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I am not the OP, but I do play games. And I tend to hoard the hell out of everything I find in the game (especially in RPGs). And I do tend to have a lot of unu

I am not the OP, but I do play games. And I tend to hoard the hell out of everything I find in the game (especially in RPGs). And I do tend to have a lot of unused inventory by the end of the game. At the same time, I don't do well with money, I eat out too much, drink too much, make impulsive purchases (mostly gifts and hobby related things, but still) and generally do not watch my budget very carefully. I don't think video game experience translates very well into real life. In a game, going through tough fights without using any healing or other expendables feels like an extra challenge, going through life without going out for beers or a diner date or without wasting a couple of hundred bucks on a fancy VST plugin or a cute RC toy for some friend's kid does not feel that way.

TeMPOraL 7y ago
Seconding. I too always ended RPG games with inventory full of stuff I opted to save for actual emergency and not just some final boss. But it didn't translate to real life - I'm not exactly an impulsive buyer, but not all that savvy with money either (my current personal finance strategy is ensuring I spend less than I earn, and trying to increase how much I earn). In the past, I've experienced running out of money while being so burned out I could barely hold a job, and I vowed to never live through it again. I think games are too different than life. Having saves changes a lot; e.g. I can refrain from using a powerful healing item in a fight and try to micro or luck my way out instead, because if I fail, I can reload and try again. I've noticed that in roguelikes, I'm more likely to use items - those games are harder and have permadeath. Also, in modern games I'm also more eager to use collected items, because the experience these days is so streamlined that I can rely on the game to provide me another powerful item just in time. Life, unfortunately, doesn't have saves, and is not balanced.
- o-__-o 7y ago
  You haven’t fought that boss in real life that made you use half of your inventory and you still died which turned you into the video game hoarder you are today. Once I came close to homelessness I realized I too must hoard my money.

TeMPOraL 7y ago

Seconding. I too always ended RPG games with inventory full of stuff I opted to save for actual emergency and not just some final boss. But it didn't translate to real life - I'm not exactly an impulsive buyer, but not all that savvy with money either (my current personal finance strategy is ensuring I spend less than I earn, and trying to increase how much I earn). In the past, I've experienced running out of money while being so burned out I could barely hold a job, and I vowed to never live through it again. I think games are too different than life. Having saves changes a lot; e.g. I can refrain from using a powerful healing item in a fight and try to micro or luck my way out instead, because if I fail, I can reload and try again. I've noticed that in roguelikes, I'm more likely to use items - those games are harder and have permadeath. Also, in modern games I'm also more eager to use collected items, because the experience these days is so streamlined that I can rely on the game to provide me another powerful item just in time. Life, unfortunately, doesn't have saves, and is not balanced.

o-__-o 7y ago
You haven’t fought that boss in real life that made you use half of your inventory and you still died which turned you into the video game hoarder you are today. Once I came close to homelessness I realized I too must hoard my money.