A long time ago (June 2010) in a galaxy far, far away, I started a blogging feature I called "...To Be Continued." This feature was supposed to chronicle my efforts to clean up my game collection and actually finish some of the 36 games gathering dust on my shelves that had never been completed. Along the way, I got distracted time and time again, and you found me blogging about games that were never on that original list. Well, in the interest of confusing you all, I have devised another new feature blog!

Here's what you're going to see from me going forward. Whenever I actually play a new release, I will write a review without blogging an update. When I cross one of the games off of the "...To Be Continued" list, there will be a blog announcing as much. This new feature you are experiencing now, "Links to the Past," will be dedicated to my ramblings about when I finish a game that is new to me, but old to the rest of the world.

So for the inaugural "Links to the Past" post, I present you with: "X-Men Legends." Great game, one that I can't believe I passed over back when it was new. It's a team-based RPG-action game, with roots in the classic X-Men brawlers of old. I normally don't get into many RPGs, but this one was put together so well you had to love it. Upgrading your mutants to make their abilities more powerful is just a natural fit for this universe!

When you combine the solid gameplay with good graphics, great voice-acting and a pretty darn good story, what's not to love about this game? Well, it did sort of end on a cliff-hanger, but I was already planning on picking up the sequel anyway. I already know that it's going to be another $5 well spent.