Yeah, I don't want to look at how much I've spent on games in the last week or so. I've basically become my own Santa, but with a lot less impulse control than I imagine Santa to have.
At least GoodBudget tells me I'm still in the clear and I at least had an income since October, so I don't feel TOO guilty, but for PS4 I bought:
Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition for $4.49 + tax. Tami seems to love it and it's been compared to Yakuza, which let's face it, is all I really need (even if I personally wasn't all that big a fan of The Fist of the North Star demo; the world just didn't appeal to me).
Speaking of Yakuza, I also bought Shenmue I & II as a sort of Yakuza history lesson for myself. I'm aware these won't be as engaging as Yakuza, but as big a fan I am of that franchise, I don't mind owning a related museum piece with two games for $19.79 + tax.
I finally got Guilty Gear Xrd Rev 2 on Patrick's recommendation for $15.99 + tax. I kept overlooking it when it would go on sale because I already own Xrd and was thinking I'd pick up Dragon Ball FighterZ instead, but I'm just a bigger Guilty Gear fan and I look forward to all the added content.
I bought Heavy Rain for $11.99+tax because while my best friend hates it and returned his PS3 copy to Game X Change a while ago, I think I can eventually get past the awkward amount of buttons the game wants you to hold down and actually play through the story instead of just streaming a Let's Play of it from SomehtingAwful.
Last is LEGO Harry Potter Collection, because I always buy LEGO games on sale and for $5.99+tax, two games with 7 books or 8 movies worth of references felt like a good bargain.
The total was $63.06.
I've paid the equivalent of roughly 2.5-3 new games this Christmas and received like 15 or so games, so I guess I'm doing something right ... as long as I actually play these.
I haven’t played much of Sleeping a Dogs but what I did was cool. I’m gonna get the definitive version eventually.
At $5, I thought now was a good time to snag it. Those past-tense words make my sentence gramatically incorrect. I'm leaving it, but I want you to know that I know. It would have taken much less time to just replace the past-tense words with present- tense words, but I wanted you to know that I know about grammar.
But now I'm starting to question myself. Maybe what I initially wrote is just fine. I wish not to look it up. It might ruin me.
Thank you, kind stranger, for nothing and everything at once.
You’re certainly welcome! 
I want to change the song "I'm My Own Grandpa" to "I'm My Own Santa". ha ha
Goodbudget looks interesting, but I think I'm already hyper aware of my spending. It's always too much. I work on altering my feelings of need to make it less. Can an app do that?
I saw so many Lego games with prices under $10 the other day on Xbox. In a better economic state, I'd have bought them all.
I looked the song up and YouTube has a video with a family diagram in it. Funny.
An app? Maybe. What I do is try and remind myself I rented about as many games for similar prices to what I buy them for now, and instead of thinking of it as "Mount Backlog," it's a Blockbuster store I can visit any time I want ...
... And reading that again, you're talking about spending, not completing a backlog. Maybe try Habitica and wait until you've completed real life goals before buying any new games?
Yeah, LEGO games go on sale for like $5 all the time, to the point I can't imagine getting one at full price ... I wonder how that company is holding up or if parents still buy those for their kids at full price.
I used to study the Billboards hits charts including the novelty hits. It introduced me to a lot of funny songs.
Thing is, I've tried to make myself follow various game plans, but when I'm forcing myself to play something, even if I like the game, I kind of lose interest.
Lego's still huge. There are conventions, and I think I saw Lego The Movie 2 coming next year.
I mean my point with the backlog thing was you don't have to play those games. Yeah, it's a bit of a waste of money, but have you been happy with every restaurant meal you shit out over the same weekend? I know exactly what you mean by not liking a game you "have" to play.
Oh, LEGO the brand will live forever, probably. I meant specifically the video games.
Ha ha. The possession of the game is enjoyment enough. Although, I don't enjoy digital buys like I do physical ones.
I think I saw another Lego game coming in 2019. I forget which one.
That reminds me. I should really build a bookcase or something for all my physical games.
"The possession of the game is enjoyment enough."
This would seem to be me lol
Hey you did an excellent job, getting several games for the price of 1 game is the best. Now to work on them next year!
Way ahead o you. Lol
Being an adult = being your own Santa. Truth.
I watched my wife play through Sleeping Dogs on the 360 when it first came out. It's got a great story. Combat, if I remember right, is more akin to the Arkham games than Yakuza. You should have a good time with it.
That actually sounds like a great mix ... as big a fan as I am of Yakuza, I can't say I ever REALLY clicked with the combat system fully. Yakuza for me is a franchise whose whole is greater than the sum of its parts.