...although the game is freakin' awesome, even three years later...
No, I'm talking about the massive hours of gaming committed during the holiday break. I took 10 days off work between Christmas Eve and New Years, and I logged so much game time I could hear my Xbox coughing and weezing from the pressure (I kept glancing up to make sure its eye wasn't getting bloodshot) I was up 'til 2 AM almost every night...my wife REALLY hated my Xbox last week.
In my defense, I accomplished a lot:
- Finally finished Mass Effect (level 50 Paragon, including "Bring Down the Sky," although I missed some easy achievements)
- Unlocked a ton of tunes on Rock Band 2 and the AC/DC track pack, with some help from our newest contributor
- Was on level 8 of Horde mode on Gears of War 2 when my internet kicked me out. Bastard.
- Found the first of the three heroes I need to discover in Fable II
- Had my daughter demanding to play any game in which she could hold a microphone and sing "Hungry Like the Wolf"
The problem, aside from sacrificing any sexual attractiveness I might have for two weeks, was that I'm now sorta spent. I actually could have played the last couple nights but opted to watch It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia on DVD (funniest show on television) and Dr. Horrible's Musical Blog (which...I don't know, I like Nathan Fillion and Neil Patrick Harris and all, but the singing...meh). I caught some football! And I have to admit the sleep has been rather nice.
It's weird...I'd gotten so used to squeezing gaming into every spare minute I could get that having more than I needed feels weird. I might actually read or something.
Then again, I never did get that Horde achievement. And I just remembered I'd left off Half-Life 2 in the middle. And I could replay Mass Effect and try to get level 60...
Honey, why don't you go to sleep now...you look tired...
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