So just to be different, and maybe learn something in addition to giving away two extra Steam codes, please consider giving me some advice along with the usual "I'm in" and which game you want.

I have extra Steam keys to both Syberia games, and will PM two different winners the codes after a random amount of time has gone by, probably a few hours.

I'm finding myself buying more digital books, music, and especially games than I'll ever possibly use. I just can't resist these sales. Over 100 GOG purchases this week, buying almost every indie/humble bundle, steam sales, comixology sales, etc etc Any tips from anyone who has conquered this problem?

there's always the nuclear response.

just completely avoid the websites.

other than that, the only alternative is simply not to buy.

Not in. But I hear that the Syberia games are sequential so if you win the second one without owning the first one you won't entirely get the story. It might be better for someone to win both.

As for not buying things. I just determine how often its on sale. There are games I pass on time after time because I know they will be one sale at the same or a lower price the same time next year. So if I'm not going to play it right away it can wait. If it's rarely on sale and it's a really good deal then I might go for it.

I don't need to enter for this but my advice is to grow a hobby in craft beers, then you will be too broke and drunk to buy more games *Sage nod*.

As much as I would love to say there's an easy solution, not sure there is. I have the same issue on my end. Keep finding all these awesome sales on various sites and can't resist buying. Books and games are piling up by the 100's with no end in sight *sigh*

One way I find to help is to have giveaways :)

Also make a budget and don't exceed it. Then you have to examine what you really want.

Not in, but +1 for the giveaway. :)

Maybe force yourself to add another $5 to charity when buying a Humble bundle. If it's something that you really want and will play, it'll still seem like an amazing deal and you won't feel ripped off for helping charity. On the other hand, if you'd only buy it to collect Steam keys for games you don't really want, you'll probably think twice before spending that much money every time a new bundle appears. Despite spending more per bundle, you may very well spend less overall, have games you'll actually play, and help out charity. (You could also do this with non-charity bundles and sales by keeping a running tally of how much you 'owe' charity and making a donation periodically).

I'm in , and the advice I can give is before you PAY make sure you will PLAY.

I used to buy a lot of crap that I wasn't going to use. My solution was to cancel all my credit cards but one and asked to reduce the limit on that one... now I've learned to think twice before buying anything...

I'm in... to avoid buying Syberia :P

Not in.

It's not a problem. The solution is to dabble. Truth to tell, many many video games do not hold my interest through to the end. But they do delight and entertain or challenge or surprise for a few hours. If I'm getting games on sale for cheap and they do me well for a few hours of fun, I'm pretty happy with my purchases. Giveaways both giving and getting just add to the fun as well.

Same advice for books. Dabble. Only get to the end of the books you really enjoy. And give away the occassional book. Good times.

Music, eh, not so much. Streaming does me well. I no longer keep a library of music apart from the cloud. I'm perfectly happy that way.

Cheers.

Not in, and I have no solution for you. I have the same problem. My backlog of games and books grows faster than my pile of completed books and games.

On top of that, some of the great old games, like Baldur's Gate, I still play somewhat regularly - that doesn't help me get through the backlog.

I feel your pain. While I consider myself a lifelong and fairly active gamer (Atari 2600 at introduction to modern consoles and thousands of games and apps in my libraries), I think I've played about a million hours of Heroes of Might & Magic and not more than a dozen hours of anything else ever. Slight exaggeration on the numbers there, but not by much.

Started with a commodore 64, then Atari (Loved defender since I could roll the score over on it) been gaming and collecting since. Hard habit to break :)

Not in, My advise to counter a massive list of backlogs is embrace social gaming aka interact with online friends,forums and other gamers,websites etc
a. Once you start talking with others you will realize everyone is in the same boat and get a list of good games to tackle first
b. some sites like greenmangaming offer something called as playfire which offers incentives to play your games heck you earn something just by launching a game. Steam itself has card drops and achievements for many games.
http://blog.playfire.com/2014/06/playfire-rewards-special-grid-autosport.html
c.steam has a good friend list feature get cracking and add other gog members to it

Thank you. I'm glad someone else plays the metagame too.