Thoughts on Alphabetizing

[GrayGhost81]

I've decided to put all my James Bond related games together.

Some start with 007, others with James Bond, others with even other stuff.

Any ideas on the best way to handle this?

Book stores organize by Series Name in that case, e.g. Star Wars for all Star Wars-related books. I'd organize it based on James Bond, personally.

Good call, and pretty much what I was thinking. Going by James Bond throws them nicely near the middle of the pile, while going by 007 would have them all first, which I'm not too keen on for some reason.

[Hungrymoose]

I like to organize my games by throwing them all in a pile and picking blindly 1 at a time and putting it on the shelf.  That just seems right.

[Shadow Kisuragi]

I like to organize my games by throwing them all in a pile and picking blindly 1 at a time and putting it on the shelf.  That just seems right.

That sounds like my game room!

[GamerNick]

Mine are all alphabetized by system an title no straying I kind of have an OCD when it comes to that stuff all of my baseball cards except my sets are all alphabetized and I have over a million cards so how's them apples and bananas.

For example:
Nes
10 yard flight
76-in-1
Abbadox
Astyrax
So on and so forth

[Hungrymoose]

BB cards are all numbered though.  Shouldn't they be in numbered order??  That's the way I always did it.

[GamerNick]

BB cards are all numbered though.  Shouldn't they be in numbered order??  That's the way I always did it.

In sets yes but my bulk cards like singles are all alphabetized by player last name and then sorted by year for example: Cal Ripken or as it is in my excel document: Ripken Jr., Cal -
1982 Topps
1982 Topps Traded
1982 Donruss
so on and so forth

[Link41]

I really need to organize my collection...

[Crabmaster2000]

I've decided to put all my James Bond related games together.

Some start with 007, others with James Bond, others with even other stuff.

Any ideas on the best way to handle this?

I'd probably organize them chronologically by system then by release.

[techwizard]

I've decided to put all my James Bond related games together.

Some start with 007, others with James Bond, others with even other stuff.

Any ideas on the best way to handle this?

I'd probably organize them chronologically by system then by release.

for something like that i would ideally have it all under "james bond" but then within that have them in release order. not sure if that's what you meant crabmaster.

[monkees19]

I'm completely alphabetical by system myself. I used to even keep them together by the console maker (i.e. all Nintendo console games were first/highest on the shelf, followed by Microsoft etc) but that got messy and it left a lot of small open spaces at the end of the shelf. So now they are pretty much up there by a combination of which one gets played the most and which system I have the most for, this way some of the systems I only have a handful of games for can be lumped together at the bottom of the shelf.

[techwizard]

oh for the way i do it i meant within the system, i always organize by system above all else

[Crabmaster2000]

I've decided to put all my James Bond related games together.

Some start with 007, others with James Bond, others with even other stuff.

Any ideas on the best way to handle this?

I'd probably organize them chronologically by system then by release.

for something like that i would ideally have it all under "james bond" but then within that have them in release order. not sure if that's what you meant crabmaster.

I meant something like put all N64 bond games in chronological order, then all Gamecube bond games in chronological order, then Wii, etc.
Consoles in chronological order as well as the games for those consoles.

[Sauza12]

I go strictly alphabetically with my stuff, even for 2600 games which look much better seperated by publisher.  I tried organizing everything so that it was most visually appealing and that lasted three days.  By the third day it was bothering me so much that things weren't organized alphabetically that I went down and changed everything back to where it was over the course of 3 hours.

Having said that, I do make an exception for boxed vs. loose games and big box/small box/DVD case PC games.  I tried those together for a while, but the lack of predictability in how many games I could fit on one shelf killed it. 

[techwizard]

I go strictly alphabetically with my stuff, even for 2600 games which look much better seperated by publisher.  I tried organizing everything so that it was most visually appealing and that lasted three days.  By the third day it was bothering me so much that things weren't organized alphabetically that I went down and changed everything back to where it was over the course of 3 hours.

Having said that, I do make an exception for boxed vs. loose games and big box/small box/DVD case PC games.  I tried those together for a while, but the lack of predictability in how many games I could fit on one shelf killed it. 

oh ya, definitely having boxed and loose games separate is a good way to go. it looks so wrong to have the alternating heights and sizes of the carts between the boxes

[nupoile]

I like to organize my games by throwing them all in a pile and picking blindly 1 at a time and putting it on the shelf.  That just seems right.

That sounds like my game room!

Is there another way?




I mostly have games separated out by console. Loose NES games are actually alphabetical but they are also my biggest group of games. Everything else is either arranged by size (mostly PC games) or color. A good chunk of games are simply arranged randomly. Doesn't really bother me until there is a group of things bigger than 150 or so.

We have a good sized movie (DVD) collection. Those are mostly arranged by actor, then by box color. I advocate for changing this up sometimes. Like rearranging by director with most awards, or movie with highest gross, or making sure every movie is next to a movie it is connected to even by the most obscure connection. Unfortunately my plans are lost on most, sometimes someone will notice we have "Platoon" next to "The Boondock Saints" because of Willem Dafoe and "Hot Shots" next to "Platoon" because, well, why wouldn't you? But it is rare that anyone takes notice of my hard work and forethought