Mine would be similar to Anthony's, but I'd like to see all major consoles make their entire back catalogs available digitally. I know the upkeep would cost heaps and not every game would be financially viable, but from an archival standpoint it would do wonders to maintain the history of this industry.

Shop Class As Soul Craft is currently sitting unread on my bookshelf. What did you think of it?

An apt comparison. I adore Midnight's Children.

I categorize A Confederacy of Dunces and Catch-22 as classics that I read without the benefit of a literature course. While I enjoyed them, I'm sure plenty went over my head. I would probably do better with a second go around.

Just read House of Leaves last summer. It was a pretty good read. The found-footage boom of cinema since then sort of blunted that aspect of the story for me. Also, I get the footnote story telling device, but it wasn't the best choice for someone looking to get away from the academic format.

Couched in ample metaphors, yes.

Making solid progress through Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose. Sure it's got a murder mystery, secret passages, hidden codes, and a library labyrinth, but Dan Brown this ain't. The in-depth philosophical discussions by the characters are what truly elevate the material. This is just what I needed to read post…

Finished up Ocarina of Time DS version. Great polish on this remake, but even so there are vast swaths of nothing in a majority of those environments. Something that has plagued most of the 3D Zeldas. I'm eager to see how Nintendo has filled up the open world of the newest iteration of the series. Cause searching…

For some reason I'm attempting three games at once: Ocarina of Time DS version, Shantae and the Pirate's Curse, & KOTOR II.

The Name of the Rose for the Avocado discussion next month. All I remember going into it is that there was a movie with Sean Connery, a Monastery, and a murder. Only about 30 pages in but so far it's great. Erudite thriller indeed.

Gotta love that carnival music remix…

Ugh, those spherical bonus levels in Sonic the Hedgehog 3. I love that Genesis series deeply but the framerate dips on those stages were maddening. I don't think would have the patience (nor, frankly, the ability anymore) to achieve Super Sonic status in that game.

As a Sonic fan, I thought Freedom Planet showed…potential. Sonic is an arcade-esque game that oozes style, speed, color and attitude. FP tries to tread a line of sincere and campy, but the story is convoluted and sometimes jarring (they're all antropomorphic animal friends who live in a tree-house, but there is also…

First time through, but picking up where I left off; sassy with a side of Light.

Hot damn. Last graduate school paper? Submitted. Job interview earlier this week? Aced. Suffice it to say, KOTOR II and I will be getting reacquainted. And everything else for that matter.

I'm hoping this game is similar to Star Foxes past, where you can "fly" through the game fairly quickly and jump back in to try alternate routes. Maybe that will help me like some of the lesser ship modes.

Well, I do prefer my chicken walkers free-range.

I'm torn, Twilight Princess Picross or WarioWare: Touched!?

Great, now I have to go listen to Me and My Imagination.

Good on you for investing in VR. I'm not an early adopter for most technology but I have been rooting for VR to succeed.