See, I just got a new video card, so I'm using it to get caught up on top-tier titles from the last several years that my computer wasn't up to playing (or, more precisely, that I wasn't SURE if my computer was up to playing). I kind of have a personal policy that I won't spend more than $10 (not including DLC, which…

I agree when it comes to my X-Box, but I kind of prefer wired controllers for my PC. I also prefer wired mice and keyboards, though.

Going to my friend's house for a sleepover and playing Tetris until like 2 in the morning when I was maybe 8, then remembering that we didn't even start on The Karate Kid game we'd wanted to try. I still think of that basement whenever I hear "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies".

So we're several days in now; what's everyone picked up? I've grabbed (this far; I may grab Dishonored, and then I'm probably done):

I agree with Shane, the X-Box 360 controller is pretty well-supported, especially by recent games. I used to have an old Dual-Shock 2 controller with a USB converter that worked really well after I tweaked everything, but the 360 controller eliminated the need for a lot of that tweaking.

Kinda irritated that this isn't part of the first AB:SW game, but whatever. I guess it makes sense to have a new game, it's just vaguely irritating to have to re-buy the thing, and then play ten levels of "tutorial" all over again.

X-Wing taught me how to create .bat files in DOS; I found where the pilot file was and wrote a batch file so that every time I launched the game, it also backup up my pilot file so I wouldn't lose every single thing I ever got. It didn't matter, though, I don't think I ever finished it anyways.

Yeah, there was that one sniper rifle (the silenced carbine) that had minimal sway and was silent, which was always preferable to the "default" sniper rifle they tried to give you that had less bullets per clip, more sway, and was noisy; I basically used that gun, the silenced pistol, and the silenced SMG for…

Okay, so I jumped on the X-Com deal ($12 or whatever for that and the DLC is one of the three things I wanted from the sale, and since I got Dragonborn yesterday I'm mostly just waiting for Dishonored at this point), and I'm pretty sure I bought it, but I haven't actually gotten a confirming e-mail and I'm not at home…

I wanted Dishonored to win, but I did pick up all those skin packs for $.33 apiece that I was missing (plus the two extra classes for like 33% of whatever they were); all told I picked up a ton of DLC for like $18.08.

It looks like it uses contact data to give each event a background picture; I'm not sure how it does that, but it definitely seems like it's part of why it needs contact info.

DA:O, plus all the DLC, for $8 is a fantastic buy. It's a really good RPG once you get the combat down; good stories, good universe, definitely worth your time (and be prepared for a lot of time; this is one of those epic RPGs that you're gonna dump 80 hours into, once you factor in all the DLC, and that's not even…

That was my problem, I basically played ONLY Football Manager games for several years straight, and all of those games can be played pretty much forever. Even now, I'm on a year and a half break from them and I know I'll buy FM'14 and possibly look up six months later and wonder where the time's gone.

X-Com and Dishonored are the two I'm holding out for; I might get Civ 5:BNW if it gets a heavy cut, but since I haven't played a single minute of Civ5's massive all DLC expansion pack I bought in the winter sale, that's a really hard buy to make.

I've got such a big backlog because, from like 2009 through let's say March of last year, the only game I really played was Football Manager (whichever iteration was current). It was just one of those games that totally sucked me in, and even when I took brief breaks to go play other things I still always came right…

So let's all be honest: how deep is your backlog, what's on it, and what game(s) are you working on now that's keeping you from getting to it?

I really wanted to like V:TM:BL, but it was SO buggy...just kinda kept dying on me, and it felt strangely limited. I wanted it to be Morrowind (or at least NWN), it wasn't nearly as open as I'd hoped it would be. It's strange that, with all the vampire stuff going on these days, they haven't tried to make a more open…

The comedy aside, NOLF had one of my all-time favorite weapons load-outs in gaming. For a game with a lot of quirky spy gadgets (lipstick grenades, anyone?) it let you have a lot of control over WHICH of those gadgets you'd use. Prefer a silenced sniper rifle to a revolver? Bacalov corrector to a spear gun? Then take…

Actually, the "building a pocket" idea is probably the best way; just use a lot of superglue or something so that the pieces stay in place.

Yeah, but then you still have the feel of the Lego plate on your hand and in your pocket.