I think I mentioned before I am into video game collecting and I am becoming quite obssessed with it. I think I buy a new game every 5 days or something, it can be for any system, cheap or expensive, I just buy one and most of them are games I do really want, I just dont buy any game. My main sources of getting games are:
1- My local GAMESTOP in which is really cool to pay a visit because one of the employees was a student of mine, so he gives me cool extra stuff, like demo games, accessories, discounts, etc. It is awesome. Most of my PSP and PS2 games I get them from there. And sometimes I end up talking to other employees or confused customers about games.
2- PLAY N TRADE, this store is a little further, and I usually go on weekends or during lunch break at my job, since form my job the disntance is less. In this store I only pursue retro games specially Super Nintendo and Genesis games, from this store I had gotten some really good deals on games and systems that sell really high on the internet. Its my favorite store, I always get something when I go, and the best of all is that is really cheap, I can get couple good games for less than $12.
3- EBAY, I spend most of my video game collecting budget on Ebay, since sometimes the games sell expensier (it is justified because they are hard to find) and the systems are more abundant there, than waiting for a call from Play n Trade for a newly arrived system. But, Ebay has its high and lows, for an example I bough a 3DO system but when it came and I tested it, the cd tray didint open... and doesnt play any games.. the seller said it was working, and then I found a big dent on the box it came... so its hard to see whos fault was it... the mail or the seller ripping me off... oh well I had no choice to accept the system and some day take the time to fix it my self, even though a guy in Play n trade told me they fix systems.. any systems... but when I told him about a 3DO that needed to be fix he was like "Are you Crazy? That is old." and I am like.. "Ok so dont tell me you fix any systems... go and fuck your aunt side ways.". Anyways... I also bought last week a Turbo Grafx 16, I was really hyped baout it until when it came... the controller was missing a plug pin, so it was useless, and the system signal was weak... at least I told the seller about it and he will get me a new controller... I hope. So its all about risking your budget for something that might not work at all.
So now, doing the math, I have plenty of games, and I havent finished the 85% of them, so I have plenty of material to not get bored during my lifetime for now, considering some of the games need over 40 hours of gameplay to be finished. I mean, to enjoy a game I dont need to finish it, I am satisfied by just palying couple of levels and getting the idea of it then I move on, but eventually after a couple of months (or years) I get back to the game and decide to finish it. I wish I had a picture of the room where I have my video game collection because you could see controllers on the floor, game guides on the sides, a notebook with passwords, some video game cases on the table and some old school video game magazines. I should get a couch or something so I can relax when playing instead of using the computer chair. I dont know.
The point is my video games keep piling up, but I like that, I see it as an investment for a future, I iwll have games for years to come, and if somehow I get tired of it, If could sell the collection for thousand of dollars. I must be dying or something. Many people tell me why pay for that when you can get emulators or ewven worse... flash cards of games. All I can say about that is that I hate vidoe game piracy, Im ean I use emulators for things that are virtually impossible to find.. like some Arcade games i use MAME, for some Neo Geo (which I htink is over priced) I use an emulator, but my next console to buy is a Neo Geo system, I am jsut waiting for the right price. And about doing piracy with a Nintendo DS or PSP.. its fucking degrading, if you reaaaallly love video games, the last thing you want to do is steal games fomr the net and play them for free. I mean, I do understand video games are not cheap, but that doenst mean you can downlaod them for free and play them for like 2 minutes and downlaod some more.... you know.. people work doing video games... if you dont buy the product the company loses money, and eventually stop producing video games... and no more video games. Many parents buy their kids a Nintendo DS then they get this stupid card where their kids can play 50 something donwloaded DS games... its like NICE WORK PARENT GOOD EXAMPLE.. same as getting illegal dvd movies copies. THe kid will think everything will always be available and the kid wont appreciate the game, he knows DADDY can get more. FUCK THOSE PARENTS really. That kind of people are going to kill the video game industry, I know some people use those cards as an advantage, but htey eventually own the real game cart, and they jsut downlaod an extra copy for space purposes. They shoudl put htose games online and people can pay for them when they download them, like some MP3 stores, that will be convenient. But many people are cheap. And to clarify I am not rich, I just very passionate of what I collect and I know how to support it.
I might sound as a commercial capitalist asshole, but no man, If I was a game developer (actually I am) and I put time on a game and make a good game, of course I will want some compensation of that time spent because thats job, some one is working their ass off so you cna have something to entertain your child while the parents are having alcohol or fucking a neighbor... support video games.
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