I'm Scared of Animal Crossing

I'm scared. I'm afraid to face my responsibilities. I fear that I've done something horrible that I just can't accept. I've abandoned my Animal Crossing town. I couldn't help it. I started missing occasional days, as I'd done most of what I wanted to do in the game, so each daily visit to the town of Scone was just a pleasantry, a chance to mingle with the residents, my wards, my friends. Then I saw the town functioning without me, so I slipped further away. Now most of my time was spent buying and storing turnips before noon on Sunday in order to make a hefty profit and pay off my last couple of house improvements, with the remainder spent checking the prices at Re-Tail. But it didn't stop. Other games began luring me away from my mayoral responsibilities.

Time passed, as I slept inside my house. The villagers began to wonder where their mayor had gone. I decided to venture outside. Isabelle was shocked that I'd been away for so long. The guilt kicked in fast. Weeds and dead flowers were scattered around the town. The villagers all remarked how they hadn't seen me in weeks and thought the worst had happened. My god, I thought I'd only been away a few days. But that wasn't the worst of it. There was a blank space on my map where a friend's house once stood. Angus had moved. He was a stern and grumpy bull on the outside, but I'd gotten to know him well. He'd softened up and I thought we were close. He never mentioned moving. I would have begged him to stay. I couldn't face this town now, not now I'd lost a friend.

Days passed. Days melded into weeks. Weeks turned to months. It's been months since I've set foot in Scone. I fear how it has turned out, what kind of dystopia it's become. I want to visit, but I can't bring myself to do it. What if someone else has moved? What if a new villager has settled in after hearing rumours of a ghost town and has crushed the few flowers that remain? What it weeds have overgrown the fields? I can't bear to look. I can't simply accept these changes and continue on as if nothing had happened. I can't just shake my responsibilities either. There's more to the game I haven't seen. But I can't do it. I'm scared.

2013 Game Rankings List

I was playing some games this week (big surprise, I know!) and was thinking about how I'd rank the games I've played so far this year in terms of quality. I thought I'd keep a Top 5 in my head and change it around as the year progressed, and that would be my GOTY List. I was having a bit of trouble remembering all the games I'd played so far, and had an awesome idea. I could keep a ranked list of EVERY game released this year, that I play, and update it as I play more games. This would make compiling my GOTY list easier, and also lets people know which games I actually played this year. "What!? X is on your GOTY list but not Y!? Y was amazing!" "Oh, yeah, I didn't actually play Y..." It will help make sense of my opinions a little. This list will update whenever I play through a new game, so feel free to keep checking back every now and then.
EDIT: Ranking them all is too hard, I'll keep a Top 5, and then just list the other games I've played. Too easy.

I would have put Persona 4 Golden in one of the top two spots, but I did play it last year, so it doesn't really count I guess. It only just came out in Australia/Europe this year, so if you haven't imported it then consider this my recommendation to buy it :P Likewise with Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen, it's a re-relase/expansion moreso than a new game. But definitely one you should play!

1. GTA V
2. Animal Crossing New Leaf
3. Payday 2
4. Ace Attorney 5
5. Saints Row IV

Other games I've played from 2013 (not in any order)
Battlefield 4
Pokemon X/Y
The Last Of Us
LEGO City Undercover
Slender: The Arrival
FUSE
Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon
Luigi's Mansion 2
SimCity
Dead Space 3
Battle High 2
God of War Ascension
DLC Quest
Tearaway

E3 Conference Wrap-Up

So, the E3 presentations have come and gone, and I think we can all agree it was a pretty damn mediocre show. Not good, not bad, just plain mediocre. No-one really blew us away, in fact some managed to fail to even keep us content. It was easily one of the most disappointing E3's ever. For my live thoughts of what happened during the conferences (except EA's which I accidentaly slept through :3 ) check out this post.

E3 Live Blog

Even though it requires me to pull an all nighter (Aussie time zone) I'm gonna try to watch as many of the E3 conferences as I can this year. I'll be posting what's happening and my thoughts as the night goes on, so be sure to keep checking back! :D

Mario Kart 7 Review

You would not believe how hard it was to finally get this working on Youtube. But without further ado, I present my first review (and Vegas Movie Studio video actually), I hope you enjoy it! Mario Kart is a pretty easy game to review, but it'll serve as good practise for me and show you guys what my reviews will be like. I had most of it finished for quite a while now, but got busy and distracted and didn't get it finished until now. Getting a capture card, so I won't just be restricted to handheld games, and I plan to get FRAPS too for PC games. Anyways, hope you guys enjoy the video, I've got a very interesting one in the works :) Remember- in China they never grow chilli!