My system for getting through games is by console. I plug in the console with the most games I either haven’t played or want to play again, then play all the games I want before switching to another console. I’m currently playing all my new PS3 games, and soon, I think I’ll be switching to the PS2 to play some new (well, new to me) PS1 games I recently got.

Like the other commenters, I’m also pretty tolerant of having a backlog, and I generally take my time with the games in it. I try to deal with only one game at a time (or one game per system, at least), though certainly my curiosity about new titles does get the best of me sometimes.

Anyway, I manage to be fairly patient with my backlog, and I only play the games I want to play first because, if I play a game that I’ve had longer, but looks less fun, I’ll end up rushing through and not enjoying it because I want to get to the fun games. There are games that take me a year or two to get to, but I do it eventually. Nevertheless, I have this long list of seven PS1 games I bought recently to get to that looks rather overwhelming, especially when they’re all Square Enix RPG’s. I may need to take a break from them periodically….