Reviewing my play time

Down to the wire, the 11th hour and 2025 is drawing to a close and I have time for the last in this wrap up trio before I get to things I was aware of this year but didn’t or couldn’t cover. Some of these will be games that released this year, others will be old enough to legally drink in the U.S. Looking back on it, I played more games than I watched anime and the problem with anime I’ve had is one of the same ones I’ve had with television, standard or otherwise. The commitment to a series is more than a game that can last between 4 and 400 hours, not to mention as much as I loathe the binge watching method, one benefit it has is that I can clear out my watchlist sooner, but the drawback I see is not being able to fully absorb a show, nuances and all.

For the games I’ve played this year:

1. Grand Theft Auto III (2001)
2. God of War (2005)
3. Silent Hill f (2025)
4. Mafia: The Old Country (2025)
5. Call of Duty: World at War (2008), Black Ops (2010), Black Ops II (2012)
6. Ghost of Tsushima (2020)
7. Max Payne (2001), Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (2003), Max Payne 3 (2012)
8. Spec Ops: The Line (2012)

This is neither an exhaustive nor ranked in order list. Just ones that I spent a lot of time on this year and yes, for those who know, Max Payne is up there again. It’s my favorite series after all. Actually, looking at this list, I have reverence for games as old as myself, beginning with:

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