A friend of mine was over last night for a little Wii, and she did something that bugs the heck out of me. She put a game back in the wrong place. And that’s when I realized, I have a problem. I’m WAY too obsessed with the way I keep my games.
I’m sure most gamers out there keep their collection organized, but I think I might take things to the extreme. In the first place, my games are organized, first, by system (in alphabetical order of the console’s name), then alphabetically by title (unless the title is part of a series, in which case series name trumps title… however, system trumps series, so Final Fantasy VII is on a completely different shelf than Final Fantasy XII).
All games absolutely must also have cover art. If I happen to buy a used game that doesn’t have cover art, I will get on the internet and search until I find an image file big enough for me to print out and stick on the case.
I also log all of my games (and game hardware) at time of purchase, with purchase price (sans sales tax), date, and whether it was a new or used title. The log gets updated for both purchases and sales, even though it’s rare that I sell a game (in addition to compulsively organizing my games, I’m also kind of a hoarder…). The result is that I could tell you damn near exactly how much money I’ve invested in games over the past 8 years (but I won’t), and can get a pretty good estimate even further back than that.
And don’t even get me started on the accessories…
So tell me… am I alone, or are other gamers just as picky as I am?
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steve (steve) says:
(Posted June 11th, 2008 at 10:21 am)
At least your friends are putting the games in a case. Growing up, my siblings would just leave the discs on top of the console, caseless.
I’m not real into organizing my games but I’m all for keeping them safe.
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Chris Fairfield (Chris Fairfield) says:
(Posted June 11th, 2008 at 2:01 am)
That is bordering a bit on OCD, I think. But c’est la vie. My biggest pet peeve is when someone takes a game out of the console and puts it in the case for the game they have just gotten out, and then you have to play “follow the clues” to get everything back in its right place. I’ve been putting the gaming case for the currently played game upright next to the console in an attempt to stave that off. It also creates a semi-cool “now playing” vibe.