New Year Gaming Goal: 12 Platinum Trophies

Like
the
setting
sun,
2024
has
faded
away.
And
like
the
rising
sun,
2025
has
come
around
far
too
early,
far
too
bright
and
far
too
God-damn
cheerful
for
its
own
good.
The
good
news
is
that
aside
from
squinting,
complaining
about
it
being
too
bright
and
wondering
if
it’s
possible
to
get
another
5
minutes,
2025
is
shaping
up
to
be
a
good
year
in
videogames.
Well,
aside
from
all
the
industry
turmoil
which
will
hopefully
settle
its
backside
down
this
year.

2024
was
a
fairly
crazy
year
for
the
industry
as
well.
Obviously
job
losses
continued
to
be
a
shadow
looming
over
everything,
but
it
was
also
the
year
where
Xbox
games
came
to
PlayStation,
the
year
where
a
PlayStation
published
game
came
to
the
Switch
and
where
everyone
openly
discussed
working
on
handheld
consoles.

I
did
snag
two
Platinums
in
2024:
Astro
Bot
and
Sly
racoon

Anyway,
getting
on
track,
I
was
thinking
about
doing
a
New
Year
Resolution.
Normally,
I
don’t
care
about
that
sort
of
thing,
but
this
time
I
had
a
fun
idea
for
myself:
Platinum
trophies.
I’ve
had
an
itch
for
the
past
6
months
or
so
to
grab
a
few
shiny
trophies
and
that
itch
only
got
itchier
when
I
wrote

the
guide
to
the
most
popular
Platinum
trophies.
Looking
at
my
own
collection
I
have
just
7
measly
Platinums,
a
few
of
which
came
mostly
by
accident.
Thus
I
hatched
a
plan:
12
Platinum
trophies
by
2026,
increasing
my
horde
by
nearly
3
times
should
I
actually
manage
it.

The
big
question,
of
course,
is
exactly
what
games
I
want
to
Platinum.
There
are
so
many
good
choices
out
there.
I
do
have
a
few
basic
rules:
I
want
to
keep
it
to
experiences
that
won’t
take
more
than
about
30-hours,
purely
so
I
can
do
an
hour
a
day
throughout
the
month.
I’d
love
to
put
in
more
time,
but
I
want
to
keep
most
of
my
gaming
reserved
for
whatever
title
I’m
reviewing.
This
will
also
help
ensure
none
of
the
Platinum’s
I
hopefully
acquire
will
be
a
lengthy
grind,
because
I
hate
the
idea
if
spending
100+
hours
hunting
down
collectibles.