A steaming pile of game related crap! Enjoy

• 28Mar 09

  Not all things can last.

  So I'm trying real hard to be a collector of video games and such and I started to get all my older games back that I either lost, sold, traded-in or let someone borrow that ended up moving away the next day. I go to this place called McVan's Video Games here in Fishers, IN. They have all kinds of older goodies and some newer stuff as well. The place delt mostly with used games rather than new ones and there was hardly a time i couldn't find what I wanted! I mean they had Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 on dreamcast there! Well with all this recession buisness and whatnot I noticed buisnesses all around me start to drop of the face of the map like flies and certain areas of town started looking like a ghost town from the old western movies. After reading an article on Gamespot.com about how the video game market is virtually "recession-proof" I went out with a friend one late night and was going down 116th street in Fishers and noticed that McVan's signage was gone. I asked her to slow down a bit and I saw that inside the building there was bare walls where loads of classic games were stocked. My heart suddenly dropped and I felt like crying my eyes out. Video games is a passion of mine...one that has spanned 24-25 years now and to see a privatley owned game store that has been there for ages all of the sudden dissapear was heart breaking to me. I mean the stupid home decor store right next to it is still in buisness and I never see anyone go in that store. It's confusing and my head and heart ache.

  I will forever miss that place. And if you were a worker there and you come across this blog from keywords then I just want to say thanks for being awesome. I hope the end wasn't to painful as it is for me.

  • Posted Mar 28, 2009 8:41 am PT
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• 12Feb 09

  Thanks Andy!

  I always seem to start off my blogs with the sentence..."When I was younger...", so im going to do it again (although it technically didnt start with that sentence lol).

  When I was younger and was playing my NES and and other game consoles that came out of the late 80's and early 90's I started to get more and more fascinated with the whole game buisness itself. As my fascination grew i started to read more publications about my favorite hobby. Magazines like Electronic Gaming Monthly and Gamepro were some of my favorites to thumb through and fill my head with knowledge of the things I love. The more I read these magazines I started to have a certain connection to the editors and journalists that put great effort into bringing me (and others) the wealth of gaming news, reviews and more. I found myself wanting to get more connected to these people and to this "world".

  Before the internet was a booming success in homes around the world, trying to contact these enigmatic people was only a mailbox away. Even if you sent a letter to the editor in cheif or some other person, you had no gaurantee that it would even be read or be published in the latest 'zine. Now, today is a bit different and getting connected to people all over the world is easier and faster. Now getting connected to those that I only sensed were human through some printed gloss paper now form actual personalities and emotions. One such person has made me feel like we are all the same, and no matter what job title we have in life we are all just gamers. I'm talking about Andy Salisbury.

  Andy Salisbury is a semi-regular on PC Gamer America's weekly podcast. The show talks about pc gaming and the new happenings innthe industry as well as reader questions and my favorite...the playlist. Andy is probably the coolest ex-intern-intern you can ever speak to. He's down to earth and really comes across as a hardcore gamer who is passionate not only about his work, but also about gaming itself. When talking to him i felt like he really wanted to have a conversation and wasn't trying to shrug me off as just a "reader" (or in my case...a podcast listener). So I just wanted to say THANK YOU Andy for being bad ass!

  For those who havent heard the podcast yet and are an avid pc gamer or you just like to listen to REAL people talk about gaming then go to www.pcgamerpodcast.com and select your subscription type. Also if you listen to the podcast and want more from PC Gamer then head over to www.gamesradar.com/pc and click on the subscribe button on the left hand side of the page to get your own copies of PC Gamer magazine.

  • Posted Feb 12, 2009 9:38 am PT
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• 26Jan 09

  MMO's and Life

  I like playing MMO games just about as much as the next gamer, but I'm starting to let it take control of my "Gaming Life". What I'm trying to say is this...Before I knew what the concept of an MMO, I was happy playing a ton of different games in different genres. My goals at the time didn't include trying to reach the level cap or desperatley searching for that new peice of legendary gear, but was consumed with trying to beat the game on all difficulty levels and trying to get every achievement. When playing MMO games it's hard tpo find the time for anything...and i mean anything. I work late nights (i get off around midnight everynight) and I come home to eat a quick meal and start playing my MMO of choice at the time. I would play until I went to bed around 4 or 5...just to wake up to do it all over again. It gets a bit stressful but I somehow made it work.

  Latley, I been wanting to play other games that are either single player or non-MMO type games. I find myself, as I'm playing these other games, guilty by the fact that I'm not there helping my "guild" out with anything or trying to get to a higher level. It's rather hard to shake off that feeling of regret...then it occured to me. It's like a drug to me. The (almost) same side effects are happening to me when someone really wants a drug or trying to quit. I feel incomplete, worthless and ashamed by the fact that I'm not playing. I think..."My guild-mates are probably pissed that I'm not on right now." Well, Just like any drug I'm going to try to kick this habbit. There is a slew of great games out now and on the horizon that I'm missing all because I'm addicted to one game and one game alone.

  Here I come again! Back to the world of hardcore gaming. I'm ready to take on all challenges, to dominate multiplayer arenas and to do what I grew up doing in the first place...JUST HAVE FUN!

  • Posted Jan 26, 2009 11:37 am PT
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