I love me some achievement point gets, but one thing Microsoft's addictive e-peen system has made painfully obvious is that I rarely finish games. Rather I don't really "complete" games, at least the way developers intend to. I've never seen the end credits or final boss for Oblivion, Saint's Row, or Viva Pinata despite playing the heck out of all three. I've beaten DOA4, Dead Rising and Gears of War but fall far short of earning 1000 points for all three. And Live Arcade? I'm doubly pitiful with my gamerscore there, save for Uno and UMK3. Hell I've earned a whopping two achievements for Geometry Wars, possibly my most played XBLA game.

Then there's all the non-360 titles that have fallen by the wayside too soon like Yoshi's Island 2, Final Fantasy XII, Bully, We Love Katamari, Contact, Devil May Cry 3, Fire Emblem, Advance Wars DS, Suikoden III.. Sure I'll finish my fair share even to this day, but not nearly at the clip I purchase new ones. My eyes are bigger than my stomach, and I'm always left with too much on my plate. Not to mention a relatively modest gamerscore.

I need more closure. It's unfulfilling whenever the game beats you, either through fault of the developers making a crappy product or your own for just giving up in the middle of it. The box just sits there on the shelf, mocking you. Well no more. Seeing as the horizon is relatively dry for must haves, now will be the time to buckle down and finish some damn games. Maybe even break the 5k mark with my gamerscore. Yeah!

Unfortunatley now is also the time to explore Outlands and start moving my Gnome Mage towards 70 in WoW. I have a sinking feeling my two goals are diametrically opposed by nature. C'est la vie.