I had a Megadrive Tetris for ages. Can't remember what happened to it; I probably threw it away.
Collecting is a sickness, I think; but it's a harmless one, and good things come of it, so it's really no one's business to criticise. It's not like we can't play the games that people collect -- they are digital media, after all, unlike books and pre-CD music -- so the argument that collecting prevents others from enjoying games doesn't really wash.
I don't really understand why people do it, either. I think we all have minor hoarding urges (otherwise we'd sell / give away every single game we played as soon as we finished it / grew tired of it), but it must be an immense mental strain worrying about keeping all those games in pristine condition for so long.
Collecting is a sickness, I think; but it's a harmless one, and good things come of it, so it's really no one's business to criticise. It's not like we can't play the games that people collect -- they are digital media, after all, unlike books and pre-CD music -- so the argument that collecting prevents others from enjoying games doesn't really wash.
I don't really understand why people do it, either. I think we all have minor hoarding urges (otherwise we'd sell / give away every single game we played as soon as we finished it / grew tired of it), but it must be an immense mental strain worrying about keeping all those games in pristine condition for so long.
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