Sammybean comes to mind...
I don't know about you guys, but I had a period (age 16-22) where I had almost zero interest in video games. They were probably the best years of my life.
I'd say that's when I was most interested in games. They were probably the best years of my life.
I had a reply ready and then I saw Kate Upton's bouncing tits and completely forgot what was going on in this thread.
On topic : Games as art. Comparing games to Mona Lisa is not really where I'd go with it. Mona Lisa is amazing, but for some, that type of portraiture does absolutely nothing. Those games you mentioned are artworks of great importance, complexity, subtlety, and artistic significance. It would take a single man a very, very long time to make any game that we would consider a legitimate contender for "this game is a work of art" by himself. That is the main difference.
No nearby thrift stores where you could drop them & make some poor schmuck's day?I occasionally throw games away - I did last week - tossed out some old Xbox games. Simply not worth my time to sell or pawn.
My Collecting days are pretty much over. I collected just to make up for all the childhood gaming I missed out on. Just to get a taste of having the real hardware, real games. Made me feel like a kid again. I still have most of the major stuff that I collected through out the years, but if I run into a situation were I need cash, I'll sell it all and just stick to emulators, flash carts. I hardly have any time to play games any more anyways.
The point i'm trying to get across is HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU ARE REALLY HAPPY UNTIL YOU GET OUT THERE AND LIVE YOUR LIFE A DIFFERENT WAY AND POTENTIALLY DISCOVER THINGS THAT HAVE MORE MEANING, THAT YOU MAY NEVER HAVE EVEN KNOWN WOULD MAKE YOU HAPPIER THAN GAMING, OR COLLECTING ANYTHING IN GENERAL?
I occasionally throw games away - I did last week - tossed out some old Xbox games. Simply not worth my time to sell or pawn.
No nearby thrift stores where you could drop them & make some poor schmuck's day?
Never thought about that actually.
I never did understand the concept of collecting with the intention of never playing a game.
I'd say that's when I was most interested in games. They were probably the best years of my life.
i do it too. How many copies of NHL 96 do i really need?
I also have a family, a house, vehicles to maintain, bills, my daughters activities, work, responsibilities ECT.
Letting material items ruin your life, or put you in a position that you have to sell them to fix a car or pay a bill is ridiculous.
Quit buying shit.
The only thing I collect are NES titles, but I'm in no rush, and I'm definitely not buying games I won't play. I play the fuck out of them, too. Every weekend my kid and I sit down and go through a game or two. It's incredibly fun, and he loves it. As hard as those games are, they're simple enough for a 4 year old to understand, which is something many of the new gen games aren't.
I'd say that's when I was most interested in games. They were probably the best years of my life.
To that I reply with the following thread. http://www.neo-geo.com/forums/showthread.php?232620-Viability-of-collecting-MVS-kits
For the record, I keep all of my consoles. The games that I collect I play the F**K out of them!
After reading some of the posts here, I'm kinda contemplating why I'm doing what I'm doing...then I realize that my OCD makes me do it...