How to beat library debt game

If you have physical games, you can sell them to make some cash back. If they're digital only, you may have some recourse if you can trade codes, sell on the Steam marketplace, or sell back to a service that takes digital games, like Green Man Gaming. If you want to help yourself out in the future, you can create a "shame list" of those games to remind yourself what kinds of games you never bothered to touch.

I also find it helpful to remove multiplayer-only games. These games can be too much fun for their own good. You end up playing the same game over and over again for just one more round or match, while your backlog cries in the corner.

Remember, you can always come back to them later and you might want to, if one of your "to play" games turns out to not be much fun. With some games removed, reorganize your list so that the game you want to play the most is at the top. Then continue through your list until it's organized from "most excited to play" to "least excited to play.

You might find a couple stragglers that were holding on by a slight thread of interest. By organizing your games this way, you can build the motivation to play through them all.

You have a video game debt and snowballing your momentum can help you pay it off just like real debts. While you're making your way through your backlog, it's obviously important you don't add to it. That one game you want so badly might be on sale, but chances are it will go on sale again, probably cheaper, during the next Steam sale.

Resist the urge to buy new games until you've at least made some progress with your "To-Play" list. To help yourself out, go on a brief game news blackout.

Give yourself some time to get excited about what you've already purchased before a positive review sends you to the nearest game store at full speed.

Remember all those new releases will still be around when you finish your backlog. Oh, and remember, never pre-order games. Now that you have a neatly organized "To Play" list, make it seem like those are the only games you have. Uninstall the other games on your Mac or PC so you're not tempted to return to the games you've already played. Contributors: One Foot Down Staff. Reddit Pocket Flipboard Email. By Connor Leichtle. November 2, Notre Dame Football: W.

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