronics store but I have accepted it. Even after the PS4 launch, it has to continue a bit unless PSN has some great games beyond the PS+ stuff.

I'm getting myself a seat to watch the crazy-go-nuts buying public this November. Who's going to win this battle of the consoles: Sony or Microsoft. Or will Nintendo come out of nowhere and sell out the Wii-U for Christmas for no apparent reason? I'm getting some carmel corn and a coffee and enjoy the show.

If Sony gets a tie in the U.S. and U.K. markets this time around, that's a win for them. My only gripe is that I'm going to have to hear the voices of little kids online now that the PS4 has a headset in the box. I rarely play online as is. I don't feel like telling strangers my life story for 30-60 minutes.

Sony might beat Microsoft this time. I casually looked around for PS4 preorders and they were all sold out at many retailers; Xbox One though? No problem. Of course Sony could be holding back on supply to make it seem that way, so who knows really.

I'm afraid I'll never be finished.  I love going through my old videogame mags and I always find a game I forgot about or a game I have a new found interest in.  

I know what you mean. I still have a humongous list of stuff, and I keep adding to it, but I've gotten the really important games. I feel I can go about buying stuff with less urgency now.

I should probably make a list but I'd have a super hard time rating them on what priority to get them in. And price plays such a big role for me right now since money is tight. I picked up Alpha Protocol not long ago, which is not a "must play" game for me, but I got it for $3. I do hope I can fill out my collections in the coming year or two as the old systems are phased out.

    I totally remember doing this mad buying at the end of last gen too. As 360 and PS3 came out, I was scouring Gamestops for Xbox, PS2 and Gamecube titles on their buy2get1free sale every week, or sometimes every few days.

I got into this list thing because I got obsessed with Allgame.com's database. I would spend hours scanning through their lists and then make my own. It got overwelming, so many interesting titles from every era of gaming, so I started rating them ala Netflix to make sense of it all.

I think I never had much of a monkey in my back when it comes to videogames. Sure, I keep thinking on games to get, but due to the expensive prizes of games in Colombia and the fact that I only choose to get games on the internet when there's special occasions, i'm pretty moderate with my gaming buys and I consider that every new game I get is late to the party.

It can be good to have some barriers to getting new games. You value the ones you have and obsess over them less. I can always pick up an under $10 game any day of the week at one of a dozen Gamestops in my area. It makes me a little crazy.

Good to see that someone has that monkey off their back. I'm at the point where I think I'm good...and then I find something else and BOOM, new games added to Mount Backlog. 

I'm looking ahead to several games but only the ones that I really, really want. I know that feeling when I think about a game and I get all reved up. Other games are interesting to me and I want to play them, but others take it to the next level. Those are the ones I'm focusing on. It's a manageable number of games. The best of the best in my humble opinion.

The only upcoming game with the exception of Dark Souls II that I feel like I need to own is Batman Origins. I honestly can't explain why I feel that I need to own it, I just do. Perhaps, it's because I own and beat the previous installments, and I'm curious to see how the new developer handles a prequel?

I've only got Ratchet & Clank Into the Nexus that I have to have day one this holiday. I want to play Assassin's Creed IV and Batman Origins badly, but I don't feel the need to get them day-one for some reason.

I thought that I was done getting games for a while, and then I was inspired to play El Shaddai and so I had to pick that up.  Then I swore off buying games until I realized that I really want the Arkham Origins games.

There's always something else for sure. I've just finished getting those games that I have some irrational fear they will disappear forever.

Does that game no longer have PSN Pass? I keep seeing how the Uncharted 3's multiplayer is now free for all on PSN.

According to Wiki, Uncharted 3's multiplayer was established in February as free-to-play up to level 15. You don't need the disc or anything for that, but to go beyond level 15 you either have to pay something or own the Uncharted 3 disc. All the facts are here: http://www.naughtydog.com/games/uncharted_freetoplay_faq/