I’m introducing a new subcategory under gaming here and it is specifically for GameTap. I have had a GameTap account for over a year, and in that time I’ve mainly used it to play a few dozen old Atari and arcade games, and the occasional DOS/Windows game, like The Incredible Machine: Even More Contraptions. To be honest, I haven’t used the account to its full potential.
Last week while I was working on moving the website, I decided to go look for something to do on GameTap to fill some time and I found Uru Live, the Myst MMO. I’d seen it before and had always wanted to play it, but had never made the time. Just my luck, the day I decide to start playing was the day they announced they were planning to shut it down. Oh well… I guess you can’t win ’em all.
Getting myself back inside the GameTap tool, however, reminded me of why I agreed to sign up for it in the first place. With 990 games listed, its a huge library of past games with a few newer titles and some originals within which there has got to be some fun… or perhaps just some lessons to be learned.
So, I’m setting a goal for myself, every week I am going to play at least one game from GameTap and post a review about it. It will probably be easiest to do on Sunday mornings, so that’s likely when I’ll play and post. I’ve already downloaded a few old favorites and a few “I can’t believe I never played that” titles, and if I ever get stuck, GameTap provides a handy random wheel spinner that will select a game for me.
Ready. Set. Game!