Matt Young

I was pretty sure that was the case. My GameCrazy has a damn good selection of NES, SNES, and N64 games, but I only have about $1.25 to my name. I have a $50 Wal-Mart gift card, but that doesn't do me any good. :-\ It's doubtful, but I hope there are still some decent games available when I get some more cash. I need to replace my N64 collection and expand my NES and SNES libraries. To anyone who takes advanatge of the sale, please post your finds. If you find some rare-ish RPGs that the employees haven't already scooped up, you could save a ton of money off the price you'd normally pay on eBay.

I am by no means an expert on this stuff, but I can tell you one thing- If you hate cold weather like me, the climate alone is a good enough reason to move. Fuck those sub zero winters in Illinois. I was wearing shorts in January. The main drawback about living out here, as you may have guessed, is the cost of living. Housing costs where I live are twice as much as they were back in Illinois, and they only increase the closer you get to the coast (I'm maybe an hour away).

VX- What would you consider to be "affordable"? Huntington Beach and Garden Grove don't seem affordable whatsoever to me. I'm just curious, because once I can afford to move out of my parents' house (it sucks going back after living on my own) I'd like to live closer to the coast, but it doesn't appear to be feasible unless I win the lottery or live in a closet sized apartment in the ghetto.

That actually happens quite a bit, with teams sweeping division rivals 2-0 and then beating them again the playoffs.

Unlike basketball where the Lakers and Clippers play in the same division, the Sox and Cubs are in different leagues. They're not actively competing with each other. I dunno... My dad's side of the family is filled with diehard Cub fans, and I was watching their games before I could talk. When I started watching baseball regularly about 10 years ago, I became a White Sox fan as well.

No contest. It's the breakup of the Bulls dynasty after the 1998 season. I have been a huge Bulls fan since I was a kid growing up in Illinois, and after Jordan retired and the team was split up, I started losing interest in basketball. I'm still nowhere near as fanatical as I once was about the game. Otehr notables: The Cubs blowing a 3-1 series lead to the Marlins in the 2003 NLCS; Any time the White Sox gave up at the end of July and traded all their players away at the deadline despite being only 3-5 games behind Cleveland. Happy birthday Matt, indeed. Also, Super Bowl 32. More recently, the Illini losing to UNC in the NCAA Championship.

Is this even worth buying, or is it better suited as a rental? The gameplay style and the shooter bonus levels look great, and I think I'll love the story, but the brevity of the game is the one reason why I'm not sure whether to get JE or some other game like Psychonauts or Unreal Championship 2.

HEY! Don't promote the other store... I definitely prefer GameCrazy, but for PS1 games, you can't beat that deal.

The game sounds pretty good from the Gamespot review and the user reviews posted there. I'm sure you've looked at a review or two already, though. I really liked what little I played of Unreal Tournament 2004 on PC, but my main question is this- Is UC2 worth getting since I already own Halo 2 and just downloaded the 4 new maps? I'm about to head over to Hollywood Video now, so if the game's in stock, I'll rent it and post impressions.

Who's Cal Rpiken, Jr., Hoff?

Thanks PK. Just a heads up, if you don't find what you're looking for at GameCrazy, GameRush (which is to Blockbuster what GC is to Hollywood Video) has a deal where you can get any 5 PS1 games for $10 or 10 for $20, I believe. I'll have to check on the specifics.

I've heard the game's very good. But just so you know, Lushus, you can play deathmatches against computer controlled bots, and supposedly they're just as challenging if not more so than human players when you select the higher difficulty levels.

Wow, what a strange coincidence. I had never heard of this game before, but I went to Namco's website this morning looking for Tales of Symphonia stuff and saw that they had announced it on January 20th. It seems like an awesome concept. I was actually going to post about it today. Have you been watching me?

I know how you feel. I haven't been to GC in a while, but they have a decent selection of older games, including NES and SNES. I really need to replace my SNES collection, which I sold off about 8 years ago to get a Nintendo 64, and I need to replace my 30 or so N64 games that my sister sold for drugs. I'm just hoping that since MoVal isn't a big city and I rarely ever see people checking out the old school games at our GC, there will be some good titles left when I get some cash. I can probably get my friend who works there to hold a couple, but that's it.

For the people who do have a GameCrazy in their area, I was informed that the sale will now start on Thursday rather than Friday. Unfortunately, I cannot edit the title of the thread to reflect that.

Wow, I haven't seen free cash/video game/car offers like this on practically every site I go to. I'd better go sign up. "This offer is a sweepstakes. By signing up, you agree to our terms and to receive commercial advertisement emails from WinHundred, our partners and our affiliates per the privacy policy (revised 5/10/2004) and terms. No purchase necessary. Open to U.S. residents only. See Sweepstakes Facts by clicking here."

A young Terry Funk?

I found out that GBA games are excluded, but I believe Game Boy and GB Color games are eligible.

I generally like that type of music, but I was very unimpressed with Senses Fail's latest album. P.S. Nevermortal rocks.

Well, Charlotte got 18 wins (same as the old Charlotte team, the Hornets), 5 more than Atlanta, and they were a true expansion team. I mean, who did they have besides Emeka Okafor? As for the Hawks, though, Josh Smith was badass in the dunk contest. Bring back Dominique Wilkins, Steve Smith, and Spud Webb!

Since others are listing themes by real bands, I may as well also. Out of the current themes, I really dig Dishwater Blonde's theme for Christian, Edge's theme from Alter Bridge, and Randy Orton's theme, by Mercydrive. Other current themes I enjoy: Carlito, John Cena, Triple H, Lita, Chris Benoit. It's hard to remember a lot of older themes, but ntohing tops "Real American" for me. I mark out every time I hear that, and seeing Hogan run down to the ring and take out Hassan and Daivari as that theme played at WM21 was the biggest mark out moment probably in my entire history of being a wrestling fan. I had seen Hogan at a Thunder taping in 2000, but he was in his FUNB anti-New Blood stage. This was the full experience.

I'll add more later, but I must add that Owen Hart's early 1998 theme when he was the "sole survivot", "black heart/Hart", and later, a heel with The Rock kicked all kinds of ass.

Does this also happen when looking in a mirror? No. Who are you?

The new maps are available right now. I'm downloading them as I type this.