And no it has nothing to do with Benjamin Button. I'm talking about something; a weird "habit," if you will, that I have concerning video games. Namely I am the only person I know that will buy a game when it comes out, bring it home and NOT play it. Sometimes for months at a time that purchased game will sit neatly on my shelf unmolested with the original plastic shrink wrap still secured around it. Although some times I break form and actually remove the shrink wrap so the game is technically "open" but I still won't play it.
Why is this? What would prompt someone to go out and buy a brand new video game only to return home and not play it until months later? You got me! I can't explain why I practice this behavior or how it even manifested itself in to being. But now it has become commonplace; almost a natural tendency. And this strange behavior is not restricted to this generation alone, oh no. I have many last gen games which remain unplayed, and a handful that are STILL unopened. Here's a quick list just to exemplify how deep rooted this problem is with me:
Last Gen:
Xbox
PS3
Why is this? What would prompt someone to go out and buy a brand new video game only to return home and not play it until months later? You got me! I can't explain why I practice this behavior or how it even manifested itself in to being. But now it has become commonplace; almost a natural tendency. And this strange behavior is not restricted to this generation alone, oh no. I have many last gen games which remain unplayed, and a handful that are STILL unopened. Here's a quick list just to exemplify how deep rooted this problem is with me:
Last Gen:
Xbox
- Silent Hill 4: The Room - Bought pre-owned; never played
- Splinter Cell Chaos Theory - Bought brand new; never opened; still shrink wrapped. Although I have played it because my best-friend bought it as well.
- Devil May Cry - Bought pre-owned; never played
- Shadow Hearts 3 - Bought pre-owned; never played
- Grandia III - Bought pre-owned; never played
- Yakuza 2 - Bought brand new when it came out; still shrink wrapped; never played
- Yakuza - Bought pre-owned; never played
- Baroque - Bought pre-owned; never played
- Persona 3 FES - Bought pre-owned; never played
- Bully - Bought brand new when it came out; still shrink wrapped; never played
- Kingdom Hearts 2 - Bought pre-owned; never played
- Dark Cloud - Bought pre-owned; never played
- Grandia - Bought pre-owned; never played
- Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec - Bought pre-owned; never played
- Jak & Daxter The Precursor Legacy - Bought pre-owned; never played
- Jak & Daxter II - Bought pre-owned; never played
- Jak 3 - Bought pre-owned; never played
- Manhunt 2 - Bought brand new when it came out; still shrink wrapped; never played
- Resident Evil 4 - Bought pre-owned; never played
- Silent Hill 3 - Bought pre-owned; never played
- Star Ocean: Till the End of Time - Bought pre-owned; never played
- Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven - Bought pre-owned; never played
- Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht - Bought pre-owned; never played
PS3
- Resistance 2 CE - Bought brand new when it came out; never played
- Valkyria Chronicles - Bought pre-owned; never played
- Half-Life 2: Orange Box - Bought pre-owned; never played
- Mercenaries 2 - Bought brand new when it came out; never played
- Silent Hill: Homecoming - Bought brand new when it came out; never played
- Metal Gear Solid 4 CE - Bought brand new when it came out; never played
- Saint's Row 2 CE - Bought brand new; never played
- Brave Story - Bought pre-owned; never played
- Metal Gear Ac!d 2 - Bought pre-owned; never played
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