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Just woke up from a SWEET nightmare and have decided to revisit this ghost town of mine!

So, the big reason I didn’t post that list up yet was because I kept playing games that I felt were better than other games on the list… and this kept happening enough to make the list of 2007 games feel almost worthless. It didn’t help that I was writing huge reviews of each game! So, as a tribute to MIDNIGHT BLOGGING, I’m going to just put the original list out there. I’ll post the reviews eventually, they’re all saved here and just need some heavy editing. That said, my favorite games of 2007:

10. Ratchet and Clank: Future: Tools of Destruction (PS3)
09. Earth Defense Force 2017 (Xbox 360)
08. Pokemon: Diamond & Pearl (Nintendo DS)
07. Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
06. Half-life 2: Epitsode Two (PC, Xbox 360, PS3)
05. Guitar Hero 3 (Xbox 360)
04. Call of Duty 4 (Xbox 360)
03. Knytt Stories (PC)
02. Portal (PC, Xbox 360, PS3)
01. Uncharted (PS3)

Well there you have it. Looking back at the list, I still think it’s valid. One game that’s NOT on there but might be is Super Robot Wars W (Nintendo DS) which is the latest in a series of games that I’ve fallen in love with over the past few weeks. I’ll post about them seperately, but I will say that nothing satisfies my urge for strategy and giant robots like the Super Robot Wars games. The only problem is that they’re in Japanese (well, the worst two games in the series are in English, I guess) because of copyrights, and by the way, I wish we’d get a president that wanted to make Super Robot Wars copyright situation the first priority when getting into office.

Also, I’ve been on a budget the past month ($75 allocated for games) (this is extremely low compared to what I was spending on games in 2007), and it’s helped me be very picky with my gaming lately. Every last dollar counts! This is what I’ve grabbed so far:

King of Fighters XI (PS2)
Fire Pro Wrestling Returns (PS2)
Viewtiful Joe (PS2)
No More Heroes (Wii)
Super Robot Wars W (Nintendo DS)

I stretched that $75 further by trading some stuff in to get No More Heroes for the $25 price that maybe it deserves, while at the same time not waiting for it to drop to that pricepoint after the inevitable Killer 7 Sales Drop (and thus, sending as much money as possible through the sale to Grasshopper Manufacture, the Coolest Guys In The World). In these budget times I’ve gone back and played a ton of free games that I missed as well, but for some reason I can’t think of them tonight. I also got Burnout Paradise on the company dime but really, the demo broke my heart and I haven’t wanted to play it at all. I’ve already allocated my February budget to Devil May Cry 4 (DOWNLOAD THE DEMO IT’S GOOD).

Oh yeah, and I’m on a budget because there’s a baby on the way! So. Yeah. A Real Baby. Oh My God A Baby.