musings

I went out on Boxing Day to take advantage of the excess inventory fire-sale prices and realized that I no longer knew all of the movies I owned, so I wound up not buying stuff in case I already had it and realized I’d acquired enough media that it was impossible to keep it all in my head. So I bought Delicious Library 2, because it will scan UPC symbols using the built-in webcam on my MacBook and download all the important info about what I’ve just scanned – covers, metadata, even current value. I’ve been slowly but surely cataloguing my media, starting with movies and games. I’ve managed to get all of my PS2, Xbox, Xbox 360 and PS3 games catalogued, as well as all my Blu-Ray discs and most of my DVDs. A really neat feature of DL2 is the ability to publish the collection to the web – you can see my in-progress catalogue at the library link in the sidebar. If you’ve got a Mac, I highly recommend Delicious Library 2 – it’s fast and easy and has a million useful features.

I still have to add my PS1, Saturn, Dreamcast, GBA, PSP and NDS games, and the rest of my DVDs. And then the monumental task of my CDs and books. Even with DL2, it’s a daunting task.

So 2008 has turned out to be, in at least one way, an amazing year – n+ for Nintendo DS is one of IGN’s top 10 DS games of the year, and n+ for Sony PSP is nominated at Gamespot for best PSP game of 2008. And both of them are up for four other Gamespot awards – best platform game, best co-op multiplayer, best downloadable content, and best implementation of user-generated content. IGN gave both SKUs the Game of the Month award for August, and I was thrilled, but August was a slow month for games, so it was easy to stand out. Getting nods amidst games like Mirror’s Edge, Prince of Persia, Little Big Planet, Final Fantasy 7: Crisis Core and God of War: Chains of Olympus is a tremendous honour.