With this Question of the Day, we’re going to find out how anal-retentive and obsessive compulsive some of you are, or how relaxed you are about your game collections:
How do you organise your games on a shelf?
This question came up in a recent GiantBomb podcast and now we’re extending it to you because it tells us a lot about who you are. Do you organise your game library according to alphabetical order? Genre? Platform? Age? Some other criteria?
Sure, you don’t have to be OCD to organise your games - it’s logical to order things so you can find them easily - but looking around right now, I can see my games strewn about the place and the only order I can find is chaos. And maybe organised according to release date…
How do you organise your games? Are they on a shelf, stacked on top of each other or just lying about in a devil-may-care fashion?
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Comments:
My games are all divided according to platform and then listed alphabetically - it just makes it easier to find what you're looking for when you have a big collection, which I do. I also have a separate area where I keep the games I am currently playing and reviewing.
Mine are divided most played and least played like Halo3,Medal of honor are at the back of my list with games like Battlefield3,MW3 and Skyrim infront.
i agree with Lisa: platform, then alphabetically.
I've got my games roughly organised by genre (fighting games, racing games, third person shooters, etc) but I'm not really fanatical about it. All the stuff I'm currently playing tends to sit in a pile on the table, I only put it back on the shelf when I'm finished with it.
Games are divided by platform and I've sorted them from time bought. so it goes from first game to last game. The PC collection is still bit everywhere and mixed. But my XBox collection I've actually started numbering them and created an Excel sheet with the games etc. All the Xbox games have been taken out of their boxes and placed in a Disc File, it just makes it easier to find and nice and compact at my desk. I take pride in my Gaming collection as i've spent a lot of money on getting them all.
I have a little bag which i put them in and its usually in a stack packed ontop are the new ones and right down the old ones :P
My shelves are divided into platform and then into alphabetical order. MUCH easier to find a game than having to soft through them all. Although I'm needing a new shelf, this one is full! Will post a pic on FB :)
I dont collect games anymore its play and trade ..... I also have a rule of not playing more than 3 games at once
I have a TV stand with 2 shelves 1 for PS3 titles and 1 for Xbox, I just stack them on top of each other whichever one im playing generally stays on top of the pile
currently it looks a little sad with only 5 PS3 titles and 3 xbox games in the pile
I'm with Oltman and Lisa ... I've got a rack for all my PC games and one for my 360 games, ordered alphabetically ... But since the racks are in my room and my platforms ... Aren't, I usually end up taking games that I play a lot to my study, where they find a comfortable 'niche' to lie around in among all the work that I'm actaully supposed to be doing ;)
posting a pic of your gaming shelves sound like a great idea :) maybe we should get a few pics of your gaming environment as well: TV, sound, mini fridge etc :)
I agree with oltman. I'll take some pics and send them through. just don't laugh at my setup. it works for me and I can spend ours in my awesome corner.
how would we post pics ??
Organize? What this "organize" you speak of? Never heard of it! Generally my games are sorted by least played at the bottom, and currently playing at the top. It works wonders!
Mine, upon coming into the house receives an asset barcode. It then gets classified under users then platform and finally alphabetically. Games leaving the house are barcode scanned and reflected as either on loan, in for repairs or sold as used.
It seems as though we've got some people keen to send pics of their gaming setups through to us!
Send your pics to oliver(@)el33tonline.com and lisa(@)el33tonline.com and we'll put them together for everyone to see ;)
can't wait to see everyone's setup etc. Mine is a real geeky station....will send pics tonight or tomorrow morning.
i keep my xbox games on one side and my pc games on another side, i dotn really have an order i just keep the games i play the most next to my xbox or PC and the other go onto the shelf
Already emailed Oliver and Lisa.....
If a game is on my shelf, it means I don't play it anymore. if its on the floor/bed/desk/xbox then I still play it. closer it is to the xbox the more often it gets played. I know its a complicated system but it works.
Well i only stock xbox games. Most likey to play goes in the top left, least likely to play goes in bottom right. Most likey would include current mulitplayer games and whichever single player game im busy with
My games are organised by completed (from the bottom) up to being played /waiting to be played (on top). Also sub sorted in the former mentioned order is games favourite (to the top) and less favourite (to the bottom).
And the final sub sort is games by title. Gears of War 1 (bottom), Gears of War 2 (middle), Gears of War 3 (top).
Does this make sense to any of you?
Perfect sense ;)
By platform and then by purchase date. Nothing too crazy. But older games that I've forgotten when I bought them are organized alphabetically, I think.
Mine is all mix-up...but I use Sisimizi Game Catalog to add all my games and to see who has borrowed what. Hate people borrow and never return it :(
Xbox360 and Wii games on the top shelf, PS3 and PS2 games on the lower shelf, organized by last played/currently playing (with lesser-played games at the bottom of the pile), and many, many assorted plastic peripherals scattered around the consoles.
I have to know, however...how DO you people keep the accoutrements from burying you in a terrifying landslide of plastic guitars, microphones, buzzers, drums, turntables, dance pads, controllers, plastic cats, assorted colorful USB drives, USB cables, controller extensions, keypads? The list goes on, not counting individual consoles and boxes of games, blu-rays and DVDs. Incidentally, those are just the ones I can see from where I'm sitting O_o I'm sure there are many more hidden behind the TV unit waiting to attack me as soon as I dare foray to peek behind the wall of plastic hell.