LogFAQs > #904428729

This is ridiculous and dumb. I say this as someone that used to have this mentality with backlogs.

It really sounds to me like you're treating it as a job. Never, ever let gaming be something you take a job-like mentality to. Never play games you don't like too much for the sake of saying you beat it.

Just enjoy games on whatever system they're on. They're a form of entertainment. Play what interests you because of a desire to play them, not because you see a need to beat them or play them to a certain point. I've done that before and it damaged my interest in gaming.

It's fine to make a goal to play certain games. But the moment you feel you're playing something because you only want to beat it, or you restrict yourself from enjoying other things because of a game you don't care much for, you should realize you're wasting your time and should just move on.

Also, you have a Switch. You already earned it. There's no need to beat games. If you want to play your Switch, play your Switch, and have fun with it.

I guess I feel this way because I had this mentality before getting my Switch - I have so many games to play on other systems, why get a new system? But then I realized that the reason I wanted to was because I wanted to enjoy Switch games as well. Sure, I could have tried to go with my backlog of tons of indie games (oh man am I excited to go play and finish some RPG Maker game I got in a bundle in 2014) but if that's not something that interests me, and I'd rather go play Switch, I might as well do that.

All I'm saying is, treat gaming as something fun to do, not as a job to do.
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