Obsession and Video Games

I have always been obsessive by nature, and nothing brings it out in me more than videogames. I can't just play a videogame, I have to finish it.

There a just a handful of videogames that I walked away from unfinished: Tomb Raider Chronicles, Jak 2, Tony Hawk 4. It still bothers me that I couldn't finish them.

But one thing I do try not to be is a completionist, a one-hundred-percenter. I probably never got more than 80% complete on any of the Grand Theft Auto games, and I certainly didn't get all the special weapons from Final Fantasy X.

The reason I never make the 100% is because the last remaining tasks to get the complete are always so boring.

So I've done all the missions in Bully, and I'm picking up a few extra percent just to see what's left. I've mowed 15 lawns, bought hundreds of items of clothing, played enough of the boring carnival games to get enough tickets to buy all the prizes. Nothing left to do but collect a bunch of G&G cards and smash a bunch of gnomes. But I can't go on. Too boring.

I mean c'mon. Mow 15 lawns? Is this entertainment? No. It is just like my other weekend chores.

So, I'll give up now at 90.7%.