HOW or why did you start collecting games?

[Twisted]

up until april 2011, i had no intentions of collecting games and had nearly zero interest in collector's editions, in fact i used to scuff at people who bought them as suckers, ...and thought of pretty much all of them as useless junk, then if there were truely neat exclusives, i rarely knew about them, or when i saw them, it was already too late, well to pass time, i do skim through gaming magazines, and back in april 2011 i landed on an article for sonic generations collectors edition, i thought that set was the coolest thing ever, that was the first time it made me pause and i was commited 110% to buying it...and it said it was'nt coming to america, so i figured i would only buy that 1, being my first collectors edition..and that was going to be it, ...then right after that, i saw and came across information for uncharted 3 explorer edition, i waited, and waited it out, until i bought it, but did'nt think initially it was worthwhile, then lastly when i heard the zelda steelbook was coming from futureshop..that pretty much sealed the deal..now there's no looking back, even though i'm heading towards being broke,lol..i can't stop.lol..and i want pretty much one of everything.lol..so the point is, if i had'nt read that magazine, and i had not seen that sonic collectors picture, i would have never collected anything gaming wise, and would have not even known about it, and would'nt even cared for zelda steelbooks or uncharted 3 explorer editions...sonic generations is what did me in, i give sonic generations all credit for making me into a game collector..that was it!!!!!!...that did me in