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I know i can't be the only one. When i was in highschool i used to have plenty of time to play and since i didn't have much money I would really get into the games that I got. Now in college there is zero time during school to get into games and yet I am getting all these cheap ass deals. Anybody else have tons of games that they got but never had time to play? What is the game that you wish the most you had time to play? For me on top of my list is Final Fantasy Tactics Advance.

games i own that i have yet gotten around to playing:
gamecube-
legend of zelda collectors edition
legend of zelda ocarina of time
resident evil zero
tony hawks underground

gameboy advance-
none amazingly enough

playstation 2-
beyond good and evil
castlevania: lament of innocence
silent hill 3
grand theft auto vice city
ratchet and clank going commando
jak II
final fantasy x-2
metal gear solid 2

xbox-
prince of persia
max payne 2
lord of the rings two towers

way too little time

Ugh, I totally agree! I'm in my senior year at college, and my time is wrapped up in classes, papers, and projects. I have quite a few games which I've started and have yet to finish. Sadly, I haven't even beaten Metroid Prime yet! There are numerous others, but I hafta beat that one. I may be the only one who hasn't! Just wish there was more time in the day to sit back, relax, and play my games.

I hear ya Mo, but I will go on terminal leave on May 6th (though I still will have classes until May 22nd, but that's at night), so I will actually have 59 days of doing nothing but gaming. I'm gonna love it.

I am absolutely jealous! Enjoy it!

True. College totally takes large chunks of time, and if you work as well you hardly have time for anything. I still have seven games I have yet to open, plus I just recently got a DC, and I'm only into the third mission on RS3: RS for the PC that I got for Christmas.

Five more weeks...

College? Wait until you have a job. I'm lucky to cram in 2-3 hours a week now. In college it was more like 2-3 hours a day...

Take a look at my Game Collection and you'll see quite a few games that are still sitting sealed on my shelf, from Pocahontas for Genesis, up to Beyond Good and Evil, and numerous more. I've got 20-some still sealed, and lots that I've only lightly played. Between work and a handful of other projects, I really don't have any time to play games, but for some strange reason, I keep buying them.

One day I'll get the chance to play, one day.

this post reminds me... i got some games sitting in the closet i bought way back i havent even opened yet.

I was playing Metroid prime before christmas. I tried to finish it after but I just couldn't. Now I'm playing Need for speed underground but I've got Capcom vs SNK 2 EO, SSX3, Primal, Viewtiful joe, a couple others and I just got a Sega Genesis with 4 games about 2 weeks ago. This semester sucks too between work, and trying to graduate college I gots no free time for games. :( Least I didn't have to pay too much for the games

I currently am at home most of the day and I still don't have time to beat all my games.

I'm with javeryh on this one. I know college can leave you with little free time, but it only gets worse when you've got a full-time job. I work about 50 hours a week, and then lots of my free time is spent with my with my wife and two young kids. If I can find 3 hours a week for games, that's a pretty good week for me.

Games I have lined up and waiting to be played:
Prince of Persia
Beyond Good and Evil
Castlevania: Lament of Innocence
Splinter Cell
Primal
True Crime
Downhill Domination
Need for Speed: Hot pursuit
Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds

At least I have plenty to hold me until Onimusha 3 and the next GTA come out.

Wow...BigDirty that's quite a collection you have. Very impressive! And I agree with you totally...I have upwards of 40 PS2 games and 10 GBA games...and I rarely get a chance to play any of them. Combination of a job, social life and most of all, horrible time management skills. :( Many of the games are still in the wrapper. But like you, BigDirty, I just keep buying them and buying them, and I cant quite figure out why. For some reason I just cannot pass up a great video game deal for either PS2 or GBA. Sometimes I cant decide if this website is a blessing or a curse! But dont get me wrong, I LOVE this site to death, for both the deals and the forums...

Great topic, by the way...I thought I was the only one with a stack of games and no time to play them!

Same boat here. College was a breeze, gaming, easily, 10, 20, 30 hours a week. Once you start pulling down a salary and putting in those 40+ hour weeks, I find myself forgoing sleep just to be able to get in a 2-3 hour fix some nights.

Stay in school...and you'll be sure to get your gaming time in. Once you get a job...kiss your gaming days goodbye.

The greatest irony, being of course, that once you have the bank to fund your gaming habit, you haven't the time to stoke it.

Makes me wish I was still a video game tester. I always had time to play then!

GF+Work+Games=Sleep?

Lets see, im playing through:

GC:
Wind Waker (Kinda boring....)
Veiwtiful Joe
Super Monkey Ball 2 (so...freakin...hard...)
Metroid Prime (close to the end...too much backtracking to figure out where i was going)
Zelda 2 (stupid controller..)
Sonic Heroes

Xbox:
Shenmue 2
Splinter cell (it was only $5... )
Gungrave
Bloodrayne (without codes...ugh)

GBA:
Fire Emblem

DC:
Too many to name.

PSOne:
FFVII
FFIV
Chrono Cross

PS2:
.Hack pt1 (meaning 2-4 as well)
Kingdom Hearts

Snes:
Donkey Kong Country 2
Mickey's Magical Quest

Genesis:
Rocket Knight Adventures

PC:
Black and White

Soon ill have a nice relaxing place to play, not some pit thats under constant maintenance. Cant wait to actually sit down with Kingdom hearts for more than an hour

Originally Posted by BigDirty Take a look at my Game Collection and you'll see quite a few games that are still sitting sealed on my shelf, from Pocahontas for Genesis, up to Beyond Good and Evil, and numerous more. I've got 20-some still sealed, and lots that I've only lightly played. Between work and a handful of other projects, I really don't have any time to play games, but for some strange reason, I keep buying them. One day I'll get the chance to play, one day.

Mercy Big Dirty Awesome game collection

Originally Posted by arcadia67 Great topic, by the way...I thought I was the only one with a stack of games and no time to play them!

I don't have a stack that I have yet to play, I'm nearing an entire shelf.. or possibly even a bookcase

So true so true!

I practically have to call in or put aside some of my house projects to get some gaming in.

Between work, Wife, social and house, family etc.. I am pretty much booked and look forward to the weekends.

It was about 2 months ago I took a whole sunday(8-10 hours) and dumped it into gaming. It was so great.

Otherwise I get maybe 1-3 hours a week in unless I skip sleep or some other obligation..

Oh well I have bought so many games since I joined this site and i try to play the most interesting ones first and alternate systems. PS2,Cube, and in betwen GBA..

Originally Posted by BigDirty Take a look at my Game Collection and you'll see quite a few games that are still sitting sealed on my shelf, from Pocahontas for Genesis, up to Beyond Good and Evil, and numerous more. I've got 20-some still sealed, and lots that I've only lightly played. Between work and a handful of other projects, I really don't have any time to play games, but for some strange reason, I keep buying them. One day I'll get the chance to play, one day.

You think you've got it bad Dirty? Look at mine: http://users.ign.com/collection/collegestudentj

I work 8-10 hours a day, and have extra coding to do on the side...
I don't think I'm every going to catch up, but I keep buying games!