It’s time to be real here. After writing off pretty much the last two hours of my work day yesterday, I’m pretty close to finishing that stupid goddamn game about Candies. Yesterday I left my Candy tab running overnight. I have so many candies. I have literally millions of lollipops. Now is the time. When I get home tonight, I will finish this bloody game!

Earlier this week Luke Plunkett wrote an interesting post about how to game whilst being a parent to a newborn. It resonated with me. My little boy is three months old and at this stage I am trundling through games at a sloth-like pace. What are you playing this weekend?

Last weekend I played BioShock Infinite. I played about six hours of it and felt very fatigued with the whole thing. I wasn’t enjoying the combat — that was the main thing. But I was really having a lot of issues with various parts of the game. Long story short, I found myself having a real crisis: everyone seemed to be in love with this game. Was I going crazy? Had I just become bitter about video games in general to the extent that I could enjoy nothing?

Is this weekend the weekend I finally get the chance to properly put some hours into BioShock Infinite? I certainly hope so. I had mixed feeling about the first four hours of the game, but I’m hoping to get beyond it and see what all the fuss is about. Also — I can only avoid spoilers for so long! What are you all playing this weekend?

BioShock Infinite, right? Yeah we could probably just end this discussion there, really.

It’s only March and already I’m accumulating quite the 2013 pile of shame. Dead Space 3, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, Tomb Raider. These are all games I have yet to finish. But you know what, I’ll probably spend this weekend playing Ridiculous Fishing on the iOS. I have to be honest here…

I have a rare opportunity. My wife has taken the baby down to Melbourne. This is my one glorious chance to sit and play games uninterrupted for, I’m guessing, two or three hours. This could be amazing! I could finish Tomb Raider? Maybe give Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance another go? How about that new game Sim City? Yeah, maybe not. What are you guys and girls planning to play this weekend?