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Jeff's Sick Day: A Blurry Extravaganza!

Sometimes, when you're suppressing a cough with copious amounts of over-the-counter medicine, the only thing to do is dig through some boxes.

Mar. 12 2012

Posted by: Jeff

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Do a Hyperdimension Neptunia Endurance Run. That's probably the only way that game will ever get played.

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@LooseChange said:

Im so happy I dont pay for this shit.

Thanks for contributing!

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@mnzy said:

Well, it's his job, I think it's different if it's your hobby.

It's his job to hoard... I mean collect stuff?

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@BlaineBlaine said:

I got this one guys...

This should be posted on the Bomb Shelter for sure. I died laughing. Freakin' great job man.

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Wow, now that is a ton of video games, and here I thought my 360 collection was big! Awesome video Jeff, this along with the Jar videos are always fun to watch.

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@Tordah said:

This video made me feel better about my video game and media collecting. It'll be many years before it's gotten this bad for me.

Well, it's his job, I think it's different if it's your hobby. 
 
Anyway...I would love to sort this stuff. 
I would go library style shelves on every wall and one double sided shelf in the middle. The consoles and accessoires in stackable boxes for the garage or something.
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Get shelves!!!

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This video made me feel better about my video game and media collecting. It'll be many years before it's gotten this bad for me.

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Damn, this is one impressive collection. The thought of me personally having to take care of all that is scary though. I wonder if I ever get to problematic dimensions with my still physical games. I doubt it since a lot of it might be just digital download going forward - for better or worse.

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Hell yeah Marc Ecko's Getting Up was a good game.

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...and most of us have to think hard how to get the money for just one new game.

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Respect for the two Amigas :-)

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My god it's full of games!

Hope Jeff gets everything sorted.

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@BagManForHire: good to hear!

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And this is why i get rid of shit...

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Jeff, seriously. Ebay.

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hey jeff , can i come round and play all of those un opened games? Not keep them, just show them love?? ill make sure to stay out of your way while i do. but... they.. must .. be ... played.

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Nice Little Darlings poster. Went there for my 18th birthday and boy, was that an experience. Pass it every day on my way to work!

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@Bravestar said:

put shelves in the middle of the room too, like a tiny grocery store, but with games. or like a tiny gamestore. with games.

haha love that idea. Use the floorspace for display! Watching this has made me feel better about my game collection. I just moved, and so was able to see how many games I actually have, several bins full. My parents helped me move, and I could see their expressions, like "You have more games than clothes. WHY?" I got into console gaming late, and tend to buy consoles late in their life cycle (for better prices), so I feel I am perpetually playing catch up. Thus I have a chronic backlog of games, and tend to obsessively buy ones that I am interested in, knowing I may not get to them for years, but not wanting to forget about them or have them go out of print. I also don't have a lot of time to play....so...it stacks up. But nothing like Jeff, man. He is a true collector.

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I AM SO DIZZY.

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@LiquidSwords said:

@outerabiz said:

@Thompson820 said:

@IronScimitar said:

@PlasmaBeam44 said:

Yep.

*Slow clap*

Incredible.

bravo

my thoughts exactly :-)

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Never throw anything way, video game related. NEVER.

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I keep my games in boxes too.

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@Noli said:

Big Big Live Show Live Live Again in Jeff's Garage. 8 hours showing Jeff's hard work on clearing stuff from garage. "Nobody else, only he can clean this up. This summer! In Another Sick Day, Jeff Gerstmann has to clean up his garage. Nothing will stop him from doing that" - you can read it in Norio Wakamoto's voice.

Everyone of us would watch this. And I'm not complaining.

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Can't believe his roommate walked in wearing a gimp suit halfway through. That was unexpected and upsetting.

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@danimal_furry said:

If my job involved video games I would have this massive supply of back stock. I wonder if the GB guys get to write all of this stuff off on taxes. I would hope so.

they don't buy most of it. except of course for the retro stuff and import stuff but most current games/hardware gets send to them. the occasional new console probably doesn't weigh as heavy on the budget as if you were buying ALL that stuff with your own money.

the thing I loved most in this video was the random Alf sitting between those boxes. totally expected him to start talking!

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Im so happy I dont pay for this shit.

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That Spike award trophy looks like a bong.

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@BlaineBlaine said:

I got this one guys...

Oh, I replied to the wrong dude, who posted this as if it was his???...?

Anyway, this is utter perfection. You should be proud. That is all.

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Ahahaha, I have a limited edition copy of Hyperdimension Neptunia I never played too. Hhhh. Video games.

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String along some poor OCD chick to be your girlfriend and lock her in there. Voila!

That'll be $100 please.

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I cant help but think that Mr. Gerstmann isn't wearing anything except his shoes.

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Makes me want to go through some of my own crap and throw it away. While what I have up right now is pretty organized I did put away a few boxes of manga in the basement a while ago, maybe I should try to get rid of some of that.

As for games, I can't wait for a digital only future. I like having physical stuff, but I vastly prefer only having a modicum of stuff at a time. Having too much stuff just ties you down, I don't like it, so I do fairly harsh and efficient purges from time to time.

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@PlasmaBeam44: Pretty much total perfection.

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Sweet Jebus, Jeff has EVERY game.

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Yeah. You should probably send me one of those Amiga 500s. I had one as a kid, and now I can't find one anywhere.

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Jesus Christ man, have a garage sale

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I love that we've come to this.

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Big Big Live Show Live Live Again in Jeff's Garage. 8 hours showing Jeff's hard work on clearing stuff from garage. 
"Nobody else, only he can clean this up. This summer! In Another Sick Day, Jeff Gerstmann has to clean up his garage. Nothing will stop him from doing that" - you can read it in Norio Wakamoto's voice.

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@outerabiz said:

@Thompson820 said:

@IronScimitar said:

@PlasmaBeam44 said:

Yep.

*Slow clap*

Incredible.

bravo

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I don't see this as hoarding, it's history. How else is all this stuff gonna survive? People have even bigger collections of baseball cards and they're not hoarders, it just happens that video games take more space. And i second the motion of buying some duplicates :)

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You could at least remove all the doubles from those shelves. I saw at least two copies of GoldenEye for Wii and two copies of some WWE game there despite the blurriness and shakiness.

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If my job involved video games I would have this massive supply of back stock. I wonder if the GB guys get to write all of this stuff off on taxes. I would hope so.

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Welcome to the Nightmare.

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@Thompson820 said:

@IronScimitar said:

@PlasmaBeam44 said:

Yep.

*Slow clap*

Incredible.

bravo

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Good lord! That's a lot of games. Love it. Don't stop.

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Jeff has a Little Darlings poster? That's awesome haha. I've lived in Vegas all my life and Little Darlings is the grimiest strip club in town, but it's the only one that allows under 21 year olds so I was there a few times a couple years ago for birthdays. Three or four times was enough to make me not set foot in a strip club ever again.

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AMIGAS

Vice City Rubik's Cube is sick.

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This is exactly why I'm getting rid of some of my collection already. I just came to the conclusion that I'm not gonna play most or any of my old games ever again. Also, just having a collection of games doesn't really have any inherent value for me.

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I just want to go through all that stuff and shove money in your hands! PLEASE LET ME!