OK..somebody explain this whole room of doom thing to me pls

[Bronty-2]

I just don't get it... what could possess otherwise normal (?) people to litter their walls with games? I mean... I love my game collection, but I sure as hell don't want my living room to look like a freakshow :monkey:

I guess I just don't understand the fascination with whipping out all the games like some sort of big dick contest :frustrated:

Me no understand :sob:

[stevec1636]

whats the point in having a collection if you can't show it off and display all the games that you have. How many games do you have, because there is now way i could pack up all the games anyway. they would take up the same amount of room so why not have them up on shelves. What you said at the end of your post says it all. you just don't understand O_O

[Bronty-2]

I have around seven hundred games, give or take. About 500 of them are factory sealed, so they would make nice display copies.. but I have no desire to do that. I've got the games boxed up and I look at them/ play them when I feel like it. But I want my place to look normal, for god's sake :) I'm not trying to rip on anyone, I don't mean to come across that way, I just could never litter my walls with ANY kind of collection. I collected comic books for about 15 years and still have at least 5,000 books - but lord knows I never stuck one on a wall. I guess I'm just surprised at how many gamers seem to put all their stuff up on the wall; most collectors of other collectables don't seem to feel so obliged.

[retroman]

i have a game room in my house to...the walls are covered in nothing but video game posters and shelves that are filled with games and systems all around the room. i have over 1500 games, and i love to show my collection off..even though some people think im a dork...but f....them.

[Jibbajaba]

I dunno...all of my shit is on bookshelves. I GUESS that's showing it off, but how else am I supposed to store it all? In boxes in the closet? That isnt very practical. And I have a room of doom, meaning that it is a special room just for games. As such, my living room is not cluttered up with anything, as I keep all of my shit in the special room, into which people rarely go. I'm pretty much the only person who ever is in there, so I'm not whipping my figurative big dick out for anyone. I take it that you keep all of your games boxed up and out of sight? What's the fun in that???

Chris

[Bronty-2]

Well, I can kind of understand storing things neatly on bookshelves the way it sounds you've done. I just don't understand some of the wall to wall fanboy decorated rooms that you see. It just seems like way, way too much.

...as for my games, most of them are boxed up yeah, although I've got a couple systems and a few games out by the tv. Pretty uncluttered and unobtrusive though.

[hezeuschrist]

I'd hate to see your place. What have you got, a bed, an entertainment center, a shitload of boxes and completely blank walls?

Most of us have lots of games, and shelves are far more practical than boxes. And believe it or not most of us are proud of our collections, and displaying them is something we enjoy.

[Anthony1]

You know, I've recently thought that it would be neat to wallpaper my ROD walls with old game magazines, or maybe even actual cartridges. Just think it would look cool.

But I'm sure somebody would walk into this room and think that I need to go to a mental institution or something.

Plus the Wifey would never go for it.

Right now I don't have anything "on display" so to speak. I have a shelf in my room that has my complete collection of Next-Generation magazine, and my nearly complete collection of Die Hard GameFan magazines, and my early EGM and GamePro and VG & CE issues. They are all in polybags, just like a comic book geek, and I'm actually quite proud of them.

I know it's kinda silly, but what the fuh?

You live and then you die, might as well enjoy your time on this particular plane of existence.

[NESVIDIOT]

LOVE PURE & SIMPLE
and like jibbajaba says, rarely does anyone ever enter.

I'll only ever allow certain people in my games room (which is a room to itself, not my living room)and would even keep it locked from my children until they were old enough,careful enough and understood. People get to know me before they get to know my games room.

And yes it is an obsession. we are all obsessive in one way or another. I love how my R.o.D. is a complete visual overload, you can spend hours looking at stuff.

For me to show you pics of it is because it is my pride and joy, and I would hope you would enjoy seeing something you maybe haven't seen before. Not to boast, just sharing a common passion here at this collective of gamers

[unbroken]

im with bronty on this one, i hate displaying my games. even though i have plenty of games to show off, nothing pisses me off more then when people come over my house and put their dirty little hands all over my games. i like to keep my games safely tucked away in my closet , where only i can touch and look.

[stevec1636]

i use to collect comic books too and 5,000 books takes up much less room than 5,000 games. trust me on that, my collection has 4,000+ games in it and it takes up it's own room. take a look at the rooms of doom here and tell me that our rooms don't look cool. The majority of them all have the games in order on shelves nice and neat. Plus having the games stored in boxes would suck every time you want to play something you have to go digging in a box to find it.

[nate1749]

Yea 5,000 comic books is less than 15 long boxes, somewhat of a pain, but 5000 games would be insane.

Regardless, I started a thread awhile ago to see if anyone had a "classy" way of setting things up.
http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=49945&highlight=classy+gaming+room

Like in their actual living room where people would be seeing stuff & not in a more private area like a den. The conclusion of the thread was no one had a nice neat setup.

Although I've seen other threads where people have neat ideas on storing games, nothing I would do, but for example someone had custom built their bed and put the games under the mattress.

Nate

[Bronty-2]

I'd hate to see your place. What have you got, a bed, an entertainment center, a shitload of boxes and completely blank walls?

Most of us have lots of games, and shelves are far more practical than boxes. And believe it or not most of us are proud of our collections, and displaying them is something we enjoy.

I can understand loving games and that, I just don't get the display aspect. The bookshelves I can understand - they help organize - but the video game wallpaper though, look-at-me-I-love-FF7-more-than-you-do... that's freaking wacky :D

[Gamereviewgod]

Access. Everything in on custom shelving and alphabatized (except the loose carts). No way am I digging through 50+ boxes of games to play Brawl Brothers.

Plus, it's a collection. How can you enjoy it if it's all buried away?

[Bronty-2]

Yea 5,000 comic books is less than 15 long boxes, somewhat of a pain, but 5000 games would be insane.

Regardless, I started a thread awhile ago to see if anyone had a "classy" way of setting things up.
http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=49945&highlight=classy+gaming+room

Like in their actual living room where people would be seeing stuff & not in a more private area like a den. The conclusion of the thread was no one had a nice neat setup.

Although I've seen other threads where people have neat ideas on storing games, nothing I would do, but for example someone had custom built their bed and put the games under the mattress.

Nate

It's actually 26 long boxes - it's a pretty big pain.

Games under the mattress sounds pretty good though.

[Bronty-2]

take a look at the rooms of doom here and tell me that our rooms don't look cool.

Okay. they don't look cool - sorry :) Games look cool, room does not

[Bronty-2]

im with bronty on this one, i hate displaying my games. even though i have plenty of games to show off, nothing pisses me off more then when people come over my house and put their dirty little hands all over my games. i like to keep my games safely tucked away in my closet , where only i can touch and look.

Heheh - now that's what I'm talking about :D No need for the unwashed masses to f something up!

[nate1749]

I've got about 1,000 and I thought I only had 3 long boxes w/extra space, but I just checked and I have 5. Sorry about the bad estimate.



Yea 5,000 comic books is less than 15 long boxes, somewhat of a pain, but 5000 games would be insane.

Regardless, I started a thread awhile ago to see if anyone had a "classy" way of setting things up.
http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=49945&highlight=classy+gaming+room

Like in their actual living room where people would be seeing stuff & not in a more private area like a den. The conclusion of the thread was no one had a nice neat setup.

Although I've seen other threads where people have neat ideas on storing games, nothing I would do, but for example someone had custom built their bed and put the games under the mattress.

Nate

It's actually 26 long boxes - it's a pretty big pain.

Games under the mattress sounds pretty good though.

[Bronty-2]

Don't worry about it! It's probably too many either way!! ;)

What comics do you collect, anyway?

[NESVIDIOT]

what is worse, having a room full of videogames and posters and collectable toys that show off the history of videogames and in particular that which you love, where you can pull a game off the shelf, plug it into the machine that is ready to play, emersed in a room that contains nothing but videogame junk.

Or a room full of videogames on shelves in sealed boxes that you can't play.

I know too well the value of sealed vintage videogames, I have a few myself, but they are the ones stored away in boxes safe from the world. My gamesroom is a shrine to my hobby. For me, and a select few to enjoy.

[lendelin]

Why NOT putting games on shelves and have a gameroom? Isn't that the 'natural' way to do it?

Why do people put books on shelves and have a library at home? For a long time I had a reading room with all kinds of unnecessary books on shelves, now I have a gameroom with all kinds of unnecssary games on shelves.

You do it because you want your books/games readily available to use. Well organized, I can pull a game out immediately and plug it in. Same goes for systems: connected and set up, I can play a NES game immediately whenever I want it. It certainly beats the closet.

A more irrational reason is to showcase your games because you love them. I have a gameroom with gameposters becasue I wanted all videogame related stuff in one room well organized, and because they mean a lot to me: from old guides to magazines to game books to binders with self-drawn maps.

The only caution is that collectors acquire so much stuff that a room gets easily crowded, or looks like a storage room or store. But then, I think gamers/collectors want a game store of the past readily available in their home....and that's not bad either. It is the love and passion for games.

[Videogamerdaryll]

To Each is Own.................(Shrugs Shoulders)

.............
"Me",I never cared what anyone thought as I do for my own eyes..
............
My wife has a rather large Coca Cola Collection..that is on shelves,glass cases etc...

[-hellvin-]

I love checking out other's pics and seeing their collections, how they have everything set up and stored, and the extra wall posters and decorations or what not usually add a nice touch and make every collection unique. I've also found the pictures very useful in seeing what some games look like.

Without portnoyd's collection pics, I'd still not know what the damn blockbuster II cart for genesis looks like. Even though it is very plain, I still wanted to see a picture of it and couldn't find one anywhere. So, take it as a "dick measuring" contest if you like, but I'd recommend just enjoying the gallery, or not bothering to look at it, if it bothers you that much.

[pacmanhat]

First thing's first - I haven't read everyone's replies. So if this ends up being redundant, then I apologize.

The main reason my things are all displayed is so that when I feel like playing something I can look at the display and pick something out. No need to rummage through a closet or anything like that. All the games are right there for me to choose.

The second reason I have them all out is that it's much easier to show a friend or even a stranger that 1) I'm a game collecter, and 2) this is what I have. It makes for good conversation, as well as good gaming sessions.

[dreamcaster]

I have no other way of storing my games.

Some stuff is in boxes, or in the cupboard, but it's physically (and spatially) impossible to put them all away somewhere.

I'm limited to just my bedroom, I don't put my games all over the house (because I would hardly want to inconvenience my family).

If I could put all my games in a cupboards or display cabinets, I would.

For me, it isn't about showing off. It's just the way it has to be.

[THATinkjar]

Strange thread.

I would have thought the perks of having your games on display are obvious. Easy access, pretty to look at etc.

If you pack it all away, gah, I can't imagine the hassle you'd have to go through. I guess anyone boxing the stuff would run a database of what they own and where it is. But why put yourself through it? It's not good enough!

Think of your collection as a museum. When you go to a museum, the damn things aren't in boxes with labels saying what is inside the box. Hmm.

[squidblatt]

I think your missing the point. Nobody displays their collection in order to compete against other collectors. Look at the comments on this site; everyone has nice things to say about even the more unimpressive collections.

Also, many if not most of these rooms are set off from the common areas of the living area, so there really are not that many cluttered up living rooms.

These rooms are basically small, private museums. Private collections are often displayed by their owners. Gun collectors, rare book collectors, art collectors - they all display their collections. I don't see why you would consider it strange. To me, its far more strange to hoarde your collection in boxes. I collect for enjoyment, and keeping everything hidden away would be a great detraction from that enjoyment.

However, I don't have a Room of Doom. My collection is too small, and I don't have a spare room to devote to it anyway. I have a humongous collection books, rare and common, that I keep on display in my living room and office. Nobody acts like that is unacceptable even though there really is no difference. Books are more in tune with the overall decor than video games, so there is that, but the motivation for displaying them is about the same. I'll definitely have a Room of Doom when I have an extra room that I don't mind devoting to the tackiness of games, but right now I'm content with my Website of Doom in my sig.

Keep in mind that we aren't competing with each other, but are simply taking pleasure in a mutual hobby, and maybe you will form a better understanding about what the Room of Doom gallery is about.

[AtariBuff]

i have my collection in a special room just for games in the basement. when you enter my house you will not notice that the owner of one of the largest videogame collections in my country is living there.
but if someone has them games open for display in his livingroom i find it great either.
topicstarter, i don't understand you or your message.

[Kejoriv]

In my opinion there is no point on owning a collection without displaying it. For instance in my case I spend a few thousand a year on my collection, either on my Mad collection or video game collections. I have spent all my hard earned money on this stuff. This is no way I am going to keep my whole collection boxed up. Its for enjoyment not for storage. Anyways, if your collection is is displayed nicely it will not look tacky.

[digitalpress]

Good topic! I love controversy :)

I think others have said what I feel on the subject. Like Ataribuff, you'd never know by walking into my house that I even LIKE videogames. My living room, bedroom, kitchen, bath and guest room have not a trace of my hobby.

Walk downstairs, hang a left, and BAM. You're in for a surprise.

If you don't own one, you'll never understand the pleasure of owning one. It's a great feeling not only to sit or stand in the middle of your collection (the "aura of gaming" surrounding you) but equally fun to have friends - both gamers and non-gamers to share the display with. It's a great big show and tell.

You mentioned that collectors of other collectibles do not feel inclined to do this. I don't know what collectibles you're talking about, but have you ever watched some of the general collecting shows on TV where they take cameras to people's homes? I've seen the "Room of Doom" concept in every conceiveable area of collecting, from Betty Boop to Baseball to comic books to hot sauce. Sometimes they're in odd places and almost always they're rather gaudy... but as a fellow collector I appreciate every last Room (or "shrine", if you will) that I see.

Then there's the accessibility thing, which is how my personal arrangement began in the first place. Am I going to go digging through a closet or in the box at the bottom of a stack of hidden boxes or UNDER MY MATTRESS for a game? Fuck that! I bought 'em to play. I'm not hiding them or making my hunt a nuisance. I have a fairly large collection and I know where everything is and can access it in 10 seconds. And this aspect is simply a "bonus" to me.

Finally, as someone else also pointed out, WE do it because WE like it. It's far from a dick-sizing thing. My best friends have similar set-ups and we're always helping each other out with various storage techniques and collection fillers - something we wouldn't be able to do if things weren't laid out the way they are. I've never felt jealous over another collector's room. I feel admiration. And kinship!

Are we "normal"? I can't speak for everyone. I'm not. Nor do I care to be. The day I hide my passion is the day you can just put a bullet through my head.

Hope this helps put things in some perspective.

[Griking]

I look at my game room as being a library except I display games instead of books. How stupid would it be if your local library kept all if their books packed up in boxes?

[Cmosfm]

Well, I wouldn't want it any other way!

When you stop worrying about what people think, and what you want, then you can do a lot. Personally, I don't let friends over my house, I don't trust anyone. Not because of the game collection...but in general. I have about 2700 games, tons of shelves covering the walls, closet slam full! Gotta learn to do what you want and stop worrying about being "normal".

I think it looks nice, I love it, I'd rather have the games on the walls than posters of 50 Cent and some pin up from Maxim just so I can have the normal "guy" room. I still live at home, so I have one room.

It's just one of the most important things in my life, I guess I'd like it to be displayed properly. :)

[machine.slave]

Think of it like a rec-room. A lot of guys have a rec-room with pictures of "hot chicks" or "hot cars" on the walls. This is practically the same thing. Some guys take it to the extreme with things like painting game-scenes on their walls, etc. which is a little overboard for my tastes, but to each his own..

I have one room in my house dedicated to videogaming.. I call it my "retro-room". It's just nice to have it all in one spot, rather than have everything gathering up in front of my living-room television.

[rbudrick]

I just don't get it... what could possess otherwise normal (?) people to litter their walls with games? I mean... I love my game collection, but I sure as hell don't want my living room to look like a freakshow

I guess I just don't understand the fascination with whipping out all the games like some sort of big dick contest

Me no understand

Me doesn't know engrish either. If you don't undertsand now, you never will. This is what game collecting is all about..having your persoanl collection and doing with them what makes you happy. Try the gamefaqs.com forums for something more to your taste.

And for the record, my dick IS huge, and that's is the other reason why I display my games the way I do.

-Rob

[Crush Crawfish]

When you stop worrying about what people think, and what you want, then you can do a lot.

My sentiments exactly. I love my game collection, and It's a huge part of my life and who I am. Why wouldn't I want it displayed? Maybe I am weird, but that's who I am, and I couldn't care less what anyone else thinks. :)

[imanerd0011]

Bronty, I think you need to stop caring what people will think of your collection so much.
I have my games in Rubbermaid boxes, and it is pretty neat. I guess I'm not really showing them off, but my walls are pretty much covered with signs/display/posters. I think it looks really good, and my friends all like it alot as well. I could care less if all of my friends hated it with a passion, because I would still love it! :)

[Sniderman]

In my house, in every room, lies my wife’s collections:

* In the dining room are her collection of Hummel yearly plates, hung in plate hangers along the ceiling/wall line – much like you’d see in older German homes.
* In the front room is a collection of doilies hung up in a stylized quilt rack. Some of these are 100+ years old and are worth some collectible bucks.
* In the upstairs bedroom are some vintage porcelain thimbles she’s aquired. They sit nestled in a shadow box on the wall.
* In the kitchen? We have antique cheese graters hung up along one wall. Looks pretty snazzy.
* And in the laundry room, my wife has hung up about a half dozen washboards on the walls. Very quaint.

If you visited our house, you wouldn’t give these collections – out in the open and hung up everywhere – a second thought. But my videogame collection – which takes up one corner of the rec room – is viewed with a degree of derision. Why? Is it because my collection is not “antique?” Well, many of my items are worth more than the most valued of my wife’s items. Is it because they’re just laying “all over the place?” So are hers.

And when people visit, guess whose collection gets more attention and "oohs" and "aahs." :)

Everyone has a collection that they have displayed proudly somewhere in their home. My dad has a room filled with Civil War memorabilia. My mother-in-law has a china cabinet filled with plates that are 200+ years old each. My mom collects quilts (and they are on display in every room). My brother? Hot Wheels on the card. Another friend collects Japanese swords. Others I know collect beer cans, Mad Magazines, Pez dispensors, etc. And ANYONE who collects ANYTHING has their items on display – regardless of what you collect. I know of NO ONE who collects these items, them tucks them away in some box in the attic. If you collect, you show off. Otherwise, you may as well not even collect at all.

[FooFighter]

I just don't get it... what could possess otherwise normal (?) people to litter their walls with games? I mean... I love my game collection, but I sure as hell don't want my living room to look like a freakshow :monkey:

I guess I just don't understand the fascination with whipping out all the games like some sort of big dick contest :frustrated:

Me no understand :sob:

I have a seperate room where all of my games are displayed. Why do I do it? I do it because life has so few pleasures and when I go in there I feel happy playing games with my boys or friends. AND because I'm an adult and I can :).

Now as for the big dick contest...I have never submitted a picture to room of doom. I only have close friends and family over to see it. I'm not trying to impress anyone.

And My dick is even BIGGER than rbubrick's LOL

[machine.slave]

That's just it, too.. if you're collecting as an investment, there's no point in displaying it.. if you're doing it for the hobby, then of course you're going to want to show your collection off. x_x

[goatdan]

I have around seven hundred games, give or take. About 500 of them are factory sealed, so they would make nice display copies.. but I have no desire to do that.

Okay... I'm going to ask about the elephant in the room that no one else wants to talk about...

If you have 500 sealed games and you aren't playing them and you aren't displaying them, why do you have 500 sealed games?

Personally, I'm not really into sealed games, but if I had a collection of them you'd be darn sure that I would have them somewhere for people stopping over to see. I guess I don't get that at all. Anyway..


But I want my place to look normal, for god's sake :) I'm not trying to rip on anyone, I don't mean to come across that way, I just could never litter my walls with ANY kind of collection.

I think that most of the collectors that have rooms in the Room of Doom pics do have places that look normal. I am three weeks from moving into a house, where for the first time I am going to have space to put up part of my collection. I can't wait. It is all going to go into the basement though -- I don't want the entire house to have pictures of Pac-Man all over and I don't need an arcade machine by my fridge. Besides, my wife would KILL me.


I collected comic books for about 15 years and still have at least 5,000 books - but lord knows I never stuck one on a wall.

I think that comics are a little different, because you can't stick them on the wall like a poster. And it isn't games that I've seen "stuck to the wall." It is posters. I have some posters that I really like from the Jaguar - Alien Vs. Predator and Iron Soldier - I had them framed, and I've had them on display at my parents house (who are still holding them until I get this house ;) ) for years now. They look nice and normal to me.


I guess I'm just surprised at how many gamers seem to put all their stuff up on the wall; most collectors of other collectables don't seem to feel so obliged.

I don't know where you got that idea. My dad collects Star Wars toys, and he has an entire room devoted to displaying it. My mom collected Beany Babies for a while, and has a display cabinet upstairs at their house with a bunch of them in it. My dad does have a card collection that is housed in a closet, but they're cards so I don't know how you would better display them. Heh... he also had a Mickey Mouse collection that went into my room when I was little.

They don't collect for the reason of selling and making a profit in the future. They collect because they really like the things they are collecting, and they put them out so they can look at them when they want too.

Game collections being displayed in such a way is even more normal to me because unlike all of the collections above, most of us on this site take out our games and play them. Right now, all of my Dreamcast games are stored under my printer desk at home. When I want to find one, it may take me 15 minutes to dig them all out, find the game I want and then put them all back. There isn't any better way to do it. When I get a place, the first thing I plan on doing is putting up my Dreamcast collection in an order where I can find stuff and play it easily.

As for the size of your ePenis being related to the size of your collection, yes, there are some people who think that a collection is only cool if it houses a million and four things that are all displayed and set up to PROVE how much better one is than another. But for most of the people on this site and other game collectors, from what I've seen we all recognize the fact that a game collection isn't about having a million things, but is about the person with the collection enjoying it.

Personally, I own every US released Dreamcast game and am working on the PAL titles. Other than the Dreamcast, I own a CD-X and zero other Sega products not in the current generation. I could care less about the other systems, and when I put up my collection pics I don't expect people to say, "Nice Dreamcast collection... but you don't have enough Saturn games." At the same time, if someone puts up their collection of a handful of Sega CD and Saturn games, I don't think they're stupid for having them -- it's just that they are interested in a different aspect of the collection than I am, and their collection can still be cool because of it.

It's one of the things that I have really noticed about being a game collector that I like -- In every other collection, there isn't too much room for deciding what you do or do not like. In game collection, you can collect based on the games you like, the systems you like, the era you like, boxes / not boxed, etc. There are a million ways to do it. No one is wrong, and making a decision to collect one way or another doesn't change the size of your ePenis or anything like that with the collection community. My "collection" of about 20 NES games from when I was young is about as important to me as my Dreamcast games... and in this community, people get that.

It's cool. It's why I got into this as much as I have in the past ten years.

[fishsandwich]

I just don't get it... what could possess otherwise normal (?) people to litter their walls with games? I mean... I love my game collection, but I sure as hell don't want my living room to look like a freakshow :monkey:

I guess I just don't understand the fascination with whipping out all the games like some sort of big dick contest :frustrated:

Me no understand :sob:

You understand perfectly... it's a big dick contest like you said. Boys with toys. A "look what I've got and you don't, loser" kind of thing.

I plan on posting more of my collection in the future. I can feel my weiner getting bigger right now!

LOL

[rbudrick]

And My dick is even BIGGER than rbubrick's

Jesus Christ! Run away ladies. If the ladies call me ass-wrecker, he must be ass destroyer! LOL LOL LOL


Boys with toys. A "look what I've got and you don't, loser" kind of thing.

I plan on posting more of my collection in the future. I can feel my weiner getting bigger right now!

You know, I've never sent in my pics either....I really should get around to that sometime when I clean up my dump.

-Rob

[Gemini-Phoenix]

I have around seven hundred games, give or take. About 500 of them are factory sealed

Looks like someone I could learn to admire! :)

If I didn't know better, i'd say you were describing my collection there!


I also don't like to litter my walls in them, although many of my games would make great displays on my mantle piece!

I prefer to keep them all boxed up in the spare room out of sight and out of harms way.

[goatdan]

Looks like someone I could learn to admire! :)

If I didn't know better, i'd say you were describing my collection there!


I also don't like to litter my walls in them, although many of my games would make great displays on my mantle piece!

I prefer to keep them all boxed up in the spare room out of sight and out of harms way.

Okay, I'll ask you the same question then...

If you have 500 sealed games and you aren't playing them and you aren't displaying them, why do you have 500 sealed games?

I *get* sealed games collecting. I really do. It is like collecting action figures still on their blister cards. Cool. But why do you have them if you don't even have them somewhere to look at? Is it really just the feeling of knowing that you have 500 new games in a box somewhere?

I'm not trying to be offensive here, it is just I really don't understand what the point is here, and I would like too.

[klausien]

I haven't yet read through the whole thread, so I apologize in advance. I see my Room of Doom (actually a nice 7x7 corner of my living room) the way a Lionel train collector would view their layout. Constantly a work in progress and with plenty of attention to detail.

If you have 700+ games, then you should have moved past hiding your obsession into the realm of intense pride. What was once a source of ridicule from my friends has turned into somthing they look at in awe, and look forward to exploring. They are always totally amazed that I have played every game in front of them.

[nate1749]

So we got that the guy collectors generally do this for accessibility and displaying their love (I just read the same post 40 times in this thread).

However, what about the female collectors. I'm kind of curious as to how the female collectors (people with design taste, no offense guys) display their collections.... or do they?

I'm wondering how Martha Stewart would setup a game room....

Nate

[hydr0x]

I'm kind of curious as to how the female collectors (people with design taste, no offense guys) display their collections.... or do they?


sorry if it doesn't fit into your picture of gender seperation but i am male and i feel like i have design taste and i do in fact have the perfect stylish layout in my head for my future game room, i'll just have to wait 5-10 years until if have a house to build it :)

[ubersaurus]

So we got that the guy collectors generally do this for accessibility and displaying their love (I just read the same post 40 times in this thread).

However, what about the female collectors. I'm kind of curious as to how the female collectors (people with design taste, no offense guys) display their collections.... or do they?

I'm wondering how Martha Stewart would setup a game room....

Nate

Judging from the female collector's rooms of dooms..they do pretty much the same thing the men do.

If you can't understand why people do it, then you probably never will.

[gepeto]

I just stay true to myself. My games are an extension of me. I look at the rooms of doom 2 ways the first way is to see and experiance the passion that my fellow gamers have about the thing that I love. I know I will never be able to personally visit most of the member of dp and with the ability of pics I can admire from afar. #2 for looking at and kicking myself for not being able to get that M2 or half life for dreamcast. They say a picture paints a thousand words. Then the room of doom pics would be a masterpiece.

[Bronty-2]

Holy moly!! Great response - thanks for the replies everyone. Will try to post my own replies shortly, but this is gonna take awhile!

[Richter Belmount]

man my room would look pretty dull without showing off all my games >.>.

[Bronty-2]

Bronty, I think you need to stop caring what people will think of your collection so much.


I think that's such a lazy viewpoint. [That's some people's answer to everything. "I do what I want" "I don't care what people think" (sounds like an episode of ricki lake already).] I care what people think to a degree. You're an idiot if you don't. Don't care what your boss thinks of you? You bloody well should. Don't care what your girlfriend or friends or family think of you? You bloody well should. So your girlfriend asks if you think her pants make her ass look fat. Do you tell her that it's damn well not the pants, it's her ENORMOUS FUCKING ASS that makes her ass look fat? I don't think so. Because you care what she thinks and respect her and don't want to hurt her feelings. There's a lot of diplomacy that goes on in this world and you had no regard for the thoughts of others you'd be alone pretty quick.

OK??? (rant subsiding). I LOVE myself, so please don't make this a self-loathing issue because that's one problem I don't have.

I really hate it when people spout the crap they hear on TV instead of THINKING x_x

It's not that I'm scared that people will think I'm a dork that I don't put stuff up. It's that I have ABSOLUTELY NO DESIRE TO. Same reason I don't have piles of dirty clothes all over my floor - because I can't understand wanting to live in a place that looks like that.

[Bronty-2]

Looks like someone I could learn to admire! :)

If I didn't know better, i'd say you were describing my collection there!


I also don't like to litter my walls in them, although many of my games would make great displays on my mantle piece!

I prefer to keep them all boxed up in the spare room out of sight and out of harms way.

Okay, I'll ask you the same question then...

If you have 500 sealed games and you aren't playing them and you aren't displaying them, why do you have 500 sealed games?

I *get* sealed games collecting. I really do. It is like collecting action figures still on their blister cards. Cool. But why do you have them if you don't even have them somewhere to look at?

I'm not trying to be offensive here, it is just I really don't understand what the point is here, and I would like to.

first re the sealed games. I do look at them - I look at them whenever I want. But when I'm not looking at them they are stored.

second re "the point". I guess that's a pretty fair question - what little point I had has drifted off course. I guess I just saw one too many 'room of doom' pics and snapped :D I can understand enjoying your hobby, I guess it's just too 'drooling fanboy' for me to have all over the place.

(Now an art collection, that I would display).

[Bronty-2]

Looks like someone I could learn to admire! :)

If I didn't know better, i'd say you were describing my collection there!


I also don't like to litter my walls in them, although many of my games would make great displays on my mantle piece!

I prefer to keep them all boxed up in the spare room out of sight and out of harms way.

Okay, I'll ask you the same question then...

If you have 500 sealed games and you aren't playing them and you aren't displaying them, why do you have 500 sealed games?

I *get* sealed games collecting. I really do. It is like collecting action figures still on their blister cards. Cool. But why do you have them if you don't even have them somewhere to look at?

I'm not trying to be offensive here, it is just I really don't understand what the point is here, and I would like to.

first re the sealed games. I do look at them - I look at them whenever I want. But when I'm not looking at them they are stored.

second re "the point". I guess that's a pretty fair question - what little point I had has drifted off course. I guess I just saw one too many 'room of doom' pics and snapped :D I can understand enjoying your hobby, I guess it's just too 'drooling fanboy' for me to have all over the place.

[RangerG]

I think the slight against displaying videogaming collections comes more from bias. If an adult (often a male) displays videogames or action figures or slot cars, these are seen as "kiddie", while it is perfectly acceptable to have a book collection displayed, or a wall full of antique guns, or to drive all over town in your restored vintage automobile.

[mattmcgrath25]

I thought this thread would have been locked as being obvious trolling.

This is akin to going onto a car modding site and asking people why they spend so much money on decals, then implying that they are dorks for doing so.

[Bronty-2]

not when I'm a 'money-spending dork' myself.

[mattmcgrath25]

You missed my point.

Implying to a bunch of collectors who are obviously passionate about it that they are participating in "big dick competitions" by displaying their collections seems like a lame attempt at flamebait.

[Bronty-2]

I wasn't trying to flamebait. I can see where you're coming from on that, but trust me, that wasn't my motivation. I literally started this thread after seeing a new 'room of doom' pic and thinking to myself "what the hell possessed that person"

[Dr. Morbis]

Bronty, are you under the impression that the second you walk into a videogame collector's home it is wall to wall vg crap? Like a Mario clock in the kitchen and Pac-Man bedsheets in the guest bedroom? I think most people with RoD's confine them to certain areas of their house and then only show them to people that would appreciate them. My place is much the way DP explained his house to be: unless a new guest is taken for a tour of the game room (very unlikely on a first visit), there is no way in hell that they would even guess that I have any interest in video games whatsoever.

BTW, I know you already explained it, but collecting sealed games and then storing them out of site is absolutely baffling to me. You can't play them, AND you can't see them! Huh?!?

[nate1749]

Well I think the problem with gaming collections is everything is just such awkward sizes and so many different colors, and then throw in some old cardboard, faded 20 year old plastic and old shrink wrap on various items and you've got yourself a near impossible task of making a neat and orderly presentable setup.

I'd say from the replies of this post almost all the gamers don't really care though. They like their collections and functionality supercedes fashion.

Personally I'm with you though. I can't deal with all the "noise" & clutter from the all the stuff. It reminds me of a bunch of guys in hawaii shirts or something. However, I still love to see everyones collections though, I constantly flip through the room of dooms, it's just not for my house though... to each their own =)

Nate

[Bronty-2]

A couple of good points.

I guess that's what it boils to - the awkward and varying sizes make storage difficult. There has to be a better way IMO but like you said, to each his own.

I'll never get the posters-on-the-walls thing though :)

[esquire]

im with bronty on this one, i hate displaying my games. even though i have plenty of games to show off, nothing pisses me off more then when people come over my house and put their dirty little hands all over my games. i like to keep my games safely tucked away in my closet , where only i can touch and look.

Heheh - now that's what I'm talking about :D No need for the unwashed masses to f something up!

If 500 out of your 700 games are sealed, why are you concerned about the masses touching them? Who are you, the Howard Hughes of video game collecting? I don't know about the rest of the forum members here, but your phobia of other people "touching" your sealed games seems to be far more strange than video game collectors taking pride in hard earned effort and money by displaying their collection. To quote Sgt. Hulka from Stripes, "Lighten' up Francis." :)

"If anyone touches my sealed video games, I'll kill you"

[Daria]

I think a lot of the rooms showcased in the "room of doom" section look cluttered, but that's just kinda all part of the look. Overwhelming visual stimulation every which way you turn that screams "play me". It's like walking into an Arcade, they're never exactly tasteful. Loud colors, flashing lights, it's a fun atmosphere and I think a lot of the gamers here like to recreate that impression when you walk into their rooms.

Right now my stuff's stored in my bedroom, I still live at home so they games won't have their own place until we move out (which hopefully will be very soon!) but I don't see any reason my room should look like everyone elses, or yours. I'm an indivual and believe me, my room will reflect it. I think it would be challenging to incoperate my games into appealing design scheme that wouldn't look out of place in any normal home.

[GrayFox]

Bronty, I think you need to stop caring what people will think of your collection so much.


I think that's such a lazy viewpoint. [That's some people's answer to everything. "I do what I want" "I don't care what people think" (sounds like an episode of ricki lake already).] I care what people think to a degree. You're an idiot if you don't. Don't care what your boss thinks of you? You bloody well should. Don't care what your girlfriend or friends or family think of you? You bloody well should. So your girlfriend asks if you think her pants make her ass look fat. Do you tell her that it's damn well not the pants, it's her ENORMOUS FUCKING ASS that makes her ass look fat? I don't think so. Because you care what she thinks and respect her and don't want to hurt her feelings. There's a lot of diplomacy that goes on in this world and you had no regard for the thoughts of others you'd be alone pretty quick.

OK??? (rant subsiding). I LOVE myself, so please don't make this a self-loathing issue because that's one problem I don't have.

I really hate it when people spout the crap they hear on TV instead of THINKING x_x

It's not that I'm scared that people will think I'm a dork that I don't put stuff up. It's that I have ABSOLUTELY NO DESIRE TO. Same reason I don't have piles of dirty clothes all over my floor - because I can't understand wanting to live in a place that looks like that.

This made me giggle.

So, some things to keep in mind. Lying is better than telling the truth.

I say, tell the woman the truth :P

Also, you have to care what people think about you to an extent. TO AN EXTENT. You can't base your house, your personality, etc, on what other people think. You're not yourself then.

Yes, we have to keep in mind what other people think when we're working, or maybe when we're doing something in public, but when we're at home? Home is the place of security, not a place where we should be worrying about pleasing others.

In regards to the room of doom, who cares what other people think. It might be geeky, oh well. I don't have a really geeky exterior, so when people see my room of doom, they usually put on a face of surprise, and that makes me smile.

[nate1749]

I say, tell the woman the truth LOL

Home is the place of security, not a place where we should be worrying about pleasing others.

Definitely not married or living with your girlfriend. :D

[bargora]

I'll never get the posters-on-the-walls thing though :)
Where do you propose that they should put their posters? In a closet, rolled up? Next to the wallpaper, I presume? Or are you a posta-hayta?

If you don't want to display your stuff, then I can understand you not doing it. And if you think that the "room of doom" look is garish and in bad taste, then I think you ought to conclude that some people have bad taste and like garish things. Or that some people value having a wild-looking collection in a small (probably hidden away) part of their abode more than having every square inch of the house done in Martha-Stewert-approved decor.

I don't go down the the lower East Side of Cleveland and ask people why they engage in that outlandish mode of dress, and then tell them that while I own the same garish clothes, I keep them locked away in a closet, so don't even think about touching them. My prrrrreciousssssss.

[JB Lars]

I'll say this, I can't wait to be done with apartment living so I can get the majority of my collection out of storage and craft a Room of Doom. Having simple access to everything will make me a very happy panda.

In the meantime, my gargantuan dick makes up for not having a Room.

[kainemaxwell]

It's a great way to show off our collections and all the hard work we put into finding them, as well as a chance to be creative in displaying and organizing our items.

No RoD for me, morelike my Bookshelf of Doom.

[machine.slave]

well, I for one wasn't offended by this question at all .. I mean, the whole concept of a "room of doom" does seem kind of silly, but the pics on this site do give a few good ideas on how to store the games and systems. These things (systems especially) can get pretty awkward which makes them hard to display AND / OR store in a closet, regardless of how you look at it.

[fishsandwich]

whoops... double post!

[fishsandwich]

Good topic! I love controversy :)

I think others have said what I feel on the subject. Like Ataribuff, you'd never know by walking into my house that I even LIKE videogames. My living room, bedroom, kitchen, bath and guest room have not a trace of my hobby.

Walk downstairs, hang a left, and BAM. You're in for a surprise.

If you don't own one, you'll never understand the pleasure of owning one. It's a great feeling not only to sit or stand in the middle of your collection (the "aura of gaming" surrounding you) but equally fun to have friends - both gamers and non-gamers to share the display with. It's a great big show and tell.

You mentioned that collectors of other collectibles do not feel inclined to do this. I don't know what collectibles you're talking about, but have you ever watched some of the general collecting shows on TV where they take cameras to people's homes? I've seen the "Room of Doom" concept in every conceiveable area of collecting, from Betty Boop to Baseball to comic books to hot sauce. Sometimes they're in odd places and almost always they're rather gaudy... but as a fellow collector I appreciate every last Room (or "shrine", if you will) that I see.

Then there's the accessibility thing, which is how my personal arrangement began in the first place. Am I going to go digging through a closet or in the box at the bottom of a stack of hidden boxes or UNDER MY MATTRESS for a game? Fuck that! I bought 'em to play. I'm not hiding them or making my hunt a nuisance. I have a fairly large collection and I know where everything is and can access it in 10 seconds. And this aspect is simply a "bonus" to me.

Finally, as someone else also pointed out, WE do it because WE like it. It's far from a dick-sizing thing. My best friends have similar set-ups and we're always helping each other out with various storage techniques and collection fillers - something we wouldn't be able to do if things weren't laid out the way they are. I've never felt jealous over another collector's room. I feel admiration. And kinship!

Are we "normal"? I can't speak for everyone. I'm not. Nor do I care to be. The day I hide my passion is the day you can just put a bullet through my head.

Hope this helps put things in some perspective.

Regrettably, some of us live in extremely small spaces and if we had a "Room of Doom" we wouldn't have much else.

I personally keep a good portion of my games UNDER MY MATTRESS simply because I live in a studio loft.

If I lived in a big house (or even a small house) I'm quite sure I'd have a Room of Doom of my own, but that will have to wait.

Until them, I keep it all stored away except for the things that I am playing at that moment in time.

Expect me to have a Room of Doom when my life allows... until then, I'll have a MATTRESS OF DOOM and I won't be ashamed of that fact. Fuck that!

Cheers

:vamp:

[max 330 mega]

I just don't get it... what could possess otherwise normal (?) people to litter their walls with games? I mean... I love my game collection, but I sure as hell don't want my living room to look like a freakshow :monkey:

I guess I just don't understand the fascination with whipping out all the games like some sort of big dick contest :frustrated:

Me no understand :sob:
i read thru most of the first page of replies on this thread, and then got bored and decided to post before finishing it.
you my friend, are a moron. why in the HELL do you own all those games if you shove them in a fucking closet like your embarrassed of them.
simple solution for you, since you seem to like to play games, but are afraid to display in fear of having a large e-penis, why dont you sell all those games to people who will actually show them off and love them, and get yourself an xbox full of roms so that you can just have a stupid black box in front of your tv, in your room with no posters, no games, no decorations, a bed, and a tv. (the bed has grey sheets too, because if they were a neon color THAT would be too over the limit) :fist:

[fishsandwich]

I just don't get it... what could possess otherwise normal (?) people to litter their walls with games? I mean... I love my game collection, but I sure as hell don't want my living room to look like a freakshow :monkey:

I guess I just don't understand the fascination with whipping out all the games like some sort of big dick contest :frustrated:

Me no understand :sob:
i read thru most of the first page of replies on this thread, and then got bored and decided to post before finishing it.
you my friend, are a moron. why in the HELL do you own all those games if you shove them in a fucking closet like your embarrassed of them.
simple solution for you, since you seem to like to play games, but are afraid to display in fear of having a large e-penis, why dont you sell all those games to people who will actually show them off and love them, and get yourself an xbox full of roms so that you can just have a stupid black box in front of your tv, in your room with no posters, no games, no decorations, a bed, and a tv. (the bed has grey sheets too, because if they were a neon color THAT would be too over the limit) :fist:

Ouch!

[imanerd0011]

Bronty, I think you need to stop caring what people will think of your collection so much.


I think that's such a lazy viewpoint. [That's some people's answer to everything. "I do what I want" "I don't care what people think" (sounds like an episode of ricki lake already).] I care what people think to a degree. You're an idiot if you don't. Don't care what your boss thinks of you? You bloody well should. Don't care what your girlfriend or friends or family think of you? You bloody well should. So your girlfriend asks if you think her pants make her ass look fat. Do you tell her that it's damn well not the pants, it's her ENORMOUS FUCKING ASS that makes her ass look fat? I don't think so. Because you care what she thinks and respect her and don't want to hurt her feelings. There's a lot of diplomacy that goes on in this world and you had no regard for the thoughts of others you'd be alone pretty quick.

OK??? (rant subsiding). I LOVE myself, so please don't make this a self-loathing issue because that's one problem I don't have.

I really hate it when people spout the crap they hear on TV instead of THINKING x_x

It's not that I'm scared that people will think I'm a dork that I don't put stuff up. It's that I have ABSOLUTELY NO DESIRE TO. Same reason I don't have piles of dirty clothes all over my floor - because I can't understand wanting to live in a place that looks like that.


Whoa, calm down. First of all, I do care what people think, but I don't care what anyone thinks of my video game collection. It's MY collection, not theres, so I will display it however I want.
Think about it, you own 500 sealed games that you DON'T display. What is even the point of having them??? The only good they are doing you, is so you can tell people on a message board that you have 500 sealed games. You can't play them, or even look at the freaking things.

Not to get into an argument, but you and I have very different ways of collecting/displaying our collections. I was just offering my viewpoint, so do whatever you want to do.