I'm more conscious of my backlog than I used to be. A decade ago, I would have gotten Spore in spite of the mixed reviews and probably picked up Dead Space even though I'm not an FPS fan. These days, I keep a list of what I've got unplayed or under-played (and it's a fairly extensive list) that I look at any time I get the urge to run out and buy a new shiny. I think it might be taking a bit of the fun out of things, though. I'm beating myself up to play games that, for whatever reason, haven't turned out as exciting as I thought when I plunked down my money. Fortunately, most of them weren't purchased full-price, but it's still a lot of wasted money if I don't play them. Not to mention that some of them are games that I know I "should" play and and "should" like--Gothic 1, Div Div, and Jagged Alliance 2 quickly come to mind.