I am an Acquisition Idol.

I too, get sucked in with some of the reviews. I watch game play and think - ooh, that looks nice, then wishlist it. But lately I try to be tough on myself - am a very average gamer and struggle with certain mechanics. Despite the game looking nice I have to question whether I really can finish such a game. I now try to avoid games with such words as metroidvania, roguelike (perma death is something I hate), even platformers (although some puzzle platformers are okay, less speed and more thinking - that I can do :)
I have a weakness for hogs, rpg maker games (some are truly awful, I do try to avoid those), puzzles and open world rpgs. My wishlist is huge. More a sort of "ooh, that looks interesting, I will investigate that at some other time" list.

And I get sucked into the sales too.
Sort of like tiptoeing through a marsh - that nice game is just over there, but if I go for it ... then I might lose my way back to these two nice games just over the other way. For me personally I have to battle over what I want (everything! is that so bad, really?) and what I need, which honestly, is not more games. I have enough.

The activity feed is another concern for me (checking what others are buying leads to more on my wishlist - so fomo I guess).

Steam knows how to exploit my weaknesses (damn their marketers). But as you mentioned - cost of living is biting. I no longer buy so many bundles, some are really expensive now. I find I am reading more, trying to get out and walk more (currently winter so I cheat some when it is wet). And it is wet today, and I am on the computer, looking at games I might win :(

Yeah the genre mood, i got that too, you don't always want to stress yourself to the limit when you trying a precision platformer (it also affects my stomach too much stress) then sometimes you just want something relaxing where i tend to go to point and click adventures or puzzle games.

I am not sure, i hope valve will still remain some decades to come, i think i outlive it, and if they were to close they would find a solution for us to keep our games (although with large amounts it's still a pain) i remember downloading 1000 games on desura i had before it went down.

Well noone is forcing me either, so no pressure either, i mean if you buy yourself a bundle or a friend gifts you they won't force you, although if you do win a game here, you kinda feel bad sometimes that you don't play it immediately (and some also expect you too) but there is nothing wrong when you say oh i will get to it when time comes.

In the end, we should just enjoy what we have, the game we have at our pace, there is no contest over it.

Yeah i got Kingdom hearts on epic during the last xmas sale not thinking it would come to steam any time soon, which made me learn really not to just buy anything on epic anymore (maybe ff16, maybe).
1, 2, 3 and birth by sleep i did, all took 60-100 hours each on critical mode plus all the extra's.
But epic has nothing really to show off/for and a friend gifted me them also on steam, while i just played them, i kinda feel like just replaying them again just to show the achievements, epic had achievements finishing them on level 1 and such, those are just too nasty and mean, i don't believe luckily steam has those.
I played all the normal games in the past and now, and the card game on gba, i never played the other ones, maybe partially 365 1/2 or whatever it was called but that game felt a bit weird.

Isles of the Sea is really one of those games that you shouldn't put 2 hours in it straight at times, and just let it rest and come back the day after because often you are like what now? And you are not seeing it unless you look at it with a fresh mind again, also another minor tidbit about the game you need power ups for later maps and it's not always clear.

I tried Fez twice but never could get into it, it looks cute but the puzzling, the walking around didn't felt appealing.
Baba i also have to get back too, but i believe i remember it was quite difficult.
Reminds me that Owlboy is also a game to be really recommended.

Yeah and especially when mind and body are controlling you and your part of your daily life rather then you being in control, it kinda sucks, but it's life, but i bought some fitness thing to train the issue and it seems to be working but i learned not to cheer too early anymore, that only saves disappointments.

Well lots of external harddrives, i still find it a mystery how the technology halted and we don't have petabyte drives yet, just 1 or 2 of those to have everything.

Streaming games? I thought about it, but kids and the bigger audience i feel want the AAA games and that field is already taken, or you can go for smaller / indie games and then you be lucky to get 10 viewers, i am also afraid it will take the pleasure out of playing games.
I also have the cheapest, slowest internet there is, everything with tv is already expensive as it is, and for some reason they feel they can increase the price each year.

And when you stream, whenever you want to take a bathroom break, or the doorbell goes, your phone, or you want a snack, you are more freely to do so, i am always afk a lot.
And i need to get some physical (and mental) stuff sorted, one physical thing that is even from november which somewhat controlling my life instead of the other way around, if all that can go better then hopefully i am also more better in my skin, and feel more like playing again, but as mentioned elsewhere i am also a mood player, unless it's a really fun game, often i don't play 1 game immediately from start to end, but maybe one moment this game and the other moment that game.

And yes, there also been some moments i felt like playing games, is that all there is to life? I used to be okay with that, but i need some more variety in my life, i just don't know what yet.
I was also going to learn BASIC with my dad when we both a got a C64 maxi, we bought a lot of second hand books, but sadly he passed away and one of those things i don't get around to it, same as the many consoles i have (and yes those 12000 games kinda is the cause).