Skyrim is coming, and I'm not ready. It's pretty pathetic. The year is more than half over and I've only beaten 4 games. And one of those I probably could have passed on. My list of unfinished games is also pretty staggering. I've noted which of these unfinished games I will probably just skip in favor of other games. And now, after building this new computer, the list of games I still want to try before the end of the year just got longer. I'm also specifically not including ports on this list.

Finished:
Portal 2
Dragon Age 2
F.E.A.R. 3
Shadows of the Damned

Started, but haven't finished:
Two Worlds 2
Little Big Planet 2
Dead Space 2
Yakuza 4
Bulletstorm

Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds (think I'm done with this)
Crysis 2 (passing)
Mortal Kombat
Divinity 2: Dragon Knight Saga (passing for PC version)
LA Noir
SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs (passing)
Dirt 3
Red Faction: Armageddon (maybe passing)
Infamous 2 (maybe passing)
Dungeon Siege III (passing)
Alice: Madness Returns (passing)
Witcher 2
Child of Eden

Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon (passing)
Outland
Stacking
Hard Corps Uprising
Monster Tale
Tactics Ogre remake

Haven't started, but would like to play:
MotorStorm: Apocalypse
Terraria (PC)
Magika (PC)
Frozen Synapse (PC)
Gemini Rue (PC)
Capsized (PC)
Jamestown: Legend of the Lost Colony (PC)
Anomaly: Warzone Earth (PC)
Trenched
Ms Splosion Man
Half-Minute Hero: Super Mega Neo Climax
MTG - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012
Bangai-O HD: Missile Fury
Pixel Junk Shooter 2
Ghost Trick
Radiant Historia
Solatorobo: Red the Hunter
Okamiden
Patapon 3
The 3rd Birthday
Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky
Dissidia 012
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars
Mighty Milky Way

Let's not forget all of the other games still coming out this year. I will post a list soon of all the older pre 2011 games that I want to get through this year. But for now, I think I will focus on cleaning up this list.

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    s1yfox
    12 years, 9 months ago

    looking forward to seeing you finish yakuza 4..the ending was pretty good!

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    Semikami
    12 years, 9 months ago

    Wow. And here I'm playing through FFXIII for the 4th time. (Finished DMD 100% though!) I can recommend Frozen Synapse but you probably shouldn't strive for completing the single player.

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    Minyme
    12 years, 9 months ago

    Damn, thats a lot of started games

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    Mechoshira
    12 years, 9 months ago

    Feels like we're on the same boat here, Brad. I got a backlog of 360, PS3, PS2, PSP, DS and PC games I want to play before I make my permanent transition to PC gaming, so I'm trying to cut back on new game purchases. One that's complete, I'll focus on cleaning up my list as well.

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    CrossOutlaw
    12 years, 9 months ago

    i think if you really want to power through this list of games, many of which will take hours upon hours....u might want to consider not doing a "your way wednesday" or "open game night", seeing as those nights u revisit older games. good luck

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    Mechoshira
    12 years, 9 months ago

    A piece of advice; Try plowing through the shorter games first. Of course, I don't know how your daily schedule is, but finishing a game per week (or two) sounds plausible.

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    Alabzam
    12 years, 9 months ago

    For me, I've only played four releases this year and have beaten them all, those being;
    Dead Space 2, LittleBig Planet 2, Crysis 2 and inFamous 2. As for games that have been released this year that I haven't played yet, those are; Shadows of the Damned, Mortal Kombat, Bulletstorm, maybe Two Worlds 2 since it's caught my eye, Okamiden, Solatorobo and Dissidia 012.

    The reason for my lack of games this year is that I've been quite busy with coursework and exams, as well as beginning to decide on my future. Hopefully, during the summer I can catch up and not to mention Xenoblade Chronicles comes out in Europe during then. :)

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    Miggins
    12 years, 9 months ago

    I need to finish magicka too, but's hard to get some people I know to play. I think because it was constant chaos before.

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    PyroZero
    12 years, 9 months ago

    What? Brad actually intends to finish Hard Corps Uprising? Despite it's problems it's an awesome game, though, I'd still recommend playing with a partner. It's a trail of manhood bro's back-to-back.

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    WingZero
    12 years, 9 months ago

    That is one long list of games...

    May the gaming gods be with you, Brad. Cuz you will need all the help you can get to get thru most (if not all) of them.

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    Anon
    12 years, 9 months ago

    I see a couple on there I need to finish myself. Half-Minute Hero: Super Mega Neo Climax, The 3rd Birthday, Hard Corps Uprising, and the such. What a great year for games so far :)

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    FPDragoon
    12 years, 9 months ago

    Ahhhh, the story of everyone's life. :( So many games to play, so little time to play them.

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    Nostreborjt
    12 years, 9 months ago

    And I thought I had a lot to play... sheesh.

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    DalishCassassin
    12 years, 9 months ago

    Okay, I seriously need to make myself a laundry list and motivate myself to finish my started games!

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    railTracer90
    12 years, 9 months ago

    You should add 999 to that list Brad =)

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    Riochyu
    12 years, 9 months ago

    Finish Bulletstorm. Great game!

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    coreycaffeine
    12 years, 9 months ago

    magicka is only worth playing co-op, and very difficult on single player, that being said, i'd gladly volunteer to be one of your coop partners

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    Comradebearjew
    12 years, 9 months ago

    Don't pass Infamous 2, I just got it and marathoned through it. Its so excellent. But maybe it takes a certain taste in super heroes.

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    Hokami
    12 years, 9 months ago

    In my opinion, Radiant Historia is one of the best portables games ever made. To me, it was a very exciting game just because of the aspect of time travel that almost rivals Chrono Trigger. The thing is, it took about 40+ hours and I know how busy you are, especially with trying to get the feed to run perfectly lately for us viewers which I appreciate you guys doing.

    I'm about 10 hours into Legend of Heroes Trails in the Sky. While there isn't anything exciting about the game, there also isn't anything wrong with it. The only thing to really note is that for some reason I get really addicted to doing the side quests that they offer so much in the game because you're basically workers that are sent on missions.

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    lemith
    12 years, 9 months ago

    jeez dude, thats a looong list. All I can say is, finish two worlds eventually, there is so much you havent gotten to yet.

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    Killacure
    12 years, 9 months ago

    My laundry list is also shameful have beat 12 games so farbut not finished;
    Test Drive Unlimited 2
    Trinity Souls
    Tactics Ogre
    Yakuza 4
    Two Worlds 2
    Okamiden
    Ghost Recon Shadow Wars
    Parasite Eve: 3rd Birthday
    Conduit 2
    Operation Flashpoint Red River
    Portal 2
    The First Templar
    Alice Madness Returns
    Dungeon Siege 3
    Duke Nukem Forever
    Shadows of the Damned
    FEAR 3

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    Rendrak
    12 years, 9 months ago

    Terraria is awesome and you can finish it rather quickly.
    Well you don't really 'finish' it but it doesn't take that long to get all the best items.

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    Z14ps
    12 years, 9 months ago

    Dang thats a long list. Perhaps getting in at least 2 a week would really help and to start with the smaller games! :D

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    fallouttalove3
    12 years, 9 months ago

    maybe you should marathon a couple of these...just sayin...thats a hella long list.

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    Yodaral
    12 years, 9 months ago

    I always seem to have too many games to play lately as well. Though I always manage to screw myself over by playing some time sink game while I should be attempting to complete some other game's campaign/story.

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    UltimaInferno
    12 years, 9 months ago

    My backlist is huge I don't want to post it, not to mention most of them are looong games. One game I do want to finish though is White Knight Chronicles with the sequel coming out.

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    SonicKitsune
    12 years, 9 months ago

    There's a site called the Backloggery where you can list what games you finished and what you haven't so you can keep track, but it doesn't directly nag you itself. I've got some older games on there as well because I started picking up obscure PS2 games for cheap, inspired by the Open Game Nights. Most of it's older games, actually, I don't usually buy the newest games at launch. The most recent I did were Portal 2 and Okamiden.

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    Stram12
    12 years, 9 months ago

    You should skip the open game nights and finish these.

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    Atleer
    12 years, 9 months ago

    Good luck, Brad. I want to hear your opinions on Magika, MotorStorm and Dirt 3!

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    MattOrMaybeSteve
    12 years, 9 months ago

    Judging from how you say you like to play Dragon Age (Meticulously planning for any and all situations, etc) you might end up spending way too much time playing Frozen Synapse. You might cover more games by avoiding it, for now at least. Also, The Witcher 2 warrants at least 2 playthroughs to see everything worth seeing. Just a heads up.