• 27May 13

  Been some time, Let me catch y'all up

  Hello there fellow GS'ers and the those that are still following(BTW I commend you for not rippping your hair out)! Been a few months since my last post and a few things have happened. Mainly I sucked it up and purchased a 3DS XL. So far: I freaking love this thing. Also I got a new TV. Now I don't want this to be " I gOt'S DaH ChedDAh, LOOKY aLL my STUff yO! NYAH NYAH NYAH NYAH NYAH!!1" type of blog because I didn't necessarily pay for anything

   

  First a preface: In March I had a string of power outages in my area that were not only annoying but pretty detrimental to my electronics. My PC, aka my son(^_^) was not harmed, because I have it powered with an APC backup surge protector. If you don't have one, please consider it. The battery  inside that is charged from being plugged in, kicks on the moment there is a power failure letting safely turn off the PC like's it's meant to. Sadly I did not have one for the Tv and the outages cause a black bar to form on the TV in the left corner. My TV is under warranty from Best Buy, so two technicians could not fix the issue and they set me up for a replacement. That day I went to the store, returned it and got the credit back onto a BB gift card. But there was an issue. My TV was the top of the line model Plasma of 2010....but I got on clearance O_o So a $2800  Tv, I bought for $1279 at the time and there was no way I'd be getting the top of the line this year with that amount. But One model had just been released the day prior: The ST60. I read on this bad boy and even though it's the entry level Panasonic of the year, it is amazing. According to CNET(and many other sources) This model is slightly better than the top tier model of 2012! So yeah, paid with the gift card, after taxes had about $180 left over. So I got a a new TV and man it is literally 5x or more better than my last one. plus it's still a Plasma(Seriously the only way to go, LED TVs suck for PQ....just saying), was cheaper so I pocketed some extra money(BB Money I suppose) and wastes less energy. Win-win in my book.

   

  Now I had been looking for something to buy at BB for a while but everything I was interested in was never on sale and too expensive. That was until two weeks ago I found out the 3DS XL was on sale. I've been wanting one for quite some time now since the release of Fire Emblem and the announcment of Link to the Past sequel. This pretty much was a catalyst that brewed in me to buy it. But if I did purchase it would be with no games. Sad Face. I did however have a stack of games I was trying to sell on eBay. the auction was going nowhere, so I said screw it I'll trade it to gamestop...I need something to play. I know. We all hate GS. I do too, but I thought maybe I can get at least 2 3DS games. I left with 5. I walk in and little to my knowledge they had a 50% bonus(plus 10% for card members) on trade-ins. Not only that I had a coupon for Dead Island Riptide that guaranteed me $30 that expired...in one day! Talk about some luck, I got enough credit to buy:

  Fire Emblem: Awakening (New)

  Monster Hunter 3 ultimate(New)

  Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon(New)

  Resident Evil Revelations(New)

  Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance(New)

   

  Dead island alone got me a little over 40$ and I only paid 30 for it. And it didn't end there. When I got home my dad hadgot me Ocarina of Time for the 3DS cause it was on sale at BB for $30. He knew I was getting one and told me it was the last copy so it had to be good. Damn, good call GS had it used $40, with no case or manual just the game card,  that's why I passed on it.  

   

  So far I love every game on it so far. I have not played enough of MH3 or Awakening cause of fricken Ocarina of Time. That game is addicting as hell, and it looks even better now. Man it would be a dream come true if they released Majora's Mask as well or as a collector's edition thing to A Link to the past sequel. I  also bought Kid icarus Uprising, and while I liked it, it was giving me weird nerve pain in the middle of my hand due to how I have to hold the system and control the game. I returned it for my money back and purchased Mario Kart 7 from amazon since it was on sale. I guess I picked a good week to pick up the 3DS

   

  So why share? I don't know I never really have any real good things happen to me, and yes even though I did spend money for the TV I bought three years ago, I basically traded it in for an even better model and a 3DS XL system to boot. If you got this far thanks for reading and hope a situation that's something like this turns in your favor and yields an even more awesome outcome

   

  • Posted May 27, 2013 6:12 am GMT
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• 29Mar 13

  I worry about the game industry sometimes...

  Sorry I couldn't think of a better title for this blog. Well I just got done playing The Walking Dead Survival Instinct and I got a review up for you guys. Click the pic. Mind you it's fairly long(I seem to write more when a game is quite horrible):

   

  

   

   

  It's bad. Trust me this game is quite terrible. Up there with Haze and Aliens:CM. After and during playthroughs though I looked up on forums and different comments from review sites and a lot of people are saying "This game is not not that bad" or I'd give it a "7.5 or an 8" O_O!!! What?!?

   

  Here me out. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion..but damn. This is like saying Hitler was right or cigarettes are healthy to smoke during pregnancy...Ok maybe not that extreme but what worries me is this. Have people just lowered their expectations for game that they happily accept a game with major faults? I mean with this type of mindset devs will just shovel out any drivel and know people will buy it. It's happened already with games like CoD or Madden. People buy them non-sensically without thinking: "Wait isn't this the same crap I purchased last year?"

   

  Maybe I'm just spewing nonsense. But IMO I think games like this should be avoided and not praised. I mean can you imagine if not one single copy of Madden 20XX or CoD #XXX sold this year or the next?

   

  • Posted Mar 29, 2013 12:59 pm GMT
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• 15Feb 13

  It's been awhile....plus a new Review!

  Hey everyone! How y'all doing? cheesy I know. Man I can't believe it's been almost a year since I posted a blog on ol' Gamespot. Not sure who else is still tracking my contributions but if you are Thank you Hope you guys are doing good. I've been allright lately, been doing a lot more exercising than I was last year, so that's a good thing, also plan to see my nephew this April and I'm kind of excited.

  I don't have much to say right now...cause well I feel like this is new to me again. Don't worry I'll break out of my shell again soon enough. but I figure I'd treat you guys with a new review! Hope you guys enjoy. Click the pic at your leisure.

  
  
  
  • Posted Feb 15, 2013 11:42 am GMT
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