The busy time of year is coming around the bend at work which means six day works and me grabbing all the overtime I can get my hands on, leaving even less time for gaming. It also means that fall and the holiday season are also coming up quick bringing the annual deluge of hot, new games to the marketplace. While I've been running through Too Human and repeatedly watching The Wrath Of The Lich King opening cinematic it started to get me thinking about all the games that are coming out this fall and how I'm basically going to have no time to play almost any of them when they come out (let alone having all the funds to purchase said games).

One simple solution would be to simply wait and play them one at a time or wait for a price drop, which is perfectly reasonable and a rather smart thing to do. Unfortunately I have to fight that the urge to but them at launch since I tend to enjoy games more then when most of my friends are playing them. At launch it's easier to find people for co-op and more fun to talk about your experiences as you're plowing through a game together. Then I really have to start questioning how often I actually do play the online portions of games or how much being with the hip crowd is really going to matter in the end.

There's also the issue of my "Pile 'O Shame": the huge back catalog of games that I've never gotten around to. Why I should I keep buying more games and not playing the ones I've had sitting on my shelves for months? It would be cheaper to go back and play through Sly Cooper than it would to pick up the new Crysis: Warhead or S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Skies (even though I have yet to finish Crysis or S.T.A.L.K.E.R.).

Ever since I started writing about video games I've always found myself pondering the themes of my circumstances about free time and what games I spend my time with...basically what it's like to be a working, adult gamer with responsibilities. In the past six months my financial situation has definitely gotten tighter and that probably won't be easing up any time soon. The easiest and smartest thing for me to do is play the ever loving crap out of the games I have and only spend money on new games that I know I'll spend time with (like Wrath Of The Lich King). It seems like I'm going to have to try and resist the shiny appeal of games like Fallout 3, Gears Of War 2, Left 4 Dead, Rock Band 2 and the new Prince Of Persia...or just pick and choose carefully...or just sell off everything I own and quit playing video games...

Ah, who am I kidding?

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