The new-look collection

Good morning, darling Patrons, and once again, thank you for your continued support of my work on MoeGamer (and, increasing gradually, YouTube).

The other week I shared the state of my collection and said that my wife and I were planning a bit of a shakeup in order to display things a bit more efficiently and effectively. Well, I'm pleased to say that this particular project is now complete, so I wanted to share that with you today.

I actually want to make a video taking a closer look at each shelf to give you the opportunity to see exactly what I have, but that will have to wait a little while. In the meantime, here are some photos!

As you can see, the previous big black Billy bookcases have been replaced by some nice white wall-mounted shelves — still Ikea specials, this time from their Algot range of wall-mounted solutions. They're dead easy to put up and very flexible — just put up the wall strips, clip in some brackets and stick some shelves on top. Or some hooks. Or a clothing rail. Or whatever. Shelves were the main thing I was interested in, and the least deep ones on offer were a good size for putting DVD-sized game cases on.

So, a quick tour then, ahead of a more in-depth look at what's there in a future video.

On the far left, you'll see some short shelves displaying some limited edition packages I have. These are pretty much all from Idea Factory International and Marvelous Europe, both of whom do nice quality LEs with the sort of stuff I like having in an LE without offering them at a bank-breaking price. Your typical IFI or Marvelous LE tends to come with a soundtrack CD (my favourite addition to any LE), an artbook and "something" to display, be it a cushion cover, dakimakura cover, poster, wall scroll or set of art cards.

From top to bottom, we have Senran Kagura 2 and Senran Kagura Shinovi Versus, then on the next shelf down there's Senran Kagura Estival Versus and Valkyrie Drive Bhikkuni.

Then begins the IFI festival, with Hyperdimension Neptunia U, Superdimension Neptune vs. Sega Hard Girls (which I still need to play), Megatagmension Blanc + Neptune vs. Zombies and the awesome Megadimension Neptunia V-II.

Next up are the older Neptunia titles, including Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 2 and 3 (there's no 1, since that didn't get a physical release here in Europe — boo!) along with the criminally underrated Hyperdevotion Noire.

Under that are some non-Neptunia IFI LEs, including Trillion: God of Destruction, Fairy Fencer F and MeiQ: Labyrinth of Death, and underneath that there's Omega Quintet, Drakengard 3 and Corpse Party: Blood Drive.

Moving across to the right we have some PC limited edition releases of visual novels, including School Days HQ, the Kickstarter edition of Clannad, JAST USA's release of Steins;Gate and School Days sequel Shiny Days. Under that we have my small but perfectly formed PS1 collection along with my ballooning PS2 lineup (which has actually expanded even further since this photo was taken).

On the smaller set of shelves in the middle we have PS3, PSP, Vita and PS4, with a bit of room for each to expand, since the latter two in particular are still systems for which there are lots of games I want to collect. The PS3, on the other hand, I don't see my collection expanding considerably beyond what I have now; I have pretty much every localised JRPG on the system (with the exception of the Disgaeas, which I'm inclined to grab the better versions of on Vita) and that's primarily what I'm concerned with.

In the top right we have PC games, mostly visual novels but with a few classics in there such as a pack of LucasArts adventures that I can't quite bear to part with even though I have better, more compatible versions on Steam and GOG. Under that there are DS and 3DS games, then Gamecube and Wii, then Wii U accompanied by the "Estra's Valley of Warmth" boobie mousepad that came with MeiQ, then finally Xbox 360 at the bottom.

As I say, for those curious about specifics, I'll do a more in-depth video soon, so watch out for that!

Here's the reverse angle of the room, showing the surviving Billy containing the bulk of my board game collection. My wife used her formidable Tetris skills to fit all of the big boxes on these shelves, then found a suitable place elsewhere in the room to put smaller titles such as card games and suchlike.

Here's a view from the back of the room looking forward. On the left is the fireplace that my wife blocked up because it was hideous and in the way. Now it's just a wall.

And here's the view from the couch, showing my media setup and fancy-pants new microphone for video commentary. Connected to the TV we have a PC, Xbox 360, a hacked Wii (I did this purely so I could play Trauma Team), a Wii U, two PS2s (one PAL, one US NTSC), a PS3, a PS4 and a PlayStation TV. My Mega Drive, Super NES and Atari 800XL are all upstairs in what was my "office" while I worked from home.

So that's that! I hope you enjoyed this quick tour.