One of my traditions is the getting and playing of video games around Christmas. A more recent tradition is taking some left over vacation time to stay home and play the games. Due to the way my vacation rolls over I always seem to have time available to use this time of year. I think my first one was playing KOTOR in January of 2004. I have had several gaming vacations in the years since for games like Mass Effect in January 2008.
This year was no different. For Christmas I got several games to play. For the XBox 360 I got Left 4 Dead 2, Ghostbusters, Star Wars The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition, and I used an Amazon gift card to get Assassin's Creed II. For the DS I got Scribblenauts (which Kelly has so far played even more than me) and Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story. For the Wii I got New Super Mario Bros. Wii. I even bought Kelly some games as well. I got her Rock Band 2 and a bunch of tracks since she enjoyed The Beatles: Rock Band game so much and also Toy Story Mania for the Wii.
I started my Video Game Vacation by finishing up Borderlands on 12/30 so I could send it to my brother to share the love as I did with Batman: Arkham Asylum. I then played Ghostbusters 12/30 – 1/1. It was a good game if you want to play what is basically the third Ghostbusters movie in game form. It was pretty short only taking me about 5 hours to beat. Next I played Force Unleashed 1/2 – 1/5. This game was a bunch of fun, using your light saber to cut up all the bad guys. The game took about 7 hours for the main game and then another 2 hours for the DLC that was included for free in the Sith edition.
Throughout these games a bit of Modern Warfare 2, SMB Wii, Toy Story Mania and Scribblenauts was played to fill in the gaps. The next game I started was Assassin's Creed II on 1/5. I am still playing the game at this point and I am about 85% done I would say. Hopefully I can finish it soon because it is a lot of fun.
This however may be one of my last Christmas Video Game Vacations since my wife has indicated I should use my vacation time at more appropriate times throughout the year. We will see what the next Holiday brings. If you want to see a humorous automated reporting of my gaming you can see my XBox 360 Blog.
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