I know this is old, but I ahd to throw my $.02 in...
It's like this, Joan said:
>
> So I kept the jewel case, manual, and CD or HuCard. That was all I needed
> to play the game; the box was extraneous and usually had obtuse artwork on
> it anyway that didn't enhance my game-playing experience.
The box is very exciting to me. Even as a little kid when I would
drool for hours at Sears staring Colcovision games (well, the boxes
actually) and Atari 2600 games, I knew that to get one of those into my
collection, it was going to take some pennies (and some serious begging).
When I finally got the game, I wanted to keep the box cause it reminded
me of how badly I wanted the game in the first place. The package is
part of the experience. That's what used to be cool about Working
Designs' games and lots of Japanese efforts. Of course, I only have two
Colecovision boxes left cause my Mom agreed with Joan about gameboxes. I
came home from school one day and found that all of my boxes were tossed
and I did the only thing an eight year old could do... I beat up my
sister. ^_^
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