October 2010 Gaming Analysis

The results shown below are of course based on the combined data from the Daily Game Log which should provide a clear indication of a game's usage frequency. Bear in mind that even if a game is played twice or more during a particular day, it would still register as 1 in the Day Count column below. In a sense, "merits" are given based on how often a particular game can make me play it again throughout the entire period of the month on a daily basis. A game that makes a gamer play it over and over again or at least spend a lot of time with it... Isn't that what we mostly want from a great game? I don't think it's really fair to count all the way down to the number of hours played since some games only require a short amount of time to properly serve their purposes.

OVERALL BREAKDOWN:

Total Games Played: 51

Another month of dominance for League of Legends on the Personal Computer. After writing the review last month, I truly doubt that there is anything else I could add to just how incredible and addictive this game is. I haven't even reached the peak of the entire experience yet because that would be finding four friends to team up with as an arranged team instead of just using the solo matchmaking queue and play the game with random strangers.

The second most revisited game last month was My Aquariuim on the PlayStation 3. What can I say, randomly swimming digital fish makes me smile. I still haven't unlocked all of the different types of fish available in the game so I am sure that I am going to go back to it every so often. There are additional fish to download too but I believe some of them are just mere color swaps and I have to wait until I have unlocked those that are already in the game to confirm my suspicion. Tied at second place was Sonic Advance 3 for the Game Boy Advance. This should really tell you how disappointed I am with Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I since I am looking to find my Sonic fix somewhere else.

In third place for October 2010 was EyePet. I really do enjoy messing around with this virtual pet though I have seem to stop visiting him after the 5 days recorded from last month. It mostly has to do with the camera placement - to play Time Crisis: Razing Storm and Heavy Rain, the camera has to be placed on top of my entertainment center underneath my LCD and to play EyePet, the camera is positioned lower. Sometimes I just get lazy moving things around back and forth but rest assured that I will not abandon by sweet Moo Moo for too long!

Best New Game of the Month:

Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes (PlayStation 3)

Unexpectedly Forgotten New Game of the Month:

Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I (X-Box 360)

I Missed You I Want You Game of the Month:

Kirby's Epic Yarn (Nintendo Wii)