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By marino December 6, 2010 76 Comments

"Post Your Desktop" threads are so 1998. How about we pull the camera back from the desktop and check out each others' home theater setups, living rooms, and gaming libraries?

Next week I'm going to organize my games autobiographically.

When I posted my Kinect Beta blog last month, several people commented on my living room setup. So it got me to thinking about how other people arrange their games. I'm not too ashamed to admit I have a certain level of OCD. I mean, who in their right mind takes the time to keep 800+ things alphabetized on a list on Giant Bomb. But that OCD bleeds over into the real world as well. I was horrified when Matt posted his Xbox 360 collection and it was not alphabetized. There was an urge to fly to England to fix it. Ever since I was kid I've tried to keep my games organized. But how do you do it? Do you even have a shelf? Or do you keep everything in stacks? Do you keep old stuff out? Or do you keep it in boxes in the closet? Are you one the heathens who throws away the manual and box, keeping the discs in a binder?

The 55" Sony Bravia is about 8 months old now. Magazine collection on the left. Yes, that's a Scribblenauts hat on top of MW2 night vision goggles. The Nintendo shelf on the right is in somewhat chronological order from bottom to top. The "2" "3" "4" posters are actually fold-out press kits for Metal Gear Solid from various E3's.

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I got this couch stuff about the same time as the TV. I've had the posters for a while, especially the Tekken Tag one. The Fallout one is from PAX 08 and is signed by Todd Howard. The 'Splosion Man poster is from PAX 09 and is signed by the Twisted Pixel team. The shelving unit is all PlayStation stuff.

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This side room is a lot more useful than a porch. The shelf in that room is mostly Xbox stuff, but it also has Dreamcast, soundtracks, Genesis, Game Gear, and Neo Geo Pocket games along with some handheld systems in their boxes. Above the shelf is issue #1 of Nintendo Power, a sketch of Cammy by Long Vo from PAX 09, and the 9.9.99 issue of EGM signed by John Davison.

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This closet's top shelf is all systems. Why there's 3 Xbox 360 boxes is a long story. The shelf below this is primarily E3 SWAG from 1997-2006. Then there's a bunch of large box/collector's edition stuff. There's also a stack of copy paper boxes full of accessories and demos that don't fit out on shelves.

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And lastly, not pictured in the images above is the Black Friday/Cyber Monday haul of games I picked up. The demonic cat was a probably a mistake regardless of how good the deal was on it. So what's your collection look like? How's your rig set up?

Black Friday Demon Cat

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Red12b

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40" samsung LCD 1080p
Yamaha HD receiver
7.1 surround sound set up but the acoustics in the flat I am at now sucks donkey balls...

My Room

My old 30" SD sony tv and 8.2 speaker blast that I have set up ;) just sound, but the sony receiver just does sound, and not well,

at the top now are all my CD's and just strewn across the table, my PS1 is beside it as well, (Oldschool Crash)

and just to complete it,

My last flat I was in was awesome, an underhouse 2 bedroom massive lounge and master but my set up was brilliant,

My 9 foot screen is hung up behind me, and you can see the component cables on the ceiling heading towards the Projector.
7.1 setup was pure as shit!

great sound,

I don't have any photos of any collections I have, and I am not going to fish them out as they are still in boxes in the garage from nearly 2 years ago now...

yeah, I'm not so good with shit like that.

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Lazyaza

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Here's my primary pile o stuff from many years of buying/acquiring things. Top is mostly games, (psp, ps2 and pc) 2nd shelf is mostly anime, 3rd shelf is random dvds, blu-rays, 2 stacks of ps3 games and a smaller stack of 360 titles. And lastly the final shelf is random crap including cds and dvds from mazgazines I use to collect, a bunch of music I haven't listened to in years and some pc games from back when pc games came with jewel cases and not paper sleeves. The stacks of discs are mostly backups of games, random software, years of old work and so forth while behind them is more modern pc games in their crappy paper sleeves and drivers for hardware/software oh and on top of the stacks is a psp I haven't used much since 2007.

And here's my pc in its current state:

AMD 6000+ 3.2 duel core(getting replaced soon), Nvidia 9800gtx+, 5.1 speakers, 22inch widescreen monitor, 4 gigs of ram, a terrabyte worth of storage internal and external and my awesome keyboard that has backlit led keys and a small screen with a button that tells me how much memory/cpu power I'm using haha. Can't be bothered taking photos of my HDtv or my consoles, people know what those things look like.

13 years ago

marino

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@Red12b: Those are some serious speakers.

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I'll upload my stuff later, I'm just post shower, so wouldn't want any...mishaps.

13 years ago

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Insanely jealous of your setup! Hopefully some day...

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@Marino: Dude, I want your Copper and Booker. Where did you get those things, man?

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@Marino:
Yeah, when I am not playing games I am listening to music, it's my drug,

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marino

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@TheGreatGuero said:

" @Marino: Dude, I want your Copper and Booker. Where did you get those things, man? "

I bought them at the Nintendo World Store in NYC a couple years ago. There's some on Amazon though for pretty cheap. http://www.amazon.com/Animal-Crossing-Copper-Dog-Plush/dp/B002ZG65C4

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@Marino said:

" @Jasta: Is the TV mounted with one of those arms you can move around? I like the Mass Effect comics across the top of the game cabinet. And what is that Pokemon drink? It's probably tough to see, but on my magazine shelf I've got some Phoenix Wright coffee. "

Yeah it moves around, although I still don't trust it 100% so I'm careful. Its not a Pokemon drink, its a can of Jack Daniels and Coke, it just has a Poke ball sitting on top of it.

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@Marino: If it pays the bills and allows you acquire stuff like this, it's worth it.

Just a means to an end.

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Seeing your setup makes me feel bad for not having anywhere near your level
my walls are bare, and all my games are hidden in cupboards or drawers

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@Diamond said:

" @Marino said:
" @Diamond: Nice! Someone else who knows how to alphabetize. Do you struggle to determine where to place Oblivion and MW2? "
Ah not so much, it just sort of flows into my mind. I like to put sequels together and in order of their release, you'll also notice I put the Tom Clancy games together. It'll make even less sense if they put out
Elder Scrolls V : Skyrim
. I might have to put Oblivion in 'E' then. "

Called it

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marino

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@Diamond said:

" @Diamond said: Called it "

Haha, yeah. I thought of you when they announced it.

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My humble assortment of various gaming and entertainment technology in my room:

Bookshelf (Books/Games/Die-casts/Figures)

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marino

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@shadowknight508: I spy some PlayStation Underground.

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@Marino: I have more laying around somewhere...the X-Mas 1997 and 1998PS Undergroundas well as the Summer 1999 one. I also have MediEvil, MediEvil 2, Spyro the Dragon, Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage, Crash Bandicoot, Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back, Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped, and Metal Gear Solid (I need to find them...they were all last seen in a box somewhere in my closet) xD

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@shadowknight508: Cool. I still have all the issues of Underground and most of the Jampacks as well. I used to run a site for Underground.

By the way, is your username a coincidence, or do/did you play EverQuest?

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I think that you have the first shots I've seen with more game stuff than me.

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crappy ass phone quality, will post more later.

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Your room is awesome

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I can honestly say I am in awe of your set up/collection. I've only been saving my games for the past 3 years and most of it is 360 games (I used to have all my old PS1 games but those were smashed by an angry father who also destroyed my entire gbc library and systems I had at the time so I've slowly been trying to find them again and purchase them).

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@Mars_Cleric said:

Seeing your setup makes me feel bad for not having anywhere near your level my walls are bare, and all my games are hidden in cupboards or drawers

Hah! same here ;_;

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i have to ask what do you do for a living.

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@Enigma777 said:

Man, I really need a new shelf...

Was looking through this bumped thread and had to ask what that is on top of your shelf some sort of chest?

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@laserbolts

@Enigma777 said:
Man, I really need a new shelf...
Was looking through this bumped thread and had to ask what that is on top of your shelf some sort of chest?

Holy shit that's such an old picture...

Anyways it's Pandora's box from the GOW3 CE.

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How do these sorts of threads get bumped?

Anyway:

There it is! I have other games but there is my main gaming space. There are games that you can't see in the left cabinet and movies in the right. Notable exclusions from this pic are my PS1 and original Xbox. I also have a PSP and original DS, and my brother has a Gamecube, a Wii (which he never, ever plays) and a PS3. His Wii is currently in my room because his isn't modified and halfway broken. EDIT: Also, at this point in time my keyboard and mouse are back on the drawer under the desk's surface and all of the wires are nice and hidden behind the TV.

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Show Off Your Pile of Plastic

By marino December 6, 2010 76 Comments

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Ah not so much, it just sort of flows into my mind. I like to put sequels together and in order of their release, you'll also notice I put the Tom Clancy games together. It'll make even less sense if they put out

Elder Scrolls V : Skyrim

. I might have to put Oblivion in 'E' then. "