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Ha I had the same experience renting Xbox games from Blockbuster. Got to the point where I'd rent a stack of games, rip them to my modded Xbox in my car then re

by mentos 4y ago

Ha I had the same experience renting Xbox games from Blockbuster. Got to the point where I'd rent a stack of games, rip them to my modded Xbox in my car then return them to the drop bin to perplexed faces of employees inside who had just rung me up an hour earlier. Don't think I played any of the games, for me the game was just amassing a library. For what its worth I'm in game development now ha so maybe I've atoned for some of these 'crimes'

awad 4y ago
You're touching on something I've always been fascinated about...the game being the collection and building of the library itself. I suppose it's not that different from any other hobby centered around collectibles and yet with media, especially digital media, it always felt a bit different. I'm not sure why.
- lathiat 4y ago
  I think Leo Laporte once said something along the lines of some people are tool people and other people are doing people. Some like to obsess over the tools, some just want to get work done. I saw another similar quote about amassing knowledge is pointless if you don't actually do something with it.
  - skinnymuch 4y ago
    I think life is too complex to know if we use amassed knowledge enough. Or I tell myself that to feel better.
  - Gigachad 4y ago
    I’m always amused at how home cooks all have the meme $300 knives, then you see a pro chef explain their gear and it’s a $30 knife with plastic handle.
tquinn 4y ago
That's awesome, I've never heard of anyone ripping from their car. It's interesting that you were collecting for the sake of collection and not gaming. It reminds me of people that go full tilt building PC gaming rigs, but never actually play anything.
- chubbnix 4y ago
  I think this is a fascinating effect seen in almost any hobby. I wonder if there is a word for these sort of sub-hobbies or pre-hobbies. I think you can find it's parallels in cars, aquariums, 3d printers, wood working, etc.
  - shanebellone 4y ago
    "I think you can find it's parallels in cars, aquariums, 3d printers, wood working, etc." Subtly closes the garage door nuh uh
  - umeshunni 4y ago
    > wonder if there is a word for these sort of sub-hobbies or pre-hobbies In photography circles, we would call this GAS - Gear Acquisition Syndrome - when people buy a lot of gear and gadgets but hardly use them.
    - dhosek 4y ago
      In musician circles too.
      - throwaway426079 4y ago
        Quite a lot of musical instruments are beautiful objects that you could display. While you could display electronic test equipment, even geeks usually don't.
        dhosek 3y ago
        There are a lot of rack shots on the Unifi subreddit.
kingcharles 4y ago
Lol. My friend and I did the same with a local DVD vending machine. If you brought the disc back within a few hours the price was ridiculously low, so we had the laptop in the car with a cigarette adapter and ripped 700+ ISOs. The irony is this was around 2002 to demo a video on demand over the Internet system to some execs at Microsoft. It was a really, really nice UI and nothing like it would be replicated for years, really until Netflix launched their own product. The idea was summarily rejected as "people like having things on their shelves." A weird response because the same folks were paying me to destroy the CD market.

by mentos 4y ago

awad 4y ago

You're touching on something I've always been fascinated about...the game being the collection and building of the library itself. I suppose it's not that different from any other hobby centered around collectibles and yet with media, especially digital media, it always felt a bit different. I'm not sure why.

lathiat 4y ago
I think Leo Laporte once said something along the lines of some people are tool people and other people are doing people. Some like to obsess over the tools, some just want to get work done. I saw another similar quote about amassing knowledge is pointless if you don't actually do something with it.
- skinnymuch 4y ago
  I think life is too complex to know if we use amassed knowledge enough. Or I tell myself that to feel better.
- Gigachad 4y ago
  I’m always amused at how home cooks all have the meme $300 knives, then you see a pro chef explain their gear and it’s a $30 knife with plastic handle.

tquinn 4y ago

That's awesome, I've never heard of anyone ripping from their car. It's interesting that you were collecting for the sake of collection and not gaming. It reminds me of people that go full tilt building PC gaming rigs, but never actually play anything.

chubbnix 4y ago
I think this is a fascinating effect seen in almost any hobby. I wonder if there is a word for these sort of sub-hobbies or pre-hobbies. I think you can find it's parallels in cars, aquariums, 3d printers, wood working, etc.
- shanebellone 4y ago
  "I think you can find it's parallels in cars, aquariums, 3d printers, wood working, etc." Subtly closes the garage door nuh uh
- umeshunni 4y ago
  > wonder if there is a word for these sort of sub-hobbies or pre-hobbies In photography circles, we would call this GAS - Gear Acquisition Syndrome - when people buy a lot of gear and gadgets but hardly use them.
  - dhosek 4y ago
    In musician circles too.
    - throwaway426079 4y ago
      Quite a lot of musical instruments are beautiful objects that you could display. While you could display electronic test equipment, even geeks usually don't.
      - dhosek 3y ago
        There are a lot of rack shots on the Unifi subreddit.

kingcharles 4y ago

Lol. My friend and I did the same with a local DVD vending machine. If you brought the disc back within a few hours the price was ridiculously low, so we had the laptop in the car with a cigarette adapter and ripped 700+ ISOs. The irony is this was around 2002 to demo a video on demand over the Internet system to some execs at Microsoft. It was a really, really nice UI and nothing like it would be replicated for years, really until Netflix launched their own product. The idea was summarily rejected as "people like having things on their shelves." A weird response because the same folks were paying me to destroy the CD market.