Today I bought a new game!
 
The Game of the Year Edition of Civilization III! I got it at a yard sale for $2, and it was in excellent condition, almost new with everything there, almost never opened.
 
Awesome, huh?
 
No.
 
Because the day before I got The Movies for $6.
 
And about a week before I got Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon for $10.
 
And less than a week before I got Chrono Trigger, F-Zero, FF6, Street Fighter 2, and Super Punch-Out!! for the SNES.
 
All in one month.  
 
I HAVE A LIFE, AND CANNOT PLAY ALL THESE GAMES. Stupid life.
 
So, in order to finish these games and the rest of the games I have yet to finish, I need to lock down and try to stop buying so many games, and it's getting really hard with New Super Mario Bros. Wii and Final Fantasy: The Crystal Bearers knocking down my door.
 
I need advice, Giantbomb. What do you guys to do to keep yourself from buying new games and actually finishing the games you already own?

I tried out the Batman Arkham Asylum demo on my PC, since I would really like to try the game out. 
 
 
 
 
However, on the installation screen, it says my computer does not meet the minimum requirements for the game, having a 1200 Megahertz processor, while the game recommended a 3000 Megahertz one. However, I installed it anyway, and was not surprised that at low settings, the game ran in slow motion. However, I noticed that even at it's lowest settings, it still had advanced special effects that weren't needed and could be removed with older games. 
 
So I went into it's data files and changed the game graphics settings file via notepad, changing everything from true to false. But I got interesting to see how far it could go, and I changed everything to true.
 
Surprisingly, now the game runs with all special effects, including blur, shadows, and stuff, while running faster than before.
 
I don't know. I think that's just weird.

 http://www.giantbomb.com/forums/general-discussion/30/gttv-to-reggie-who-will-sell-more-nsmbwii-or-mw2/271357/#168
 
To keep it from sinking down to the bottom.

I just bought a brand new Acer laptop for $320! 
 
It sports a fantastic 16:9 display, the epic ATI Radeon HD3200 graphics card, 160 GB HDD, 3 GB Memory, all running under the AMD Athlon 64 processor!
 
This is the first computer I won capable of Anti-aliasing, which is pretty much witchcraft, and can support the latest games!

Which game was it?
 
It was 10 bucks at Walmart.
 
Let me repeat that: A Nintendo made game was at 10 bucks at Walmart. When it's $35 everywhere else.
 
Ever since Nintendo of America discontinued their Player's Choice titles (it's still going on in Japan), Nintendo games have been selling full price since they came out. Zelda TP is still at $50.
 
But it seems Nintendo of America is quietly lowering their game prices, with NPC Pikmin now at $20 (formerly $30), Big Brain Academy at $20 (formerly at $50), and then Fire Emblem.
 
About darn time. I hate Nintendo of America for doing these things while Japan (and now lately Europe) has been so cool.
 
But hey, this is my first Fire Emblem, and I don't know what to expect. I have heard very great things from the series (mostly from raving FE fanboys), but I think I'm going to like it.
 
Annoying too, because I got a ton of games on my plate already, with Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy 6, Anarchy Online, Megaman 9, World of Goo, Mario RPG, Zelda: ALTTP, Donkey Kong Country, X-Wing, and FF7 still yet to be completed.