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For some time, I’ve been having this growing sense of pressure from the large collection of games I’ve amassed. As I continue to add more and more games to my pile of shame, I find it difficult to catch up. Add to that my streak of obsessive compulsive-like tendancies and it almost feels as though the medium I enjoy for entertainment has become a job.

I have been gaming since I can remember being able to hold a controller and from day one, have been obsessed with getting higher scores or adding yet another title to my list of victories. Now with achievements and trophies to collect, there’s yet another thing to bury myself in. 

Perhaps I just need to get some counselling on freeing myself from the imaginary restraints I place on myself. I’m sure there’s a certain level of abnormality with the way I consume entertainment, but this long-winded explanation does have a purpose.

I am curious to discover at what point we, as humans, stop allowing ourselves to merely absorb the entertainment we enjoy, and turn it into another chore or need for acomplishment.

If you have any interest in this topic, please feel free to message me on here, or any other chosen form of internet communication. I’d like to here what others have to say.