Alaric, I’m with you on that. I don’t know what I could accomplish if I spent my time doing another thing, but, because of games I made friends, got jobs, got inspiration and always it help me out on a nice ‘escape’.

And that, I’m sure, I will never regret

Couldn’t agree more. In my life, gaming has been the glue that’s bonded relationships with not just friends, but family as well. It’s also helped soothe nerves, and allow me to just relax and escape ordinary life when I’ve needed to get away.

Some people might not understand, and that’s fine. I’ll never view my gaming as a waste of time. It’s often very therapeutic.

I find it interesting you’ve kept track of all the games you’ve beaten. I think it’s great. I wish I had kept a running catalog, for memory’s sake. What spurred you to do this Alaric?

Ryan, I like order and I like being in control of where my things are. While I don’t meticulously catalog my possessions, I feel that having a degree of structure in storing one’s things and memories is a good idea. Not to the point of obsessing over it, and sometimes I do make a mess, but overall I like to be organized.

When it comes to something like a list of umm… well, let’s say a list of games that I’ve beaten, I guess it’s a collection of sorts, so I like to keep track of it. If course this only goes for things that are important in my life, such as umm… well, let’s say games. Unimportant stuff I don’t care to remember, so there is no list of all the pairs of shoes I’ve ever worn.

Not all important lists are long, some consist of maybe a just over a dozen items. Those are easy to remember and there is no need to write them down. Other lists, however, get quite long over the years so it’s possible to forget an item or two. Once I felt that I can’t instantly recall all my games, I started keeping a written record.