I'm also an addict.  But I prefer the more traditional crack-cocaine.

I'm coming down from my addiction.
My big step was not buying the Virtual Boy that at Digital Press a year or so ago.

Speaking of which, for anyone wanting classic games, that store is freaking amazing. Although it's kind of only in Clifton, NJ so that's a killjoy.

My addiction is getting worse... shit

Sounds like I might need to take a road trip...

"I don't let this stop me though; I hope one day I can really enjoy everything that I've collected,"

All the more reason to have kids, they will help you!

Exactly how I see it. Without question one day they will get immense joy from the collection. I used a Target coupon the other day to get Viva Pinata Party Animals (360) for free, I figured I'll never play it, but one day when I have kids they probably will.

Not likely.  Your 360 will be long dead by then and (assuming Microsoft is still in the console business) the new Xbox's backwards compatibility won't be compatible with the game.

I thought your name was Jack.

No, it's not.

Let me know if/when you do.

They have this really cool NAVA (North American Video Game Afficianados) club/group where they have parties on the last Saturday of every month. I accidentally walked into one of them and it's really cool. Apparently the Angry Video Game Nerd is gonna be there at the one in June.

Wow, awesome! I think I might have to do that then, just gotta talk to the wife. My brother would probably want to come too if Mr. Rolfe is going to be there.

Does this thread pretty much solidify the addict bit?

Do you own Escape from Bug Island? If not you are not an addict.

He's an addict, not a masochist.

Where's UncleBob....

System of a Down? SOAD? Really?

I'm addicted to buying games, I buy way too many, more than I have the time to play, but I wouldn't consider myself a collector. I buy games to play them and would never buy a game that I didn't intend to play no matter how valuable or rare it was.

QFT, shouldn't he have had something to say in here by now? I'm pretty sure his collection of games/gaming stuff absolutely dwarfs everyone's collection.

It's a bluff, his pics are all photoshopped. His collection accounts to 5 DS games and Wii Sports/Play you've all been fooled.

Three factors have sent my game purchasing through the roof:

1) No kids + "Real Job" = disposable income
2) Amazon Prime
3) Cheapassgamer.com

I figure I buy about a game a week nowadays.  My total collection is up to about 275 right now...my backlog is immense.  I just can't resist.  Pretty much anything that gets review scores of 8/8.5 and above is on my radar for any system (I currently have 360, PS3, Wii, PSP, and DS..I'm not too much into legacy stuff, thank God).  For example, the games on my radar right now are Ace Combat 6 (360) and skate (360).  skate is looking tempting at $39.99, but I'll hold off since I have so many other games to play.

Lindy is into serious games only.

Yeah, not being into legacy games helps save some money without a doubt. Though, they tend to be pretty cheap in lots on eBay. I've scored some great classics through eBay lots where people didn't fully understand what they were selling.

Corrected.

It has been 3 days since I posted this article and over the course of those 3 days I managed to pick up 9 new games, 2 new wavebirds, 2 Gamecube broadband adaptors, and a PS3 Memory Card Adaptor.

Seriously, I need help.

Words can't describe the feeling that gave me.

Well you've done the first step - admit the problem. What's next?

They were by far the best acquisition I have made in recent times. I got them for $15 each which just made it sweeter, oh and they are the platinum ones so they are super sexeh. So now I have a full set of Wavebirds, which is awesome.

Buy more games?

So you got them for less than half the original MSRP, they're the superior Platinum version, and you now have 4 of them. Are you trying to make me hate you?

I'm looking for one, my second, and I would settle for a used gray one if it worked and I have yet to find one, I'm considering paying $50+ on eBay for one (I have one, I know it's worth that).

No no no no no no! I'm fairly certain it involves apologizing to someone for past wrongs. Did you steal someone's VCR to support your gaming habits?

Haha, VCR, what would that pay for, 1 game? Go big or go home. I stole people's children and sold them as slaves.

Conflict Diamonds?
Crown Jewels?
The Holy Grail?

Mega Bump.

So I just hit GAME 1000 (Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner 2). Epic day.

PS - For those keeping track, that's 289 more games in less than 11 months. Addiction FTL.

Wow you count how many games you have? lol.

I'm scared to count mine.

Oh I do more than count, I keep track of every single one of them. http://gameinventory.googlepages.com.

QFF

Everyone knows 'Bob doesnt post anymore cuz he's out BUYING SHIT

I use the backloggery to track my games. I like to use the fortune cookie feature to pick random games I own to continue playing.

The application I wrote to manage my games has a similar function. It looks like the Backloggery has a lot of cool stuff though. I've considered using other applications to manage my games, such as Gamepedia, but ultimately decided to keep using my application because it's much quicker and easier, and I have full control of the html output.

Bobbu-kun doesn't need to buy brown ass-chocolate.

I know the feeling Mr. Jack, I fight the illness known as collectoritis myself. However, you have way more games than I do so I guess you're losing the battle more badly (plus I don't have much disposable income). I don't know where logic goes but sometimes there are things which I know I don't need but can't talk myself out of buying.

I doubt I've played half of the games I own, but I've no choice but to resign to the fact that I'll just never get around to them all.

It's always nice to see someone worse off than you are, I only own a couple hundred games but there's only 20 or 30 of them I haven't played and most of those were bought this year.

It isn't as bad as it might seem, since I enjoy simply owning games. So it isn't like I haven't gotten anything out of them.

I feel the same way. Also, if the industry crashes again I'll still be able to play games that are new to me for some time :).

I feel guilty when I have games unopened on my shelf. Wario Land and Sam & Max on Wii were unopened for close to a month because of my addiction to Okami and Rock Band/Guitar Hero.

...though, I DO have an unopened copy of Rayman 2 on the N64 that I found at a good deal a while back and haven't had a chance to play it. I almost don't want to open it because it is the first boxed (read, paper/cardboard boxed) game I've had in a long while and I kind of miss those since I saved them for the longest time when I was younger. I have a whole full wall book shelf filled with boxes of games for all manner of games and systems before my parents convinced me to get rid of them. I wish they hadn't convinced me :(

But I still have all the manuals and such!

It isn't very difficult to find a sealed copy of Rayman 2, so if you did open it you could always buy another. Or you could buy just the cartridge, it isn't a valuable game or anything so it is pretty cheap.

I'm not the type of person that likes to buy multiple versions of games and stuff. I more get a kick out of opening up new games. Especially the old boxed ones. I love that New Game Smell.

You said you didn't want to open it, and if that's true, then you don't have to open it and can instead get another one. The option is there if you want it.

I don't like to have dupes of games either, I don't want to be a game hog. That would make one less copy of a great N64 game to go around, potentially depriving someone of the joy it could bring.

What collector number is on your box?

I'm hopping on the Backloggery bandwagon.  I'm tried of IGN's lame collection pages that never seem to work properly.

What's your name on there? I'd like to add NWR people to my friend list in Backloggery.

I signed up for it when Lindy mentioned it ecause I was looking for something like it. I'm insanolord on it, which you'd probably never have guessed.

I signed up too. Unfortunately, I don't see anyway to do a batch upload or insert, so I doubt I'll bother putting my stuff in there.

I use a Mac application called Gamepedia which links to Amazon's game pages, if the game doesn't exist on Amazon's Game pages then you can make your own game profile with the application, take your own picture for the box art and etc. To make things easier, you can scan the barcode with your Eyesight(webcam), and it will look for the game by SKU. It uses a iTunes interface which is always nice, so you can make a smart collection where games will be grouped under by a specific field. The only problem is that there is no windows version of it, so it's mac and iphone(pocketpedia which links from your game,dvd,music pedias)

I have a couple bookshelves full of backlogged game and unwatched DVDs.  I agonize when I pass by it.

That is my backlog.

I added you Insanolord. What's your name on there Lindy?

Mine's Stratos like here. It is also linked in my sig for convenience.

I like the fortune cookie feature where you can pick random criteria and it chooses a random game you haven't finished to go back to.

I signed up for it yesterday just to ensure that no impostors try to take my username. Since I have it I might as well try to do something with it if at some point, so you (or anyone else here) could add me if you wanted to.

I added you and left a comment  ;D

A comment on the blank page my profile surely generates?

I'm multi-tasking right now and am about to try adding a few games to it. How easy is it to add games? I don't know if I'm going to be bothered with adding everything I own, but if I do then it is going to take a while...

It's not that hard. Maybe a minute per game at the most. I just copied and pasted the game titles from my IGN games page. This gives you more control over how you spell and order things.

Your page just says you are playing nothing and has a sad face right now. :)
It also shows me since I am your friend and it shows your friends updates on the right side bar.

MrDiamondJ

I have Punch-Out!! listed, purely out of spite for Amazon.

Your Amazon order running late? That's rare for me. I always get mine early. Never had a late package from them in my life and I order a lot from them.

I'll add you Lindy.

You know, if we were able to have pictures in out sigs we could have our backloggery top three 'now playing' games listed there. ;D

Salt in the wound baby, salt in the wound.

The order got here on time.  Unfortunately, it was somebody else's order.

Yikes. Are they fixing it for you (and them hopefully)?

They finally got it to me on the Wednesday after the long weekend.  Of course, that was in the middle of wedding madness so I have yet to really play it.  I'll dig into it a bit this week, and this coming weekend.  What I've played so far is a riot.

Added myself to this site, too. Feel free to add me to Multitap... I'm "Racht" on there!

Hey, I remember this thread. Good stuff.

I'm at 1378 games as of right now. Looks like roughly 2 years ago I hit 1000, so that means 378 games in two years or 189 games/year, which is roughly a game every other day. Yup, still an addict, though review copies do pad out those numbers pretty significantly at this point.

Also looks like the Backloggery improved their interface some from the last time I was on there. Seems a lot better now.