Greetings, everyone!
As I was looking at my paltry stack of DVD's that I consider to be my game collection, it got me thinking. While game collections have obviously been a subject of debate before, we rarely talk about how we organise and maintain them. In this video, for example, James "AngryVideoGameNerd" Rolfe presents his NES a.k.a Famicom collection:
This topic is actually a lot more important than it may seem. Afterall, if you are a dedicated gamer, you might eventually aquire such a vast amount of games that trying to organise it all in any order that makes sense becomes important. Also, some people don't just play games and aquire their collection through that, but purposefully collect them and even pay great amounts of money for factory-sealed copies.
Basically, I want to see how you organise and manage your games (obviously, digital versions are excluded). To give you an idea on what exactly that encompasses, consider these questions:
- Do you just buy games for the purpose of playing or do you actively collect them?
- How big is your collection? Small, considerable, large? For what platforms do you have games? PC, Xbox, PlayStation, Super Nintendo...?
- Where do you store them? Do you use a makeshift location or did you buy a special piece of furniture to store them?
- How do you organise your games? Alphabetically, by genre, by platform? Or do you use a special order of your own?
- What are some of the media types that are a part of your collection? CD's, DVD's, Blue-ray discs, cartridges, magnetic tapes...? Are there any special requirements as to how you organise and maintain certain media types? How do you protect them from dust, dirt and other things that could damage them?
- Do you have your collection memorised or do you maintain a list? Do you even use a database program to keep track of it all?
- What about consoles, do you have them? If so, how do you store them? Where do you put all the cables and accessories?
Those are just a few questions you could keep in mind when writing your reply. In any case, discuss!
As I was looking at my paltry stack of DVD's that I consider to be my game collection, it got me thinking. While game collections have obviously been a subject of debate before, we rarely talk about how we organise and maintain them. In this video, for example, James "AngryVideoGameNerd" Rolfe presents his NES a.k.a Famicom collection:
This topic is actually a lot more important than it may seem. Afterall, if you are a dedicated gamer, you might eventually aquire such a vast amount of games that trying to organise it all in any order that makes sense becomes important. Also, some people don't just play games and aquire their collection through that, but purposefully collect them and even pay great amounts of money for factory-sealed copies.
Basically, I want to see how you organise and manage your games (obviously, digital versions are excluded). To give you an idea on what exactly that encompasses, consider these questions:
- Do you just buy games for the purpose of playing or do you actively collect them?
- How big is your collection? Small, considerable, large? For what platforms do you have games? PC, Xbox, PlayStation, Super Nintendo...?
- Where do you store them? Do you use a makeshift location or did you buy a special piece of furniture to store them?
- How do you organise your games? Alphabetically, by genre, by platform? Or do you use a special order of your own?
- What are some of the media types that are a part of your collection? CD's, DVD's, Blue-ray discs, cartridges, magnetic tapes...? Are there any special requirements as to how you organise and maintain certain media types? How do you protect them from dust, dirt and other things that could damage them?
- Do you have your collection memorised or do you maintain a list? Do you even use a database program to keep track of it all?
- What about consoles, do you have them? If so, how do you store them? Where do you put all the cables and accessories?
Those are just a few questions you could keep in mind when writing your reply. In any case, discuss!
