Of late I seem to have found myself playing fewer and fewer RPGs and more FPS games. There are, I’m sure a number of factors at play here - firstly, and not doubt foremostly, the general lack of quality titles of the former variety (let’s face it, when the most interesting looking game is based around the fevered faerie tale dreams of a dying Frederic Chopin, you know you’re in trouble) and the surfeit of the latter (”would you kindly pick up that shortwave radio?”).

I think however it also reflects to a certain extent a change in, if not my gaming tastes, then at least my gaming habits. Whilst I’m not in any way suggesting that I don’t still spend a lot of time playing games, I find that I don’t seem to want to put in the epic session that I used to. Having finally broken free of the lure of the Warcraft, I am no longer tempted to sit down and spend an entire day playing the same game. And whilst I’m still looking for a decent narrative arc, I don’t want it to take me upwards of 40 hours to experience it.