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I have about half my games in boxes and storage crates, and all my artbooks and more than half my strategy guides in piles :/ I need a bigger house or something haha
 
I actually built a wall essentially dividing my main gaming space into two different rooms, though not separated by a door, just more of a hallway-thing. The most visible area is pretty mundane, but once you walk into the inner portion, it's a nerd explosion with tons of game shelving. It's the room equivalent of a mullet. Business in the front, party in the back.
 
[quote name='Zaku77']I have about half my games in boxes and storage crates, and all my artbooks and more than half my strategy guides in piles :/ I need a bigger house or something haha[/QUOTE]

I try to set up space constraints for myself, such as the PS1 collection will live in area X, and anything that doesn't fit in that area has a license to be culled.

Alright, since one person was kind of interested let us begin...

GHETTO ORGANIZATION THEATER

The story thus far...

Indigo has a collection 70+ CDs in a bureau drawer, not really enough to take up the whole drawer, but enough near the front for easy access. Normally the CDs are held up by an unused Magic the Gathering card collection in the back, but if Indigo removes the boxes--Oh shit!!! The CDs want to play fall-over.

Since I know you can't wait any longer, here is the solution:

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Top down view of modified FLYTs snugly deployed in drawer.

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Removed FLYT-mod to demonstrate dimensions.

It should be noted that the original FLYTs are 3/8 to 1/2 of an inch too short to accommodate the second row of eight CDs; so you have to cut a small "door" in the back of the box, bend it to the new CD constraints, and patch it with tape and leftover cardboard scraps.

You might ask yourself "Why?" but let me tell you, the results are completely worth it. Not only is the box sturdy enough to stand upright, but you don't have issues with CDs flopping around. Since it's a custom fit the CDs are held snugly, yet not too tight to keep one from pulling individual titles out.

Okay, let's talk pricing here, bottom line. A 24-count CD storage box at IKEA might cost you as much as $8. Which means you could spend $40 or more on an entire drawer. o_O

My way, with a little effort, gets you a 16-count storage box for the low, low price of 40 cents. And being that FLYTs come in 5-packs for roughly $2 each, it's possible that you could do a whole drawer for less than the cost of a single IKEA storage box. :)

OTHER APPLICATIONS?

Well, if you're a Playstation 1 collector; it's possible that these boxes may be strong enough for horizontal stacking and may help to mitigate any potential crush damage in those 20+ game skyscrapers I'm sure you have hanging around.
 
Now I've FINALLY done the mass rearranging of the collection after November's ridiculous purchases.

Here is the old setup, with swag and such integrated into the collection:
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And here is the new setup, with the swag taken out and the new additions put into both the main collection, which had to move up a row to accommodate the new stuff, as well as the new oversize boxes up top.
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Here are some closeups of the games.
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(for some reason the file for the other half of the top shelf didn't upload)
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Now I separated my artbooks from the original cases and used the Mortal Kombat bookends to prop them up.
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And here is the reorganized swag. The artbooks are on top of this shelf.
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The only thing not pictured are the HUGE boxes for the Gears of War 3 Epic Edition and the Skyrim Collector's Edition because I haven't figured out how to display them. I hope that's not becoming a trend with collector's editions. I need them to fit on my shelf.
 
[quote name='thecoryjihad']Now I've FINALLY done the mass rearranging of the collection after November's ridiculous purchases.


The only thing not pictured are the HUGE boxes for the Gears of War 3 Epic Edition and the Skyrim Collector's Edition because I haven't figured out how to display them. I hope that's not becoming a trend with collector's editions. I need them to fit on my shelf.[/QUOTE]

Great collection man!
 
[quote name='thecoryjihad']Now I've FINALLY done the mass rearranging of the collection after November's ridiculous purchases.
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Damn man, are you just buying every CE day one? Seems like a expensive idea...
 
[quote name='Vinny']Damn man, are you just buying every CE day one? Seems like a expensive idea...[/QUOTE]

It's expensive, yes. But I don't mind it. I don't have any other vices in life and I buy pretty much everything else super cheap, so I'm okay with splurging on day one CE's. It also guarantees that I don't miss out on them too, as I've missed on a couple that ended up costing me more in the end(Mass Effect 1 & 2), but there are some that I've gotten great deals on, like both Fallouts(paid $30 a piece new), Brothers in Arms($30 new) Fable III($35 new). It's give and take.

I guess I'm a pretty shitty Cheap Ass.
 
[quote name='backseatdog']Wow, you guys are nuts, but I'm still very jelly. I have a decent sized collection too, but I keep them hidden in drawers lol. I guess I keep my nerdiness to myself.[/QUOTE]

My husband and I always fight over this. I want nice cabinets to store things away in, away from the eyes of visitors and prying hands of small children, and some kind of curtain or tapestry to cover our big screen TV when its not in use, or maybe have it behind some nice wooden cabinet doors. But him---no, he wants open shelves, stuff stacked on top of the shelves, stuff stacked next to the shelves, shit everywhere. He almost had a heart attack when I suggest that our hugh jass TV not be visible 24/7.

Then he bitches because we don't have room for stuff. Or because I run over stuff in my wheelchair because its on the freaking floor. Or because a cat chewed through a cord that wasn't hidden away or protected behind a cabinet.

I'm fed up with it. First thing I'm doing once the doctor okays me to drive again is buying new cabinets and binders to put all the mass amount of DVDs, video game discs, blu rays, PC discs, etc. in, so we have space in our house again.

I'm envious of some of the neater setups that our fellow CAGers are showing.
 
just wondering, how many of you have your games in alphabetical order. my girlfriend laughs at me for doing it, but to me makes perfect sense. plus i do it with all my cds and dvds.
 
Everything in my house is in alphabetical order; games, movies, music, books, comics, all of it. I don't see how you could find anything unless it was in order.

The only things that are out of order are pieces of the same series. For instance, The Devil's Rejects would be behind House of 1000 Corpses or Quantum of Solace would be behind Casino Royale. That aside, they're all in order and stay that way.
 
[quote name='thecoryjihad']Everything in my house is in alphabetical order; games, movies, music, books, comics, all of it. I don't see how you could find anything unless it was in order.

The only things that are out of order are pieces of the same series. For instance, The Devil's Rejects would be behind House of 1000 Corpses or Quantum of Solace would be behind Casino Royale. That aside, they're all in order and stay that way.[/QUOTE]

Games and movies are in alphabetical order, books are arranged by size for me.
 
[quote name='camelking6969']just wondering, how many of you have your games in alphabetical order. my girlfriend laughs at me for doing it, but to me makes perfect sense. plus i do it with all my cds and dvds.[/QUOTE]

All games, DVDs, blurays, anime, and manga. Books are split by author and genre, not necessarily alphabetized.

Hell, even bills in my wallet are always sorted.
 
Alphabetical for me, much like elessar123 mentioned. It's one of the simplest ways to organize everything.

I also sort the money in my wallet, as well. :lol:
 
[quote name='camelking6969']just wondering, how many of you have your games in alphabetical order. my girlfriend laughs at me for doing it, but to me makes perfect sense. plus i do it with all my cds and dvds.[/QUOTE]

Mine are, its so much easier to find what im looking for.
 
[quote name='juangrande386']Mine are, its so much easier to find what im looking for.[/QUOTE]

We do it at my apartment.

I put Breaking Bad in front of Burn Notice after a long day and the fiancé made sure to correct me.
Love her.
 
As a side effect of my job, alphabetizing my stuff has become automatic. On our shared shelves, my husband just goes with it. The stuff on the floor--not organized any way whatsoever.
 
[quote name='doodmandood']We do it at my apartment.

I put Breaking Bad in front of Burn Notice after a long day and the fiancé made sure to correct me.
Love her.[/QUOTE]

Wait....why wouldn't Breaking Bad go in front of Burn Notice? R is before U last time I checked.
 
[quote name='thecoryjihad']Wait....why wouldn't Breaking Bad go in front of Burn Notice? R is before U last time I checked.[/QUOTE]

What are you talking about, I could've sworn the alphabet went u, s, t, r.
 
Ditto on the alphabetization. Here's a question though, what do you do with numbered movies, games, etc? Do you put the numbers before the letters, after, or do you go with the sound of the number? I've seen some people put things like 40 Year Old Virgin in the F's. I put all the numbers before the letters and arrange those from lowest to highest. Mine goes like 40 Year Old Virgin, 127 Hours, 2012, etc.
 
[quote name='Tsel']Ditto on the alphabetization. Here's a question though, what do you do with numbered movies, games, etc? Do you put the numbers before the letters, after, or do you go with the sound of the number? I've seen some people put things like 40 Year Old Virgin in the F's. I put all the numbers before the letters and arrange those from lowest to highest. Mine goes like 40 Year Old Virgin, 127 Hours, 2012, etc.[/QUOTE]

I sort them the way a computer would, and by size of the number. So yes, I have 28 Days Later, 300, 10,000 B.C... I do sort anime by the Japanese name though, so I treat Stellvia as U.
 
[quote name='camelking6969']just wondering, how many of you have your games in alphabetical order. my girlfriend laughs at me for doing it, but to me makes perfect sense. plus i do it with all my cds and dvds.[/QUOTE]

Split by system, alpha order. Movies are by genre, then alpha.
 
I can't imagine not putting things in alphabetical order; I'd never find anything otherwise. The only exceptions are some games that are part of a series. Example: Red Faction: Armageddon would go after Red Faction: Guerrilla and Guitar Hero: World Tour comes before Guitar Hero 5...Dark Souls and Demon Souls, however, would follow conventional alphabetical order. I do it on a case by case basis, I suppose.

Also, I separate everything by format. Console games from the last few years are broken up into Xbox, Xbox 360, Wii, DS, 3DS, PS3, PSP, Gamecube, and PS2. It's hard to explain why I have it set up this way, so just go with it. Blu-Ray and DVD's are also separate, and I usually keep animated movies/shows separate from live action. Books don't have any exceptions...well, unless one is too big to fit in its proper place.
 
[quote name='Tsel']Ditto on the alphabetization. Here's a question though, what do you do with numbered movies, games, etc? Do you put the numbers before the letters, after, or do you go with the sound of the number? I've seen some people put things like 40 Year Old Virgin in the F's. I put all the numbers before the letters and arrange those from lowest to highest. Mine goes like 40 Year Old Virgin, 127 Hours, 2012, etc.[/QUOTE]


i always put numbers at the front of my collection
 
glad to see i am not alone on this.
i dont carry a wallet, only a money clip. just so much easier. i have 2 drivers licensces so on stays in the dash and one in my girls wallet.
 
I've alphabetized my collection since I was 14. I hate titles with "the" so I ignore them. And if its part of a series alphabetizing goes to shit
 
Wow, a lot of people here are OCD with their collection. I never even thought of alphabetizing my collection, but then again out of the 100 or so blu rays or dvds I own, I probably watched like 3 or 4 of them ever. So I'm probably even worse.
 
[quote name='backseatdog']Wow, a lot of people here are OCD with their collection.[/QUOTE]
This is true, but I don't think alphabetizing is a case of OCD. It's a normal practice (ever go to a library?) and it's probably the best way to make everything easy to find. As someone with over 700 DVD's, I know I'd never be able to find anything if they weren't in order. Personally, I'd rather not spend an hour looking for just one disc.
 
[quote name='lmz00']I just put all of my games in a binder in the order that I buy them.[/QUOTE]

I like associating games in the order that I purchase them as well; if a collection gets so big that I can't eyeball it--the older, unplayed titles are more likely to go in the "sell" box.

Yeah, so I'm definitely anti-alphabet; I'd get all screwed up somebody mixed my favorite titles in with a bunch of other crap that I wasn't too keen on.
 
[quote name='Squarehard']Welcome mini shelf to the family of my collection!

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lol did i sell more than just NieA to you at some point? your collection is really reminiscent of my old anime collection :roll:
 
[quote name='idd0tt']lol did i sell more than just NieA to you at some point? your collection is really reminiscent of my old anime collection :roll:[/QUOTE]

That picture is a whole 3 weeks old.

Here's an updated pic of my anime ;3,

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Is it okay to post milestones here? Because this isn't exactly new, but:

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100 CIB GBA games! I'll have all six of those shelves filled out before I'm totally satisfied with the collection, but this isn't so bad :lol:
 
[quote name='fwbweux']Is it okay to post milestones here? Because this isn't exactly new, but:

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100 CIB GBA games! I'll have all six of those shelves filled out before I'm totally satisfied with the collection, but this isn't so bad :lol:[/QUOTE]

It's beautiful... *tears*
 
Hey fwbweux, I spot the FFV Advance I sold you. :p Glad I could help.

I need to figure out what I'm doing with my collection so I can post a picture. I'm running out of space so I need to buy more shelving, but...I'm running out of space for shelving too.
 
Yeah, FFV says hi. It's doing fine and really gets along with its neighbors FFIV and FFVI :lol:

Indeed, the running out of space for shelving issue can be worse than the shelving itself. I'm getting to that point and might just have to pick one collection to throw in a giant rubbermaid bin and store away (you're on notice, Gamecube library.) I actually ran a wall halfway through my living space just so that I could have more area to bank shelves up against, just one idea (although kind of expensive, heh.)
 
[quote name='fwbweux']Is it okay to post milestones here? Because this isn't exactly new, but:

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100 CIB GBA games! I'll have all six of those shelves filled out before I'm totally satisfied with the collection, but this isn't so bad :lol:[/QUOTE]

:applause: I think you have the largest GBA collection I've seen on here.

What kind of shelf is that? My GB/GBC/GBA shelf is full and I have no idea what to do about it. I don't even know why I'm asking since I don't have any room for any more shelves.
 
[quote name='Vinny']:applause: I think you have the largest GBA collection I've seen on here.

What kind of shelf is that? My GB/GBC/GBA shelf is full and I have no idea what to do about it. I don't even know why I'm asking since I don't have any room for any more shelves.[/QUOTE]

That's actually the same Sauder shelf I have in my picture. It's quite nice, and cost efficient and surprisingly easy to assemble.

All of which I like. :D

It's this guy on the Big Lots website,

http://www.biglots.com/search/product/1133

But Walmart sells it too. I just can't post the link to it on Walmart site because I can never seem to get the link to work.
 
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