Can we talk about the 'cult of the new' versus deep collection diving

I heard a guy at the game store in Tacoma say 'if your shelf of shame is under 5 games, you're not trying hard enough,' which seems to clash with the whole idea of actually mastering the games we own.

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kevinp561mo ago

Yeah, that's a rough take to live by. Skyler190 has it right, chasing new stuff just makes a pile of guilt. Getting good at a few games beats having a closet full of plastic you never open.

skyler1901mo ago

That guy's take is wild. My own shelf of shame got so bad it felt like a part time job just to manage it. Finally sold off a bunch of unplayed stuff and focused on maybe ten games total. Getting fifty plays out of something like Agricola changes how you see it, way more than having fifty different boxes ever did. The new hotness is fun, but it's mostly just noise.

dixon.spencer1mo ago

That "part time job" feeling is everywhere now, like kevinp56 said, from streaming queues to game shelves.