I started with just arcades but then got carried away with other interesting releases and facts of the later half of the 70s. This is the time I became more interested in games.

Going down the top ranked on Metacritic for that year, these are what I played a lot within console generation 7, 

I ripped through a lot of stuff this week, being impatient to get through it all, the slightest annoyance sending me to the next game in my collection. But, I had a lot of good experiences anyway. I'll break these 360 games into two categories, physical and digital only (or, Xbox Live Arcade as it used to be called). 

It's fun to go down the list of best of all time on Metacritic and make a personal list of favorites. Here are mine for the original Xbox. 

Recently, I livestreamed an (almost) complete playthrough of Richard "Lord British" Garriott's 1982 RPG, Ultima II: The Revenge of the Enchantress. These videos were originally simulcast on my Twitch and YouTube channels. 

I love that feeling when a new game totally takes over game time. This happened this week with DPS Idle, a free-2-play autobattler. Who knew? It swept the field of everything else mentioned below. 

Yes they do. I know by experience because Halloween cereals have just arrived in stores. This one's based on Captain Crunch, which, by the way, is also my nickname at game time. 

Due to a schedule change, I was off today, so I gamed at my buddy's place. I started off with a new randomly rolled game 'cause I wasn't in the mood for more Red Dead Redemption. Then I tackled Game Pass weekly and monthly rewards points games. And then I squeezed in I am Fish. 

Well it’s kind of a cloudy night here in what is usually normally sunny Southern California and here I am trying to remember which games I’ve played this past week. At this point my gaming revolves around the PC, iOS, and the Switch. I’ll explain why next week, which should be fun. Anyways before I forget let’s get started.

The weekend's gaming went quite well. On Xbox One I completed a monthly and all the weekly rewards, knocked off all my Game Pass quests, and tried a few new games. 

I really liked this game. Race in two-person chariots and fight them all. It's like Burnout but with Roman chariots. 

So get this, last week I had a Quick Hits written and ready to go, but just didn’t post. I got caught up in some things, and then on Monday, and Tuesday actual worked popped up including scanning pictures. You know what’s wild? When you take a picture that’s seen better days since it was taken in the 1940s, you not only make the torn sections go away, but you make it almost look like it was taken yesterday and nobody says “hey thanks for working your magic on this” it’s kind of annoying, but whatever. I’m here, you’re here, let’s type this up, catch up on stuff I missed here the past week or so, and then get back to scanning pictures and working my magic.

Good morning Pixlpeeps! It is a chilly day here in sunny Southern California. I just finished breakfast, continued a new project and for the rest of the day I will probably be running some errands and or Spring Cleaning. Let’s get started

It turns out AirForce Delta Storm didn't work and I had to return it, but it was the first demo on Official Xbox Magazine's demo disc 3. So I played it there and everything else that was on it. 

My friend and I played a lot of games together back in the OG Xbox years. I thought about the top 50 games we played the most. It's made up of 17 FPS's, 9 Co-op, 9 Collections, 4 Racing, 4 3PS's, 4 Action-Adventure, 1 Flight, 1 Sports, and 1 RPG. Here's the list in roughly chronological order:

Well it’s March, which means BaD is over, it’s getting warmer, and I am here still playing the same handful of games thinking about if I should try something new or go back to the same old stuff. So let’s have a quick chat about the games I’ve been playing and not playing.

Note: This is my second attempt to post this blog. My first attempt, the site ate everything after the introduction to Xanadu. 

WORST.  YEAR.   EVER.  I think we can all agree that 2020 has been one of the worst years in our lifetime, what with the Coronavirus, quarantines, riots and looting, politics, and much more.  And it doesn’t seem to be getting any better, as I just found out my mom has breast cancer (keep us in your prayers).  Some days I wonder if we’ll EVER get through this.  2020 can just suck it!  But at least we’ve had some good video games come out to help keep our minds off of this dumpster fire of a year.  So here’s my Best Games of 2020 Awards Show! But keep in mind that this is my list and my picks only, no outside opinions and whatnot.  And if a game isn’t on my list, it either just didn’t appeal to me or I haven’t played it yet.  Can’t play ‘em all, you know!  But with that out of the way, let’s take a look at my picks.

Merry Christmas everybody!  We’re going to continue my tradition of having a pretend Christmas present party on my blog.  Here’s how it works.  In the comments section, you give me a pretend Christmas present.  It can be anything you want.  It won’t cost anything, and it’s the thought that counts…literally!  Then I’ll give you a pretend Christmas present when I reply.  It’s fun when it it’s fun.  And I’ve got some more Christmas presents for you all, too!  More recent game reviews I’ve written over at GamerDad.com.  Just what you’ve always wanted!  Please click on the links and read as many as you can and maybe even post a ‘like’ or comment or two.  I’d appreciate it.

An anthropomorphic animal high school where young furries have to perform trials, not unlike those in Hunger Games, or face starvation. I found the story and relationships gripping, but the targeting controls were terrible. I had to play a pin-the-tail-on-the-furry minigame that was near impossible. That tail looked funny on a nose though. I went and played the following four games and watched a tv episode instead. 

One of my first RPGs was Ultima III: Exodus on NES and PC. Ultima, along with Wizardry, was considered to be one of the two ancestors of the video RPG genre. Eventually I was able to get a hold of the other games in the series. The entire series is on GOG, including the spinoffs like Worlds of Adventure and Underworld. 

WORST.  YEAR.   EVER.  I think we can all agree that 2020 has been one of the worst years in our lifetime, what with the Coronavirus, quarantines, riots and looting, and much more.  Some days I wonder if we’ll EVER get through this.  But there is one good thing about this year so far.  We’ve had quite a lot of really good games come out the first half of this year!  Normally I like to write a blog this time of year with my favorite games of the year so far, because the holiday titles and E3 announcements usually take precedence by the end of the year.  Of course, because of the Coronavirus there was no E3 this year, and as of this writing we still don’t know what big games will be out for Christmas.  Just another reason why this year sucks.  So I don’t know how much different my list will be by the end of the year.  But keep in mind that this is my list and my picks only, no outside opinions and whatnot.  And if a game isn’t on my list, it either just didn’t appeal to me or I haven’t played it yet.  Can’t play ‘em all, you know!  But with that out of the way, let’s take a look at my picks.