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I played about five different video games today while my friend Mark played Minecraft. It mostly confirmed the fact that I'm not much of a platform guy or a puzzle game guy. Still, there's always something of interest to me in these games that makes me want to play them. I don't often finish them though. 

Just wanted to post a pic of all the music and a game I got this week. Now that my game list is settled for the time being, I'm now obsessing over music and collecting hard, but within a budget. Pictured below is a lot of vinyl, a CD, and a 3DS game. Not pictured are the five CD albums I got from the library. Most of this music is filling my 1969 Other playlist. I realized, after seeing lots of great albums not described as either prog rock or metal, that I needed another category so I could listen to them too. This is my first week haul and it was big. I'll list 'em all after the pic.

I'll say it again. Never joke about Minecraft. It'll eat your soul. I ditched all my other gaming plans and played it with my friend Mark all day today and didn't want to stop even after all that time. All the details are described below. 

First off, before the actual gaming, the swag of the week. I picked up a few records, some vinyl from my used record store and a CD from a library. Then I picked up a game. Picture below.

I almost finished Uncharted 2 yesterday. I got to Shangri la before I had to stop for the night. What a fantastic game but what a pain in the shooter. I think I've discovered what I love best about games. It's not the presentation and good story telling that the critics love, it's the gunplay controls.

Finished up the game yesterday after Mother's Day celebrations. It was one tough slog through some of the biggest firefights of the game. They really hold back the ammo. In the church area you're given a sniper rifle and just about enough ammo to take out the half dozen or so snipers that have laser guidance systems. You've got to do them first, and quickly too, or be overwelmed by the troops on the the floor. Later you're fighting both ground troops and cursed spaniards and laser snipers. What a pain, but I did it on Normal difficulty.

I finally broke down and got a turntable to play those old vinyl records and then I got a couple pieces of vinyl to play. I picked up a CD from the library and got the last game in my current gaming play list. That'll be it for games, except for must-have day-one stuff, until I finish my playlist. See picture of all below. 

I was going to play some more Skyrim today, but I had a hankering for some Uncharted. I was going to play Uncharted 2, but I hadn't played the first one since I rented it around the time it came out; so, I started playing it figuring it would go pretty quickly. Surprise surprise. It took me all day to get to Chapter 17. It's a great game but not without some controller throwing. 

I played two games, both number five in their respective series today: GTA V and Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Most of the day was GTA V, but I got in a few hours with Skyrim before the day ended. I didn't thnk I'd stop playing GTA V either, but the issue that's bothered me in other games in this series reared it's ugly head again and that's the shooting. 

This week I made a new games list I want to follow for a while. It includes a lot of stuff I've never played and a few I've already played. I own all of them except for two and they are Super Mario Galaxy 1 and 2. I got SMG1 on Friday for $20 at BestBuy. This and some other stuff are shown below.