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To be honest I'd say it's worth it to buy a few copies at .49c and give them to friends. A while back I bought a 4-pack and it was fun enough that we definitely got our money's worth out of it.

Looks like everything has been sorted out, after the devs of Orion showed Activision pictures and clips from movies that also showed similar weapons Activision backed down. I swear, the greatest enemy to gaming are the gaming conglomerates like Activision and EA themselves. Or Activision just needs to justify the hordes of lawyers they keep on retainer. Shame on Steam for simply complying with the takedown without doing any kind of due diligence. Everyone's so goddamn afraid of being sued they'll do anything to cover their own stupid ass.

I'm in the same boat, we live in a small house and it's a shared office between my wife and I so space is at a premium. It's one of the reasons I downsized my collection dramatically over the past year, which was painful at times. Now that things are more organized, I'm getting ready to start collecting again but in a more focused way. Right now I do the switch-out, which can be a pain in the ass but is liveable if you're cramped for space. For instance my Atari 400 and the small TV I use it with lives in the closet when not in use, then will come out and sit on my desk for a few days at a time. My Gamecube sits in the entertainment unit in the living room, but the games and controllers have to hide in the closet as well. It's basically just being smart about organizing, you'd be surprised what even a small closet can hold. Retrocomputers can be trickier than consoles due to the fact they tend to "sprawl" more often than not.

I've only recently started subscribing to your channel and I've been binging on your videos the last week and a bit (your intro song is stuck in my head). I'm digging them a lot, you seem a lot more genuine than many other U'Toobers out there and I can tell you actually care about these games (as opposed to pretending to care for views). Your guests are really interesting too, Reggie and Kinsey are very cool. Your game room has me wishing I lived in a house where I had a cool basement to play games and drink beer in. Anyway, this video made me miss my PSP. Picked it up for $10 at a garage sale years and years ago, modded it with a new case and such, then in one of those weird moments sold it because I thought I'd get out of video game collecting. Dumb move on my part, but this video might just encourage me to go hunting for one again.

Your cardiologist must love you As for sound, maybe check out the "Best Solution" answer in this thread? http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2754414/change-windows-startup-sound.html

Anime is bigger than ever, with even many North American cartoons taking cues from it. Gone are the days of otakus being the only creatures who could experience it, now even casual viewers who wouldn't consider themselves "geek" will watch anime. Since many of the games coming out for the 3DS come out of Japan, it would make sense that style is more popular. Like many things, this particular style is very "in" right now so it makes sense developers will jump on that. Personally I don't mind it, I like the style.

The problem is console manufacturers are trying to play catch-up with the rapidly advancing PC market after releasing under-powered consoles. It is cheaper and easier than ever to build a gaming rig that can whip modern consoles and play games in 1080p. Now with Microsoft announcing that Xbox One games will also appear on the Windows store, there would seem to be even less reason to purchase modern consoles. Heck, the one thing consoles used to have over a PC was that you could simply plop a game in and go. These days you have to suffer through the same bullshit on a console with endless updates, always-online DRM, poorly optimized games, and system software that is more about delivering a "media experience" to your living room than simply playing games. Regardless of what Sony and MS promise, the market will end up getting fragmented with the upgraded Xbox and PS4 systems. Isn't the idea of console gaming to be simple? Too much crap for me, I'll stick to my old consoles and PC games any day of the week, from an era where "DLC" was nary a twinkle in EA's eyes.

After organizing my office, I seem to have lost my Advance SP charger (oh, the irony). I have a spare DS charger, wondering if someone was interested in trading their Advance SP charger for a DS charger? I know they're cheap on eBay, but whatever I figured if someone needs a DS charger this might be a better way to get it.

I was going to reply with something exactly along the lines of what Bill said. Moving from one "hardcore" (for lack of a better term) console to the other isn't the same as moving from something like the Xbox 360 to the Wii.

I must say while I appreciate my American neighbours to the South your government strikes me as a little paranoid.

Sierra was a big part of my childhood, especially Kings Quest and Roger Wilco. Gabriel Knight was another really good one ("What can you tell me about voodoo?"), though I never finished it (I own it on GOG so it's on my list again). Of course they also had great non-adventure games as well like The Incredible Machine. I vaguely remember my dad playing Police Quest but I never tried it as a kid, I have it now and have started playing the first one. Those were the games that evolved into the excellent SWAT series. Sierra and Lucasarts (along with some Accolade titles) made up the bulk of my early PC gaming.

Oh god, this. The bizarre assumption that if Nintendo released a magical console that shits rainbows the "hardcore gamers" would flock en masse from Sony and MS to anchor their ships in the big N's harbour is ridiculous. As far back as the N64 Nintendo was not exactly known as the place to go for "hardcore" games (It could even be argued this has always been the case). Sure there have been some stand-out titles, and the 64 got Goldeneye which was an important milestone in console shooters but Nintendo hasn't really ever been about catering to the hardcore-gamers (whatever that even means). So for those holding out hope that the NX will be rife with games that appeal to that demographic can keep hoping. As for third-party developers, yeah Nintendo cocked that up for their consoles the last couple generations. But the thinking that 3rd parties won't touch Nintendo as a whole at this point is deluded, just look at the DS series and the staggering amount of excellent games. This means that it isn't developers "hating Nintendo", it's the fact that with the number of DS systems in the wild there is money to be made. Developers need to make a game as easy, cheap, and hopefully good as possible. Thus they develop for the systems that are easy and cheap to do so on. It isn't about Nintendo making the NX some diamond-ejaculating wonder that dazzles the world so utterly that all the fanboys lay down their consoles and stand in a circle to give each other reach-arounds in a show of unity. It's about Nintendo making the NX easy to develop on, cost-effective to develop on, and having enough market share that there's a reasonable expectation of good return on investment. This is the way for everything. If there's money to be made, people will show up. For now everything is speculation and rumour. Is the NX likely to be more powerful than the PS4/Xbox One? Personally I doubt it. Will the NX sell well? Who the fuck knows. If someone has a crystal ball (as so many on the internet apparently seem to) and can tell that the NX will be the console to sink Nintendo, they should really be using that power to figure out tomorrows lotto numbers. Until then I'll see what it looks like and decide if it's something that would entice me back to consoles.

I live rural, so the only thrift store near me has nothing like that. Even if they do get a donation of some kind of major electronics or gaming stuff, they don't put it out on the shelf they sell it on eBay instead. As for pawn shops, the closest pawn shop is over an hour away from me and I know for a fact they sell just the Wii, no cords or controllers, for $75. That to me seems quite steep.

Pictures and actual prices will go a long way on this forum (or really, any forum).

I've heard that dust from the d-pad rubber can gum up the contacts. I would start with cleaning the contacts for the d-pad with isopropyl alcohol, then taking a look at the rubber itself for the d-pad. It should be in good condition, without any cracks, tearing, etc.

Hey ya'll. I'm on the hunt for an inexpensive Wii, the gen that supports Gamecube games. It doesn't have to have any games, just as long as it has the cables and a couple controllers would be sweet. Any additional peripherals like the classic controllers would also be fantastic. My local classifieds prices are way out to lunch on these consoles, so I thought I'd check here to see if anyone has one they are looking to sell. I'm in Canada, so preference would be given to my Canuck brethren due to the crummy exchange rate to US dollars and expensive shipping. Cheers.

Here's an E3 demo, not the live one I saw on the Nintendo Treehouse stream but still shows some great stuff: Like Jin said a few posts above this one, it has the feel of Zelda meets Elder Scrolls. I try not to get hyped about things because I find it almost always leads to disappointment. That being said, this game looks like it could be the killer app for the NX, and would definitely be the reason I would buy the console seeing as I don't own a WiiU.

Just watched the E3 demo for the new LoZ game and I gotta say, I think this is going to go down as another Nintendo masterpiece. It looks absolutely stunning, in a graphical style that reminds me of the best parts of Wind Waker and Twilight Princess. As far as gameplay, there is a lot that is breaking the Zelda conventions. I saw changeable outfits, a fully-voiced NPC character, chopping down trees to harvest resources, a more technology-driven lore, a jump button (so awesome), Prince of Persia-esque free running, items that wear out, improved combat physics, and a frankly jaw-dropping open world. It looks very, very, very cool. Up to this point I hadn't been getting very excited for this game, but I am fully on the hype train at this point. It's supposedly going to release in 2017 for the Wii U and the NX, so if Nintendo comes out with a few more games like this I definitely see an NX in my future.

Let's say someone does shoot themselves with this. Seems like a problem that solves itself. Anyway, snowflakes gonna flake. Nothing to see here folks, just the usual insanity.

Maybe I'm too old, but what's wrong with regular coloured shoes? Damn kids and your fancy kicks.

Hmm, wouldn't it just be simpler/better to buy a new connector I wonder? The boiling may work in the short term, but I would be concerned that it will continue to corrode.

I hope I die before that point.

I've never understood the complaints about GOG's emulation, I've never once had a single problem with any of the 100+ games I own. Guess I'm just lucky. GOG forever, yo. Anyway, Cities Skylines is on sale on Steam for $10 this weekend. I just picked it up yesterday and it's awesome, highly recommend it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hmm, another Kickstarter that's failed to deliver on its campaign promise. This did look fun, I had been thinking it would be fun to do a driving cabinet build around this game. But no PC release means no dollars from me. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That was fascinating, even though I didn't understand half of it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk