Quote Originally Posted by Informationator View Post
My best friend loves video games. She's TERRIBLE at them, but she loves them. I'm great at them, though, and when she comes over to visit, she literally enjoys watching me play them. She's an introverted, but emotional person, so she sort of quietly lives vicariously through me and experiences the adventure alongside me, even if shes' not the one controlling the characters. One time I was fighting a tricky boss in Star Tropics and she SCREAMED as I narrowly avoided a projectile (I was one hit from dying) and celebrated when I beat the boss anyway. Having a friend there to cheer you on and experience it with you can really enhance the experience.
I can understand something like this (I enjoy watching someone play a game almost as much as playing myself) but I have a feeling that your friend doesn’t collect games and wouldn’t consider herself a collector of games (she might have a few games but nothing that would be considered a collection in the way we use the word).