32 year old Gamer Seriously Obsessed with Microsoft

Matt Writes:

Hi there! My name is Matt, gamertag: Velodyne. I am a 32 year old hardcore Xbox collector. I am married and have a very understanding wife who accepts my gaming addiction. I just wanted to share with you guys some pics of my Xbox 360 and Xbox collection. To date I currently own all of the North American Xbox 360 games (247 games) as well as all of the Xbox Live Arcade games (129). I also own 150 original Xbox games. Various accessories are also shown in the pictures. I am hooked on the Xbox platform and all of the achievements that can be had with owning the games for the platform. I try to play on average about 2-3 hours a night after juggling working as a full time home audio salesman, and looking after my 8 year old step daughter. My wife occasionally plays some of the puzzle games on the system and she can't wait for Ninja Gaiden to come out to watch me play. She loves the original! As a long time fan of your site, I thought you would like to see my collection as I am definitely an obsessed gamer.

[Relcom]

huge fan of Kotaku then

[Creepa at GameManx]

Dude can't be playing video games when he hits 40 mann...you have to draw the line somewhere

[Relcom]

and something just being creepy is small, and i think Matt crossed it awhile ago

[Superfragilistic]

Why so many controllers and a dozen headsets?

The poor wife.

[gogators]

his wife is letting him host some lan matches. What else does some one need a dozen or so controllers for?

[sonarus]

Lol that is a real obsession. He has a little shrine going on there...some serious worshiping indeed. Hard to call him a real game collector since he restricts his gaming to only one brand

[Bathyj]

No wonder Mart, I mean Matt, only has a STEP Daughter. At least the freak has a Bravia.

Buy yourself a Playstation or a Nintendo, obsession is not good.

[lessthanmarcus]

You can play video games til you die. It's another form of entertainment. Why would you tell someone "oh you're too old, you can't watch movies." What bothers me though is all the money he spent on CRAP games. Pick up a Wii or PS3 and buy the quality games there. Shouldn't have wasted your money paying full price for all those crap games. He'll regret this later

[SixZeroFour]

he actually says "I am a 32 year old hardcore Xbox collector"...note the "harcore 'Xbox' collector" so yea, i would say he said it right the first time

as for his head sets and controllers, i would say that he has that many cause he is trying to buy every version of the controllers and headsets, and as for the doubles, id say they came with his purchase of the various 360 editions he has

i gotta say thats a pretty impressive "xbox" collection

[potenquatro]

let me get this straight. a rich guy can have a classic car collection, or a g-string collection from all the girls he has banged(best kind), but as soon as he collects xbox games he's a looser. if alot of poeple here would judge themselves the way they jugde others they'd fail miserably. this is just some hating because it's not a ps3 collection.

@creepa: if you love videogames enuff to comment on a gaming site regularly, i'd like to see u at 40 finding out u still love videogames, and becoming the very evil u preach against.

[pwnmaster3000]

well atleast he has a wife so is not that bad u kno. hes not those 40 year old virgin living with there mom still, but sooner or later he needs to drop the games

[tweaker]

He shouldn't have to drop the games. Why would he? If that's what he loves, why stop?

[Bnet343]

Exactly, I'll keep playing video games till' I die.

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

There saw a pic of a 45 year old lady on Live the other day, she still looked gof for 5 kids and 3 grandkids. My mom is 57 and she play's the hell out of Final Fantasy, Warcraft, and Fable.

[PoSTedUP]

damn....whats his address?

[Creepa at GameManx]

lol

[Fux4Bux]

That is freaking pathetic. Just don't buy some of the crap games and you'd have a lot more good stuff.

[OMGLOLZ]

What a nice collection you have!

[Cpt Longcock]

:)

[Zhuk]

I applaud Matt's contribution to making the Xbox 360 the premier choice for the ultimate high definition home entertainment experience. With all those AAA titles and award winning peripherals, Matt is undoubtedly in gaming bliss with his enviable selection of Xbox and Xbox 360 products.

[R Kelly]

i want to pee on you

[Creepa at GameManx]

your sick mann

[R Kelly]

i am r kelly

[Bathyj]

I wouldn't piss on him if he was on fire.

You make me taste bile Zhuk.

[AngryTypingGuy]

R Kelly - "I Want to Pee on You" - One of the greatest comedy sketches ever, courtesy of Dave Chappelle.

[joydestroy]

he gets paid nice apparently.

[MEGANE]

i bet i least two of those 3 xbox had the RED RING OF DEATH...lol
The only good thing i see on those pics is the TV..lol

[avacadosnorkel]

how many boxes he's lost to failure having all the games.

I only had 8 or 9 games and got RROD twice.

Maybe he doesn't really play the games...they're just for show?

[macalatus]

Geez...I wonder if his wife looks just like Bill Gates. ;)

[Creepa at GameManx]

he probably turns down the pu$$y on a regular basis to play halo....

[RobotIsTheFuture]

Above: ROFL! I bet he does!

on Topic: Seriously...I feel bad for u Matt. What a waste of dough in all "that". Actually u could be playin REAL games if u knew were's the REAL DEAL; but that's what u like so... enjoy my friend, enjoy.

MGS4 TW!!!
Link: http://www.gametrailers.com...

-Robot Is The Future-

[Robearboy]

I Wonder what his gamer score is?

[Creepa at GameManx]

good question...hmmm

[Exorgasm]

73,215

[Obama]

Looks like Matt doesn't have to decorate his house during chrismas.

[donator]

Proof of the existence of the die hard Xbox 360 fans?

[Neurotoxin]

"Honey..... Its me or the Xbox"

I`m guessing he will be going for the Xbox.

[VesNL]

Most of the times faced with such a question the husbands choice their wife without a heartbeat thinking.

[Diugu]

-Runs off to buy a PS3/Wii.

[Britjadg]

so THATS why the attach rate on Xbox is so high.

i applaud the guys enthusiasm, but come on? 247 games? a dozen controllers? how many headsets does one man need?

[kwicksandz]

You sony guys need someone like this to up your attach rate! Maybe nazsim or shadow hearts has a secret playstation bunker.

He must have bought some godawful games though. Some games dont deserve to be in your collection lol.

[Bathyj]

Theres no way he could have even played all those games more than a little bit each, and 2/3's of them are crap, talk about achievement whore.

[jones smokey]

u need help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

[SL1M DADDY]

But not too practical...

[Strife Lives]

To prom lmao

[IzKyD1331]

i wonder how many RRODs this guy had in his MS "adventure"

[felidae]

Matt???? ... you mean "Mart"

[KLEPTOMANIAC]

i bet he can sure kick some a$$ on XBL

[sumfood4u]

Not Surprised at all!

[Noah]

If he was really Obsessed with Microsoft then he would own a HaloXbox.(which i Do.)

[DOOMZ]

AwEsomE!

[poeo]

How can you get obsessed with a particular brand? Weird stuff.. He's missing out on a lot of good stuff on other consoles. I mean jeez, at least get a DS or something.

EDIT: Not that i wouldn't mind having his collection lol

[adalwolfe]

I don't know why you guys are giving him a hard time for gaming when he is 40.. nothing wrong with gaming, Im 29, and I wouldn't want to stop gaming just because i am 40.. hell, i am looking forward to the day I retire at 55 so i can game as much as I want without having to worry about work. What else would I do? watch tv, its all media control garbage, movies are generally remakes, rarely is anything actually new. Read about politicians and the corruption of the government? no thanks. play cards?! Last thing in the world I would want to be is a miserable senior not gaming because it is not socially acceptable for someone that age.. the world can take its stereotypes an shove em.. what would I care I would be old!

I mean sure my kids will come first, and sex is nice now but when your "over the hill" you sorta loose interest..

yup.. I would not want to stop gamin.. not ever, think of how much games progressed over the past 20 years.. could you imagine what they'd be like in 20 more.. why on earth would you want to stop??

of course buying an entire collection of a console is a little strange.. who are we to judge though if a person has a passion for something.. I say more power to him, at least he isn't a bible extremist or even a trekie.

[poeo]

Hey hey heyyyy.. trekkies are alright!

[Ali_The_Brit]

rofl at the sony tv

[caffman]

Sony make great TVs

[nanometric]

Where's Vista? :D

[Strife Lives]

Due to his obsession,im sure he'd like a wii and wii fit

[callahan09]

I find it odd that this guy is willing to spend his hard-earned money on all kinds of schlock and crap for the 360 rather than buying a PS3.

Seriously, he's buying Vampire Rain, Fuzion Frenzy 2, Jumper, Bomberman, Pimp My Ride, and all manner of other junk, including what appears to be THREE different Xbox 360 units? He could spend some of that money on a PS3 and Ratchet & Clank, Uncharted, Warhawk, Resistance, and a bunch of other enjoyable PS3 games.

I mean, sure, he probably has a great time with a lot of that stuff he's got, but you just know that he's spent a lot of money on complete junk & superfluous doubles & triples that he never plays. Why do that and ignore the good gaming available "across the aisle"?

[AngryTypingGuy]

I agree that it's foolish to spend money on a bunch of crap games, but crap games are the only ones you listed on the 360, yet you listed some of the better games for the PS3. You could've just as easily listed AAA titles for the 360 or crap games for the PS3, like Gundham.

By the way, there's more top notch games and "good gaming" on the 360 than the PS3.

[bootsielon]

theMart

[Rocko]

Sit the f*ck down.

[moujahed]

So that means this fool actually spent money on crappy titles like "Viva Pinata?" All because he's a hardcore x-box collector???

That's the true definition of "Fan Boy"

[BoneMagnus]

this excess would be unacceptable - given our budget. If this dude is wealthy - go for it!

What I really want, though is more time - not more games, because many are unfinished/not even started as it is now.

What is a shame is that games do not hold their value - his investment will continue to lose its worth until each game is worth $1.99. I hope his hardware holds out many years so he can actually play most of those games.

[nanometric]

I think it goes more like a positive parabola, the starting price is high, then over the next years it drops and after some more time it goes up again and maybe even exceeds the initial price. Just go check ebay on some nes/snes/atari games, you'd be surprised.

[BoneMagnus]

I hope so! Maybe 20 years from now having the Halo series on a working 360 will be worth some bank! Not that I'd actually sell my collection...

[BigKev45]

What a stupid comment. I'm 30 and I'm a gamer. But I don't let it control my life. I have a good career & other hobbies as well. I have a friend who is 45 & is a gamer a well.

A gamer is a gamer for life. Get with it.

[richie007bond]

Yeah your right,am 35 and have been into games since i was a teenager,more so now because off the power off the current generation of consoles,not forgetting PC gaming.Ill always love gaming and i look forward to what the future holds.Gamers have NO age limit...

[popup]

It's the generation thing. Older generations never grew up on games but there are a lot of 30 something's that have been there since the start and have no intention of giving up.

When you are a kid, you think you will never grow out of toys. You do but only cos you get new, better ones:- Real cars, Beer and Women.

[jspc1989]

i mean with only 3 hours to play when ur juggling a life family etc... theres no chance in hell hes ever gona be able to complete all those. whats the point in all that. i feel sorry for him if he ever discovers sony or nintendo lol - he's gona hav to remortgage to afford it all.

[jspc1989]

well said bro i cudnt agree more :D.

[richie007bond]

cheers,have a bubble my friend

[Marceles]

Maybe he can hook me up with a job...i wonder how many of those games are still unopened if he only plays 2-3 hours a night

[mc]

freak!

[ASSASSYN 36o]

My father is 63 makes $100,000 a year and plays pc games every weekend. Im 29 back in school working on my second degree and can be found on xbox-live everyday.

[RAM MAGNUMS]

This guy is a clown. I was surprised to see only one xbox, wheres all the broken ones?!?

Somebody should see my sony collection, from walkman to televisions. But, I dont think anybody would give a Fu#K!

[Deadman64]

Good assumption...no one would.

[Strife Lives]

mmm. . i'd love my wife too much to spend so much time.Im sure she supports it. . . .cuz shes having an affair lmao

[peksi]

...I can picture all the 150kg of "understanding" his wife has... that outta drive his gaming insanity forward at full throttle!

[LJWooly]

They spelled Mart wrong.

[Creepa at GameManx]

LMAO!!!!!!!

[pimpstation]

Just your average Kotaku reader.

[brothersimon]

When you're that old, unless your job involves games you shouldnt be a gamer.

[NinjaRyu]

I'm really sure at least one of you have the same kinda collection the way you guys act on this damn site!

[Rhezin]

yah your right nobody would care to see your sony collection, because no one cares about the ps3. ITS LAME just like the droids behind it.

[Don Ahid]

this guy is a real reject he must hav no social life wht so eva damn n i thought ma mate was an addict but DAMN!!!!!

[CRIMS0N_W0LF]

how can people like him even get married

He has ALL X360 games. That includes Vampire Rain!!AAAAAHHHH

[BigKev45]

So I guess that means we should give up watching movies as well at the age of 40. Gaming is a form of entertainment like watching sports, watching TV. Hello.

[MetalProxy]

I have a super nintendo game thats worth more than that guys whole collection.

[Gaara_724]

how the hell did he get a wife i bet he puts gaming before sex

[Salta_nelas]

I dont see any wrong in enjoying games in 30s, i am 24 and i cant see the day when i ll stop enjoying games.

As long as that dude puts sex before gaming he is fine.

[PS360PCROCKS]

and to think I feel like a nerd for having 14 games.

[CurlUpAndDie]

this guy knows what console is superior. He's my hero and idol. many headsets for many friends, DUH!

[KingKirchner]

I was reading the summary thing on this page and at the end it said "As a long time fan of your site,"
then I scrolled down to where it said "kotaku.com"

i lol'd

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

He has this misconception that his wife actually enjoys watching him play games.

I think she just loves him very much...and she's doing it because of that.

It happens with a lot of girls these days. Most of the "just got an Xbox, Call of Duty 4, Halo 3, and Guitar Hero" guys play video games while their girlfriends are over. The girls hate it, but the guys think they don't.

Some guys are really shallow though...

[Rourker]

just wow, I'm 18 and I already know that this is the last generation I'll own a console, unless of course I become a game developer :P, in which case it would be my job to have them. by the way this guy must be very rich, or he just rides his bicycle everywhere.

[Morgue]

Between the Xbox and the 360, I own 17 games which I consider the best ones or the ones I can't trade in because I would only get a dollar. Maybe he's the ( insert word here because I can't ) that is in that Xbox Boyz band? And the comments for that video are probably wrote by 10 year olds.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[poopface1]

he owns all xbox 360 games and all arcade games? Thats crazy. he cant possibly want to play them all. Mus tof cost alot huh.

[Tmac]

Why is some one submitting an article about power of green? We already know he's a loser.

[40cal]

What a waste of money. Get a life.

[snakeater]

not wasting your money on garbage like all those useless games and getting a sony bravia xbr5 that tv is outdated,considering the money he wasted on those xboxes and games

[Meus Renaissance]

My wife would be understanding of me playing video games, but not being an addict on that level - that is impressive but dude, I hope his life outside gaming is great though.

[tk262]

This dude is crazy. I mean I bet he spends all of his money from that little company of his on games,systems and everything! I mean I can understand like 20-30 years from now hey could sell all that for a lot of money. But well...someone has to collect something,right? Why not Xbox stuff.

[JadedWriter]

I'm all for collecting games (think my collection is at 160 now), but they have to be good are at least decent and Shadowrun and Vampire Rain are by no means collectible.

[level 360]

Just wow man.

[urban bohemian]

Hero

[hollowtipz_360]

how much thosands of dollars is that....living the 30 year old version life

[Exia]

I LOLed when I saw the Sony TV.

[Freayr]

Looks a lot like my toilet.

He should buy a PS3, and a Rig, thats how to game.

[Maximus]

Is that a SONY TV in his entertainment center?

[xkarxfreddy]

i wana wife like urs!!!!! an also the game collection u av!!!!!!!! :)

[Xlll]

What you need is a life and some real help. Then maybe just maybe you'll get laid.

[Alcohog]

What a nerd.

[Michael Jackson]

so what? that's nothing compared to my very own theme park at my backyard... you don't hear anyone calling me obsessed... just pedo... damn, i still lose.

[Bigpuff]

this guy needs to get a life!

[DarkRayneRules]

Dude needs a bigger pic so we can actually see the game titles. I thought I was good with 81 games... 23 xbox, 29 xbox 360 compat and 29 xbox 360. But then again I only buy the games I like not every single release. Oh well... soon enough I'll have an extra 9 xbox 360 compat games... then there's some xbox 360 games I want to get, and some games being released. Don't think I'll ever catch up to that dude though. Don't know if I really want to though... some games are just to 'lame'. But seriously I want to see what games they are... I can't believe he has every single released game. Dude must be rich!

[Singaso]

He's a HUGE Xbox supporter but you just can't help seeing the Big Screen Sony television.

[neoxdonut]

I wounder if he's looking to adopt a son. XD

[AGZEN]

PURELY MAD