Spoon

I've gotten back to playing the original Puzzle Quest. I can only play it for a few days before all I see are rows of gems when I close my eyes. After about a week, it haunts my dreams. Picked up a couple of achievements on it today...reached level 50 and forged a godlike item. Only two I have left are to defeat Bane and win a match online.

I like Pawn Stars in small chunks. It's better than most of the reality shows in circulation. The other day I saw an episode of a guy hauling in pieces of a non-working Odds & Evens pinball machine. They gave the guy a grand for it, and then spent a mint restoring the thing. The guy that restored it told the crew from Pawn Stars that it would sell for $5,000. Good luck with that little investment, guys.

I very rarely buy a new release. The last two I can think of were Fallout 3 and Super Smash Brothers Melee. For the most part I have so many glaring holes in my library which can be filled for $20 that I can wait for the price to drop. The part that kind of sucks about being an adult is now that you can afford all the games you want, you don't have the time to play them all.

Other than Feeding Frenzy, Order Up, and Last Call, I can't think of anything else. So here's a top 5 list of my favorite food-based video games. 5. Cooking Mama - Wii 4. Diner Dash - PC 3. Burgertime - Arcade 2. Fast Food - Atari 2600 1. Food Fight - Arcade with a trackball

Mine just came today. Wish I didn't have to go to work tonight as this feels like Christmas. The t-shirt is killer.

Hmmm...I think I'll vote for Ultima: Quest Of The Avatar on the NES.

I have dreams like this all the time. Walk in somewhere, find a stash of classic games that have been inexplicably unearthed, and cherry pick through them all. Then I wake up and sadness ensues.

I'll cast my vote for Missile Command. Actually, I never really liked that game in any format.

Dude, that is messed up. That is another reason to hate GameStop, though. Their customer service is a mixed bag. The one in my town employs really cool people for the most part. The one in the next town over are notorious for their general douchebaggery.

I live right across the street from one, so I'll stop in if there's something specific in mind that I'm looking for. When I buy brand new, I simply ask for an unopened version of the game. If they have it, I buy it. If they do not, I pass.

I just picked one up today for the wife for Mother's Day. The nod to the throwback avacado appliance color is kind of clever. I don't read any further into it than that. It's unique, we were thinking about investing in another one, what the hey.

Pac-Man in the arcade. And for the record, Radar Rat Race is full o' win.

Mr. T fighting nazis? I'd buy this game out of principle.

I drove down there today thinking that I was late to the party, but due to the beautiful weather and kids being in school could probably land at least one of either Jericho, SC4, DMC4, C&C: Red Alert 3, or Infinite Undiscovery. They had about one bazillion copies of Rock Revolution with a few scattered copies of Bolt, Jumper and Quake Wars. That place was picked mighty clean. I bought GH3 and GH: Aerosmith last week there for $10 each, though. So I guess I kind of got something I wanted from this sale.

Unless it's just my imagination, as well, I have done the exact same thing more than once. Not a hack, not an emulation. Just a cart in a 2600.

There's a pawn shop close to here that has zero idea what their games are worth, and zero ambition to find out. They have the gold Zelda carts in a display case at $15 a pop, yet I bought Super Mario RPG for the SNES for $3. I asked if they ever get any 2600 carts in, and the guy claimed to have a bunch of rarities like Mario Bros. and Defender, but wouldn't give me a price until I saw them. People that try to build value in what they're selling before they give you a price are usually asking too much for it, so I passed.

That Metal Slug Anthology is must own material.

I remember those. They used to sell them at Kay-Bee Toys, parked right next to the Intellivision/Atari cut-out bin.

I don't necessarily mind CEC serving alcohol, but the closest one to me only serves Bud and Miller Lite. Pass on those little gems, but something to take the edge off of all the kids isn't a bad thing. Like anything, though, people love to overdo stuff and get toasted taking their kids to a birthday party. Some of those ticket games are ridiculous, too. I have nothing against Ski-Bal as it is a game of skill. CEC has these games where you put a token in, press a button, and collect a random amount of tickets. Man, those are terrible. The arcade selection is pretty bad, too. They did have a Ms Pac-Man/Space Invaders combo, but that's been gone for about a year. The only thing I really like to play when I go there now is their Elvis pinball machine. I'd rather just take my kids bowling. At least they have Galaga and Marvel vs. Capcom.

I like all of those classic collection discs, but my two big favorites are: Taito Legends - The main reason I bought this was for Zookeeper, but well worth the price for the inclusion of Gladiator, Elevator Action, and Rastan. Capcom Classics Collection - I grew up a Capcom junkie, so this was a no-brainer. 42, 43, 3 g'n'g games, Gun.Smoke, Section Z, etc.

My tastes are pretty much the same except I'm not really into FPShooters or fighters anymore. Always exceptions to the rule, though, like Gears of War 2 had me hooked for a few weeks. And I'm sure I'll be all about the new Wolfenstein.

I don't get rid of anything from my collection anymore (unless I have more than one) because of some of the bad decisions I've made. My worst were... I sold my first Atari 2600, 7800, and a slew of great games (about 100), boxes, and manuals at a yard sale for $30 because I needed to buy Ultima V for the Amiga. Worst part was the guy who bought it was a complete jerk, and his son said he didn't even want it. They probably took it home and pissed on it. I sold my C64, all kinds of hardware, and hundreds of floppys (as well as some carts and tapes) for $300 as I was saving for an A500. I sold my A500, all kinds of hardware, and about 150 floppys for $500 as I was saving up for a PC. The worst was my parents introduced me to a priest who brainwashed me with his crazy religious ideas. He convinced me that the devil was hiding behind RPGs, so I threw away my entire collection of RPGs for every platform, plus all my DnD stuff I had since I was a kid. When the cobwebs cleared from my head, I made a promise never to get suckered into that b.s. again. Not only was it a big monetary loss, but that was a big piece of my childhood. Gone.

My place was FunSpot in Dover, NH. It's not there any longer, though, so I travel to the FunSpot in Laconia. The only arcade that still exists from when I was a kid is Playland in Hampton, NH. Great memories of that place.

If they included the original, I'd pay the 1200 points without hesitation. Otherwise, I'll wait until they have a weekly special on it. The only thing I paid more than 800 for was PuzzleQuest, but that was because I knew I would get more than my $15 worth out of it.

Satan's Hollow would have been a cart I couldn't refuse.