Normally I play one game at a time, finish it, and then move on to the next game.  When I got a PS3 Slim, though, I bought a stack of games to play, and in the last couple of months of 2009 I picked up some new releases and a lot of good deals from Steam.  So I have quite a backlog of games to play right now.

PS3 Games

Far Cry 2.  Started, but nowhere near finished.  I stopped to play MW2, but I’ll return to it eventually because it was pretty good.

FEAR 2.  Finished the single-player campaign but the multiplayer was not interesting enough to play.  Single-player was amusing enough that I would revisit it if I got bored.

MAG (Beta).  Got the enormous download but then I found out the beta didn’t start until January 4.  Doh.

Modern Warfare 2.  This is where I’ve spent most of my time for the last month.  At level 54 (of 70+), though, the multiplayer is getting repetitive and tiresome – the achievements and unlocks are coming far less often, making it a lot less fun to play pub games with mobs of 12-year-olds.

Need for Speed Shift.  I stopped somewhere near the beginning of Tier 4.  I enjoyed it, but it’s kind of repetitive by nature.

PC Games from Steam

I got all of these at crazy low prices during half-off weekends and the recent holiday discounts.

Grand Theft Auto IV.  Haven’t started yet.  If it’s anything like GTA 3, I expect I’ll be playing it for a long time, so I’m saving this one for later.

Majesty II.  I heard about Majesty on GWJ.  It sounded like a neat concept for a strategy game but the graphics are dated and I had a hard time getting into it.

Mass Effect.  I started this RPG before I got MW2 but I haven’t gotten very far.  It’s not bad, but it doesn’t run very well on an older PC (ie. it runs terrible, even with almost everything turned off).

Mirror’s Edge.  I thought the concept was intriguing when it came out (a first person shooter without much shooting).  It’s fun so far, but it doesn’t run very well on an older PC.  (Tip:  It runs better on a dual-core 2.6 GHz Athlon with an Nvidia 7800 GT than it does on a single-core 3.0 GHz P4 with an Nvidia 8600 GT.)  I’m starting to play this more now that I’m getting tired of MW2.

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.  I got this one because it’s an oft-cited seminal game but I’d never seen it.  Unfortunately the graphics and gameplay are a bit dated, but it’s good enough that I’ll probably play through it someday when I’m bored.

Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory.  Picked this one just because I haven’t played a Splinter Cell game before.  I played a few hours of it, but I don’t really get why there’s so many of these games in the franchise.  It’s not bad though, and on the plus side, it runs great on an older PC.

Torchlight.  I heard great things about Torchlight on GWJ, and it doesn’t disappoint.  It’s very much like Diablo, but better.  This one has also started grabbing my attention away from MW2.  Two thumbs up!

And this list doesn’t even count the four recent and semi-recent games I still have on my list to get:  Dragon’s Age, Assassin’s Creed 2, Uncharted 2 and Gears of War 2.  (Lots of sequels out this year.)