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Instead of a wishlist where I list what new games I'm looking forward to, I'm going to list I want to play whether released in 2016 or not.  Some will be new to me, some will be replays/continuations, and as part of my year's resolution, I hope to complete most of them.

A brief rundown of games I've recently bought or played after finally upgrading to Windows 7.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat

Includes

I had this on a "most ancipated games of the year" blog I posted here a while back. Here are some screens

I'm looking for something in the vein of Outrun or other "world tour" games. Open road instead of racing courses, no laps, nice scenery is a plus, as much about enjoying the drive as winning. Something from either last gen or this gen. 

"Lets go back to Doom and Bioshock: Infinite and the idea of "assuming a role." These are game pawns you control. They are the shoe in Monopoly. At best you are joint role-playing these characters along with the script writers and voice actors. Even when playing with a premade PnP character at a convention, I get to choose how to express their personality and mannerisms, their voice inflection, I get as many ways of handling a situation as I can come up with within the limitations of my avatar, etc. Even when that premade character's personality is defined for me, I still get to be the writer and performer. The closest video games have come to this is allowing you to choose from different dialogue choices, choose a win pose, shit like that. Doom and BI offer none of this. They are weapons in space, tank turrets you control."

"Another thing: I think a lot of people are very pedantic about the terminology. They focus on the"role-playing" part, take it too literally, and overlook the "game" part. They say things like "Stats don't define role-playing."  No, but they are part of the fucking game aspect.  Couples role-play in marriage counseling, but it's lame. The game part is what makes it the thing, gives it a firm structure, keeps it consistent.

There is also lack of respect for terminology, origins of terminology, purpose of terminology. I've never accepted the "language is fluid" idea. In practice this has been the case, but that means any person or group can massage words to fit their own agenda. People are not honest, don't act with integrity, don't care about consistency.  Terms become political or cultural weapons. Someones unmade bed can be called "art" now, and action games can now be called RPG by those who want to think they have more sophisticated taste than the next guy. Because RPGs are like sophisticated and stuff, like Mass Effect 2..."

"Don't give a shit, Metal Gear Solid V comes out in 3 months."