Now that, for the first time in about a decade, I am no longer getting loads of reviewable games for free, I’ve found I’ve become a much more frugal and reluctant game purchaser. Simply because a game has a fascinating murder scene in a series of walk in tubs is no longer enough to pique my interest.

Overall excellence is what does it for me now, and even that, sparingly.

Of course, it’s not that I intended to fall out of touch with how spendy a habit videogames can be; it just happened because I was, by and large, not paying for many games. Even among those I received, I would often use many of them as trade-in credit towards games I really wanted.

I suppose it’s a good thing to get back in touch with how seldom most people can afford to invest in a new videogame. Still, I do miss my frequent freebies!