It’s a weird feeling when suddenly games that don’t have Trophies suddenly feel like they aren’t worth playing, as if being able to carry over your achievements from one game to the next has some sort of physically value that can be perserved in the vast spaces of he interweb. Whatever the reason, I am once again hooked on Trophies (and other such systems). With the economy, and my personal economics, the way they are, the time for Trophies is now.

Even without the value arguments, Trophies extent the life of a game by offering that little bit of incentive to scrape up every last speck of frosting at the bottom of the cereal box, so to speak. Always fun? No. Getting every bit your money’s worth? Yes.

So from now until it’s done, before InFamous (hopefully), I will be going for Platinum on every game I own, forgoing the purchase of any new games until this feat is accomplished. The road will be rough, and I can’t imagine how I’m going to complete Warhawk, but in the end, I’ll be a better gamer and a little richer too.

See you on PSN.

Originally published on Playstation Underground Gamer Advisory Panel (GAP) 2008-11-18 12:05.