A quick glance at my “Now Playing” sidebar over there on any given week will usually display more older games than newer ones. In that magical stretch of time when I was still living at home but was working my first well-paying full-time job, I amassed literally hundreds of video games. So between those and the steady trickle of games I had accumulated throughout my life prior to that, 99% of which I still have in my posession, the backlog of games I have yet to finish – or even start – is more than enough to keep me plenty busy without needing to have every hot new game as soon as its fresh from the mint. I occasionally make exceptions (see my previous entry), but for the most part, I don’t mind waiting until a game’s price tag sheds a couple of sawbucks before I bring it home. Basically, they aren’t going anywhere. No matter how long I wait, even if it’s a number of years, I’ll still be able to get my hands on that game one way or another, be it used, eBay, or emulator (hypothetically, of course, since I would never do anything illegal). Read more »
