PixlBit

For me, 2005 to 2009 had a lot of ups and downs.  From 2005 and 2006, I worked at a church, and was very happy.  Then at the end of 2006, they let me go from the church because they couldn't afford to keep me, so I got a customer service phone job at a place that sells things to hospital gift shops.  I didn't like that job very much, but I stayed there for nearly nine years because the pay was decent.  It was a bit of a low for a few years after that, but in 2008 and 2009 I liked my job better there due to some coworkers that I really liked.  Shame they didn't stay there long.  Also in 2008, I started going to E3 and PAX again so that was good.  Overall I guess those years were pretty good for me.  Heck of a lot better than these last few years anyway.

I kind of wanted to get Fortune Street, but at the same time I never got into video board games, so I skipped out on it.  Plus you know how timing can get in the way of getting games sometimes.

Considering I barely had enough time to beat Lost Sphear and probably won't beat Octopath Traveler any time soon, I will probably skip out on this game.  But I did play it at E3 and got a T-shirt from it.  I wish I had time to play RPGs like I used to (or I wish RPGs were shorter).

My Switch log said I spent 65 hours on Breath of the Wild.  It's not my favorite Zelda game, but I must've liked it somewhat to have spent that long on it! :)

I never really got into Castlevania games.  My favorite in the series is Kid Dracula. :)

I have to work over Labor Day weekend, too.  Gotta love retail!

Here's how I play an Animal Crossing game.  I play it every day (or nearly every day) for a year.  That sounds iike a lot, but I only play for ten to fifteen minutes every day so I can manage that.  Then after a year, when you pretty much have done all you can do, I stop playing and never touch it again.  But to play a game for a full year, that's pretty good.

There are two Animal Crossing games that you don't have to play every day, and I still enjoyed them somewhat.  One was Happy Home Designer on the 3DS.  The other is the mobile game Pocket Camp, which I still play.  Neither of those you have to play every day.

Right now I'm working on playing three games to review at the GamerDad site, and they're all pretty good.  One is called Chiki Chiki Boxy Racers for Switch.  It's a top down racer, but turned out better than I thought it would.  Next is Battle Chef Brigade Deluxe.  It's a combination 2-D hack and slash puzzle game with cooking elements.  I wanted to review it on the Switch last year, but I'm glad that didn't happen so I could review the deluxe edition on PS4.  And last is The Messenger.  It's an 8-bit title styled like Ninja Gaiden, and I've really liked what I've played so far.

It probably was a Virtual Boy game.  There is one in WarioWare based off of Mario Clash.

Let me list some good games I remember from 2005 to 2009:  Psychonauts, Okami, Super Mario Galaxy, Portal, We Ski & Snowboard, Soul Calibur 4, Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, and that's all I can think of off the top of my head right now.

Neither did I.  Although I had a chance to pick one up (and a Virtual Boy) for 20 bucks each when I was in college, but I couldn't afford it.  That's how poor I was when I was in college.  I wish I would've bought them now, though.

I agree with that last statement. :)

The original Xbox is one of the few consoles I've never owned.