Hello again. This is a random outta thin air topic that I figured I'd talk about to get the conversational ball rolling so to speak.

So, as my ascent on the ladder of life gets higher I realize that I can no longer afford the time I once did to play games. This obviously saddens me but on the bright side.....compared to when I was younger I can spend a lot more on games, but then.....I have no time to play them.....oh cruel cyclical fate!!
But this isn't about the torment of time management......or is it?

I see a lot of people getting mad these days at games that don't last that long, or have relatively short story/campaign modes. I don't know about you, but personally I can't invest 40, 50, 60+ hours in a game any more. I've already come to terms with the fact that there are simply many games that I'm just not going to play....ever. This isn't because they're bad, granted bad games don't really do it for me, but even good games, or really great games if they take an exorbitant amount of time to complete, it seems to reason that I would be able to complete one or two games before the next wave of awesomeness comes out. I guess I shouldn't be such a game connoisseur, but man.....there's a lot of good stuff out there!
One example that comes to mind is when Gears of War came out.....there was a lot of clamour about its abrupt story and it was admittedly short, but honestly....how long is long enough? I will admit, I do enjoy longevity of really awesome games but I do enjoy it when I can actually finish a game on a weekend instead of it going to the shelf with the other "oh yea....I played that for a while, but i never beat it" games.