Dirt 2 for Xbox 360

The last Dirt game on the Xbox 360 I haven't played.

As promised in my last blog (HERE), I tracked down and bought myself another game in a new game series I recently discovered, Dirt 2!

Had been watching some auctions and such on eBay, most of them were selling and being sold for over $10.00. Well, I was being cheaper than that and waited. Finally a seller listed a 7 day auction for Dirt 2, starting at $4,20 plus $2.66 shipping. But, they also had a Make Offer button. I didn't know you could have a make offer button on an auction.

So, being cheap I shot the guy an offer of $3.34. Figured, Why Not? To my surprise, it was accepted! Scoring me the game for a total of $6.00 shipped!

Complete and in Great Shape!

I forced myself to grind out the 1,000 miles driven in Career in the original Dirt first (Took 3 nights after work), because I knew if I started Dirt 2, I wouldn't go back and finish up Dirt.

Once I finally got the achievement I didn't even finish the race and popped Dirt 2 into my 360 and gave er a go! And it is awesome! Another Great Codemasters racing game. Another Recommend!

Can't wait to get Dirt 4 for the Xbox One! 

Dirt for Xbox 360

I recently discovered a new (to me) game series, and It is awesome!

Back in April I was looking for something new to play, even though I have thousands of games. Several games of which, are still sealed. I was having one of those "I have nothing to play" moments, so I decided to go through my "digital library" of Xbox 360 games (free games that I have downloaded with the Xbox Games with Gold deal).

I came across Dirt 3, I loaded it up and gave it a shot. I really enjoyed the game and played through it in 5 days. I also had Dirt Showdown downloaded. After enjoying Dirt 3 so much, I gave it a run as well. Showdown is a fun game reminiscent of Demolition Racer, but not quite as fun a Dirt 3.

I decided I wanted to get, and play, the original Dirt. So me being me, off to eBay I went. I was being very frugal and watched several auctions and checked new listings daily. Finally was able to score a nice copy for $5.xx, shipped!

Complete and in great shape!

Been playing the hell out of it for the last 3 weeks. I have 45 of the 49 achievements for 890 Gamerscore. I am working on the last 2 single player achievements, owning all cars, and driving 1000 miles. It's a little bit of a grind, but enjoyable.

Overall I really, really, enjoyed this game, highly recommend!

Next, secure myself a copy of Dirt 2!

Pawn and Thrift Store Game Finds

Went out and hit up another Pawn America as well as a Savers, and scored a few more things!

First we swung into a different Pawn America than a few weeks ago, ended up getting a few things.

Another older Xbox 360 racing game I have been looking for, Test Drive Unlimited.

 Complete and in Great Shape! Manual looks like it has never been opened.

Paid $7.00, I generally see them go for $10.00+

Super Collapse 3 for the Sony PSP

Complete and in Great Shape.

I am a fan of the Super Collapse games, having played the original on PC, and #2 on both PC and Gameboy Advance.

And, speaking of the PSP, I also picked up a couple more UMD Movies to add to the collection

The Amityville Horror remake (good horror movie, but not as good as the original) and a movie I had never heard of before, but looks interesting, Dead & Breakfast.

And then we shot over to Savers and scored a couple things

A Nintendo DS Lite Charger

And another old racing game I have been looking for

Tokyo Extreme Racer 3 on PlayStation 2

Complete and in Great Shape, $2.99

That's it, Thanks for Looking!

You're an Auto Parts Store Aren't Ya? - A Rant

I am temporarily working as a delivery driver at an auto parts store, need to pay the bills. But I do start a new "real", well paying, office job in a week and a half. 😄 Not soon enough!

Back in the early 2000's I was an assistant manger for Checker Auto Parts. So these kind of people are nothing new to me, but I forgot how fucking annoying these idiots are.

So the last few days at work, people have been coming into the  auto parts store looking for parts for anything but: lower unit oil for a boat, a clutch cable for a dirtbike, belt for a riding lawn mower, and some oddball part for a snowblower.

AUTO is short for automotive (as in cars, trucks, vans, suv's). Not Marine, Not Powersport, Not Lawn and Garden etc....

Then, when we don't have the parts, these fucking idiots get all indignant and say things like "oh I thought this was an auto parts store?" or "you sell auto parts right?" or as the title states " you're an auto parts store aren't ya?"

Yes you fucking dumb fucks, this is an AUTO parts store, we sell AUTO parts for AUTOMOBILES!

You wouldn't go to barnes and noble and ask for a kitchen table would ya?

Grid for Xbox 360

I was recently going through my Xbox 360 Digital "Library". Games I downloaded free with the Xbox Games With Gold Deals. I came across Dirt 3 and Dirt Showdown. I really enjoyed Dirt 3. and Showdown, completing them both in about 4-5 days each. I also had Grid 2 digitally downloaded, also by the same developer, Codemasters. While I was playing through and enjoying it, I decided I needed the original Grid as well.

Hopped on eBay, and secured myself a copy for $5.xx shipped

Complete and in Great Shape

Have a few hours into it and am really enjoying it as well!

Pawn Shop Video Game Scores

It has been a while since I have been able to go out Game Hunting. I found myself with a few extra cash dollars, and we (my 2 game hunting buddies, my daughters) decided to hit up one of our favorite spots, Pawn America.

Despite their dwindling inventory (they only had about 25% of what they used to) I did mange to pick up a few things.

Lets see what we got!

First up, I picked up this Sega Genesis game strictly for the case. I mean, for a Quarter, why not?

Will try and sell the cartridge for like a buck.

Then I found a Nintendo DS game I had been after for awhile

$2.00!

I also found a crosswords game I had been wanting too

 USA Today Crossword Challenge

Complete and in Great Shape for $3.00

I enjoy playing crossword games on my 3DS. The first game I had for my 3DS was Crosswords Plus I bought factory sealed at a Goodwill for $4.00 before I even had a 3DS. I played it all the way through, completing everything, so I bought the Regular DS version as well. Looking forward to playing this, but I have been playing the Tetris DS game since getting it.

Then I found a game for my wife

Friends (A trivia type game) for $1.00

She has been binge watching Friends on Netflix, so grabbed this for her.

My oldest daughter picked this up for me. I had passed on this at a different pawn shop a few years back and kicked myself for it. I only collect PlayStation exclusive games for the PS3 and had been wanting to play this.

The Last of Us

I have been playing racing games on my Xbox 360 a lot lately and I had played this game back in 2009 when I house/cat sat for a relative. Since I had a few achievements already and for $6.00, decided to pick myself up a copy.

Complete and in Great Shape!

It even included the map. Sweet!

S'all for now. Hopefully new pickups soon!

More Sega Pickups

Picked up a few more things to add to the Sega Collection

 Picked up some original Genesis car artwork I needed from another user on Segaage.com

Now my copy of Altered Beast is finally complete. Still need a manual for Warlock though.

And another Segaage.com transaction with a guy who is local that I have got some things from before (Blog Here)

A couple manuals I needed, Belle's Quest is now complete, However I still need the original cardboard box for Stormlord.

Onto some Games!

Won a weekly subscriber contest from one of my favorite You Tubers Renebean Check him out

 Missile Defense 3-D for the Master System

Complete and in Great Shape

And a $5.37 eBay pickup

 Sega Rally Championship for the Dreamcast

Also complete and in great shape

That's it for now