I'm later than usual with this blog.  I couldn't find a decent camera to take pictures.  Oh well, it's better late than never.  I did good in 2014.  I didn't buy a lot of games.  Got too many digital games though.  There were some decent sales this year.

I've been a bit busy lately.  I want to game, but I hadn't had much time to do it.  I have more than a few games set up though.  As time becomes available, I put in a few mintues here and there when I can.  

     I was just going through my database of games I listed from last year and decided to apply my new rating system to them. I call it my "desire-to-play" column. I give each game a one to five star rating and then focus my attention on only the five star games until I play them all. I'm getting to the end of buying all my most desired games of 2013 so far, so I need another list for when I'm done with this year.

Nights Into Dreams has unquestionably been treated with love in its transformation into HD. The Japanese exclusive PlayStation 2 version of the game has been upscaled and displayed in wide screen, making the once blocky presentation smooth and vibrant. Even the sprites were upgraded to 3D objects, providing some extra visual flair. Heck, Sega even included a trimmed version of Christmas Nights for good measure. However, the port suffers from the same botched controls found in that PlayStation 2 version of the game and the rough patches of the experience persist despite the loving upgrade.

Sega revealed today their plans for releasing the HD upgrades to both Nights into Dreams and Sonic Adventure 2. Eager fans needn't wait much longer as both titles are planned for an early October release, with both coming to PSN on October 2 and XBLA on October 5. Both will be available at $9.99 (800 MSP) and both will offer experiences that extend the initial offering found on the Dreamcast/Saturn.

This past Tuesday Sega posted an image (pictured below) on their Facebook page and Twitter feed that puzzled at least a few folks. However, when the dust settled, the consensus was that it was from the NiGHTS series, sparking immediate speculation. Today, Sega revealed that the mysterious picture was teasing the announcement of an HD port of the original NiGHTS into Dreams to Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, and PC.

Our Holiday Buyer's Guides are going up on the site and I hope you'll read mine but I thought I would write about what I would want for Christmas. You see, gamers like me who are super into retro gaming and have different tastes are hard to shop for. Actually, I'm personally just hard to shop for period because I'm super picky. Needless to say, I get a lot of gift cards. So I thought I would post what someone like me would like. (read: buy me this stuff).