I'm sure most of you have known the feeling of having so many games to buy and play yet never being able to actually sit down and play them. Some of you have likely also had a point in your life where you were bored with plenty of free time, yet did not have any new video games to fill that void, and lacked the funds to purchase anything new.
 
I've been able to experience both extremes on this spectrum. Last June, I made the decision to run away from the harsh problems of reality and take a "year off" from college (horrible mistake, but that's a story for another time). Unable to find employment, too unmotivated to develop a new skill or learn a new language, and having quit WoW before Wrath of the Lich King hit, the task fell upon lengthy 360 games to entertain me. I greatly valued titles that gave me more than 60 hours of play for $20, like Mass Effect and Burnout Paradise. Next to them, something like BioShock, which was a great experience but lacked replay value, felt like a hollow purchase for $30.
 
Having finally started to attend college this past month, I've found myself without much time at all, not necessarily because of the work but because of the uneven class schedule I have right now. On top of that, I'm in one of those video game "slumps",  when I don't really feel like picking out a game to play or thinking "oh, only a half hour before bed? But I lose so much time on loading screens and turning it on/off...forget it, I'll just watch TV". Throughout my 15ish years with video games, I've never really had a "pile of shame" - if it existed, it was one game that I just haven't gotten around to playing around yet, because it was rare for me to have two unfinished games at once with my game budget. Now I have a pile consisting of two unopened games, two unfinished games, and more games on the way.  And I still don't feel like sitting down and playing them, and I can't put my finger on why that is.
 
For me, after having valued gameplay length above all else for years and years, now I can see why a game with an 8 hour campaign would seem much more satisfying and bearable for a busy adult. I still would rather have too few games and too much time, though, because I like to play every game to completion (when I'm in the mood to actually play them in the first place, anyway).
 
So when it comes to your video game situation, which side do you fall on? Do you think that being in the opposite situation would allow you to better enjoy your video games?

If they're good games, they're good games. As a very frugal person the value of a downloadable game in comparison to an old retail game is sometimes off-putting but if it's good enough I'm still buying it.

No, but I'm always ready to say "ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL!!!"

That is all.

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