Time to tie up some loose gaming ends.

Don't worry, true believers. The Sonic challenge still continues. But I have far too many mid-progress games that need resolving. Some of those are Sonic games. I am about halfway through Sonic 3, 2 worlds into Sonic & Knuckles, 1/3 through Sonic CD, and about the same with Sonic 4.

Those aren't the egregious ones though. Here is a taste of what I'm talking about.

• I just bought the new Alan Wake XBLA game, just recently finished the first DLC for the original game, and haven't started the second DLC yet.
• I bought the Martian Bear expansion for Trenched, but am 2 stages (I think) from finishing the original storyline.
• Mrs. NPB and I crossed into Mexico in Red Dead Redemption, but haven't played it very much since December (blame Skyrim).
• Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Bulletstorm, and Beyond Good and Evil (XBLA) were all purchased months ago, but haven't even been started.
• I'm on the Episode 5 boss in Pixeljunk Shooter 2.
• I've had Super Mario 3D Land from Gamefly for over a month, and am only on World 3.
• Just got Rayman: Origins from Gamefly, and have only played the first level.

And probably the worst offense of them all: I am on the final boss in Insanely Twisted: Shadow Planet!! The last guy! In case you didn't get it already, I am very bad about focusing on one game, start to finish. And I'm not saying that I am going to change or anything. I'm just gonna try to clear out a few of these to make room for others!

Meanwhile, in other NPB news, I've started reading again! Hooray! Add more to my plate of content that needs consuming!

Most recently, I finished Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. If you like 80's pop and sub culture (video games, movies, music), sci-fi, fantasy, or just good books, you owe it to yourself to go start reading it. Here's a link that should whet your palate: http://www.readyplayerone.com/

I've also been cutting through all of the Marvel Civil War comics, and am starting in on August 2006 now. I don't have any comic planned to start once I'm finished with Civil War, so if you have any suggestions, let me know via Twitter!

Well, I don't want to ramble any more than I already have, so I'm gonna call it a night on this blog post. Thanks again for reading!