I know I'm anal (damned OCD), but I wanted to ask something.

Is there any way that moisture would affect a disc in a negative way? I worry about moisture from showers affecting my DVDs, because they're in the room next to the washroom. However, my games are on another level of the house, so I don't really worry about them much.

Yesterday, I went out and accidentally left a copy of Burnout Revenge for the 360, in my van. I had it in one of those pouches that you usualyl find on the back of the seats, and it was in its Blockbuster rental case. It was in there from about noon, until midnight; luckily, it wasn't a sunny day. It rained off and on and was basically just a gloomy day. So, when I brought it in, I checked the disc for moisture and there was a bit on it that disappeared pretty quickly.

That wouldn't affect the disc would it?

(Yes, I know this is probably a stupid question.)

Yeah I usually keep all my games in vacuum sealed space-age plastic, then I keep them in a titanium vault, sealed, so no oxygen can escape.

You know, my 100+ 3DO games have not been stored in the best of places. Damp, heat, etc and all of them still seem to play fine. I have been playing many of them recently. I think CDs are pretty sturdy.

DVDs I don't know, but I would imagine most can survive the conditions you describe with no problem. Extreme heat could warp them, but it takes more than you described.

Gutwrencher??

I usually keep my 360 games in my van down by the river.. They always seem to work fine..

Moisture shouldn't affect DVDs, CDs, and other such media. Damage on the reflective surface(ie scratches), which would be the label side if its one side, could make parts of the disc unreadable. That is because the read laser reflects of this side to read the disc. If it can't reflect, it can't read. Heat may damage writeable media such as DVDRs and CDRs. This is because write lasers use heat to "burn" data onto the dye on a writeable disc, and extreme heat may affect the dyes.

Well many folks with the original Xbox and the demo discs ended up boiling them (Google it if you want more info), so I don't think you hurt anything