Steam Games & Relationships. Both Noncommittal?

As a girl gamer, I find at times I have become swamped by the mass retail game releases that just happen to coincide perfectly with pumpkins, turkey, and tinsel. It is best compared to that ex-boyfriend calling to “see how you are after all this time”, followed by the guy you never could land in highschool running into you at the store, combo’d with meeting a really cute guy in your building’s elevator… while being involved in a serious relationship.

World of Warcraft = My serious relationship.
Dead or Alive 4 = My eX-BOXfriend.
WarCraft 3/StarCraft = The micro I never got in HS (making 2nd attempt now).
Borderlands, Left4Dead 2 Demo, & Heroes of Newerth = The cute guy(s) in my elevator.

Earlier this evening, I took a look at my Steam games list just to see how many games I have yet to actually complete before indulging in a new game: Dragon Age; aka the really attractive intern who makes working on the same floor with people who actually bought Modern Warfare 2 seem bearable. While I have a history of finishing games before starting new ones, I have discovered I am backsliding. I am, in fact, cheating on my serious relationship with several men in an elevator. Sometimes even two within an hour of each other.

So, does the holiday season force gamers to suddenly become noncommittal? Do we even tend to put those serious relationships on indefinite hiatus to indulge in ESRB-stamped, Christmas cheer? Evenso, I am grateful for Steam. At least it remembers your birthday, how many hours you’ve spent together, and occassionally gives you a discount on your loot without complaining that the price of movie theater popcorn has just increased.

GG.