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Video Game Deals, Sales and Promotions / Re: Playstation Classic Already Basically 50% Off

« on: December 17, 2018, 01:08:26 pm »

Amazon has the classic listed for $74.99, but are offering a secondary promotion where you get a $25 Amazon gift card if you purchase.

I can't imagine this lasting too long.  I've placed my order, but since I chose No-Rush shipping I haven't gotten my gift card confirmation yet.

https://www.amazon.com/PlayStation-Classic-Console/dp/B07HHVF2XG/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1545056018&sr=8-3&keywords=playstation+classic

aw, out of stock already... thanks for the notice, though!

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General / Re: Secret Santa 2018 - Part 3. Gift buying/shipping (need sent updates!!!!)

« on: December 13, 2018, 02:23:07 pm »

Add me to the list of "SENT" and I think I received? I got a box the other day with my address and no name with no return address? I thought it might be the roommate's and he opened it to find games inside but nothing that was on my wish list so I dunno? 

If nothing shows up in the next week or so I'll assume that's my SS gift.

Uhh.. surprise games are cool, but hopefully you get something that you actually wanted! I usually hope that folks write "VGC Secret Santa" or something in the return address area so that it's obvious who it's from...

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Off Topic / Re: Does anyone speak Korean that can help translate something for me?

« on: December 13, 2018, 12:43:13 am »

Nice! Pretty straightforward. Sometimes with Japanese translations, it can be a bit of the stretch with the wording...

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General / Re: Secret Santa 2018 - Part 3. Gift buying/shipping (need sent updates!!!!)

« on: December 12, 2018, 07:03:48 pm »

I think I got mine? lol ... I'll find out on Christmas morning but looking forward to folks' livestreams or videos! I'll be streaming my unboxing on Christmas morning/afternoon and will link to the VOD here

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

« on: December 12, 2018, 05:27:04 pm »

Who's getting Soulja Boy's new console? The SouljaGame Classic, or the SouljaBoy Handheld?

It's literally a cheap, flea market emulator console with Tom's downloaded from the internet, lol. And he wants $200 for it.

The bf showed me his "catalog" of items... what a joke!

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Off Topic / Re: Does anyone speak Korean that can help translate something for me?

« on: December 08, 2018, 12:33:08 am »

If you have a smartphone, I know Google Translate has an app that allows you to use your camera to translate characters into English. I used it when I was in Japan to translate menus and such. You could give that a try!

Ok, I'll give that a try.    Looks like if this doesn't work unless I go register on some sort of forum dominated by people who speak that language I may be out of luck unless I am able to find a gamer on a gaming forum who is fluent.   

Thanks for your help. 

*edit*
Holy shit that worked.  I printed the images out and low and behold google translate's app translated it after napping a picture of the paper.  woot!

Awesome; glad to hear it worked for you!

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Off Topic / Re: Does anyone speak Korean that can help translate something for me?

« on: December 07, 2018, 05:04:49 pm »

If you have a smartphone, I know Google Translate has an app that allows you to use your camera to translate characters into English. I used it when I was in Japan to translate menus and such. You could give that a try!

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Video Game Deals, Sales and Promotions / Re: Humble Bundle Yogscast 2018

« on: December 04, 2018, 11:27:40 am »

From what I've seen a game already "sold out" and another one is probably heading in that direction.

Yeah, they did that in the past, I recall. I assume they go by purchase order and hand out keys that way, but it's all very odd to me.

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Video Game Deals, Sales and Promotions / Re: Humble Bundle Yogscast 2017

« on: December 01, 2018, 03:05:52 pm »

Yogscast returns for 2018.  Will update OP on Monday.

I'm curious how this one will play out. The initial items don't look that appealing to me, but I'm hoping that changes as the days go on.

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Rejected edits

« on: November 20, 2018, 04:24:19 pm »

I didn't deal with the name change edits, but the only thing I can say about the 3rd edition case is that it looks like the name change for that was submitted and approved back in July of 2018 and the original item record made back in May 2013. There has been no cover art change since it'd been created, so it should've had that cover whenever you added it to your collection / when you made it.

You can always check the history of any approved edits in the history tab.

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Modern Video Games / Re: Xenoblade Chronicles 2

« on: November 17, 2018, 05:34:18 pm »

I still haven't played the first one on Wii. I've got some catching up to do!

I'm playing through it right now! Still early on... hopefully I make it to XC2, haha.

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

« on: November 16, 2018, 08:20:33 pm »

I though best buys gamer club unlocked was a 1 year program? I haven't been back since when I thought it expired (back in may) but I went there last night to pick up spyro for my wife and found out that my perks are still active. am I just lucky and they forgot to cancel mine or is it a 2 year program?

Yeah it's 2 years, which is why it was such a good program for the cost.

Yup! Make use of it while you can!

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Error Listings 2018

« on: November 13, 2018, 01:05:30 pm »

Yeah I was adding the game to my collection and saw that it still had an RP image (I think) so I added what the image based on what I own.

I don't think there's another version without the "best shooter 2014" image either, just from a quick scan of Ebay. The Limited Edition has a few variants though it seems

I picked up 4 and Primal last weekend and this series has so many silly "Limited Edition" w/ bonus editions it is ridiculous.  There wasn't a standard edition entry for 4 on XB1 until I made it last week.  They were all Limited and Complete editions.

The reason this happens is/was a debated topic here for some time. Do we allow people to create entries for games that haven't come out yet? The timeline for Far Cry 4 is one example of why this causes a problem for us. Here is an example:
1. Far Cry 4 announced for physical PS4 release
2. User creates Far Cry 4 entry with no art OR pre-release stock photo (with or without rating)
3. Game is released as Limited Edition

So at the point of release there is no "Far Cry 4" instead it is Far Cry 4 Limited Edition, which doesn't exist in the database. Then the entry that was made before the game comes out becomes a franken-entry. Some games never get anything besides a first print and sometimes those games only have an "Edition" when the game finally comes out. In the case of Far Cry 4, the "regular" version (that ends up having Best Shooter flag) is a reprint, non "Edition" release. And this is why trying to fix these entries is such a problem. They end up with the wrong item numbers and barcodes on them added later, and then collections are not correct either.

So this reason, as well as the fact that games get announced and never come out, are the main arguments as to why entries for things that do not yet exist should not have entries created for them.

I definitely run into issues with this when the first print of a game is different (bundled with stickers or a mini-soundtrack, etc.).

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General / Re: Secret Santa 2018 - Part 3. Gift buying/shipping (lists have been sent!)

« on: November 12, 2018, 12:23:34 pm »

Probably best to keep your ship dates a little fuzzy so recipients reading this thread aren't tipped off on your identity

I'm shipping mine out Dec. 26th

haha now we'll know when someone gets theirs late!

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General / Re: Secret Santa 2018 - Part 3. Gift buying/shipping (lists have been sent!)

« on: November 12, 2018, 12:14:07 pm »

Probably best to keep your ship dates a little fuzzy so recipients reading this thread aren't tipped off on your identity