# My name is G0sp3l and I'm a Steam Addict **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 29, 2014, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-g0sp3l-and-im-a-steam-addict/689585 "2014-05-29T18:49:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-g0sp3l-and-im-a-steam-addict/689585/1 "2014-05-29T18:49:45Z")
I’ve bought at least eight titles in the last two months. There no way in hell I’m going to get time to play even a quarter of them! I picked up Guns of Icarus a couple of days ago then X-Com yesterday. Batman Arkham series, LA Noire. They keep having sales. I need help. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-g0sp3l-and-im-a-steam-addict/689585/2 "2014-05-29T19:41:26Z")
Four games a month? Hang on and wait for Steam Summer Sale in another month and change. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-g0sp3l-and-im-a-steam-addict/689585/3 "2014-05-29T19:55:57Z")
I have games on Steam that I really will likely never play. Something looks good so I buy it and never even install it. And I don’t have anywhere near the number of games that SenorBeef has. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-g0sp3l-and-im-a-steam-addict/689585/4 "2014-05-29T19:58:07Z")
I’m not sure whether Steam is a pushy drug dealer or an abusive girlfriend but, either way, we do not have a healthy relationship. My collection is 220 games and rising. Always rising. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2014, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-g0sp3l-and-im-a-steam-addict/689585/5 "2014-05-29T20:20:05Z")
I’m pretty sure my all-time favorite game is “Buying Games On Steam.” I probably spend more time checking out and investigating what’s on sale today than actually playing any games. I’ll buy games my system has no hope of running, just because it’s XX% off, who knows when it’ll go on sale again, and _someday_ I’ll have a computer capable of running it. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-g0sp3l-and-im-a-steam-addict/689585/6 "2014-05-30T00:08:59Z")
I guess 4 games a month doesn’t really sound like much. I have nearly 40 games that I haven’t played even once. I haven’t finished a game since _Dragon Age: Origins_, god help me when _DA: Inquisition_ comes out. I had just started the _Batman_ series when _Noire_ went on sale. Then I heard _The Secret World_ had something new. Then I read a thread about _The Guns of Icarus_. Then yesterday _X-Com_ was half-price. Then there’s all of the Greenlight and Early-Access stuff. I saying it’s only $5.00 or $7.00 or $20.00! There’s just too much stuff that looks too good to pass up. And eventually they’re going to release Half-Life 3 ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-g0sp3l-and-im-a-steam-addict/689585/7 "2014-05-30T00:55:54Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > I’m pretty sure my all-time favorite game is “Buying Games On Steam.” I probably spend more time checking out and investigating what’s on sale today than actually playing any games. I’ll buy games my system has no hope of running, just because it’s XX% off, who knows when it’ll go on sale again, and _someday_ I’ll have a computer capable of running it. Oh dear Lord! This is me! ---
**Author:** ![vislor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vislor/32/5933_2.png) [@vislor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vislor)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-g0sp3l-and-im-a-steam-addict/689585/8 "2014-05-30T17:04:41Z")
I’m a Steam addict as well. I have bought many games because they are on sale and I might play them! Eventually. Some day. Especially the ones prices less than $10! Those are way too tempting! Heck, I rebought games I already owned on CD for less than $10 so that Steam will have it for me instead of needing CDs anymore! I also look at sales, new games and other things a bit more than I play at times! Fortunately, Wolfenstein and Watch Dogs are helping me play more recently!