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Monday, February 1, 2016

Video Game, Accessories AND Console Pickups

Lots of misc pickups and things to share, everything from the 70's through 2015. Games, Accessories AND Consoles!

We will start off with one of the presents my Fiancee got me for X-mas, Star Wars Battlefront for the Xbox One.

It is the Walmart Exclusive edition with the Topps Trading Disc

Next up, I got my Fiancee a new copy of Super Mario Galaxy 2 for the Wii, she loved the first game, so I had to get her the 2nd.

I was going through my NES games, and I had mentioned to my Fiancee that they had remade Ducktales. She said she used to play it all the time on the NES and loved it, so I used that as an excuse to pick her up a new copy for the 360.

Next up, is a small Goodwill score I had. A new sealed copy of Metal Gear Solid Peace walker for the PSP, and Colin McRae 04 for the Original Xbox.

And my daughter picked me up a few games for me as well from a game store, Thanks Sweetie!

Knight Rider for the NES

Sonic 3D Blast for the Sega Genesis

I also ordered some accessories for the Sega Genesis.

A Sega Mouse to complete my Wacky Worlds Game

A Team Player 4 Player Adapter in Box

Box had a few Toys R Us Clearance stickers

Stickers Cleaned Off

And for some Console pickups. My Fiancee's Stepdad goes to auctions and buys things to resell, and sometimes keep for them. I got a call asking if I would help him sell some game systems he had got in a box for $25.00. He said there was an Atari and a Sega. I said I had been looking for an Atari, and might be interested in that for myself. I assumed the Sega was a Genesis, as those are all over. When I opened the box, I was surprised and wrong.

Turns out it was a Sega Master System with a Shinobi Game. I hadn't planned on getting/needing a Master System, as you just don't see them very often. I was just going to get a Power base Converter and play Master System games on my Model 1 Genesis. There were no cords or controller, but the Genesis Model 1 uses the same hookups, and a Genesis controller works with it as well.

Hooked it up, and it Works Great!

And there was also an Atari 2600 with a stack of games. I had been looking to pick up a 2600 for awhile, so was happy to get this.

Haven't tested the Atari yet, have to get an adapter for the A/V hook up, I don't have a TV old enough to have the 2 screws on the back to try it out.

And he told me to just give him the $25.00 he spent to buy it, and they were all mine, Nice!

Monday, January 25, 2016

Free Gamestop Power Up Rewards Points

1/15/2015: I started this blog, to get back into writing, and I did for awhile, but I have abandoned my book project yet again. But, also to share my Video Gaming finds, share my opinions about some music I enjoy and bitch about whatever was bothering me on a particular day, and I have been having fun with the blog, so here ya go.

1 Year of Blogging, and how am I going to celebrate? By giving you, my readers a gift. Although it more fits with my Gamer readers, anyway I am going to tell you how I get Free Gamestop Power Up Rewards Points, without Shopping at Gamestop.

With the power up rewards program, you get points for every dollar you spend at Gamestop, whether in store or online. I, however no longer shop at Gamestop due to the extremely poor customer service I received when Battlefield 4 came out, and again the very next week when I had 2, yes 2 bad experiences in the same trip, while picking up my Call of Duty Ghosts Hardened Edition pre-order.

Anyway, I am a member of the website www.e-rewards.com Where you fill out surveys and earn Money to put towards certain rewards. The surveys are anywhere from a couple minutes to fifteen/twenty minutes or so, and for the most part I just fill them out here and there while I am watching Youtube, or TV, or whatever. I also once got a check for $75.00 cash, just for filling out a week long log of my cats eating habits.

There are 3 Rewards Tiers for Gamestop: $25 gets you 5,000 Rewards Points, $50.00 gets you 12,500 Rewards Points and $100.00 gets you 30,000 Rewards Points. I always get the 30,000. I then use those points in Gamestops Power Rewards Catalog, and get 8 $3.00 Xbox Live Currency codes, so basically $24.00. I just did this last week, and looking back in my email I had just done it 3 Months ago as well. So about every 3 months, I get $24.00 in Xbox Live Currency, for free, just for taking a few minutes and filling out surveys. Xbox Live is what, $60.00 a Year? This pays for that right here.

And I also get Free, New games. as I blogged about: http://daveswickedthoughts.blogspot.com/2015/09/free-titanfall-thanks-gamestop.html Ok so I had to go in the store to get that, but I was the using free points/credit I got through e-rewards, AND I got more rewards points from using the certificate.

Gamestop is paying for free games and a bunch of Xbox Live Credits for me, and I don't even shop there.

Thanks Gamestop!

Saturday, January 9, 2016

The Sega Genesis Triumvirate

I now have 3 of the 6 games that, to me, are an absolute must have for the Sega Genesis. Road Rash 1-3. These are 3 of my most favorite games of all time, Hands Down.

I finally broke down and ordered a loose Cartridge and Manual for Road Rash 3 for the Sega Genesis. As I had posted in a previous blog, I had picked up the artwork in a deal I did for a lot of Sega games, and I was hoping to find one locally, but I had a few bucks in my PayPal account, and decided to blow $20.00 shipped on a great condition Cartridge and Manual.

The Triumvirate

And they they are, Three of the Six, Funnest, Must Have Games on the Sega Genesis.

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Latest Video Games Pickups

Here are a few of my latest game pickups

Black Friday Pickups for the Xbox One: Evolve and The Evil Within

And it had been awhile since I swung by my favorite pawn shop, and picked up a few things.

The Sims Bustin' Out, Complete for the Original Xbox. The Original Sims on Xbox was my first time playing the Sims, so Picked up another.

Hexen for the Nintendo 64, I originally got and played this on the Original Playstation way back in the mid 90's, it was fun, so why not pick it up for the N64 as well?

After a few minutes cleaning

And a Sega Genesis Game I had not seen before, it looks brand new, and is complete and in great shape. Triple Score 3 Games in 1. Includes Super Hang On, World Championship Soccer and Columns.

That's it for now, no more game hunting until after Christmas.

Thursday, November 19, 2015

New Video Game Pickups

Been awhile, but got a few new game pickups.

At Goodwill, picked up a few items for the Sony PSP. Grand Theft Auto Liberty City Stories, Midway Arcade Treasures and a UMD Video, Clerks. I love Kevin Smiths stuff.

I also stopped by Half Price Books, I was looking for a certain Star Wars Novel (X-wing #5) Which I found, and I swung through the game section, and found this.

Complete in Box and in great shape, 1080 Snowboarding for the Nintendo 64

And this morning, my girlfriend brought me home this, I never even mentioned to her I wanted it.

Call of Duty Black Ops III for the Xbox One

Thursday, October 29, 2015

Console Online Multiplayer

I was playing Destiny the other day on my Xbox One, when I realized, Online multiplayer just isn't as fun or the same as it used to be.

I first got on Xbox Live back in February of 2007, when I bought an Xbox 360 which was bundled with Need for Speed Most Wanted. I also bought Tomb Raider Legend, Burnout Revenge, F.E.A.R. and Condemned Criminal Origins as well. The first game I played online was Burnout Revenge (Very Fun Game). I remember being in multiplayer lobbies, and having actual conversations. Talking about the game, or other games, or life in general. There were for the most part, normal, reasonable, educated individuals. We would also see when each other would be online, and have gaming nights as a group, I miss those people.

One of the things that I absolutely enjoyed about playing against actual people online was, the competition. I had played through a bunch of the races in Burnout, where the AI was only so competitive, and after half to three quarters of the course, you were out in front for the rest of the race. I remember there was a 5 race series online, where another gamer and I swapped placing first and second all the way through the series, it was awesome, and lots of fun.

Then, I decided to play online with F.E.A.R., which is an awesome First Person Shooter (and one of my absolute favorite games made), and in my opinion, is a million and a half times better than any Call of Duty. I immediately fell in love with this game, and it's online community, and to this day the year and a half I spent playing that game online remains my absolute favorite online gaming experience. It is also where I met one of my best friends online, he lives in PA, and I in MN, but we became fast friends, and a great duo online. We got to the point where we were number 1 and 2 on the Xbox Live leader boards for F.E.A.R., and would take on just us two vs six others in Capture the Flag, and win!

Fast forward to October 2015: I currently have my Xbox Live settings to all communications blocked except people on my friends list, which has less than 10 people. It's sad, just sad.

Why is this? Well, the online community in general has gone so far down the toilet, it is just pathetic. So many unattended 8 year olds screaming obscenities into the mic, for no other reason than they can because some worthless parent is using the Xbox as their babysitter. Don't get me wrong, I am not against blurting out a good hard FUCK here or there, I mean it is a great adjective to use to express frustration, but seriously, it is really bad online. Or all the people calling each other homos, fag, etc.. I just don't need to hear that shit constantly.

Then there are the music people. I love music (if you are a follower of my blog, you are fully aware) and enjoy listening to some music when I am playing online, but I don't feel the need to share it with the whole lobby, or sing to my fellow teammates. Seriously people, have a little common courtesy and respect. You also have the people who are playing online in a room with their friends, family or whatever, and feel the need to carry on a conversation, which we have to hear one side, turn off your mic asshat!

Speaking of mics. Turtle Beach makes very nice headsets for online gaming. I love my Turtle Beaches I have for the 360 (too bad they wont work with my Xbox One, Oh Well will buy another set), when playing online multiplayer it really helps to hear where people are. I can tell if they are in front of or behind me, to the left or right, hear a grenade rolling, they are awesome! But, the mic is also overly sensitive, so when using them, Courteous players turn the volume down or off on their television, otherwise the Turtle Beach mic picks it up, and broadcast it back through the mic.

Overall online gaming can be, and is generally fun, but I find myself playing more and more Single Player campaigns these days, Forza Motorsport 6 is great, and I am having lots of fun. Wolfenstein the New Order and The Old Blood are both great games in this regard as well. I do miss the old days though, when people where actually decent online, worked together, and just more pleasant to interact with. However, these days the normal, reasonable, pleasant, educated individuals seem to the minority, and that makes me sad. But, it is just a symptom of the degradation of today's society. That underground bunker is looking better and better everyday.

That's my bitch for tonight, have fun y'all!