Why do I play all these games? Because it’s important that they’re played.

Because every game is a story, a world, a moment in time crafted by someone who cared enough to create it.

Because each one teaches me something new—about design, about culture, about myself.

Because in a sea of pixels, there’s magic waiting to be found.

And because, honestly? Sometimes I just want to escape, explore, and lose myself in different worlds.

So yeah. I own thousands of games, and I’ll keep playing them.

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    2 months ago

    I actually own

    The funny thing is, you don’t own them.

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      2 months ago

      Say what you will, every game I’ve bought—I can still play. And I’ve been buying Steam games for over a decade.

      Meanwhile, none of my GameCube discs work on my Switch.

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    2 months ago

    I’m curious, what’s your highest play time on a game? Or maybe top 3 even.

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      Sure, here’s my top three by hours spent:

      1. Spelunky - 92.2 hours
      2. Legends of Solitaire: Curse of the Dragons - 58.9 hours
      3. Civilization V - 50.2 hours
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      2 months ago

      A few thousand dollars.

      Never bought a single game at full price. Almost all the time, it’s at least 90% off. Lots of game bundles abound. And free games are given away all the time.

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    2 months ago

    Did you finish all of them? Or at least play them for an hour? If you’re using steam for 20 years, that’s a game a day.

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      I definitely don’t complete all of them. My goal is to at least play an hour each, but not every game is worth an hour.

      The most time I’ve ever spent on a game is around 100 hours.

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    2 months ago

    Damn, I thought I had a lot. Just checked and its only 500, with about 60 sitting in the “backlog”

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    2 months ago

    you are saying this like you own some kind of extraordinary awsome games only…then you show off a spongebob cartrace, and a robocop game.

    collecting is a valid hobby, but stoo kidding yourself that you are buying some high artforms.

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      2 months ago

      That Robocop game has an 87% positive rating, but I got it for 93.35% – for a total of C$4.63.

      As for Nickelodeon Kart Racer 3, I have the previous two games and really liked them. It’s a great couch co-op game with my kid. So I got the third one for 92.4% off the original price – for a total of C$4.32.

      All in all, I did pretty well for myself.