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I may be getting my "dream" a little earlier than expected. We got a call from our realitor today saying that the couple we are purchasing the house from found a new home and will be out on the 15th and we can move in early. Thats two weeks earlier than before!!!
We currently are living with my parents and are almost completely moved out of our old place which we lose possession of on the 14th. As much as I love and appreciate my family for letting us bunk with them for august I cant wait to get out into our new place.
Another fairly slow week, but not bad really. It was definitely a heavy Sony week, in fact, everything I bought was for all three generations of PlayStation. I didn't go to any sales on Friday due to the fact that it was monsoon like in the morning and I had to meet my sister at noon without my dad knowing about it (it was to work on plans for my parents' surprise retirement party) so I skipped the garage sales altogether Friday. There wasn't much left for Saturday, but I managed to get a couple good deals that day. Sunday also brought a rainy morning, so I didn't bother going to the flea market, since it is generally deserted if it even looks like it might rain. I did get nice little surprise in the middle of the week though.
Continue reading Treasure Hunt Chronicles '09 - #17
It's been about a month since I started moving my game room, and well, it's done. For the most part anyway. I wanted to have my game room moved within a week, but the carpet store we got the new carpet from had a hard time scheduling the installation, so I had to wait much longer than I wanted to. However, the carpet store didn't tell the carpet installers that they were supposed to do the hallway as well, so they didn't have a piece to do the closet so Room of Doom 3.0 isn't quite ready yet, so no "after"pictures quite yet. Those should be ready next week or so.
But for now, I'll give a final look at Room of Doom 2.5 via a video tour and a sneak peak of what Room of Doom 3.0 will look like.
Continue reading The Adventures of Moving a Game Room Part 2
My name is bombatomba. Every two weeks I make a run down the gauntlet of thrift stores, flea markets, and garage sales in my area, dragging my 4-year old along for the ride as well as a crash course in proper hunting techniques . This is the Thrift Store Score.
This is the blog entry of Thrift Store Score. I also have a forum entryhere. The link is the same entry, though without the pictures. Sorry about the quality of the pics, but this is my first time using html to do this. If you like one entry over the other please post a comment.
This week I would make my West-East Gauntlet Run, with a stop at approximately 30 garage sales for sake of the hunt. The only passable flea market around here is open on the weekends only, so I decided to start with the garage sales and drive east, then hit the thrift stores on the way home. My son and I left at 11 am with full stomachs and empty floorboards.
When I hit garage sales, I tend to pick a main road and stick exclusively to it. While I may miss many sales, this technique saves gas consumption and allows me to focus on the hunt. In the past I went with my father-in-law, either him or I riding shotgun while calling out/writing down street addresses. On these trips we would drive down several main roads long distances (sometimes as much as 20 miles). These days even hardcore garage salers generally don't bother with sales, which is no doubt due to the huge drop in item quality, as well as the almost non-existence of good finds.
For a change, I drove down Ann Arbor Trail, which is a bit more rural and twisty than I normally like, but then I never have any faith that my garage saleing will yield results. Again, there was nothing. I stopped off for lunch and began trekking east along the Gauntlet.
The first store yielded nothing. There were large bags of action figures, but surprisingly my kid wanted nothing to do with them. We left drove to the next one, which was had a nice haul. It the state of the shelves made it look picked over, but I immediately spotted two Atari VCS boxes,each marked $.99. I snapped them up and was surprised to see they were unopened! The boxes were a tiny bit crushed but other than that they were is fairly good condition. Almost as quickly I found Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade for PC (CIB) marked $1.91, which I have learned is the alternative box, featuring a shot of Connery and Ford. A few moments later I found Civilization II Gold Multiplayer for $1.91, which was also CIB with the Tech Tree map and a massive booklet. I grabbed a few thinks for my kid (Charlie Brown Halloween VHS and a micro radio controller boat), paid and left.
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The third stop was mildly good, with a loose copy of Rush 2049 for N64 for $3.03 and a strange little handheld/table game called Foto-Electronic Bowling for $3.93. I didn't bother with the Rush game, but I did pick up the
bowling game. There was no copyright on it, although I guessed the date to be from 1976 to 1982 (turned out to be 1978). I also found a CIB copy of King's Quest V for PC for for $3.93 hidden behind some other games. Snap. Before I left I spotted a Virtual Boy behind the counter, which was marked $15.81. It was missing the tripod, but had six games. The problem was that I really want a Nintendo 64 system, so I passed on the Virtual Boy, paid for the other items (along with a Thomas the Train whistle for my kid), and drove to the last stop.
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For those of you not familiar, St. Vincent de Paul is a massive chain of thrift stores that will sometimes contain new items, as well as collector items. The only problem I ever had is that the prices are severley skewed. You can find loose PSX games for $3.03, but there are also PSX systems marked $59.99 that are clearly broken. There are also seventy year old typewriters ($100), junk televisions from the early eighties ($40), and very old Lionel Train sets ($250). Most gamers would do well to avoid these places, as they are really more than a waste of time. However, I remember seeing N64 systems at a local location, so I went there with a vaguely optimistic attitude. I let my son pick out a toy first (a 15-pack of Ultimate Muscle for .99), and went looking for the N64, which I managed to find. It was dirty, and both the jumper pack panel and the bottom panel were missing, but the fragments of a price tag suggested it might be about $5 (I could see 4.9). I hunted up a controller and a power pack, and hunted around for an employee. The manager told me it was $30 (!) and would not budge; regardless of the price tag, the horribly dirty shape of the system, and the possibility that the item might not work. I told her to shove it, paid for my kids toy and left. I hate that place.
So I could end this episode on a high note, I went back to the last store and bought the Virtual Boy. It works fine and the games turned out to be Virtual Boy Wario Land, Red Alarm (2 copies), Mario's Tennis, Golf, and Teleroboxer. It also gave me a headache. Oh well, still a good days hunting!
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I head to the register and pay, satisfied that another good score can go into the books. Till next time!
Hey people, this one will be short because I'm currently packing up for my holiday abroad to Barcelona, Spain! There are markets there but I won't expect to buy any games there as I should take a break from collecting once in a while, right? But before then I did get a Mega CD title in the post so let's see what it is shall we?
Continue reading Last game before vacation!
Hey everyone, I'm posting this on sheer boredom so...here is my entire Mega CD Collection on numbers.
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AH HA HA HA!!! sorry
Continue reading My Mega CD Collection on numbers
Welcome to a world where a game's physics engine doesn't dictate what happens. Welcome to a world where damage means nothing, or everything. A world where random spawns are the norm, where accidents DO happen. Welcome to a world of Glitches. Welcome, to The Glitch Files, where you will encounter some of the strangest, most bizarre, and downright odd glitches of the gaming world. Not only will we show you footage of the glitch, but will give directions on how to exactly preform said glitch for yourself!
Today's special features the Kamikaze Mr. Game & Watch, from Super Smash Brothers Melee on the Nintendo GameCube. In this glitch, Mr. Game & Watch is turned into a lethal Kamikaze weapon, automatically KO'ing anyone who gets in his path.
Now, for a visual representation of the glitch by Percon2.
This glitch is pretty fun to do if you are playing 3 player mode and your friend leaves to do something for a moment, or just to do to goof off without tricking others!
Now, for the instructions. You will need a copy of Super Smash Bros. Melee, Mr. Game & Watch as one character, and Ness as another character. The other 2 players be any other players.
Steps:
- Start up the game and enter any multiplayer game mode as Ness and Mr. Game and Watch.
- Position Mr. G & W next to Ness, and have Ness fully charge a PK Flash, and have Mr. G & W use his bucket on the PK Flash. This should fill up one-third of the bucket.
- Repeat 2 more times until his bucket is completely full.
- You now have a kamikaze Mr. Game and Watch! Once you use the bucket move again, Mr. Game and Watch will be thrown from the screen. If he touches any other player during this point, that player will also be thrown from the screen!
This video also features a small 'aside' of sorts, which, by itself, is nifty, but pretty pointless other than seeing the electricity dancing around Ness. The Kamikaze, however, can be used to prank friends while playing, and so forth. Make sure not to cause trouble though! I know you won't!
However, it is that time again... Until next time... Happy Glitching!
Do you have an amazing glitch you with to share with the Rfgeneration community? Private Message logical123 on the forums and give him your idea; you may end up seeing a blog devoted to it!
Well we just got a call back from our Mortgage Broker and our financing has been confirmed!!! The house is ours to move into August 29th!!!
Here is the listing if anyone is interested in checking out some pictures of the house:
http://www.realtor.ca/Pro...=0&PropertyID=8482876
Its pretty exciting and once we get in I'll by starting a Blog, with pics, to chronicle the setup up this game room. I'll also be asking for advice on many things im sure.
I wrote this in response to a posting on a message board where the user wrote: "Being a 'hardcore gamer' these days involves playing hour upon hour of WoW or FPS on your computer."
That got me thinking. What does it mean to be hardcore player? I certainly consider myself a hardcore player, and over the past few weeks I've played at the most three or four hours of videogames. In fact, I've spent more time scanning magazines and planning new displays for my videogames then actually playing them. Never in a million years would I describe my gaming habits as casual.
I firmly believe that the style of gamer you are completely relies on what games you like to play. Do you play only party games on Wii, or nothing but Rockband? Once you have mastered these games will you stop gaming altogether? These represent the gaming habits of a casual gamer, who will only generally only play games that are simple (I'm using the word 'simple' very loosely, so don't flame please) to pick up and play, and also to put back down again. Once the challenge is gone, or once there is nothing left but an arbitrary thing such as score, a casual player will put the game down and not play it again until it is required in a social situation. However many casual gamers will play these games for hundreds of hours on end. I had an old work friend describe how he played Space Invaders on the Atari VCS for weeks at a time, but he never played anything else, and abandoned the game after the Crash of '83.
Hardcore gamers, however, are different. While game companies and distributors will describe a gamer exclusively by the game they play and how frequently they purchase said games, I believe a hardcore gamer can be defined by not only the type of game they play, but also their habits in playing them. Did you play GTA to see for the story, or for the challenge of getting into impossible places the designers hadn't thought of? Did you play a FF game so much that you could finish the game with only one character? Did you write the FAQ on how to do this? Did you read the same FAQ so you could do the learn how that player did it? These are all habits of a hardcore gamer. However these aren't the limits. A hardcore gamer can be a person who plays anything, anytime, for any reason. The real difference between casual and hardcore is that a hardcore gamer will continue to game, regardless of social constraints placed upon them by those of the gaming industry and the media. A casual gamer will often stop gaming if it is considered uncool (which is what I believe really caused the Videogame Crash, that is, perception of games through the media and societal figures), or if they have "played the game out".
So by utilizing what I have stated above, a casual gamer can be someone who plays WoW or an FPS for hundreds of hours, and a hardcore gamer can be someone who only plays games on their current Nintendo system. Confused? That's alright, if there was no confusion then there would be no discussion.
In summary, please remember that we are all gamers, and even though casual gamers may or may not have caused the Crash of '83 (ahem), there is no reason we cannot have a civil discussion without poo-slinging and name-calling.
Hello people, I've noticed now that even though I don't have an impressive game room, you have to admit I have a cool gaming shelf for someone who only spends alot on games. Now it has gotten onto the fourth stage of evolving so I thought I'll show you the evolution stages of my Shelf of Doom, reason calling that because really I don't have much of a gaming room, just my bedroom with posters on the wall and games all in one general area.
Continue reading Shelf storage update
So, the podcast had to be put on hold due to some car problems taking up a lot of my time (and money), but until it finally comes out, I managed to go out of town this weekend and managed to hit up some game stores and thrift stores. Kind of a slow weekend for finds until we were on our way out of town.
Continue reading Out of Town Game Finds!
This is a little late but I had an opportunity and now I have the time to explain it to you.
Continue reading Job Interview for CEX
Another slow week, not terrible, but just really slow. For some reason, there just wasn't as many garage sales as there usually is, and what ones there were, were mostly all junk. Kind of ironically since I got a Space Invaders Deluxe arcade cab bezel last week, I almost bought a Space Invaders Deluxe cocktail cab. But when I asked how much it was, he said it was his neighbors and he wants "big money" for it. And then proceeded to tell me that it was the very first arcade game ever made, and that it was very rare etc. He never did give me a price on it. It was in sad shape anyway, the top was heavily scratched and the pain was flaking and the sides were warped and chipped and dirty.
Continue reading Treasure Hunt Chronicles '09 - #16
 Some games are there for you to have fun. Some, to make you think. Others, like in Civilization IV, are both fun, and stretch the old noodle, in addition to being highly addictive. Warning: If you have an addictive personality, and have not already played a Civilization game, play this at your own risk. I feel it has to potential to eat up thousands of hours of my time, as well as yours.
I used to play Starcraft over 10Mbit LAN with my uncle when I was 7, him on his Sony Vaio, and I on an old 66Mhz Pentium MMX. Those were my first dabbles in the foray of the Strategy genre. I liked it, but I liked just spending time with my uncle more than playing the game. I didn't understand all the concepts either, which explains why I always lost. A while back, I found a download for a converted to run on OSX copy of Civilization II. Again, I liked it, but not a whole lot. It was primitive to me, and it didn't capture my attention.
However, recently, I was lent a copy of Civilization IV: Complete, and installed it on the XP side of dual boot. After getting through the tutorial, I was impressed. Very impressed, I might add. Instantly hooked, too. After only playing the tutorial, I was hooked. Now, if that isn't addictive, I don't know what is.
In Civilization IV, you can lead one of 18 different civilizations, and even more with expansion packs such as Beyond the Sword. You begin the game at the dawn of man, in the year 4000BC, to found your civilization. As the game progresses, you can learn new technologies, found new towns, built world wonders, form armies, and conquer the world. To win at a game of Civ, you either have to 1)have an immense amount of culture (Cultural Victory), 2)Take over all other Civilizations (Conquest/Domination Victory), 3)Build a space ship to Alpha Centauri (Space Race Victory), 4)Have the other players vote you into office in the United Nations (Diplomatic Victory), 5)Having the most points by 2050AD (Time Victory).
One of the reasons why I like it so much is because of the attention to details. Many people can recall that in the Sims franchise, the charaters don't actually talk. They speak in a babble, unintelligible dribble. The same goes for Civilization Revolution. However, in Civ IV, if you are the Russians, they speak Russian, Chinese speaks Chinese, and so forth. AND, if you zoom into one of the ethnic cities, you hear sounds of that type of city in real life. That kind of detail really made me feel as though the designers behind the game really wanted to give the gamer the full experience. Not many games make you feel in such a way, and it made me realize that a video game can still, to this day, be made in an artful and beautiful way. I highly encourage anyone who likes Strategry video games or board games, or even those who don't, to try this game.
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Since I got this very cheaply and the shrinkwrap is bad enough anyway so why not. Also, I noticed somethings that make me question if this was a reseal or poorly produced version. The case is cracked and has that white smudge at the corner, and some of the tidbits that holds the CD in it's place are bent downwards. Either way it doesn't matter because I got it very cheaply and I can replace the case and CD holder (which I did), and the CD and manual are in pristine, undamaged condition.
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