As the holiday season nears, many games are being released. Too many for me and, I'm sure, others. But I'm not writing to focus on the mass release aspect, I want to talk about my own problem. The problem of over-buying.

When I first got my Playstation 2 in 2003, I was ecstatic to play newer games that couldn't be had on the Nintendo 64. I purchased three games and nearly completed two of them (Dark Cloud didn't hold my interest). Soon after, I bought a Gamecube with three games: Zelda: The Wind Waker, Ocarina of Time Master Quest Bonus disk, and Super Smash Brothers: Melee. After getting these newer games, my Playstation 2 sat on the shelf neglected while I almost completed Wind Waker and played the heck out of Smash Brothers. I ignored the Bonus disk as I had beated Ocarina of Time many times. Out of these 6 games, I only completed one.

And my addiction to buying games keeps going on. After I re-bought a Super Nintendo, I just had to buy all the old games for it that I loved. Then came the NES; same thing happened. I kept buying, buying, buying, without ever finishing a game. It's caused my backlog to become enormous, and I hate myself for letting this happen. I've tried to cut down on my purchases, but I really don't seem to be slowing down...