Recently I went extremely over budget for buying games / books and to get back into the clear I had to go 6 weeks without buying a new game or book. I'm an adult I figure I'll survive. I'm 2 weeks into it and I'm starting to feel the affects. I don't normally spend big but usually I will buy a game on the DS/PSP/WII/WII virtual console or a $15 book etc every so often but that is not allowed either. Damn you anime DVD, you're the reason I'm in this fix and I watched them all in a weekend!

This is not looking good. I_have_4_weeks_to_go. Surely its been longer?

One of the things that has been helping is that I've been keeping track of the 3DS as, I'm sure many of you all are, and whilst usually I never buy anything during its initial release, I think I will make an exception for this. I've played a demo of a game on a 3D TV and I started getting a headache pretty quick so whilst the 3D graphics look great, on its own, it does not persuade me. However practically everything else about the system does. Nintendo has outdone themselves with the graphics for this system. Also looking at the game lineup. Zelda Ocarina of time, Professor Layton, Mariokart, Resident Evil. Ah what goodness. Also I've never played Metal Gear Solid before and I've been really chomping at the bit to do so.

Saying that I would like to try those games would be something of an understatement. Saying that it's an understatement is also a major-freakin-understatement.

So aside from obsessing about a system that won't be out until next year and therefore I can't possibly spend any money on it, I have found odd ways of dealing. I started playing every Final Fantasy game, from the beginning, and number 1 was not that great. The music was nice but the grinding nature of the battles in that game were HORRIFIC. There is no other word to describe it. There is this one tunnel where you have a battle every step of the way. It was not pleasant. I'm also replaying Secret of Mana which I haven't played in years, and surprisingly still holds up pretty well after all these years.

So whilst it has been fun to replay many old gems I am starting to get twitchy about not being allowed in game or bookstores. After all if I walk in, I will buy something. I have to pass these stores everyday on the way home to/from work.

By the end of this 6 weeks-of not-buying-anythingI suspect I will develop a nervous tick, will alternate between stuttering when talked to and staring at the wall in my office blankly whilst imagining the 3DS or a whole batch of shiny new games and books in my room. When I finally get to buy something I can assure you, I will be doing my best Golem impersonation 'its mine, its my precious.'