Games Bought Thread 3

[A Black Falcon]

I've had multiple rooms since I moved here in mid 2010 (and have always been one to keep clothes either in the dresser or dirty-clothes baskets, for whatever reason I keep things neat in that respect and always have), so it's not quite as bad as that; the mess on the floor is games, books, and random other stuff (mail, etc...), not clothes.

Additionally, I do have bookshelves, and other furniture such as a dresser I fill with games. I've only got one floor (plus stairwell spaces and the basement), but by now there isn't much wall space free for more bookshelves... heh. That's not the reason stuff is all over the floor, in the bedroom and living room in particular (I keep the computer/kitchen floor much clearer); for that, there is a logic to it, at least to me. I've always wanted to easily be able to play as many games as I can. So, when I go on a trip, I'll probably bring a good-sized bag with multiple game consoles, etc. Will I use all the stuff I bring? Of course not! But I want to be prepared, so I bring it anyway. And at home, call it ease-of-use or laziness (though it saves time and that matters, so I'd call it a good thing), I want to be able to use any console without having to go hook it up, find the cables, etc. So, all of the working consoles that I need to play games for all the systems I have (except a couple of broken ones that need repair... poor Atari 7800) are all hooked up and working, have controllers attached, etc. Considering the good number of systems I have, that creates quite a mess of wires and systems. You also need to consider distance, as any system with controller cables needs to be within reach of the cords, unless you've got extenders which I do have for some systems. This means that while a PS3 or X360 can be under the TV across the living room, the Odyssey 2, for example, has go to be right by my feet. The living room TV and console setup is the end result of trying to have everything hooked up and usable. I know that ideally consoles should not be on the floor, and I do keep as many as I can off the floor, but I don't have some huge space full of places to put consoles, and the kinds of wiring needed for all of those systems to be usable would require far more space than I have anyway. And anyway, I keep the game stuff off of the main walking path through the living room, so what's the problem with using the rest of the room for something other than wasted empty space? :)

And as for the piles of games around those consoles... well, it's more convenient to have games right by the system rather than having to walk all the way over to some shelves across the room that's got that systems' games on it, you know! So never mind that I won't play most of those games for a long time, I leave them out anyway. I know that's not the best excuse, but it's what I do anyway. Additionally, though, for some systems, I really don't have enough space in the shelf/shelves that systems' games are currently on for everything I have, so some need to be somewhere else anyway, and that somewhere is the floor.

I'll save a full description for when/if I post pictures, but in general, I've got books and DS, 3DS, PSP, Virtual Boy, and Game Gear games in the bedroom, along with some GB and GBC games as well; my computers and computer games in the kitchen/computer room, along with some PC game boxes and manuals; and all TV console games and most of my GB, GBC, and GBA games and systems in the living room. Additionally, down cellar I've got lots of stuff, the gaming-related part of which are most of my empty game boxes -- my big-box PC game boxes, the boxes I have for the SNES, GB, N64, Genesis, and such (ie, consoles which don't use disc-based media and thus I don't need to keep the game in the case); and a bunch more manuals, mostly for PC games. Annoyingly enough, though I bought two N64s new back in 1999-2001 I didn't keep either of those boxes, but I do have my original Gamecube box, which is cool. (Boxwise though, the worst thing is that my one and only missing PC game box is the one I wish I had the most, my original Starcraft launch-edition box with the Terran cover. I'll never know why or how that vanished while the rest stayed together, but it's too bad. I have a later regular SC box, from when I purchased a second copy later on after my original disc stopped working, but the launch boxes are different.)