In an attempt to sort things out on my 'Games List' which is now at about 100 games, I am beginning the process of going in and rating each game that I have played.

So the deal is this: if I have played it and still own the CD disc, then I will rate it and have it in my 'Games List.' If I own it but have not installed and played it yet, then, of course there will be no rating.

Games that, in the past, have been purchased, installed and played, and then un-installed and had their disc(s) thrown away will not be rated because they will not appear on my owned games list. (and I am trying to forget about them)

This whole idea of going in and rating games I've played will be primarily to help me as I go through my list looking for the next game I wish to install. I will be able to sort my 'Games List' by my rating scores, and then search through only the ones with no rating from me yet; then decide which I will install and try out next.

I am being very careful in going about rating the games I've already played. Here is a comment I left at Soapbox about an article that boasted the Top 10 do's and don'ts of reviewing/rating games here at GameSpot.com:

Great article. I agree that your ideas will help users post better reviews, and I commend you on your effort. Now I want to add my own rule number eleven:
When giving a game a user score; let's say you want to give it a 6.5, because you honestly feel the game merits a 6.5. But then you see that several other users gave it ratings between 2 and 4, so you throw out logic and just think about averaging out that overall user rating to get it closer to your 6.5; so you give it a 10 to affect the overall.
Rule #11 - give a user score that is what you think the game merits, not one that you think will affect the overall average.
In my opinion, people wildly anderratically throwing 1's and 10's around in attempts to affect the overall average user rating is degrading the GameSpot user rating system.

So... off I go to slide a few more ratings bars on games I've played. I won't do them all in one session though.