QTX

I know what you mean, but I think it’s important to make sure games (or the To Play) pile don’t become a burden. When I started this place (around fall/autumn silly season), I figured I’d stand a better chance in Google’s rankings if I reviewed games relatively quickly – but it all got a bit too much quite soon. I’ve since given up on hits/Google’s bastard algorithms and spiders and whatnot, but there are still times when I feel like I really should be playing such-and-such.

However, when that happens, I always try to make a parallel to my books. See, I used to read loads, and my To Read pile is miles bigger than my To Play pile but – and here’s my point – I like to have a big book collection so’s that I’ve always got something I’m in the *mood* to read. As a rule, I try to look at my games in the same way now. They’re there, but they’ll get played at some point (and sure, I’ll also buy more of the damn things), and rather than just playing them because I feel I have to, I’ll hopefully now play each of them when they’re the *right* game – if you see what I mean!? I also tend to have a few books on the go at the same time (for mostly “mood” type reasons too) so I sort of transferred that rationale over to games too.

That’s not to be preachy or anything – just my way of (long-windedly) saying I know what the feeling can be like, but how, when I looked at it in a slightly different way, I began to see my To Play pile as a kind of cool library or resource, rather than something I should feel overwhelmed by. Obviously, it’s still hard to choose what’s getting played next sometimes, but hey, baby steps and all that….. 😉

And I hope the party goes well!

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