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General / Re: Store Employees Poaching Games

« on: April 04, 2014, 10:18:12 pm »

If they're willing to work a lame job just to poach, more power to em. People often ask me why I don't do the same. Sometimes people ask me why I don't work at GameStop and just tell them to pay me in video games.

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Classic Video Games / Re: Retro collecting is dying!

« on: April 04, 2014, 09:57:06 pm »

One sign to indicate retro collecting is in fact "dying" is the way that everything out there seems to have been already "collected". There is no collecting, if there's nothing left to collect.

I drove an hour out of my way to hit a stop I used to depend on a few years ago just today, and wow, my mind was blown. They had nothing. I actually said out loud and didn't mean to "the stock has definitely shrunk here", and pretty sure they heard me. Everything was picked through, mostly just crap left. I went in thinking "okay, I'm not going to get carried away and spend too much here" to thinking "isn't there one thing I can buy here?!" There wasn't, I left empty handed. The other nearby stop I used to make near there relocated out of state last fall. Definitely feels like the wells are drying up. Same story elsewhere, other spots I know of that I hit this year, stock didn't change from the last time I was there. Looked like nothing sold, and nothing new.

I feel like I got into this just before everyone wanted to jump onboard all at once. I had a couple of good years where finding anything was reasonable and people at yard sales didn't know "Nintendo is collectable now". Oh well, I'm past the half-way mark to where I want to be anyway. I don't mind buying most the rest of it online really, but it was fun finding things when you took a drive out to look around. 

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Modern Video Games / Re: NIS Collector's Edition Pre-Order Alert: Hyperdimension Neptunia

« on: April 04, 2014, 12:42:39 pm »

Well, I said no more for me, but I had been planning on this one. So it's done.

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General / Re: April 2014 - Recently Added to Collection/Recently Purchased

« on: April 03, 2014, 10:21:07 pm »

While I've been ill, I managed to still add a few PS1 games to the library - Jersey Devil, Tai Fu, and Spiro Year of the Dragon! Trying to cover a lot of PS1 platforming ground.

EDIT: Of course I would forget my coolest find of the year. Darksiders II, brand new for $5.

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Off Topic / Re: i hate printers

« on: April 01, 2014, 02:09:06 pm »

They never do what they're supposed to and break easily. Wifi never worked on my Kodak even in the same room.

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Off Topic / Re: real sick tonight

« on: April 01, 2014, 11:02:38 am »

It was the worst stomach virus I ever had. I had vomited until my chest was aching sore. I eventually downed some pain pills a passed out around sunrise. These sort of situations are not normal for me. I rarely get sick. This was an especially intense strain. So guys, be very careful about hanging around others who have been sick. Unfortunately this is how I got it.

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Off Topic / Re: real sick tonight

« on: April 01, 2014, 07:04:27 am »

Thank you for the moral support. Last night was the worst of my life. Just vomited again the cheat pains subsidie. No sleep.

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Off Topic / real sick tonight

« on: April 01, 2014, 04:01:25 am »

threw up about 10 times, just drying heaving now all night. sorry for posting. keep me in your thoughts guys. im freaking out.

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General / Console exclusive games and good reasons to still follow modern consoles?

« on: April 01, 2014, 12:35:24 am »

Obvious or not, I'm no fan of download only games. I actually own none. It's just my preference to stick with games that have tangible retail releases. I'm also a console gamer. Normally, I don't mind either way what someone chooses to buy, it's their own business. However, I have a friend who used to be pretty big into console gaming and collecting with me. That was, until a few years ago when he discovered Steam, and declared that he was never buying another hard copy new release again, aside from Nintendo exclusives. He prefers Steam for convenience, price, and the fact that PC is always technically superior.

He is of the mindset that basically everything out there worth playing is on Steam, except for Nintendo games. Really he's just uniformed about what's out there, because obviously there has got to be more than just Ninty that you can't get on Steam. Obviously there's PlayStation first party, and Xbox first party. It's kind of hard to tell though, what third party software out there exists that is exclusive to consoles? Without running a search of every game on Steam, that is.

I came across a series of lists on Wiki called "list of (insert generation) console exclusives". But the list was useless, because despite the title, many of the games listed are available on Windows, which is not a console. Either people editing this list do not get the point, or else I don't. But when you talk about console exclusives, you think PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo, etc.

I want to give him some good reasons to still look into console games, instead of just assuming anything that is good and relevant is on Steam. I still get the impression that plenty of good games come out that are console only, and not just first party. Another thing I'm unsure of (not a PC gamer), is weather or not every PC game is technically on Steam or not?

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General / Re: March 2014 - Recently Added to Collection/Recently Purchased

« on: March 31, 2014, 07:36:52 pm »

Today's PS1 catch actually is widely regarded as a hidden gem, and that's The Divide: Enemies Within!

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General / Re: What would you do in this kind of situation?

« on: March 31, 2014, 07:34:30 pm »

On a side note, if you had bought it and the manual did not come with the game, you could have filed a complaint with Paypal and they would have refunded your money.

Eh, I wouldn't do that to someone. I'd just ask to send it back, or ask for a refund before they mailed it. Sometimes you gotta take a chance and that's on you really. Under normal circumstances I would never buy without knowing for sure.

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General / Re: The 3DS had his third birthday this week, what are your thoughts of it?

« on: March 30, 2014, 05:33:47 pm »

It's become a very solid platform over the past two years, I'm only disappointed with the third party support aside from Atlus and Sega. Devs seem to be ignoring the 3DS in spite of the install base and the enthusiasm. Seems the DS was a bit more promising at year 3.

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General / Re: What would you do in this kind of situation?

« on: March 30, 2014, 12:21:26 am »

Well, I basically figured it out before I ever got a response. Decided to check the sellers other recent listings and found that a few prior to the game I wanted was a game where there was no manual, and "no manual" was written in the description. Then that description was obviously copied and pasted onto all of the games listed after even though they were actually complete. Figuring this, I went ahead and bought it. Then he replied yes, in fact, it is complete.

The only problem that followed was that I was unable to use a coupon eBay had given me, to get an additional $10 off of the game. Told me there was no balance left. Looked this up and apparently lots of people are getting this error. Some hacker has probably stole a crap load of coupon codes, including mine.

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General / What would you do in this kind of situation?

« on: March 29, 2014, 09:05:07 pm »

Say one of your most wanted games on your wishlist popped up on eBay for well under the average price BIN. Pictures looked good, and the game looked complete. But then, you check the description to be sure and it says "case, manual, and disc." "blah, blah, blah." "no manual". So it says that it has the manual, and says that it doesn't also. But the pictures show a manual. You can even see the staples on the spine, so you know it's not a printed off piece of paper.

What would you do? Ask, and wait? Or BIN and hope what you see is really what you're getting?

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General / Re: March 2014 - Recently Added to Collection/Recently Purchased

« on: March 29, 2014, 02:48:19 pm »

Just got Deathtrap Dungeon. Another PS1 hit-and-miss title, that I think looks pretty cool. I'm all about these early 3D action adventures.