well, as nothing here gets lent out, i just keep everything together. as a player first/collector second, it's funny to see people in the shop pore over game boxes/cd cases like they're rare comic books or delicate rice paper. i just can't make myself NOT play something i spent good loot on, lol. the only things i'm careful with are the crappy sega cardboard boxes (that electronic arts used a few years before sega did, lol), and some complete nes games, but at least THOSE boxes are built to last, lol...

i really need to put up more shelves after the walls are done here- i have about 700 or so games stacked in a growing tower on top of a small file cabinet in one corner, another few hundred on shelves next to that, and a few hundred more cd cases to the right of the tv and on the other wall. then there's the bookcase and table with a load of sfc & mega drive stuff i have to scan for www.classicgaming.com/japangaming when i have the time, lol...