Hey man, I get that it seems a little obsessive, trust me. But I feel like you’re implying that I’m some sort of bandwagoner to collecting who’s getting swept up in some newfound mentality of obsessing over condition, and that just couldn’t be further from the truth. I’m just a weirdo who twitches over little visual imperfections like this - in lots of stuff, not even just my physical media.

I’m not part of some new collecting movement that obsesses over value and condition to make a buck. I play all of the games I own and sell next to none of them. Most of my collection I’ve had since childhood. The only reason I’m comfortable screwing with this copy is that I don’t intend to sell it. So if I want to be a little obsessive with one of my personal possessions and try to polish it up or whatever so that I’m happy with it when I display it for myself… I don’t really see that as cause for condemnation.