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Apparently I never ported my VC-F stuff over here. Also, this list is due for some updates!

1. Complete one game 100% (caveat: must have significant objectives other than beating it).

Progress: COMPLETE!: Ratchet & Clank (PS3 [PS2])

2. Beat at least eight retro (up to and including N64 gen) games acquired before 2014.

Progress:
1. Strider (Genesis)
2. Shaq-Fu (Genesis)
3. Earthworm Jim HD* (XBLA)
4. MediEvil (PSOne Classics)
5.
6.
7.
8.

Obviously EJHD isn't retro per se, but it's a remake of a SNES/GEN game that I also have (but have little reason to play given the existence of the HD version), so I'm counting it. Also, I seem to have simply missed the fact that I beat MediEvil, which I bought at the tail end of 2013, so it qualifies for the resolution.

3. Beat a shmup. Simple as that. Progress: Incomplete

4. Beat five 360 games (acquired before 2014).

Progress:
1. NBA Jam
2. Earthworm Jim HD
3.
4.
5.

5. Beat at least 4 games from series I've never played before

Progress:
1. Devil May Cry
2. The Walking Dead
3. Ratchet & Clank
4. Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus

6. Make a video game.

Progress: COMPLETE!

Well I did awfully this year. Mainly due to buying more games than I thought and having needed to beat way to many games.

Next year I will have goals that don't have a domino effect if I fail 1.

1. Buy 2 or less games this year (Excludes gifts so it'll turn into 3-4 new games this year)
1. Final Fantasy X
2. Final Fantasy X-2 HD
3. South Park: The Stick of Truth
4. Mario Kart 8
5. The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
6. Earthbound
7. Mega Man Battle Network
8. Rayman Legends
9. NHL 15
10. The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
11. The Legend of Zelda: A link to the past
12. Magic the Gathering 2014: Duels of the Planewalkers
13. Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX
14. Madden 25

FAILED

2. Beat ATLEAST three times as many games than new games.
Beaten: 8 (Need 42)

FAILED

2a. Beat ATLEAST two times as many games than new games
Beaten: 8 (Need 28)
1. Sly Cooper and the Thievius Racoonus HD
2. The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
3. Tales from Space: About a Blob
4. Rayman Origins
5. Sly 2: Band of Thieves
6. South Park: The Stick of Truth
7. Mega Man Battle Network
8. Mario Kart 8

Purchase/Received: 14

FAILED

3. Under 45 Unfinished games (excluding steam).
Currently 60~ Haven't fully updated my Backlog

FAILED

4. Less than 8 Unfinished ps3 games.
Currently 11~ Haven't fully updated my Backlog

FAILED

5. Inside the top 600k in overall rankings and top 12k in Australia in PSN trophies.

12,893 & 643,668

SEMI FAILED I was in those ranks during the year

5a. Get to level 10 in PSN

Level 9 3%

FAILED

6. Here's to never growing up. (Beat 8 games that originally came out between 1992-2004)

1. Sly Cooper and the Thievius Racoonus HD
2. Sly 2: Band of Thieves
3. Mega Man Battle Network

FAILED

I had failed so hard at my posted resolutions from VC-F that I didn't even bother to port it over! It might have been a bad year for my announced goals, but it actually turned out to be a great one in a few areas, and I wanted to celebrate that. So in the spirit of positivity and to inform my 2015 resolutions, a few excerpts from 2014:

- My running total for games beaten this year is 41, the most since formally recording them (2013, 2012 and 2011 had 35, 34 and 30, respectively). 16 of these are complete/100%/Platinum.

- In tandem with the above, it was a big PSN year for me, which saw me skyrocket up our forum leaderboards, ending deep into the top 10 (6 current). Not bad for a new account less than 2 years old.

- Not an achievement but a fresh slate for 2015 resolutions, I now have a PS4 with a manageable backlog.

- My game spending continues to drop year over year, a trend I expect to continue. My running total for 2014 (with only a couple days left!) is under $850.00, almost half of 2013's $1600.00, which was about half of $2012's.


A good snapshot of habits tending more toward play than consumption, this will be the crux of my 2015 resolutions.