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« on: September 05, 2017, 04:49:02 pm »

While doing a personal audit of my N64 games, I've come across another baffling situation where I thought that I owned a game that I apparently don't. It's such a mind-**** when that happens. Like you look for the specific game and you're like, "where is it?!?" and it's just not there. No way to prove you ever actually had it. Even though you have it listed on VGC, and you know that you've never cataloged anything that wasn't in your hand as you did it. This has happened before with a DS game once, I just ended up buying it again (or maybe for the first time?).

The game in question is Duke Nukem 64, so not a big deal money-wise. But I swear that I re-bought that game years ago, and that I remember seeing it in my stack of 64 games. It's not there. It's just nowhere. It's listed on my VG Collect, but it's NOT listed on my more recent GameEye app. I'm gonna take all of the drawers out of my old dresser where my 64 games used to be and see if it fell back there somehow, but I doubt it. Must have jumped dimensions again - this one is mostly the same, except for one game in my collection.

I hate when this happens.  I have 2 or 3 games just like this that I need to replace.

In my situation though, they may have been stolen.

This has totally happened to me. I go so far as to doubt myself so much that I end up replacing the item just to find out like 6 months later that someone had borrowed it -____-

I've sold a lot of games over the past year, so when that happens to me I just assume that I sold it without removing it from my collection... even if I sometimes have no recollection of wanting to get rid of it 

I was also given a very awesome Overwatch pre-order bonus pin last year, which I'm now pretty sure was stolen. Sure, I moved twice since I got it, but I "lost" it before I even moved the first time. I'd rather not doubt friends, but I looked everywhere and unpacked everything 

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« on: August 30, 2017, 04:32:57 pm »

does it have enough in depth strategy for someone who is a fan of Xcom games to also find enjoyment out of it?

I've never played Xcom, and I haven't played much of that Mario yet, but so far there seems to be a lot of different and interesting mechanics. Cover lowers accuracy, high ground gives bonus damage, you can dash through enemies for extra damage and jump on your teammates for extra movement. There are also environmental elements, like warp pipes and cover that blows up when it's hit (and deals extra damage). And I feel like there's even more to it that I just haven't encountered yet There are also different enemy archetypes and they have to be approached differently.

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« on: August 30, 2017, 11:41:45 am »

I just learnt about the 30th anniversary Zelda Concert album, and had to insta-order it. I should get it by tomorrow, thanks Amazon 1-day delivery!  Can't wait to listen to it!

On a side note, anybody tried Mario + Rabbids yet? I started it yesterday and I'm pleasantly surprised at how much it feels like an actual Mario game!

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« on: August 22, 2017, 04:43:09 pm »

Scummy local game store just announced an "Early Black Friday sale" but said you have to go to the store to find out what the sales will be.

Someone shared what the sales are.

All 360/PS3 games priced under $10 are 50% off.  (They charge $9.99 for games like Duck Dynasty and NHL 09)
Model 2 Genesis is 50% off.  (Fairly certain they charge $80, so even at $40, you're getting ripped)
Skylanders/Disney Infinity Characters and Portals 50% off (Who even wants this for free?  I know I don't)
PS4/X1 Guitar Hero Live Used Guitars 50% off.  (See above)
Used Fight Sticks 50% off (Cheapest fight stick I've seen was $200, and it wasn't even a good one)

lol they also have a CIB Zelda Ocarina 64 for $250.  Not sealed, just CIB.

Black Friday is still so far away, what the hell O.o

Let's not even talk about these prices.

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« on: August 22, 2017, 10:25:53 am »

I bought another dupe.

I keep trying to do good and make sure I don't already own games, but then someone recommends a game to me and I'm like "Oh, okay, I'll keep an eye out for a cheap copy" and I guess I just forget to check because I assume I don't own it.

Ha, I know the feeling. Sometimes I just don't even think of looking through my list, for some reason 

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« on: August 17, 2017, 05:10:50 pm »

So, I just read a story that a baby dolphin died due to people taking selfies with it.

There are some days that I really, really, really hate people.

Is it the one where it was out of the water, and instead of helping it people were just taking pictures? I saw that a few years ago 

Regardless, anyone who thinks of a picture before helping a living thing just makes me feel sick.

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« on: August 16, 2017, 11:34:46 am »

Got my replacement FF7 disc and completed the game same day! Very surprised just how short disc 3 is without doing any side stuff, really enjoyed it though and regrettably it is the first mainline Final Fantasy I have actually completed (FFT being the first ever). Would give the game a solid 8.5 or 9; I think I lost a bit by not having the nostalgia for it but I definitely think if you can get past the graphics it is a great game to revisit and would recommend it to everyone here who hasn't played it yet. Now ... onto Suikoden 3!!

I really need to play it someday! It's my boyfriend's favorite game and he can't believe I still haven't played it haha.

I needed a way to just cool off and not work too hard, so I started playing Yooka Laylee and man, I love it! It's soooooo reminiscent of Banjo Kazooie, which was my favorite N64 game. On one hand, they did most of the game in the exact same fashion. On the other hand... It's so much fun!

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« on: August 11, 2017, 04:06:14 pm »

These threads are oldies but goodies. Thanks for sharing the laughs yet again! I don't think these will ever get old.

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« on: August 09, 2017, 04:20:56 pm »

My guess is something got out of hand and someone was angry that we were starting so early, but I don't know... maybe it was because you said Spicy Canada?

WHAT IS SPICY CANADA, KASH?!?

Am from Canada, can confirm we're spicy 

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« on: August 07, 2017, 06:07:36 pm »

Was hoping to do it this summer but summer is almost over

Haha, this perfectly describes so many things. My boyfriend and I wanted to go to the aquarium, on a whale watching cruise, camping, do an aerial parkour in trees (http://arbraska.com/en/), and so many more things. It's August and we haven't done any of these

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« on: August 07, 2017, 05:20:16 pm »

Man, I really need to go through my entire collection and compare what I have IRL with what I have listed here. I forgot to add/remove a lot of things, and I'm sure there's more that I'm not seeing right now.

Do you guys go through your entire collection like this every now and then? I feel like I have to do it at least yearly to make sure I'm up to date.

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« on: August 07, 2017, 11:24:23 am »

We got clueless people on the IT/Infrastructure side of things too supporting your programs 

Luckily as far as programming goes I'm the only one in my group that really does it so I only have to deal with computer frustrations instead of people frustrations  (granted MUCH smaller scale projects of course)

Also a belated welcome back Karyann! 

Can you be my support? 

(Disclaimer, I do work with a bunch of very talented, helpful and devoted people who are amazing to work with But I also like to complain   )


And thanks!   

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« on: August 04, 2017, 03:21:30 pm »

As a Lead Developer I can tell you... THIS WILL ALWAYS HAPPEN.

Also, most of the time, the testers are clueless but think they know what is going on.

Yeah, coordinating humans is definitely not my thing. I used to be the second-in-command on a team, and since the team lead was usually always busy elsewhere, I was in charge most of the time. Often wanted to rip my hair off

I've had the opposite effect as well though. The fun thing with having been both a tester and a programmer is that I can safely say that there are clueless people in every aspect of the production 

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« on: August 03, 2017, 05:14:26 pm »

Preaching to the choir. I'm a computer instructor. It's on a daily basis, practically, that I will explain an assignment, and the very next thing out of someone's mouth is, "What are we doing today?" Because they were B.S.ing while I was explaining it.

And just as we're having this discussion... I'm coordinating a test today and specifically asked the testers to screenshot one thing and only that one thing. Somehow they all managed to send me a crap-ton of unrelated screenshots along with it.

In their defense, in the past they were asked to screenshot those extra things during that specific test. But I put a lot of emphasis on "this and nothing else"...

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« on: August 03, 2017, 04:05:22 pm »

I know I'm supposed to be all super-nice and all when I'm a seller. But man, I find it annoying as hell when I get messaged with stuff like, "How much?", "What comes with it?", and "Pics?". All of which I've gotten, and all of which is right there in the posting!

I swear most people can't read. Even at work, extremely often I will say something and then be asked something that I literally just answered in the message above.  At first you shrug it off, but it gets old.