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It has taken me a long long time to come face to face with my problem. It has been bothering me not for the few months and it is time to admit it to my fellow Nintendo gamers.
My Name is Dringo and I'm a game-buyer-aholic.
The thing is I'm a university student, I have a complex but average social life and I work in the evenings as well. Do I have time for games?
Well I do, Friday afternoons and Sunday's really as long as I'm not doing any work. But other than that no, I have no time to play games. Which is why it is frightening that I was, for a while, proud of my gigantuan Gamecube collection. It finally dawned on me last night when I proudly realised my 61 strong Gamecube collection. But then I looked again. There sat Metroid Prime, touted as the greatest Gamecube title... unfinished. And below is a list of games I have played just the once for an hour or so or have never placed in the machine.
Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles (played for a long 2 hour stint but not had my friend round since).
Beyond Good and Evil (was waiting till I finished Prince of Persia, a game I've still yet to finish)
Resident Evil 3 (a quick 25 minute go so far)
Bomberman Generations (have owned for 4 months and never played)
Enter the Matrix (bought before Christmas, still in shring wrap)
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes (got yesterday so let me off)
Harvest Moon (Read above)
007 Nightfire (Bought 4 months ago, played for half an hour and didn't like it)
True Crime: Streets of LA (Played briefly but never got into it)
The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (Got for Christmas, never played)
Star Wars: Jedi Knight 2 (Got Christmas 2003... never really played)
Star Wars: Rebel Strike (Never even taken out the box, never plan to either)
Medal of Honor: Frontline (Played once, never again)
Capcom Vs. SNK 2: EO (Played once, hated with passion)
That's the general feel to my games collection... and with so many "classics" at my control that I have yet to complete, these games I haven't even played just get in the way.
But I'm kicking the habit. Every game I buy for now on MUST not be an oldie that I thought "oh that's cheap" AND for games for now on, including next weeks R-Racing: Revolution I will trade some in either against it or for the full price.
Today I traded Return of the King, Bomberman Generations and 007 Nightifre for Everything or Nothing. I'm now trying to trade 2 games for Mario PArty 5 with my brother and another 5 will pay for R Racing next week.
I'm trying to kick the habit, I will return to these games I should be playing.
If you suffer a similar condition I recommend you come forward immediatly. Game stores around the country CAN help.
Dringo.
My Name is Dringo and I'm a game-buyer-aholic.
The thing is I'm a university student, I have a complex but average social life and I work in the evenings as well. Do I have time for games?
Well I do, Friday afternoons and Sunday's really as long as I'm not doing any work. But other than that no, I have no time to play games. Which is why it is frightening that I was, for a while, proud of my gigantuan Gamecube collection. It finally dawned on me last night when I proudly realised my 61 strong Gamecube collection. But then I looked again. There sat Metroid Prime, touted as the greatest Gamecube title... unfinished. And below is a list of games I have played just the once for an hour or so or have never placed in the machine.
Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles (played for a long 2 hour stint but not had my friend round since).
Beyond Good and Evil (was waiting till I finished Prince of Persia, a game I've still yet to finish)
Resident Evil 3 (a quick 25 minute go so far)
Bomberman Generations (have owned for 4 months and never played)
Enter the Matrix (bought before Christmas, still in shring wrap)
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes (got yesterday so let me off)
Harvest Moon (Read above)
007 Nightfire (Bought 4 months ago, played for half an hour and didn't like it)
True Crime: Streets of LA (Played briefly but never got into it)
The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (Got for Christmas, never played)
Star Wars: Jedi Knight 2 (Got Christmas 2003... never really played)
Star Wars: Rebel Strike (Never even taken out the box, never plan to either)
Medal of Honor: Frontline (Played once, never again)
Capcom Vs. SNK 2: EO (Played once, hated with passion)
That's the general feel to my games collection... and with so many "classics" at my control that I have yet to complete, these games I haven't even played just get in the way.
But I'm kicking the habit. Every game I buy for now on MUST not be an oldie that I thought "oh that's cheap" AND for games for now on, including next weeks R-Racing: Revolution I will trade some in either against it or for the full price.
Today I traded Return of the King, Bomberman Generations and 007 Nightifre for Everything or Nothing. I'm now trying to trade 2 games for Mario PArty 5 with my brother and another 5 will pay for R Racing next week.
I'm trying to kick the habit, I will return to these games I should be playing.
If you suffer a similar condition I recommend you come forward immediatly. Game stores around the country CAN help.
Dringo.
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Dringo wrote:
> Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles (played for a long 2 hour
> stint but not had my friend round since).
But didn't you make a topic the other week praising how its your new favourite Gamecube game or something?!!?
> Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles (played for a long 2 hour
> stint but not had my friend round since).
But didn't you make a topic the other week praising how its your new favourite Gamecube game or something?!!?
This never happened to me until I started picking Snes game off Ebay.
Havign siad that, I've given most games a good go, and the decent ones I have every intention of going back to.
Other games I bought, played a bit and then never again?
Cel Damage and Smugglers Run come to mind, but that's not addiction, that's trusting "good" reviews for the worst! ;-D
Havign siad that, I've given most games a good go, and the decent ones I have every intention of going back to.
Other games I bought, played a bit and then never again?
Cel Damage and Smugglers Run come to mind, but that's not addiction, that's trusting "good" reviews for the worst! ;-D
I do the same, but I'm using eBay to help me out. I also promised myself I build up a great DVD collection of brilliant films, and take the focus off games - completing the ones I haven't already before buying new ones.
I had this problem 6 months back. Therefore with the little help of ebay I managed to work it down from 25 to 11 games for my cube. On another positive note, I made about £250, in which half went on a new graphics card for my pc. Virtually every single player game of mine went, yes, the Zelda's, the Metroid's etc. Now I seem to have kicked the habit of buying pointless games I'll hardly ever play.
I've come to realise that single player games dont appeal to me anymore. As a matter of fact I can't remember the last single player game I bought, which was way before xmas. So now I only buy multiplayer games for the odd exception. The next single player game i'll pick up will probably be Res Evil 4.
I've come to realise that single player games dont appeal to me anymore. As a matter of fact I can't remember the last single player game I bought, which was way before xmas. So now I only buy multiplayer games for the odd exception. The next single player game i'll pick up will probably be Res Evil 4.
I just bought a bigger games cabinet. I have around 30 games for pretty much every console.
I know what you mean about being addicted, it is so easy to just buy games, even if you never have the time to play them.
5 Dreamcast games arrived this morning. 5. There are another 5 on the way. Amongst them is Grandia 2, which is a big long RPG, which I'll never finish.
I also have a few Saturn games on the way as well. On an average of say 20 hours gameplay, I have almost 3 solid weeks of games to play through.
I'm hoping to be struck down with some sort of mystery illness, or break a leg, or anything that lets me take a month off just to try and clear the backlog.
And yet, I know I'll never sell them.
I know what you mean about being addicted, it is so easy to just buy games, even if you never have the time to play them.
5 Dreamcast games arrived this morning. 5. There are another 5 on the way. Amongst them is Grandia 2, which is a big long RPG, which I'll never finish.
I also have a few Saturn games on the way as well. On an average of say 20 hours gameplay, I have almost 3 solid weeks of games to play through.
I'm hoping to be struck down with some sort of mystery illness, or break a leg, or anything that lets me take a month off just to try and clear the backlog.
And yet, I know I'll never sell them.
It has taken me a long long time to come face to face with my problem. It has been bothering me not for the few months and it is time to admit it to my fellow Nintendo gamers.
My Name is Dringo and I'm a game-buyer-aholic.
The thing is I'm a university student, I have a complex but average social life and I work in the evenings as well. Do I have time for games?
Well I do, Friday afternoons and Sunday's really as long as I'm not doing any work. But other than that no, I have no time to play games. Which is why it is frightening that I was, for a while, proud of my gigantuan Gamecube collection. It finally dawned on me last night when I proudly realised my 61 strong Gamecube collection. But then I looked again. There sat Metroid Prime, touted as the greatest Gamecube title... unfinished. And below is a list of games I have played just the once for an hour or so or have never placed in the machine.
Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles (played for a long 2 hour stint but not had my friend round since).
Beyond Good and Evil (was waiting till I finished Prince of Persia, a game I've still yet to finish)
Resident Evil 3 (a quick 25 minute go so far)
Bomberman Generations (have owned for 4 months and never played)
Enter the Matrix (bought before Christmas, still in shring wrap)
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes (got yesterday so let me off)
Harvest Moon (Read above)
007 Nightfire (Bought 4 months ago, played for half an hour and didn't like it)
True Crime: Streets of LA (Played briefly but never got into it)
The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (Got for Christmas, never played)
Star Wars: Jedi Knight 2 (Got Christmas 2003... never really played)
Star Wars: Rebel Strike (Never even taken out the box, never plan to either)
Medal of Honor: Frontline (Played once, never again)
Capcom Vs. SNK 2: EO (Played once, hated with passion)
That's the general feel to my games collection... and with so many "classics" at my control that I have yet to complete, these games I haven't even played just get in the way.
But I'm kicking the habit. Every game I buy for now on MUST not be an oldie that I thought "oh that's cheap" AND for games for now on, including next weeks R-Racing: Revolution I will trade some in either against it or for the full price.
Today I traded Return of the King, Bomberman Generations and 007 Nightifre for Everything or Nothing. I'm now trying to trade 2 games for Mario PArty 5 with my brother and another 5 will pay for R Racing next week.
I'm trying to kick the habit, I will return to these games I should be playing.
If you suffer a similar condition I recommend you come forward immediatly. Game stores around the country CAN help.
Dringo.
My Name is Dringo and I'm a game-buyer-aholic.
The thing is I'm a university student, I have a complex but average social life and I work in the evenings as well. Do I have time for games?
Well I do, Friday afternoons and Sunday's really as long as I'm not doing any work. But other than that no, I have no time to play games. Which is why it is frightening that I was, for a while, proud of my gigantuan Gamecube collection. It finally dawned on me last night when I proudly realised my 61 strong Gamecube collection. But then I looked again. There sat Metroid Prime, touted as the greatest Gamecube title... unfinished. And below is a list of games I have played just the once for an hour or so or have never placed in the machine.
Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles (played for a long 2 hour stint but not had my friend round since).
Beyond Good and Evil (was waiting till I finished Prince of Persia, a game I've still yet to finish)
Resident Evil 3 (a quick 25 minute go so far)
Bomberman Generations (have owned for 4 months and never played)
Enter the Matrix (bought before Christmas, still in shring wrap)
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes (got yesterday so let me off)
Harvest Moon (Read above)
007 Nightfire (Bought 4 months ago, played for half an hour and didn't like it)
True Crime: Streets of LA (Played briefly but never got into it)
The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (Got for Christmas, never played)
Star Wars: Jedi Knight 2 (Got Christmas 2003... never really played)
Star Wars: Rebel Strike (Never even taken out the box, never plan to either)
Medal of Honor: Frontline (Played once, never again)
Capcom Vs. SNK 2: EO (Played once, hated with passion)
That's the general feel to my games collection... and with so many "classics" at my control that I have yet to complete, these games I haven't even played just get in the way.
But I'm kicking the habit. Every game I buy for now on MUST not be an oldie that I thought "oh that's cheap" AND for games for now on, including next weeks R-Racing: Revolution I will trade some in either against it or for the full price.
Today I traded Return of the King, Bomberman Generations and 007 Nightifre for Everything or Nothing. I'm now trying to trade 2 games for Mario PArty 5 with my brother and another 5 will pay for R Racing next week.
I'm trying to kick the habit, I will return to these games I should be playing.
If you suffer a similar condition I recommend you come forward immediatly. Game stores around the country CAN help.
Dringo.
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