Hi folks!
It's been a while since I've posted anything here, mostly because I've been posting semi-regularly at my blog over at ControlPadBlues.com.
I know a few of my friends read the blog whenever I post, and I don't think I have much of a following, which I am completely okay with! This was, after all, a personal journey through my own childhood memories, and an outlet that was infinitely better than random Facebook statuses that were sure to have me "hidden" from many friends' feeds. haha
In any case, after completing my Top 100 favourite games countdown, my friend Jordan asked the million dollar question; "what do you do next?"
Well, to tell the truth, I still have a dinky little Notepad document with various games and the childhood memories I have attached to them. Whenever I feel like writing up a post, I refer to that, and make the best use of those skills I gathered before dropping out of Journalism at Saint Thomas University (here in Fredericton, New Brunswick).
Avoid clutter. That is all. 
Anyway, aside from Grand Theft Auto V (which is beautiful and a lot of fun, by the way), my interest in more recent games has dwindled. How could I get "back on the wagon", so to speak?
Moving the blog into video form, of course!
The concept is pretty simple - play games, remenisce about all the little things in life that playing them reminds us of, include a bit of visual stimulation to break up the "monotony" of "just gameplay", and share it for the world to see.
We couldn't care less if he and I ended up being the only two who watched these videos, and we honestly think that's the way we should approach these.
Here's the catch, however.
Jordan is from here in Fredericton, but lives in Montreal, about a nine hour drive away. He was my witness when I married my wife in 2011, and I was his witness when he married his wife just last September. I don't doubt that being this far away from his family can be pretty tough, at times, so I think playing through some games together can help bridge that gap a little bit.
Of course, there is no way to play these together aside from emulators, which I feel a bit dirty in using. I used to be a-ok using them, but once I started collecting, fuggetaboutit. Still, it's the only way for us to do this... for now.
In any case, we hope to have the first video up by next week, some time. We spent an hour and a half playing (and being awful at) Super Mario Bros. 2 last night, and we feel that we've done a pretty fun job of remeniscing.
At least for us, anyway. That's all that matters, isn't it?
A recent trend on Twitter was #10favoritegames, which had my friend and I going back and forth about why we chose the ten games we did. It wasn't necessarily a heated debate, but the number of games we considered favourites quickly escalated from ten to about twenty each.
"OH, damn, forgot so-and-so" was repeated a few times between both of us, and we joked that we would need a Top 100, not a measly Top 10.
That got me thinking... maybe I *should* make a Top 100 list of my favourite games of all time. Yeah, it'd be tough to actually create such a list, but it would be fun trying!
So, thanks to RF Generation and the ability to look at my collection and wishlist (I figure that pretty much covers all my bases in terms of favourite games), I was able to narrow my collection of 550-plus games into the 100 I enjoy more than any other.
Sorting them in order of preference was a bit of a challenge, but once that was taken care of, I couldn't wait to share my own list with friends. Each entry will have a bit of the "childhood memory" feel to it like the rest of the blog was intended for, but really, I just expect a fun little jaunt down memory lane.
MY Top 100 - #100
http://www.controlpadblues.com/?p=729
Also, a bit of a disclaimer to anyone who might actually be interested in this countdown of mine... there are certain genres I've never really enjoyed playing that much, notably RPG's. The countdown will be void of anything Final Fantasy-related, or even Chrono Trigger. It'll also have a few critically panned games, but then again, we all have those games that are guilty pleasures.
Keep that in mind... on that note, I hope you enjoy my countdown!
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