And now that my time has become more limited, not only will I not play the “fluffy” games, but I’m getting really tired of games like Super Mario Bros, as well. I used to love Mario games, but it’s just the same old thing, and they’re too difficult, so they’re not very fun. I want deeper games, so my gaming priorities currently consist of games that have meaning to me, whether they have a story that captivates me or great gameplay I can’t get enough of. My current game is the remake of Kingdom Hearts 2. It’s fun, and I have a deep connection to it. That’s how I choose my games nowadays.

I’ll admit it. For awhile there I was hard into playing games on my tablet. I had lots of games from which to choose, and that number seemed to grow weekly every time I logged into Google Play. All it took was the re-introduction of Xenoblade Chronicles to make me take a long, hard look at the direction in which my gaming life was going. I covered this journey to redemption (or maybe “redemption”) in the following post for United We Game.

When I was heavily into the Simpsons and Family Guy games, the waiting was indeed bothersome, but it never got to me as much as when they’d promote irksome “sales.” Either things were barely on sale or you had to check the game every day/hour/minute to catch something for cheap before it disappeared. The money-grabbing was just too much in the end.