I can't believe how much money I'm going to have to spend on gaming this year.

• I'm spending $1,600 on a new computer (only $300 left!)
• I have EVERY console, so I'm going to be buying a million games this year.

This year my dad said he'd get me Guitar Hero III for free (long story, I'll explain later), and my sister is getting Rock band for her B-Day (mid Dec), so the two most expensive games I want are, thankfully, the two I won't be buying with my own money. Past that, the following are the games I'll be getting and the games that I really want but probably can't get because there aretoo damn many.

Multi Platform Games:

I'm definitely getting Assassin's Creed and Grand Theft Auto IV. No question about it. After I've bought all of my MUST HAVE games, I'll only getthe others that I really, really want. That is,if I have enough (or any) cash left over. Those games would be John Woo Presents Stranglehold, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, The Orange Box, Army of Two, Mercenaries 2: World in Flames,and Burnout Paradise.

Xbox 360:

I'm going to have to get Halo 3, obviously. After that I'm getting Mass Effect for sure. Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic is my favorite game of all time, and Mass Effect is made by the same people, has a similar setting, plays similarly, it's F***ING HUGE (find a video of the galaxy map on Youtube, it looks like there's roughly 200 planets), it has gorgeous graphics, and a really, really interesting story (yes I've read the book, and I recommend it to anyone interested in the game). Lastly I'm going to get Bioshock and Beautiful Katamari. The only game I really want but will only get if I have the money for would be Lost Odyssey.

Nintendo Wii:

This one is really easy, for the Wii I want Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, and Super Mario Galaxy. I also might pick up Wii Fit, Manhunt 2, and Rayman Raving Rabbids 2.

Playstation 3:

Heavenly Sword is one of my most anticipated games this year, right behind Halo 3 and Mass Effect. I love UT so I'm also going to get Unreal Tournament III (PC mods will own w00t!). Lastly I really want Lair, but I suspect it might not stand up to the hype, so I'm going to wait forthe reviews for it. Other than that, most of the PS3 games I want are coming out next year (ZOMG I want MGS4 so bad). I also might get Uncharted Drakes Fortune, Ratchet and Clank:Tools of Destruction,and Warhawk.

PC:

For the PC the only game that I absolutely HAVE to get would be Crysis. It looks amazing and it'll be the ultimate test for my new suped up computer. Besides thatI'm getting the Medieval Total War II: Kingdoms Expansion and I might get Enemy Territories: Quake Wars, UT3, and World in Conflict.

(My new computer specs: 8800 GTX, 2gb ram, Vista Premium, 500gb hard drive, 600 watt power supply, Intel dual core E6750 proc, and an Asus P5N32-E SLI nForce® 680i SLI Chipset w/7.1 Sound, Gb LAN, S-ATA Raid, USB 2.0, IEEE-1394 Dual PCI-E MB motherboard all for $1,600, insane deal huh?).

Explanation Mentioned Earlier:

The reason why my dad is getting me Guitar Hero III for free is because a while ago, before Guitar Hero II for the 360 came out, my dad said he'd like to see me and my sister playing together nicely. I suggested Guitar Hero and my dad said he'd happily get me it with 2 guitars as long as I played with my sister. Then Guitar Hero II finally came out and it was a big hit. Unfortunately it wasso much so that my Dad and I couldn't find a second Guitar. Now that Guitar Hero III is coming out my dad said that instead of getting me another wired Guitar Hero II controller he'd just get me Guitar Hero III, to which I happily agreed. So yeah, that's why I'm getting GH3 for free =).

So there you have it, a million games that I want that will leave me broke from now until the end of next year. If you add the cost of all of my must have games, of which there are 14, the total is about $700. If you add that to the $1,600 for my new computer, I'm going to be spending a whopping $2,300 at the very least, and if I were to get every gameI want this year the cost sails to an insane $3,200.

That is why. . . . . I. AM. SCREWED.