I'll take some of that burden off yer hands.....;D
When/if this one dies out(Which it will when people get sick of talking about it/start talking about something else.), maybe. For now this thread is doing a fine job.

Just tapped the well dry with Orcs Must Die 2, They Bleed Pixels, Merchant pack, and Analogue

*shrug*

If you have the money, why not?
It provides for lean times ahead, if they come, although that's not to say going overboard is a viable option, long as you spread the purchases out.

I wouldn't call it obsessive (I could stop whenever I wanted to, honest, I just don't want to ;-) but if a game is cheap and I know that it's good or that I might like it, why not buy it? Of course now I have huge backlog that I would probably never get around to playing it all, but every now and then I do pick up one of those games and have a really great fun time with it. So it can't be that bad, can it?

Agreed. It's nice to pull a random game out of the hat and stomp around.
I don't remember which sale I got it from but I just finished the Crusader series. Good times.

I do not have that problem - much

I do not lust over my friends steam collections

It just pisses me off that my friends buy these games and ask me to join them

(WTF How the hell do I join them when I can't buy these games myself.)

Well, i collect games so i guess you coud call it Obsessive Game Buying .
Currently im at 385 games, but thats including digital ones.

I Dont collect games for all platforms though, its just impossible to keep up with the rat race
when you own 3 consoles and 3 handhelds + a PC + some retro.
Plannning to get wii u and PSP vita as well and when that happens il be even more worse off.
But generally i only collect games that i really want or there is something special about.

Got a few games in gifts as well.
But yea, buying games cant be avoided if you collect them.

I did a few years back. When I amassed a collection of 250 games I decided that I would just stick with games that I know I would play and limit my purchases so I could play what I have. Aside from a few games that aged terribly (Realms of Arkania 3 or Soulbringer), are RTS (Spellforce 2 or Company of Heroes) or bad open world games (Morrowind or Gothic 3) , and ones I just can't stand (Eschalon Book 1 and 2), I plan to finish, or at least play, everything.

Down to 41 games out of over 350 now so I think I'm doing something right.

It is pretty much like crack...i have spent a ton of money in the last week on these holiday sales.

Backed Elite Dangerous, Giana sisters, Grim Dawn, Planetary annihilation ...
Kickstarter could become a bad habit for me.

Gog have also tempted me quite a bit with their discounts.

yup. but i look at it as an investment point of view. Currently i own more than 250 steam games and if I ever decide to 'retire' from gaming or bequeath it to a person its valued at roughly +10k $$$. so don't look at it as a 'problem' but an investment. :P

We all suffer from this addiction ;)

I own just shy of HALF the entire GoG inventory.

It's been worth every penny too, probably a majority of the games are ones that I pirated all throughout my past and never paid for. This gives me a very late opportunity to revisit that, and legitimately own the games. May never play em again, but I feel better now.

Hi, I'm PCGameGuy and I am a gameaholic, (Hi PCGameGuy!)
I had the physical media thing for decades and finally kicked it only to now have a 3TB drive full of digital ones. :P

Can't pass a sale? Yup.
Shopping for depression/dopamine? Yup.
over 50% of collection is unplayed? Yup.
Bought games when I couldn't afford it? Yup.
Had the same problem with DVDs? Yup.
Bought the same movie/game more than once? Yup.

My favorite is when I buy a duplicate copy of something I have not played or watched at all and probably won't ever get too. I have sold unopened games and DVDs due to this. I think I am with the 'at least I'm not smoking crack' crowd as to how I look at my addiction issue. It is only money after all, and I do try to buy only games from companies I want to see succeed so at least what money I do spend goes to keep people I respect employed.

Of late I have lost my career so I am not spending as much, but it has not stopped completely amazingly enough. As a side effect, I now have free time to actually play some of the games. I have been trying to go through the 360 games first though, since it is in the main room and TV time is now more open as I am the only one home all day.

It is funny, I cleared out my game collection and hardware collection a few years ago, and now I have a massive digital one. Funny how that shit always sneaks back up on you, isn't it?

I have so many games I'll never play them all. :/