Are you able to pick games back up?

[wintercoat]

Nope. Even if I remember every bit that I've already played, I have to start over from the beginning or it feels like I'm playing someone else's save.

 

[loc978]

Yup. I recently picked Resonance of Fate back up. I stopped playing it when I overhauled my living room and didn't have my PS3 hooked up for a few weeks... then I forgot about it for a year or so... Still haven't finished it, but I take it in smallish doses.

There are also games that I finish, then go back for another playthrough making different choices. I've put down Fallout: New Vegas five times now. Most recently, I finally bothered to grab the DLC, so I'm going through that slowly with my old characters.

 

[Fleetfiend]

I sometimes do, but most of the time I end up starting over. FFXII is an excellent example of this... I played about 5 different playthroughs of that game, mainly because I got stuck, quit playing, and then didn't want to jump in when I didn't remember any of the details and mechanics of the game.

 

[skywolfblue]

Yep.

I have a tendency to play "whatever I feel like" at the moment. So that means I'm always "in progress" for several games. The really big open world games kinda depend on this mindset. If I play too much of any one game, I get bored of it and go on a several weeks hiatus, then come back and finish it when I feel like it.

Some particular examples:
Skyrim
Red Dead Redemption
Dragon Age: Origins
Assassin's Creed