Something in my brain clicks when I organize and track collections. It\u2019s a common sight in video games nowadays \u2013 a piece of UI that tracks how many unlockable items I\u2019ve collected or how many trick jumps I\u2019ve gone over. It\u2019s an easy way to engage the completionist that lives in the bottom of deep, obsessive hearts, and I don\u2019t begrudge any designer that puts in a bit of collection visibility in their game.<\/p>\n
The same thing goes for my real-world collections, too. Books, movies, games \u2013 I want to catalog them all to give myself an idea of how many I have (the ultimate collection game of life?) and how many I have consumed. I once, in college, even started a spreadsheet of every movie I\u2019d ever watched (or at least, that I remembered).<\/p>\n
I end up usually leaving these collections half finished. I have many different places online where I\u2019ve tried to catalog the movies I\u2019ve watched by rating them (Netflix and IMDB to name a few) as well as a variety of different freeware and online databases where I\u2019ve tried to keep track of our household\u2019s DVD and media inventory.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not that I actually really care all that much about making sure everything is inventoried for insurance or practical purposes. It\u2019s that same feeling of hitting 100% on something; the rush of seeing your entire collection in a CoverFlow-esque arrangement of art is all I want.<\/p>\n