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[jcorb]

I imagine for those of us who've been gaming for 15+ years, I'm not the only one who struggles to keep things organized.

Not just the struggle for *space* for things you want easy access to, but also just making sense of the myriad of cords you accumulate over time. I think most people can probably relate to "here's a power plug, but I've got no idea what the hell it goes to", but also having a billion different USB cords in various lengths and connections floating around.

I'm in a particular pinch myself, as I'm staying in a *very* small bedroom, and find myself constantly tripping over one thing or another. I'm in a cleaning mood, but I find myself putting virtually every electrical item in a rough sort of "catch-all" space, and I know that's going to be an ungodly tangle of wires by the time I actually need something.

From gaming, to just broadly managing various cords for your PC or other devices, how do YOU guys keep all your shit neatly organized? Any advice?

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

I don't.

 

[NecrosaroIII]

I don't.

Came here to say this.

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

You are smart.

 

[Pegasus Actual]

I am highly disorganized to a fault. I think the only solution for me would be to go 100% digital and trash/sell lots of old hardware.

Of course, my digital shit will still be highly disorganized but at least it wouldn't spill over into the real world.

 

[Muffdraul]

I lived in the same place for over 25 years. I had to move two years ago. I separated all of my games into separate 'book' boxes. My collection goes back to 1991. (Technically back to the early 80s if you count my TI994A and Microvision games.)

Suffice it to say, 99% of my gaming shit is still in those boxes and will never come out again. Having to deal with a collection that big nowadays taught me one thing: digital is better. Even if I own a physical PS4 or Xbox game, fuck it. If I really want to play it again that bad, I'll just buy it digitally. It's one of the nice things about being this old and having saved up enough to sleep on a huge pile of money. I can re-buy all the digital games I want without a second thought.

 

[digital_ghost]

I have an robotic wife that cleans, organizes, gives me sex, and best of all doesn't bitch.

When I get tired of looking at her I replace her face.

She has oilgasams and says "Ooooh baby I'm oiling " when she cums.

 

[BlackTron]

 

[AJUMP23]

I have bookcases.

 

[killatopak]

This is why you keep the box it came with. Then pile all those boxes in corner labeled gaming.

 

[ReBurn]

I went digital. Much less crap to organize.

 

[poppabk]

I organize everything by what it is used for and place them in different sections of a box. Then over a month or so they get completely disorganized as I use one thing or another. Then for 5 months or so I just pull everything out of the box and search through the giant pile. Then I organize everything by what it is used for and place them in different sections of a box.
Repeat.

 

[*Nightwing]

 

[Dacvak]

I have so much space and shelving and yet I still haven’t organized my stuff since I moved into my house.

 

[kunonabi]

I moved to a new house and lost all my room so I've had to resort to these:

Fasmov White DVD Storage Bags Hold up to 160 DVDs (40 Each Bag), Set of 4 https://a.co/d/0Qha5yJ

Snap-N-Store CD Storage Box - Pack of 1/2 - Durable Disc Holder with Lid to Store for Discs (1 Pack - Doublewide CD, Black) https://a.co/d/0UCpFLQ

 

[intbal]

Every gaming system goes in a different room.
Never cross the streams cables.

 

[Dirk Benedict]

Everything is put away.
I currently have my pants down, bent over for the all digital future to take its rightful place. 90% less wires, as well.

 

[ahtlas7]

Boxes and closet. I hate clutter.

 

[Valonquar]

Mostly digital. Nice wood entertainment cabinet with a few drawers on one side and a sliding door on center and other side for reciever\consoles. Everything is hidden for the most part.

 

[Sidney Prescott]

It's pretty easy these days as I'm mostly digital. Gravitated a lot to PC gaming and Steam. I have my PC on one side of my desk and PS5 on the other.

Probably need to figure out a better set-up though when I hopefully get two monitors in the near future.