Hello Everyone, Sorry I've Been Missing!

[gf78]

Missed visiting the forums!  Life's been keeping me beyond busy!  Raising my son (already 16 months old!!!), two teenage daughters, working 60-80 hours a week (varies) and my wife has had TWO shoulder surgeries in the last year, the latest on December 20th for a torn rotator cuff. Ouch!

Since I've been gone, my game collecting focus has shifted to Nintendo for the most part. I've sold & traded all of my PlayStation stuff, widdle my Xbox collection down to just a few dozen items (mostly ID software stuff) and have gone crazy getting Zelda stuff. Breath of the Wild is my absolute favorite Zelda game and ranks in my Top 5 favorite games of all time. Currently working on the expansion pass quests.

I've continued to enjoy the superhero movies and I buy all of those. My Star Wars obsession took a big hit when I saw The Last Jedi. I have issues with that movie that despite everyone critical of it being labeled a "toxic troll" has nothing to do with women or whatever they want to say everyone who hates the movie is. My issues in general are illogical time jumps/pacing, killing characters we barely know/have seen, Luke's completely illogical behavior and the complete dismissal of Rey's prodigy-like skills. The "chase till they run out of gas" was completely groan-worthy. Space-Leia made me roll my eyes. The entire casino subplot was contrived and stupid. And while I have no problem with equality in every facet of life, society & entertainment, the film went out of the at every turn to make the Male characters look & act like dumbasses.

Poe:  Disobeys orders, gets stunned AND demoted.
Finn:  Staggers around with horses flopping off him.
Kylo:  Throws tantrums & gets brow-beat by Snoke.
Snoke:  Super powerful, gets offed like a chump.
Chewbacca:  Gets shamed & butthurt for eating roasted Porg.
Hux:  Gets literally tossed around & beat up like a chump.
Del Toro Character:  Stutters and is a slimy weasel.
Admiral Ackbar:  Just got offed.
All of the Male Resistance guys:  Offed like Star Trek redshirts.

...and finally Luke. Oh, poor Luke. Tosses his lightsaber over his shoulder and off a cliff. Regardless if he rejected the Jedi way, there would be a whole host of emotions wrapped up in that moment. He looked truly emotional at the end of Fprce Awakens when he saw it. Rian Johnson trolled us in Last Jedi. Squeezing blue milk out of a sea cow things tur. The pogo vault to spear a fish. Being a general prick. The whole attempting to kill his nephew. It was all a big crock of shit.

Boy...gotta settle down.  Breathe....breathe....LOL. Well, nice to be back. Hope I get to talk to you guys a whole lot more!  Hope everyone is in the midst of happy holidays!

[ignition365]

Woah, long time no hear.

[rayne315]

holy crap!! long time no see! glad to know your doing ok! definitely missed you around here

[soera]

Yo! My PS4 traitor has decided to turncoat on the Xblob as well and go with Nintendo ? 

How ya been? Ive wondered what happened with ya.

[gf78]

Been doing alright!  I've been working 60-80 hours per week since early April. It seems like staff shortages across the state aren't going to be getting any better anytime soon. 

I'm off for Christmas vacation right now, then another four weeks to care for my wife while she recuperates from shoulder surgery. Using that time to do work around the house & property that my work schedule has precluded me from doing most of this year.

As for Nintendo, their games & characters have always held a special place in my heart. I'm keeping the 'bone around for the few games I want that aren't on Switch. But with Microsoft's big push to make gaming like Netflix, I know I can count on my Nintendo games to both play perfectly out of the box and have mostly physical copies.

I've also gone all-in on Zelda, picking up tons of books, figures, etc. I have a pretty good collection going. How have you been Soera?!

[bikingjahuty]

Welcome back!


What made you change your mind about your Sony stuff? I can't imagine ever parting with my various Sony consoles or their games. To be honest, I'd sell most of my Nintendo games first lol.


Agree 110% about Star Wars. I have zero hype or faith in the future of Star Wars in Disney's hands.

[kashell]

You're back! Great to see you again.

[soera]

Ive been good. Recently (as in the last 6 months) Ive started both a new job and a new relationship. Nearing in on that 900 PS4 physical title mark. Looking forward to seeing what 2019 has in store for me both personally and PS4'ally.

[desocietas]

ayyy gf78, good to see you again awesome to hear about your family and hope your wife recovers well

[gf78]

What made you change your mind about your Sony stuff? I can't imagine ever parting with my various Sony consoles or their games. To be honest, I'd sell most of my Nintendo games first lol.

When my wife became pregnant, my priorities changed. I sold a ton of stuff. With games, I started with my high-priced collector's editions and rare titles. Going through bankruptcy didnt help.

When everything was done, the doctors Bill's for the baby (lots of appointments, high risk pregnancy) were over with and my wife was declared 100% disabled our money situation improved dramatically.

It was actually my wife, buying me the NES & SNES Classics that made me realize how much I love those characters & miss playing those series. Especially Zelda!  And my son loves watching me play Nintendo games!  He cracks me up. He's put together that Mario falling into a hole is a bad thing!  He looks at me and says "Uh-oh!" When I'm playing Breath of the Wild and it goes to the loading screen, he looks at me and says "Where'd he go?"  He also likes to sit in my lap and help daddy. Usually messing me up, but he's my pal so it's all good!

So long story short, Nintendo has been my main go-to and I'm fine with that. Even when a Switch game has an update, it's usually small. And unlike Xbox, I can put a game in and start playing without waiting 24 hours for the install and 60 gig update to finish (looking at you Halo 5!). 

[oldgamerz]

Welcome back  @gf78 I am still kinda of a new member chances are you probably never seen much of me on here yet, I just want to wish you good luck and a healthy happy family and a happy new year

[droaa]

Im probably going to be off based but werent you the user that for a while was selling off a crapton of their stuff. I remember prior to the closing of my old account that there was alot of off loading of collection coming from you I think. The last thing I remember was you were trying to sell off your playstation demo collection. Again I could be wrong.

[gf78]

Im probably going to be off based but werent you the user that for a while was selling off a crapton of their stuff. I remember prior to the closing of my old account that there was alot of off loading of collection coming from you I think. The last thing I remember was you were trying to sell off your playstation demo collection. Again I could be wrong.

Yep, that was me. Sometimes finances become strained, medical bills loom and the needs of your family take precedence.

[droaa]

Im probably going to be off based but werent you the user that for a while was selling off a crapton of their stuff. I remember prior to the closing of my old account that there was alot of off loading of collection coming from you I think. The last thing I remember was you were trying to sell off your playstation demo collection. Again I could be wrong.

Yep, that was me. Sometimes finances become strained, medical bills loom and the needs of your family take precedence.

Of course. Gotta take care of the family first and seems you have some control especially if you have the time to post here. Glad to have you have back sir.

[telly]

Good to see you back around! We've missed ya