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The psychology behind to-do lists explains our "incomplete" complex
I don’t know about you, but my proverbial pile of incomplete shame – the list of games I’ve started, but never finished – is huge, growing, and seems to gnaw at me a little more every day. I harbor fond memories of the original Metroid Prime, and fantasize about finally picking it up again and finishing it one day. I still daydream about one day reaching the end of Skies of Arcadia (on Dreamcast, yes, that’s how long ago we’re talking), and don’t even get me started on Deus Ex: Human Revolution. The statistics are against me. It’s probably impossible…