Back when Pokemon first came out, I really got into the game. Not so much the cards... or the merchandise... or the crappy "anime," but the game was an excellent RPG. Then they kept trying to re-hash it, and the game became trite and boring.
After that (In about the 8th grade, I believe) I started playing Jet Grind Radio for the Dreamcast. That was just about the pinnacle of video game obsession for me. It got to the point where I would come home from school everyday and beat the game AT LEAST once; I knew how to get through the levels so quickly, it only took me an hour, two hours at the very most, to beat JGR. I earned all the secret characters, too. Noise Tank was the shit.
Between Pokemon and JGR, there was FF7. I got to Sephiroth's cave and the game deleted itself. Joy. But a few summers ago (before I had a job) I spent a good deal of time working through the game the right way... raising my characters, getting all the magic, beating those nasty weapon thingies, etc.
Halo. Legendary. End of story.
More recently, The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind has been as close to an obsession as I can get these days. Of course, with a job, girlfriend, and a good deal of homework, it's been getting harder and harder to poor in those 6 hour game days. I'll get 1 hour here or 30 minutes there, but it's enough to keep me interested.
And Xbox Live. Gotta love Live!
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