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    Sep 09, 2021 6 minutes

    I don’t want control of you

    Why do I enjoy (re)installing games more than actually playing them? I’ve been pondering this one for a while. Due to past Steam sales with aggressive discounts you can’t refuse, and free games drip-fed into my library through Epic and Amazon Games, I now ‘own’ over 800 games. Frankly, it’s an amount that a younger version of myself would have drooled over as he was replaying Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone on Game Boy Color for the 13th time.

    However, now my nights are spent trawling my treasure trove of titles, debating whether I want to put in the effort – and the bandwidth – to install any of them. Like a hoarding dragon, I’d much rather sit on my mountain of playable digital wealth than actually enjoy any of it. And occasionally I’ll find one: one potential game that will spark my fancy (that I’ve probably already played)

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