I must be mad or addicted - maybe both!

I have 8 unplayed games on the bookshelf:
The Experiment, Jack Orlando, Jazz and Faust, ND - Haunting of Castle Malloy, Nikopol, Sinking Island, Traitors Gate, Traitor Gate 2.

And guess what I just did tonight? Ordered 4 more.
Everlight, Nostradamus, Outcry and Rhiannon.

No wonder I don't get much
Only people here at Gameboomers know what this addiction is about. Right?

Maybe I should buy shares in Dave's site.

RAL

Ral...I agree with you <Sweetie>

I also have so many game's...Plus so many on pre-order...
Isn't it wonderful

The adventure gaming industry has gotten so much better these past few years..

I know I am a Happy Gamer

I'm right there with you, BAAGS. My problem is the adventure companies can't keep up with me. I am always looking for new games to play.

I would recommend Jack Orlando, Sinking Island and Nostradamus. I can't get the Experiment to run right; Jazz and Faust is an old game but OK; I quit playing ND games when they started having the alarm clock; I didn't like Traitors Gate; don't know anything about Everlight or Rhiannon; am trying to play Outcry but it's just machine puzzle after machine puzzle so far.

I don't think you are mad but you may possibly be addicted. Speaking of addicted, have you tried the hidden object games?

I guess you're a happy camper now.
Enjoy your loot.

Happiness doesn't occur until your unplayed pile is twice as tall as your played one.

Gameho, how do you compare a hidden object game with an adventure game?

All I can say is what a lucky bunny you are

Someone please rewrite the song "Addicted to Love" and change it to "Addicted to Games"!

RAL I have some games I haven't played yet as well. I keep playing some of my favorites over and over so the new ones are still waiting to be played!

I am also addicted, but I have to install and look at the graphics straight away. I need to see how beautiful the game is going to be. Lovely scenery and close-ups of objects does it for me. How sad am I??

RAL, I thought I was the only one. Nice to hear that I'm not as sickly addicted as I thought. I never have any money cause I put it aside for games. I can't even keep up with getting them all played. I am behind by three newly acquired adventure games. I am presently playing two more and have four still preordered. Isn't life grand? For me--- a cup of coffee, a great adventure game, and Gamboomers . We may be addicted but isn't it great!

Only ONE cup?? Don't you mean a whole POT of coffee, lol.

What is "Jack Orlando"?

I really like having a big unplayed stack .... So much better than waiting with nothing to play

PC Games, Casual Games and now Nintendo DS, I can hardly keep up with them. I'm am sooooo addicted. I can't find time to sleep and play them too

Jack Orlando info here at the JAVE. There is also a 2001 Director's Cut edition.

Here's Mr. Bill on Jack Orlando Director's Cut 2001 Director's Cut edition.

Yea, I am like this too. I can still remember the first game that got me started collecting games and it wasn't really even an adventure game. It was called Elvira Missteress of thhe Dark and it was more of an action adventure.

I'm not really comparing hidden object games with adventure games. It's just that they are very addicting also and it's nice to take a break sometimes or play something different while waiting for another adventure to come out.

Hey Jalex

Re: Elvira

I loved that old game, especially that bit involving cooking up spells using ingredients hidden in the premises. And I liked the bit about crossing swords with zombies. Having the gory pics for the endgame scenes were really cool, even though these pics disturbed me a great deal as a kid. I even liked the code wheel used for copy protection.

Me too, me too! What an addiction. I got rid of quite a few and now have even more, some I will never part with and some won't play right or load ie. The Experiment but little by little I work my way through them and keep ordering MORE!!! I love it!!

Oh yes-aint that the truth! When I first discovered the wonderful world of games I BAAGed so many, fearing they would no longer be available-that was 6 years ago-and I still have 4 of those I bought that year unplayed-little did I know more and more good games would come out and I could never keep up with them all.
Now, I try to only buy highly praised ones and I read reviews and people's comments first. But I still have 7 or 8 newer games yet to play-I'm firmly convinced we'll never run out of games-what a grand thought!

Hahahaha....glad to see i am not the only one with unplayed games and yet,....yet....get more! That is going to slow some pretty soon as my machine is just not quite up to handling some of the newer games....(boo-hoo)..but still...have lots on the shelf to enjoy!

LOL you are not alone....
I have a few "To Be Played",
take a look

Winfrey's page

A nice long list there.

I have 50 unopened games and just bought 2 more today. Rhiannon and Nikopol were at Target and fell into my cart. Everlight fell in my cart at Best Buy yesterday.

You'll love Jack Orlando. Hope you get to play it...I too have bunches of games unfinished and i play HOG's in between the new large file adventure games. Can't wait for more...

Your addiction gets worse when you start playing casual games

Now I am addicted to two different types of game playing...

I must say...Its all,Ana's fault ...One day I posted I was bored had nothing to play...She told me come on down to try out the casual game list...I have been there also ever since two years now..

That's not the half of it either! Not only do I have and kept all the MYST series but now I am rebuying them from GOG as downloads so they play on my WINXP computer!! And I have all the old Tex Murphy games from them too and The Dig...as for the 'casual games' there are some adventure games offered by BFG as well that are great - just finished Green Moon, been at it for more than a week or so. And the hidden object casual/adventure games have me hooked also. My new unplayed stack of 'regular' games includes COM The Tree of Life, Still Life 2, (latest) Treasure Island, Black Circle, and Book of Legends, also Hidden Secrets The Nightmare. What fun! (I',m 74 and hope I live long enough to play all these and LOTS more)
Love, Betty Lou

Retired at last

I keep on trading for and buying games, telling myself each time I do that I MUST have a clear out of games I know I'll never play again

Only to follow that by telling myself .... But then again, I just might ....

And so the collection, the entertainment and the pleasure keeps on growing

Hey, y'all,
Do you realize you are answering a thread that was started way back in October, 2008? I think your posts are somewhat late, but interesting even so!

Well, as one who has been addicted since waaaaay before 2008, I feel free to look upon this thread as quite "young"