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Today, while Xmas shopping (which I hate almost as much as the season itself) I, of course, wandered into a games shop and spend money on video games I will probably never play. This week I got:

Guilty Gear XX #Reloaded (XBox)

GGXX is awesome, but I already own the PS2 version and have done now for many years. As much as I love the game, I've not touched it in ages. Really, all GGXX# has over the version I already have is Robo-Ky and an online play feature long made redundant by the passing of time. Still, it was £3 and I regret nothing.

Broken Sword 3 (XBOX)

I've played and beaten this one before, but not owning the third Broken Sword felt incorrect somehow so I cabed when i saw it super cheap. There's a pretty good chgance I'll replay this one as I constantly replay the first two when I'm out of games to try.

CSI (XBOX)

Never seen the show, but it's made by Telltale who made the new Sam & Max games, so I can expect a solid puzzle game if nothing else. It also never hurts to have another C game sitting around for the Alphas.

But buying these amde me look at all the other games I've bought and will probably never play. Here is a quick run down of the more recent ones:

EDEN

2001 shooter made by Core before Eidos decided to shoot them in their sleep and give their best games to Crystal Dynamics to rape. Because CD is a great company with a huge backlog of great games like, um, Gex? Looks brown -- a sign of things to come for SONY?

Close Combat: First to Fight

Sluggish, awkward FPS that tries to be as realistic as, say, GRAW but is a generation behind.

The Seed: Warzone (PS2)

Sci-fi consoles RTS. I played just past the intro once as was assualted with a scary amount of stats so turned off.Looks okay, but seems super complex. Maybe someday.

Syberia II (XBOX)

PLay as a sassy female New York lawyer as she searches for wooly mammoths in Syberia. Not yet tried this one, but I'm hoping for something DReamfall-esque. Looking to nab the first.

Haven: Call of the King (PS2)

Not so much as opened the game box for this one.

Xenosaga II

I doubt I'll ever bother with the only XS released in PAL. Just owning it is enough.

Alter Echo (PS2)

This one is actually pretty good. It's a cartoonish thrid-person shooter that allows you to change your form on the fly. I'd like to think it's one I'll go back to and grind a review from someday but, for now, it gathers dust.

Resident Evil (GC)

Only Gamecube game I own. Cost me £1. Which is roughly $36.

THPS4

Noteable only for being cheaper than REmake. 50p!