Wow, I thought I may have been the only one that gave TOO much thought to alphabetizing. I should have known better...

Square prolly puts his games in anime order :P

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That's what I do Wiggy! xD

Originally Posted by wiggyx Wow, I thought I may have been the only one that gave TOO much thought to alphabetizing. I should have known better... Square prolly puts his games in anime order :P

Publisher order is usually how I tend to organize some of the collection, but with how much of a variation there are in box size and style I basically just organize is at whatever looks good. :3

Serious question, since I saw someone post their collection with Red/Black PS3 spine label separate. It looks really good and I've been wanting to do that, but then you have 2 separate locations for alphabetize. That's a minor problem compared to my OCD of Uncharted 1 or TES:Oblivion being under old red label while Uncharted 2/3 and TES:Skyrim being under newer black design. And Metal Gear 4 is old red design so that issue will pop up again.

So do you split up game series to make it visually appealing or what? Right now I have it mix/match, and it looks bad or "unorganized". As if red cases weren't bad enough, hate that Sony did this.

I'll never understand the hatred for red cases. I think they look so much nicer than the clear ones and they keep my PS3 collection from looking boring. I can't stand the thought of everything looking the same. That's why I also really like the purple and gray Xbox cases and the red and black Wii cases. Variety is the spice of life, people!

Originally Posted by wiggyx So, where do you guys put games/movies that start a number? Like, if its 6 do you put it under "S" or at the beginning after 5 and before 7?

Numbers go at the beginning for me. A lot of my alphabetizing is done like it would be on a computer.

Originally Posted by elessar123 Do you guys sort numbers by value, or by character? Basically, does 300 come before or after 10,000 BC?

I go by character, so 300 would come after 10,000. The only exception might be if they are part of a series. The Up Series, for example, goes by value in order to avoid confusion.

Originally Posted by KtMack23 here is a question, do you guys seperate Mario and super Mario games? I file them all under M :P

I separate them. If I were to do otherwise, chaos would ensue.

Originally Posted by Kazaganthi So do you split up game series to make it visually appealing or what? Right now I have it mix/match, and it looks bad or "unorganized". As if red cases weren't bad enough, hate that Sony did this.

Yeah I split the series to make it look organized by spine. First I put them into groups such as old ps logo, new ps logo, greatest hits, slip cover box...etc. Then I put them alphabetical, though, right now, they are unalphabetized because some of the shelves fell down

Originally Posted by ZombieToast I'll never understand the hatred for red cases. I think they look so much nicer than the clear ones and they keep my PS3 collection from looking boring. I can't stand the thought of everything looking the same. That's why I also really like the purple and gray Xbox cases and the red and black Wii cases. Variety is the spice of life, people!

Unity, is my issue. If every game came in a red case, it'd be ok by me. A clearly labeled spine title is just fine to differentiate the games to me. What if your blu-rays came in all sorts of colors besides blue, that'd be rainbow vomit on the shelf.

It's a little picky I admit, but it makes the collection look much neater as a whole, instead of being drawn to the 1-5 odd ball games that stick out because they are different color.

Would you stick Metal Gear Solid 2+3 PS2 next to Metal Gear Solid 4 on your PS3 shelf?

Originally Posted by Kazaganthi Would you stick Metal Gear Solid 2+3 PS2 next to Metal Gear Solid 4 on your PS3 shelf?

I actually section them off
360->xbox
Wii u->Wii
PS3->PS2->PS1
I like to go down in generation

Originally Posted by jonnysniper I actually section them off 360->xbox Wii u->Wii PS3->PS2->PS1 I like to go down in generation

This

LOL I remember when I was super organized with my collection. Now, I just put my games wherever I can find room.

Originally Posted by Vinny LOL I remember when I was super organized with my collection. Now, I just put my games wherever I can find room.

^

Originally Posted by Kazaganthi Unity, is my issue. If every game came in a red case, it'd be ok by me. A clearly labeled spine title is just fine to differentiate the games to me. What if your blu-rays came in all sorts of colors besides blue, that'd be rainbow vomit on the shelf. It's a little picky I admit, but it makes the collection look much neater as a whole, instead of being drawn to the 1-5 odd ball games that stick out because they are different color.

Well, at least you don't just flat-out hate the red like a lot of people. Heh. I still don't really get it, though. Just a matter of perspective, I guess. Personally, I would prefer it if Blurays came in different colors. I get tired of all the blue cases, although it does make it easier for my wife when she's trying to pick up a new movie at the store.

Originally Posted by Kazaganthi Would you stick Metal Gear Solid 2+3 PS2 next to Metal Gear Solid 4 on your PS3 shelf?

Not me, no. I've been tempted to do something like that a few times, but it's less confusing to me if each console is separate.

Alright, so I thought I'd go ahead and share some pictures of our redecoration process. This is going to be a big post, by the way. Just keep in mind that this is very much a work in progress, so the house is currently a huge mess and our walls are pretty bare. As of last week, here's what my gaming section and the surrounding area looked like (sorry about the blurriness):



A couple of close-ups:





My portable games along with a few PC games, all next to a portion of our movie collection:


A little hard to see because of our bad lighting, but here's the new shelving unit all put together:


And now full of games:


Here are some close-ups:


My Xbox 360 games and some of my Wii games.


Wii, Gamecube, PS3, PS2, PS1, Dreamcast, 3DS, DS, and a few loose N64 games.


PSP, boxed PC games, boxed N64 games, SNES, NES, GameBoy, a couple of Genesis and Atari 2600 games, and some random stuff that I just threw in as filler (light switch cover and a few toys).


It's so nice to finally have all of my games in one place! This is the first time I've had my retro games out in about 5 years or so. I need to make some cases and covers for them, but it's still nice to see them. Right now, the only games not on the new shelves are my big collector's editions that won't fit...oh, and my jewel-case PC games 'cause I'm still figuring out which ones I want to keep.

Now our movies also have a better place to live (my previous game shelves). Quite a few of them were boxed away because we didn't have room, but now they're all on display:


And in place of where the movies previously were, we now have a nice big cabinet housing just a small portion of our board games. We're waiting on two more [slightly smaller] cabinets that will go on the other side (I'm not going to organize the games until then). I really, really hope that all three cabinets will be able to contain our entire collection. If we're really lucky, maybe we can have enough space for our vinyl records.


Just for the heck of it, I'll also show off my new chair:

First, my old, painfully uncomfortable, broken-down chair:


My brand new comfy chair that I just put together today:



The next phase of redecorating will be the replacement of my beloved old desk that I have had for about 15 years:

I should post a photo of my collection but it would be comical at best, my mountain of doom has been reduced to a mountain of boxes after the move. I'm still trying to find some good shelving which is proving to be a quest on it's own. The estimate I received for the custom shelving was a bit steep and he scaled it down from what I wanted.

yay for zombie's collection. also i've never heard of people hating the red cases thats new to me?

Originally Posted by kayne2000 yay for zombie's collection. also i've never heard of people hating the red cases thats new to me?

Red cases are literally the bane of my existence, I may very well get cancer from them.

and what did the poor red cases ever do to you???

They made my collection look like hell making everything look un-uniform!

Like I said, I'll never understand.

As much as I hate Greatest Hits, Player's Choice, Platinum Hits, and Nintendo Selects versions, I've never been bothered with the PS3 logo change.