Collectors Editions

How large is your gaming collection? Do you own the first system that began your journey as a gamer? How about the first videogame you've ever owned, do you still have that? Would you trade-in any of the games in your collection?

I recently talked to a guy who claimed he owned over 350 games dating back to the Nintendo Entertainment System. As impressive as that sounds I could care less. Don't get me wrong, I'm definitely a fan of buying a game, but after 2 years I'm probably never going to play it again. I'd rather make some change instead of wasting space in my room. Let it build up dust somewhere else.

I traded in my collection of games back in April and was able to get a Nintendo DSi and Chinatown Wars (Power to the Players.) The oldest game in the collection was Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure, and the most recent was Killzone 2. Every game I wrote about between the months of January & March 2009 was also included. My friend on the other hand tried to trade in games from his original Xbox and discovered Gamestop stopped accepting trade-ins for the Xbox at the beginning of the year.

By the time a sequel a released, the game before it has long been a memory. I know there are a lot of people who are upset that Sony stopped making the Playstation 3 Backwards Compatible. I say good riddance. What is the point of putting a Playstation 2 disc in a Playstation 3. They have nothing in common besides the whole Sony thing. I'd rather put a DVD in my PS3 than a Ps2 game. If Sony got rid of the dvd drive that would suck. Scarface isn't on Blu-Ray yet, and I would be really upset if I couldn't see it when the mood strikes...

Videogames are not timeless. They age faster than humans. My habit involves playing a game when it's fresh out of the gate. This results in long ass droughts like right now, because nothing interesting has been released since inFamous. Good thing I have this blog.

My blog is timeless. Don't read it, and the energy will calmly wait for the genius that does. I read it all the time so I think it must be great...

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