Well 2014 has come and gone. I don't know about you but it was an extremely quick year for me. Things were busy early in the year with the new baby and traveling out west for the Calgary Expo. The quick pace continued on into the summer and before we knew it, it was fall. By that point in time the amount of game hunting trips had been severely reduced for a few reasons. A: I have definitely narrowed my focus on what I want to purchase so most trips weren't netting very many titles. B: Tyson was preparing for the new addition to his family and C: We were devoting a lot more time to beer, chicken wings and the Two Crude Dudes Podcast. And of course December is a busy time of year for everyone and historically Tyson and I usually get together maybe once during the month.
Anyhow as the year has ended its time to see how I did with my goals for 2014 before I can look toward what 2015 will hopefully hold:
Goal #1: Increase NES
Collection by 41 Cartridges
Progress: 45/41 =
109.76%
He did it! The sonuvabitch did it! The 41st NES cartridge of 2014 came at the Central Canada Comic Con at the end of October. Given how slow it had been getting those last few I thought that may have been it for the year. A small online purchase and a Boxing Day pick-up later I had exceeded my goal by four. This left my total NES cartridge total at 604 to end 2014. I'm extremely happy to have hit my goal and join the 600 Club. Looking back at the start of the year I was unsure if 41 was a good goal or not. By the end of 2013 I was already starting to come across less and less that I needed. At the same time all it would take is one good lot and 41 would take no time at all. I won't say yet what my goal for 2015 is but I think I have a rough idea in mind. All I'll say for now is:
In 2013 I joined the 500 Club. In 2014 I joined the 600 Club...... don't expect me to be hitting the 700 Club in 2015.
Goal #2: Spend more
time with the Wii U
Progress: Goal
Achieved
I declared this one complete previously. By the end of the 3rd quarter I had already logged 40+ hours of gaming on the Wii U. That had already doubled what I did in 2013 and I figured that might be it. However I got caught up in the craze that was Super Smash Bros which got me on a bit of a Wii U kick again at the end of November into December. After Smash Bros I sunk several hours into Rayman Legends just to try it out. I'll be going back to that title cause it was a lot of fun and very addictive. I then moved on to Super Mario 3D World as I picked it up last Boxing Week and hadn't even opened it. I blew through that in a couple days and for Christmas I got Captain Toad as a gift which I just started before New Years. So all together in December I probably logged another 20 hours of gametime putting me at roughly 60 for the year. Looking forward to keeping the Wii U train going in 2015.
Goal #3: Complete 5
Xbox 360 Games
Progress: 2/5 = 40%
FAIL!! Last time I was discussing that I had restarted Borderlands 2. I think that lasted for about 3 days after my last update. I put about 15 hours into a replay of it but was just having trouble getting really into it. I think part of the problem is that I had played about 40 hours of it the first time before I quit so going through parts that I already have played just didn't hold up for me. Past that I played a couple hours of some XBLA games but really nothing of any merit.
Goal #4: Get the last
two issues of OPM
Progress: 0/2 = 0%
Honestly never looked in the last couple months but I did a quick search as I typed this and as suspected there were no copies of either issue that I need on eBay. I think this one will go on the back burner for next year.
Goal #5: Devote more
time to the Blog
Progress: Goal Achieved
This one I'm going to count as a win. Going back and looking I blogged a few less times this year but we put together 8 episodes of the Two Crude Dudes Podcast in 2014 all together totaling roughly 20 hours of content. That combined with the blogs I did have a chance to write did require a decent amount of time in 2014. 2015 should be another good one, it will probably start off a bit slow. Tyson is occupied with the new family addition but rest assured we will continue provide consistent content throughout the year. Maybe we'll finally get the YouTube channel off the ground, or maybe even update our god awful Facebook page.
There is it that was my 2014 goals. Overall not bad but definitely gave me some insight to what I want to accomplish in 2015. I should be back with my 2015 goals in the next day or two. In the meantime check us out on social media
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