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I think you do get better at games the more you play. There are games that I totally sucked at when I started seriously gaming that I've gone back to and had no problems with years later. For example, if I'd tried playing a game like Sleeping Dogs back when I started, I probably wouldn't have finished it. As opposed to falling absolutely in love with it when I downloaded it as a Games With Gold offering on my 360. And not sucking at it.

I have to make a confession here - I rented the game from Hollywood Video and then never returned it. It was my first experience with Dragon Quest, and I liked it better than Final Fantasy. But I only actually played it through to the very end about four or five years ago.

Congratulations for finishing what I swear is the world's longest RPG.

That's like me after I come home from a really good sea music session. I bounce off the walls for hours afterwards.

AWESOME!

Great list!

DQ VII went on forever! Every time I'd think I was almost done, I'd discover that no, I wasn't even close. It actually took me two tries, by the way, about ten or so years apart.

If you think hard enough about it, I bet there's a moment you're pretty darned happy with yourself over.

It is a big deal when you finish those games from the NES, SNES, and Genesis era. Those games were hard!

A long, long time from now . Seriously, though, that may be the longest game I've ever played. I think there's enough content there for two games, to be honest.

One. And it was an easy one. Knowing I could get it was what pretty much kept me going through the game.

I think your reviewing gig counts. You had to play the games long enough to get a feel for them and then write about them. And you do it well.

This blog entry was all about those little moments that make you feel good. Doesn't matter what the game was, what matters is the emotion.