<style type="text/css"> .accolades { display: inline-block; } .thoughts { font-size: smaller; font-style: italic; } #games-log p { margin: 0; } .difficulty, .achievement { border-radius: 2px; border: 1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.1); } .max { background-color: black; color: white; } .hard { background-color: rgb(255,70,70); } .normal { background-color: rgb(200,200,200); } .easy { background-color: rgb(70,255,70); } .bad { background-color: yellow; } </style> <article id="games-log"> <h1>Games I've Played</h1> <section> <h2>Mostly Shooters and Stuff</h2> <ul> <li>Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer <p class="thoughts">According to <a href="http://social.bioware.com">social.bioware.com</a> I've played 266 hours of this, as of December 9, 2015, over 840 games. I doubt that includes lobby time or character customization.</p> </li> <li>Halo: Combat Evolved <div class="accolades"> <span class="difficulty max">Legendary solo</span> </div> <p class="thoughts">I really liked Halo: CE. It was a strong game, and I've had a soft spot for the Halo story - I don't think it's particularly deep or told with finesse, but it's <em>fun</em>!</p> </li> <li>Halo 2 <div class="accolades"> <span class="difficulty hard">Heroic co-op</span> </div> <p class="thoughts">I've been telling myself I'm going to beat Halo 2 on legendary by myself since the day I beat Halo: CE on legendary. I feel the overwhelming urge to be able to say I've beaten the whole trilogy on the hardest difficulty! On the other hand, it's really goddamn hard.</p> </li> <li>Halo 3 <div class="accolades"> <span class="difficulty max">Legendary co-op</span> <span class="difficulty max">Legendary solo</span> <span class="achievement max">All Skulls found</span> </div> </li> <li>Halo 3: ODST <div class="accolades"> <span class="difficulty hard">Heroic co-op</span> </div> </li> <li>Halo: Reach <div class="accolades"> <span class="difficulty hard">Heroic co-op</span> </div> </li> <li>Gears of War <div class="accolades"> <span class="difficulty max">Insane co-op</span> </div> </li> <li>Gears of War 2 <div class="accolades"> <span class="difficulty hard">Hardcore co-op</span> </div> </li> <li>Gears of War 3 <div class="accolades"> <span class="difficulty hard">Hardcore co-op</span> </div> </li> <li>Half-Life</li> <li>Half-Life: Blue Shift</li> <li>Half-Life: Opposing Force</li> <li>Half-Life 2 (and Episode 1) (and Episode 2)</li> <li>Portal</li> <li>Portal 2 (and co-op)</li> <li>Army of Two</li> <li>Army of Two: 40th Day</li> <li>Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising <div class="accolades"> <span class="achievement bad">Gave up after like 30 minutes</span> </div> <p class="thoughts">This game was terrible.</p> </li> <li>Resistance: Fall of Man <div class="accolades"> <span class="difficulty hard">Hard? co-op</span> </div> </li> <li>Resistance 3 <div class="accolades"> <span class="difficulty hard">Hard co-op</span> </div> <p class="thoughts">These games weren't very deep, but they had decent shooting and good weapons. Resistance 2 didn't have co-op, so I didn't play it - I just watched my friend do it.</p> </li> <li>Killzone 3 <div class="accolades"> <span class="difficulty hard">Veteran? co-op</span> </div> <p class="thoughts">This game offered alternate color modes for colorblindness, which is awesome. Shame the dialogue and plot was so literally laughable. </p> </li> <li>Resident Evil 5 <div class="accolades"> <span class="difficulty hard">Veteran? co-op</span> <span class="achievement max">Broke one level</span> </div> <p class="thoughts">My pal and I played this over one break, and we couldn't take it seriously. Once we beat it, we spent our hard-earned points on getting infinite ammo for a few weapons - and decided we'd try to unlock infinite ammo for every weapon. We didn't end up doing that, but we did get so practiced at going through one level - which drops the most money for the time you spend in it by <em>far</em> - that we beat the max difficulty time trial by <em>half</em>. The magnum in that game is ridiculously overpowered.</p> </li> <li>F.3.A.R. <div class="accolades"> <span class="difficulty hard">Fearless? co-op</span> </div> <p class="thoughts">As far as I can tell, these people have no idea what the phrase "survival horror" even means.</p> </li> <li>Team Fortress</li> <li>Team Fortress 2</li> </ul> </section> <section> <h2>Not Shooters</h2> <ul> <li>Pokemon: Red <div class="accolades"> <span class="achievement normal">Beat the Elite Four</span> </div> </li> <li>Pokemon: Silver</li> <li>Pokemon: Diamond <div class="accolades"> <span class="achievement normal">Beat the Elite Four</span> </div> </li> <li>Crimson Skies</li> <li>Prince of Persia (1989)</li> <li>Prince of Persia: Sands of Time</li> <li>Prince of Persia (2008)</li> <li>Super Smash Brothers: Melee <div class="accolades"> <span class="achievement hard">Every SP challenge</span> </div> </li> <li>Super Smash Brothers: Brawl <div class="accolades"> <span class="achievement max">Every achievement</span> <span class="achievement bad">except one sticker</span> </div> </li> <li>Mario Kart: Double Dash <div class="accolades"> <span class="achievement max">Time Trial Staff Ghosts</span> <span class="achievement max">Every Cup on Mirror</span> </div> </li> <li>Mario Kart: Wii <div class="accolades"> <span class="achievement max">Gold Medals on Everything</span> </div> </li> <li>Okami <div class="accolades"> <span class="achievement normal">All brush techniques</span> </div> </li> <li>Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening <p class="thoughts">I think this might be my #1 pick for best Zelda game.</p> </li> <li>Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time</li> <li>Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask</li> <li>Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker</li> <li>Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap</li> <li>Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess</li> <li>Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword <div class="accolades"> <span class="achievement bad">Unfinished</span> </div> </li> <li>Super Mario 64</li> <li>Super Mario Sunshine</li> <li>Super Mario Galaxy <div class="accolades"> <span class="achievement normal">120 Stars</span> </div> </li> <li>New Super Mario Bros 2</li> <li>Super Mario 3D World</li> <li>Final Fantasy</li> <li>Final Fantasy 6 <div class="accolades"> <span class="achievement bad">Halfway</span> </div> </li> <li>Final Fantasy 7 <div class="accolades"> <span class="achievement bad">Halfway</span> </div> </li> <li>Final Fantasy 8 <div class="accolades"> <span class="achievement bad">Halfway</span> </div> <p class="thoughts">I feel like including Final Fantasy games that I haven't finished is still reasonable because not finishing a Final Fantasy game involves a similar time commitment as finishing many other games.</p> </li> <li>No More Heroes <div class="accolades"> <span class="difficulty normal">Mild</span> <span class="achievement normal">All Beam Katanas</span> </div> </li> <li>No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle <div class="accolades"> <span class="difficulty normal">Mild</span> </div> </li> <li>Guitar Hero <div class="accolades"> <span class="difficulty max">Expert</span> </div> </li> <li>Rock Band <div class="accolades"> <span class="difficulty max">Expert Guitar</span> <span class="difficulty normal">Medium Drums</span> </div> </li> <li>Super Metroid</li> <li>Metroid: Fusion</li> <li>Metroid: Zero Mission</li> <li>Metroid Prime</li> <li>Metroid Prime 3: Corruption</li> <li>Silent Hill 2 <div class="accolades"> <span class="achievement bad">Gave up</span> <span class="achievement normal">In Water ending</span> </div> <p class="thoughts">As of September, 2013, this game is too scary for me. As of November, 2013, Glen and I finished it!</p> </li> <li>Psychonauts <div class="accolades"> <span class="achievement bad">Unfinished</span> </div> <p class="thoughts">I know Psychonauts is everyone's cult fave, but it just didn't grab me.</p> </li> <li>Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm <div class="accolades"> <span class="achievement max">100% Collection</span> <span class="achievement max">100% Mission Completion</span> </div> <p class="thoughts">I wouldn't recommend it.</p> </li> <li>SSX: Deadly Descents <div class="accolades"> <span class="achievement max">Platinum Completion Trophy</span> </div> <p class="thoughts">Well, this took me literally over two years to finally pick up the last few trophies, BUT!</p> </li> </ul> </section> <section> <h2>More Indie</h2> <ul> <li>Jumper <div class="accolades"> <span class="achievement bad">Unfinished</span> </div> </li> <li>Jumper Two <div class="accolades"> <span class="achievement bad">Unfinished</span> </div> </li> <li>Jumper Three</li> <li>Cave Story</li> <li>Gish</li> <li>World of Goo</li> <li>Osmos</li> <li>Jamestown</li> <li>Kerbal Space Program <div class="accolades"> <span class="achievement normal">Low Kerbin Orbit</span> <span class="achievement normal">Round-trip Mun Mission</span> <span class="achievement hard">Minmus Mission</span> </div> </li> <li><a href="http://boson-x.com">Boson X</a> <div class="accolades"> <span class="achievement normal">Discovered all the particles</span> </div> </li> <li>Guns of Icarus <div class="accolades"> <span class="achievement bad">unfinished</span> </div> </li> <li>Hammerwatch <div class="accolades"> <span class="achievement bad">unfinished</span> </div> <p class="thoughts">Ehhh... Just not very enticing, you know? And kinda too hard.</p> </li> <li>Monaco</li> <li>AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! A Reckless Disregard for Gravity</li> <li>AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! for the Awesome</li> <li>Monument Valley <div class="accolades"> <span class="achievement normal">main campaign</span> <span class="achievement normal">Forgotten Shores</span> </div> </li> </ul> </section> <section> <h2>Extremely Indie</h2> <p>(This section is kinda by nature going to be extremely incomplete; a lot of these games take like ten minutes to play, and often get forgotten. Talk to me and I'll recommend more, and just check out every game by <a href="http://aliendovecote.com/">porpentine</a>.)</p> <ul> <li><a href="aliendovecote.com/uploads/twine/empress/empress.html">With Those We Love Alive</a></li> <li><a href="http://philome.la/baphomeme/queer-trans-mentally-ill-power-fantasy/play">Queer Trans Mentally Ill Power Fantasy</a></li> </ul> <section> <h2>Extremely Memorable</h2> <ul> <li>Shadow of the Colossus <div class="accolades"> <span class="difficulty max">Hard</span> <span class="achievement hard">Time Trials (Normal)</span> <span class="achievement max">Climbed the temple</span> </div> <p class="thoughts">I love this game so much I'm not even going to write about it. I'd say too much.</p> </li> <li>Ico <p class="thoughts">Ico was very pretty, and had some of the same qualities that Shadow of the Colossus had, but it didn't tie together nearly so well.</p> </li> <li>Mirror's Edge <div class="accolades"> <span class="difficulty normal">Easy</span> <span class="achievement hard">Test of Faith (Pacifist)</span> </div> <p class="thoughts">This game has the best platforming I've had the pleasure of experiencing - and I'm a sucker for good platforming.</p> </li> <li>El Shaddai <div class="accolades"> <span class="difficulty normal">Normal</span> </div> <p class="thoughts">I loved this game from an aesthetic point of view, but I kept waiting for the story to get interesting. I'm still waiting.</p> </li> <li>Zeno Clash <p class="thoughts">The aesthetic really makes this game stand out.</p> </li> <li>Iji <div class="accolades"> <span class="difficulty normal">Normal</span> <span class="achievement normal">Somewhat Pacifist</span> </div> <p class="thoughts">Iji remains one of my favorite games of all time, for its excellent pseudo-morality system - one of the best I've seen.</p> </li> <li>Valkyrie Chronicles <div class="accolades"> <span class="difficulty normal">Normal</span> <span class="achievement normal">No deaths</span> </div> <p class="thoughts">Valkyrie Chronicles had such a cool gameplay and storytelling style that I have to include it.</p> </li> <li>No More Heroes <div class="accolades"> <span class="difficulty normal">Mild</span> <span class="achievement normal">All Beam Katanas</span> </div> <p class="thoughts">It's hard to describe this game. It was fascinating.</p> </li> <li>Elite Beat Agents <div class="accolades"> <span class="difficulty hard">Sweatin'!</span> <span class="difficulty max">Hard ROCK!</span> </div> <p class="thoughts">Probably my favorite rhythm game.</p> </li> <li>Silent Hill 2 <div class="accolades"> <span class="achievement bad">Gave up</span> <span class="achievement normal">In Water ending</span> </div> <p class="thoughts">As of September, 2013, this game is too scary for me. As of November, 2013, Glen and I finished it!</p> </li> <li>OFF <div class="accolades"> <span class="achievement normal">Batter ending</span> <span class="achievement normal">Judge ending</span> </div> </li> <li>Journey <div class="accolades"> <span class="achievement hard">White Cloak</span> </div> <p class="thoughts">The only game I've played or seen with such an emotionally powerful and compelling anonymous multiplayer experience.</p> </li> <li>Bastion <div class="accolades"> <span class="achievement normal">Both endings</span> <span class="achievement normal">Altruist (all vigils)</span> <span class="achievement normal">Mind Voyager (each trip to Who Knows Where)</span> </div> <p class="thoughts">Oh gosh this game. I loved it so much. Such a masterpiece of storytelling - two days after getting it I finished it, and two days later I finished my second playthrough. When I design games, this is what I try for - with maybe more female characters.</p> </li> <li><a href="aliendovecote.com/uploads/twine/empress/empress.html">With Those We Love Alive</a></li> </ul> </section> <section> <h2>Forgotten and Probably Indie</h2> <ul> <li>Lugaru HD</li> <li>Beat Hazard</li> </ul> </section> </article>