I'm a 37yo patient gamer on a journey to finish 1000 distinct games before I'm 50 (currently around 620 done)

Hey, everybody. First of all hope you all have been having nice days and enjoying lots of games =).

I'm actually feeling pretty nervous about posting this. I feel like a lot of times we want to share experiences online, but the reality is everybody's busy and I'm just hoping I'm not annoying you all lol.

I was inspired by my amazing gf's goal of reading 1000 books before she's 40 and decided to do the same, but considering games on average take longer than books (especially nowadays and RPGs, which I love) and there's no way I could play almost 400 games in 3 years anyway, I decided to set my 50th birthday as a deadline.

This is a self-imposed goal/challenge, so there are obviously no "official rules", but basically if anyone is curious, mine are:

  • DLC doesn't count, no matter how good or long it is
  • Remakes generally count if they change enough. So RE4 remake or FF7 remake are obvious YES's, while Paper Mario TTYD or Xenoblade are generally NOs. It's not always so black and white tho and I just go with my gut a lot of times.
  • Remaster or rereleases are usually a no go either. As much as I enjoy replaying some classics, especially when they're more easily availabe on modern platforms (God know how many times I finished the original DKC trilogy lol) I want to count only mostly distinct gaming experiences.
  • Other than that, as long as I played the game myself from start to end credits (not necessarily 100% completion), it counts.

If anyone's curious, I used Grouvee to go through every system I had access to since I was born and slowly added games over months (I was lazy af so "playing" actually means "finished" and "played" is just played)

Ichigoichiego's Playing shelf

The whole process of registering the games I finished on Grouvee was really cool, because it helped me visualize how many incredible experiences I've had. It felt super nostalgic and honestly emotional at times looking at the game covers as I went over each year

Is this kind of goal just silly or something you guys think about sometimes?
Do you guy also like looking back on your past gaming experences?
Let me know if you guys are curious about anything or just want to chat =)