Cheevo's made me a Hoarder

Not so long ago, in fact approximately 1 month BC (before cheevo’s) I could regularly be found heading down to my local independant game retailer, 5 or 6 members of my beloved game collection in hand, most of them still half complete on my xbox hard drive, ready to do something I loved to do…..trade.

Getting a good price on my old games & leaving the shop with some shiny new ones, or some dusty pre-owned ones was a regular occurance back then.

But no longer, and it’s all thanks to those sometimes easy, sometimes painfully difficult & sometimes downright ridiculous achievments (or trophies if i’m in the PS3 mood).

I just can’t part with games knowing there’s still points to be earned, points that in most cases I know I will never see, points in games that may never even see the inside of the disc tray again, but you never know so I better keep hold of them.

This has of course led to me having what can only be described as a huge collection of games and an emergency shelving shortage and has led me to be what can only be described as a hoarder, but you know what…..I love it.

Thanks to the almighty achievment i’ve played and more importantly enjoyed games that I wouldn’t otherwise have given a second look, persevered with games that only a few years earlier would’ve been tucked neatly under my arm on a trip to the trade in store & given me that joyous feeling of nailing one of you’re more difficult tests. So thankyou cheevo’s, you’ve made me a more open minded gamer and a more hardcore gamer, oh, and you make a beautiful sound when you unlock.