I have time and a huge Backlog but I'd rather pine over new stuff

Talk about 1st world problems. Anyways to get to the point, I'm unemployed and write about that in my game blog. I have a ton of games in my backlog just waiting to get played. Some really great ones too, like Red Dead Revolver and Bioshock 2. But I just can't get myself to play them. Instead I'm trying to find a way to buy Mortal Kombat. Or just wait till I can get Infamous for free on the PSN.  
 
Does anyone else do this? Even though they have plenty of games to play they just aren't in the mood to play that and wait for something new anyways? 
I feel like i'm going crazy. 

Yes I have a huge backlog too but continue to buy new releases and play those.

@gamedismantler: You consider BioShock 2 as a backlog? That game isn't that old. I still need to finish System Shock 2, from 1999. That's a backlog game.

Isn't "backlog" any game you've bought/own but never played?

I definitely do that. I've got a stack of 360 and PS3 games to play, not to mention a ton of Steam and XBLA games, yet I still find myself buying new releases and playing those instead.

With all these Steam sales my number of games continues to rise..but I currently don't have anything to play them on.

 @Choffy said: 

Isn't "backlog" any game you've bought/own but never played?

That was my understanding of it as well. 

Not at all Haven't bought a new game since Black Ops and Ive been both enlarging and cutting down my backlog with cheap games. You can always play the same game later for half the price

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