The rule of Operation Backlog already took a drunken hit this weekend when I bough Plants vs Zombies on live arcade.  The rule is no new games until the backlog is complete.  Sometime after midnight a few too drinks this weekend I thought I should buy PvZ for another platform.  With that bad decision behind me I'm facing my biggest challenge today with  Halo: Reach.  I thought I wasn't that into it this time and figured I could wait until OB was complete.  I waited months for ODST after all.  The buzz has been going at decent clip at work today and I'm tempted to pick it up on the way home.  If I just make it through to Saturday I think most people will stop talking about it so much, I hope.   
 
The other part that has me jonsing is the fact that this whole plan is going to take longer than I thought with the number of RPG games I have.  I just passed 33 hours on this Dragon Age playthrough and I haven't even started the Landsmeet yet.  I've made the decision that in cosideration for time I'm going to have to hold off getting any DLC for any of these games until I'm done with them all.  Otherwise I may never finish.  I think the longest games I have in the backlog are Mass Effect 2, Red Dead Redemption, GTA IV, Final Fantasy XIV and Oblivion.  Sweet jebus that's 150 hours of gaming right there.  Ok, one game at a time, one game at a time, one game at a time. 
 
I wrote this post to try to feel better about not getting Reach and now I'm freaking out about the actual hours it'll take to complete the backlog.  Thanks, hmph.