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General / Re: Which console do you think had the best game cases?

« on: September 13, 2016, 02:02:10 am »

I love the look of the Odyssey 2 boxes.  They are a bit flimsy, but the art on them is great and I like the folding box design.

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General / Re: What are you playing?

« on: September 13, 2016, 01:57:09 am »

I'm playing Super Mario World! It's the first time I've ever really dug in to this classic game

I would love to be able to play through this for the first time again.  Be sure to find all 96 exits!

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General / Re: Which do you prefer PC gaming,console gaming,handheld gaming or all of the above

« on: September 11, 2016, 03:33:04 am »

Platform is not all that important to me, but in general I prefer to play on a console.  It's just more simple and easier to get comfortable.  While there are some great handheld games, I can't say I ever feel overly comfortable playing for long periods of time on a portable device.  I don't do much gaming on my laptop as I run linux and don't have the best specs.  However when I do play games on it I find the experience to be about the same as playing a console game for me.

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Club Nintendo Luigi's Mansion variant?

« on: September 09, 2016, 11:16:54 pm »

I have one sitting on my shelf at home.  I'm visiting my family on Sunday so I can provide some pictures then if need be.

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General / Re: VGC's Anonymous/"General" Topic:

« on: September 07, 2016, 12:37:29 pm »

TEAM HOT. Try living in a house with a bad heating system, in a region that has real winter, and some of the highest precipitation and cloudiness in the US. I love running AC and fans. They work. Heating usually does not keep me comfortable.

Veto! Cold sucks. Period.

At least some people get it.

Besides, not wearing clothes is fun. You get to put on a show and earn some extra money.

I find people are more willing to pay me to keep my clothes on

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Off Topic / Re: how the hell do you pick a career??

« on: September 07, 2016, 12:35:03 pm »

If you really do find IT stuff interesting I would recommend sticking with it.  Sure the job market is not as open as say software engineering, but you are going to be hard pressed to find a better job market than the tech industry.  Also the amount of social interaction you have to deal with ultimately depends on your position.  I am an intern with the network engineers group at my job while I'm going to college for information systems and I hardly ever have to interact with people.  On the other hand the helpdesk guys spend most of their day helping people troubleshoot computer problems.  Most people have to spend a year or two at helpdesk regardless of education level as IT values experience a lot more than education, but after that you can transition into less people-oriented roles.
I also love English (I was a double major for a while, but had to stop due to the cost of extra college time), and my job requires that I put my writing skills to use everyday with technical documentation.  Sure writing six pages on spreadsheet style guide compliance is not as exciting as journalism or literature, but I do enjoy putting those skills to practical use.

If you don't enjoy IT try to find something else, but don't let stuff like social skills be what pushes you away from the industry.  Nearly every career path is going to require social skills of some type.  If you have a degree, industry certifications, and strong writing/documentation skills you will be set for success.

Vocational school. Learn a skill and at least the one I went to had a help wanted board for apprenticeship and other jobs involving different skills

That's something I meant to add.  Go for education that has a job attached to it.  Learn a skill instead of useless shit.  Degrees or certificates with a career field attached to it.  In my opinion; History, English, Sociology, etc. degrees are useless and shouldn't be pursued.

Useless might be a bit harsh.  University wasn't always about preparing for a job and those subjects are still hugely relevant in today's world.  The career path is definitely not as clearly defined, but I think there is merit to studying those subjects.  I think the happy medium is getting a minor in something practical while studying these subjects.

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General / Re: VGC's Anonymous/"General" Topic:

« on: September 06, 2016, 10:37:58 pm »

Another vote for team cold.

Why wouldn't you want to be on the cool team 

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Listing Errors 2016

« on: September 03, 2016, 10:06:48 pm »

http://vgcollect.com/item/110983 USA picture.

Image removed

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General / Re: VGC's Anonymous/"General" Topic:

« on: August 28, 2016, 04:28:40 pm »

Buy it!  You can never have enough Atari consoles!

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Off Topic / Re: What kind of Shoes/Sneakers do you wear?

« on: August 27, 2016, 07:15:40 pm »

I wear Dockers at work and Vans at all other times.

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General / Re: What is the most Hours you ever put in a game?

« on: August 27, 2016, 01:52:14 am »

500+ into RuneScape over the years. Doubt any other games come very close

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Classic Video Games / Re: First video game you ever played?

« on: August 23, 2016, 09:12:52 pm »

Going back on my previous answer, does anyone remember cable boxes in the early 90s that had a games section you could play with your remote?
I can't seem to find much about them online but I had one of those before I got my NES.

Some of them still have a games channel.  My parents have Dish Satellite service at home and you can still play games on it with the remote.  I have only ever played the trial versions of the game though.  It's a shame that most of those games are probably not preserved anywhere.

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General / Re: VGC's Anonymous/"General" Topic:

« on: August 23, 2016, 03:06:52 am »

I've been hanging around here for five years now 

I lurk a lot more than I post these days due to not gaming or collecting much currently, but I just wanted to say thank you to the community for continuing to be great over the years.  There is a reason vgcollect.com/forum is still the first website that I visit whenever I turn on my computer. 

Aw, you should know that you are one of the reasons that the site is a great one!

Happy anniversary! My fifth anniversary passed already... Time flies! :O

We need to get @scott to make us some 5 year badges 

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General / Re: VGC's Anonymous/"General" Topic:

« on: August 23, 2016, 02:03:46 am »

I've been hanging around here for five years now 

I lurk a lot more than I post these days due to not gaming or collecting much currently, but I just wanted to say thank you to the community for continuing to be great over the years.  There is a reason vgcollect.com/forum is still the first website that I visit whenever I turn on my computer. 

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Listing Errors 2016

« on: August 20, 2016, 04:29:27 pm »

Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth NA release http://vgcollect.com/item/100568 - should be categorized as Playstation Network (Vita) [NA], not Playstation Vita [NA], there is no physical version in NA. The closest is Asian-English if physical, and the Amazon price that shows on the page which might throw a quick review of the edit off is for the Japanese import copy.
I tried to edit a while back but was rejected.

Platformed changed and description removed.