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Someone in these newsgroups mentioned they had a room in their house
filled with shelves of videogame boxes upon videogames boxes. Who was
it? Do you happen to have pictures uploaded of this collection? I was
thinking about it and was curious to see pictures of it all.

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<mattchu.mattchu@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Someone in these newsgroups mentioned they had a room in their house
> filled with shelves of videogame boxes upon videogames boxes. Who was
> it? Do you happen to have pictures uploaded of this collection? I was
> thinking about it and was curious to see pictures of it all.
>


That would be nice to see, whoever it was who mentioned it. FWIW, a few
years ago, I had quite a number of empty PC game boxes from over the years,
but was eventually forced to give many of them away. I realized, even at
the time, that they would be collector's items at some point, but I had way
too much stuff piled up. At the time too, the problem was compounded when
my Mom passed away and a lot of her possessions ended up in my hands. I've
never been in a position to put my empty game boxes on shelves but admit
that it would be a neat idea for someone with room to spare.
 
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steamKILLER wrote:
> now for your question
> collecting pc games is a big part of being a true pc gamer
> i still have a very small collection but i obviously keep
> all my games in the original boxes with everything

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"NightSky 421" <nightsky421@yahoo.ca> once tried to test me with:

> That would be nice to see, whoever it was who mentioned it. FWIW, a
> few years ago, I had quite a number of empty PC game boxes from over
> the years, but was eventually forced to give many of them away. I
> realized, even at the time, that they would be collector's items at
> some point, but I had way too much stuff piled up. At the time too,
> the problem was compounded when my Mom passed away and a lot of her
> possessions ended up in my hands. I've never been in a position to
> put my empty game boxes on shelves but admit that it would be a neat
> idea for someone with room to spare.

I used to have all my boxes for every PC game I bought, but it was where it
took up an entire, very large closet just to hold all of the boxes.
Eventually I decided to only keep boxes for games that were somehow special
to me. Now I probably only have maybe a hundred boxed games, most of them I
toss the box. Althought lately with the small box games I've been keeping
more game boxes than I would otherwise since they're easier to store.

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"Knight37" <knight37m@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> "NightSky 421" <nightsky421@yahoo.ca> once tried to test me with:
>
>> That would be nice to see, whoever it was who mentioned it. FWIW, a
>> few years ago, I had quite a number of empty PC game boxes from over
>> the years, but was eventually forced to give many of them away. I
>> realized, even at the time, that they would be collector's items at
>> some point, but I had way too much stuff piled up. At the time too,
>> the problem was compounded when my Mom passed away and a lot of her
>> possessions ended up in my hands. I've never been in a position to
>> put my empty game boxes on shelves but admit that it would be a neat
>> idea for someone with room to spare.
>
> I used to have all my boxes for every PC game I bought, but it was where
> it
> took up an entire, very large closet just to hold all of the boxes.
> Eventually I decided to only keep boxes for games that were somehow
> special
> to me. Now I probably only have maybe a hundred boxed games, most of them
> I
> toss the box. Althought lately with the small box games I've been keeping
> more game boxes than I would otherwise since they're easier to store.
>

A good way to conserve space is to collapse them flat...easier with the
newer games, since they are basically a covering for a box-shaped piece of
cardboard inside.
 
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steamKILLER wrote:
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>
> mattchu.mattchu@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > Someone in these newsgroups mentioned they had a room in
> > their house filled with shelves of videogame boxes upon
> > videogames boxes. Who was it? Do you happen to have
> > pictures uploaded of this collection? I was thinking about
> > it and was curious to see pictures of it all.
>
> at least someone makes a decent post in this group!
>
> i also wanted to know who is that pc gamer with a room only
> dedicated to pc games so i can congratulate him and say how
> much i admire him, but are you sure you read it here?
> unfortunately you can count the number of true pc gamers in
> this group with the fingers of only one hand
>
> and in a week full of terrible bad news for pc games this is
> a positive and encouraging post
[snip]
> someone talked about "collapse them flat" to conserve space
> which i think its CRIMINAL doing!
> also throwing them away is as CRIMINAL!
> boxes are beautiful and they must remain in perfect condition
> and never thrown away
> i have all my boxes in perfect condition and all complete

They shot a guy in a London Tube station this morning because he
collapsed a game box.

Do you have any idea what a "week full of terrible bad news" is? Or
what a criminal act is?
 
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mattchu.mattchu@gmail.com wrote:
> Someone in these newsgroups mentioned they had a room in their house
> filled with shelves of videogame boxes upon videogames boxes. Who was
> it? Do you happen to have pictures uploaded of this collection? I was
> thinking about it and was curious to see pictures of it all.
>
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> Best Regards, mattchu
> np:

IIRC it wasn't anyone posting here, but it was from someone else's
website they had found. Try googling?
 
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mattchu.mattchu@gmail.com skrev i meddelelsen news:1121988459.298678.95410
@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

> Someone in these newsgroups mentioned they had a room in their house
> filled with shelves of videogame boxes upon videogames boxes. Who was

I have a picture of my modest CRPG-collection here:

http://www.phyton.dk/gameutils/mygames.htm

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"steamKILLER" <sayNO2steam@yahoo.com> writes:

> someone talked about "collapse them flat" to conserve space
> which i think its CRIMINAL doing!
> also throwing them away is as CRIMINAL!

That's why all my future game purchases will be through Steam or other
digital delivery mechanism. I would not want to do something that you
would consider CRIMINAL.

O noes, someone think of the boxes!

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"Grackle" <nobody@lalaland.ca> wrote in message
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> A good way to conserve space is to collapse them flat...easier with the
> newer games, since they are basically a covering for a box-shaped piece of
> cardboard inside.


With the newer boxes, this may be the way to go.
 
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"Chadwick" <chadwick110@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> mattchu.mattchu@gmail.com wrote:
>> Someone in these newsgroups mentioned they had a room in their house
>> filled with shelves of videogame boxes upon videogames boxes. Who was
>> it? Do you happen to have pictures uploaded of this collection? I was
>> thinking about it and was curious to see pictures of it all.
>>
>> --
>> Best Regards, mattchu
>> np:
>
> IIRC it wasn't anyone posting here, but it was from someone else's
> website they had found. Try googling?
>

Saw a picture within the last few months of a gamers room with every inch of
every wall filled - majority were of console games though. The one below is
not the one I saw but belongs to a serious gamer nonetheless

http://www.electricquarter.com/gameroom.htm

I'm hoping the rest of the post was a sprat to catch an SK mackerel. If the
game is held by the box (Painkiller for eg) then I still have it. If the
box is incidental then it was probably thrown away almost immediately
 
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On 2005-07-22, Shawk <shawk@clara.co.uk.3guesses> wrote:

> Saw a picture within the last few months of a gamers room with every inch of
> every wall filled - majority were of console games though. The one below is
> not the one I saw but belongs to a serious gamer nonetheless
>
> http://www.electricquarter.com/gameroom.htm

Looks pretty cool. He must have spent quite a bit of time
planning it all. Personally I simply cannot see the need for THAT
many classic games. There wouldn't be enough time in anyones life
to play them.
 
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On 22 Jul 2005 14:14:22 -0400, Nick Vargish
<nav+posts@bandersnatch.org> wrote:

>
>That's why all my future game purchases will be through Steam or other
^^
>digital delivery mechanism.

Assuming that I take what you wrote literally, and it was not
generated while your foot was in your mouth, you must be
going to play very few high-quality PC games in the next
year or two. We shall miss you in this newsgroup..

John Lewis

>Assuming that I would not want to do something that you
>would consider CRIMINAL.
>
>O noes, someone think of the boxes!
>
>Nick
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john.dsl@verizon.net (John Lewis) writes:

> Assuming that I take what you wrote literally, and it was not
> generated while your foot was in your mouth,

Not so much foot in mouth as tongue in cheek.

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"Grackle" <nobody@lalaland.ca> once tried to test me with:

>> toss the box. Althought lately with the small box games I've been
>> keeping more game boxes than I would otherwise since they're easier
>> to store.
>>
>
> A good way to conserve space is to collapse them flat...easier with
> the newer games, since they are basically a covering for a box-shaped
> piece of cardboard inside.

Yeah but I like to look at them on the shelf. I don't collect them to sit
in some box somewhere, I collect them to see and remember fondly on the
games I've enjoyed. That's why I didn't really feel bad about getting rid
of the ones that were stashed away in my closet, because I wasn't really
looking at them anyway. Now I've got most of the ones I've kept on a shelf
above my computer, and a few on top of dressers and bookshelves in other
rooms.

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"Knight37" <knight37m@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Grackle" <nobody@lalaland.ca> once tried to test me with:
>
>>> toss the box. Althought lately with the small box games I've been
>>> keeping more game boxes than I would otherwise since they're easier
>>> to store.
>>>
>>
>> A good way to conserve space is to collapse them flat...easier with
>> the newer games, since they are basically a covering for a box-shaped
>> piece of cardboard inside.
>
> Yeah but I like to look at them on the shelf. I don't collect them to sit
> in some box somewhere, I collect them to see and remember fondly on the
> games I've enjoyed. That's why I didn't really feel bad about getting rid
> of the ones that were stashed away in my closet, because I wasn't really
> looking at them anyway. Now I've got most of the ones I've kept on a shelf
> above my computer, and a few on top of dressers and bookshelves in other
> rooms.
>

Then you should have turned them into wallpaper. I'm not kidding!
 
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"Shawk" <shawk@clara.co.uk.3guesses> once tried to test me with:

> Saw a picture within the last few months of a gamers room with every
> inch of every wall filled - majority were of console games though.
> The one below is not the one I saw but belongs to a serious gamer
> nonetheless
>
> http://www.electricquarter.com/gameroom.htm

Kind of messy and chaotic looking, but a very impressive collection
nonetheless.

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> Saw a picture within the last few months of a gamers room with every inch of
> every wall filled - majority were of console games though. The one below is
> not the one I saw but belongs to a serious gamer nonetheless
>
> http://www.electricquarter.com /gameroom.htm

Oh my gosh. That's very impressive but the game console wall seems a
bit much. Ha. That's just me though. I like to keep my items few and
simple so I don't have to worry about them. But I do enjoy the art on
the boxes for some PC games so I'll just have to live vicariously
through others' collections. <g>

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Arcana Dragon wrote:
> I have a picture of my modest CRPG-collection here:
>
> http://www.phyton.dk/gameutils /mygames.htm

Oooh -nice collection of Ultima boxes there. I wish I had held onto my
Gothic 1 box.

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