Share your pickup loot and finds

[Steve W]

I came home from vacation yesterday. I go into work today only to find out that my boss changed my schedule and I wasn't supposed to work today. Which means I could have taken an extra day of vacation time. That sucks.

So I headed out and hit a few GameXchange stores and a Movie Trading Company. I really appreciate the indie style games for the PS4, it's not all triple-A developers making lowest common denominator games. And each store has a different selection of games, something else I appreciate.

[Steve W]

Yesterday was payday, so I hit a few Game X Change stores and finally found one that had a Playstation VR set. It was $119.95. But then I also had to get two Move controllers which cost $23 each. Then I needed to get the Rick & Morty: Virtual Rickality game, because I've been wondering about it since it was released. I also came across a remake of Battlezone for VR and a copy of Eagle Flight which looks cool. I only have one charging cable for the Move controllers, so I'm going to have to get one of those cheapo charging cradles with my next paycheck.

[YoshiM]

Got a few things, though much at blockbuster prices.

I swung by a thrift store Saturday as I was getting stuff to make for lunch for the brood. For games they had a very festive complete "Christmas Carol" DS game for $2.50. I also came upon a Samsung Galaxy J3 with charger for $2. That thing looks pert-near flawless. I just had to boot into a "safe mode" to factory reset it as the past owner didn't clear anything and had a swipe code. The local art center where my wife works and is the theater chair for is looking to try and do streaming for shows. I figure I could cobble something together with my phone, this J3, my Sony Handicam and my laptop and use Open Broadcaster Software to make it all happen.

I did get my Super Mario Bros Game and Watch, which is really cool! No stand, which sucks and I need a charger, but it is slick. Emulation feels spot on and the screen is crisp. It is now leaning on my Realistic Desk Cube at work. Once I get power for it, hopefully I can keep the clock running. I also decided to get a TurboGrafx-16 Mini off Amazon for $78. It was used, but save for a slight dent in the box, you couldn't tell. Seems to work well for what little I got to play on it.

The local Wal-Mart lowered the price of "The Legend of Zelda: OoT"for the 3DS to $10. I picked up a couple copies for the kids for Christmas.

[Niku-Sama]

Yesterday was payday, so I hit a few Game X Change stores and finally found one that had a Playstation VR set. It was $119.95. But then I also had to get two Move controllers which cost $23 each. Then I needed to get the Rick & Morty: Virtual Rickality game, because I've been wondering about it since it was released. I also came across a remake of Battlezone for VR and a copy of Eagle Flight which looks cool. I only have one charging cable for the Move controllers, so I'm going to have to get one of those cheapo charging cradles with my next paycheck.

oh i was wanting to get a PSVR since they are fairly cheap used now, $120 is better than most places.

Eventhough its not a real granturismo game you should try sport in VR its interesting

[Steve W]

Well, I've been having problems with the PS4 and Move controllers. Rick & Morty: Virtual Rickality needs Move controllers, but I could only get one to sync. I think the batteries can't hold a charge, so I ordered a couple replacements off Amazon which should be here in a day or two. Battlezone doesn't need Move controllers to play, so I loaded that up. The visuals are only okay, I can't adjust the internal lenses for my eyes like the Virtual Boy could, and the internal screens seemed lower resolution than I thought they'd be. When I had gotten through the menus and was about to start playing, I was suddenly at the PS4 menu screen and the disc was ejected without me doing anything. And then it refused to allow the disc to be put back in. I knew buying a bunch of second-hand game stuff would mean problems, but I hope nothing else on this thing screws up.

[Steve W]

Got up earlier than normal and went out flea market shopping. And of course, found nothing. So I hit a few GameXchanges coming home. I forgot to put the Move Controller charging stand I bought into the picture, good thing I have one now since I just installed new batteries in the Move Controllers so I can finally use the things. By the way, the Japanese title on top is OneeChambara Z2 Chaos.

[Steve W]

I took apart the PS4 and fixed the problem with randomly ejecting discs, so I could finally play games for more than a few minutes. I tried out Battlezone VR tonight... I'm probably not going to play too much of that one. Puke-a-tronic. Real motion sickness issues. Maybe I'll need to get my brain used to VR after playing it for a while, kind of like how not gaming after months or years then playing a first-person shooter can make you nauseous. You've got to get used to the fact your eyes are seeing one thing but your inner ear is telling you something else.

I picked up a UK import of Arizona Sunshine today. And this nice styrofoam head to rest my VR helmet on. Got the styrofoam head from a Japanese store chain that entered Dallas a few years ago called Daiso, essentially a Japanese dollar store. The head was in the art section next to little wooden human pose dolls, and it has a very anime girl inspired face. I'm thinking of going back and picking up one of their cheap cosplay-style wigs to go on it so it doesn't look so much like an alien.

[Niku-Sama]

wigs and glitter

go full kawaii on its ass!