Ups and Downs

In the course of attempting to complete this undertaking, I've run across one interesting little thing. It's not a fact, it's not even a factoid. It's just some little interesting thang.

Because I alphabetized all my games, I've had to switch from one game to another strictly from A to B to C. The games themselves may be quite different from one another. Or they may be very similar.
Like when I was playing Borderlands, and then I had to move on to Call of Duty 4 when I finished. Both are first person shooters. I was a little put off by that at first, but what the hey, I did it.

After that, I started playing Devil May Cry. This is a heavy action game. Lots of button mashing. You have to be in complete control of every action of this character. It was very taxing on the fingertips. You can't leave anything to chance. What game was next? Final Fantasy V! I went from a game where I had to personally and directly perform every piece of violent action, to an RPG where there is actually a menu that says "fight" and you choose "fight" and the character goes and fights. All by himself. It was quite the breath of fresh air. I felt an enormous sense of relief after some weeks of slicing demons myself, to having my knight go and slice demons on my behalf.
And what game was next? F-Zero GX. To go from a menu-based combat system, to a hyperkinnetic, ultra fast racing game has been quite an interesting switch as well. Now I have to be completely in control during every inch of this race or I will fall to my death. Neat!