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turtLe's New Home - Update Jan 30 2013 Dirty rotten thieves!

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Hello all! I posted a thread in early January before I moved of my old space. After much procrastination I've taken TONS of photos of the new place and after looking at a huge folder full of pics I decided my new house warrants it's own thread. Please let me know what you think, I'm super proud of it and glad I can show it off!

Everyone seemed to really like the game art at my last place. So I'll start off with my newest piece. It's called Tribute by Retronator click here for a much more detailed shot I fell in love with this print. Also glad to see it give some Destructoid love!
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On to the living room! Aerial shot from the loft.
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I game from here, honestly the TV is a tad high, but I've gotten used to it now. I pull the mount out about 50 inches and it angles down when I play. TV is a Sharp 50" LED LCD 3DTV. To the left is the Curio Cabinet holding all the consoles, and the game spinner to the right.
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Ontop the curio cabinet is the PS3, inside is the SNES and DC along with a switcher, below is the stereo. Softmodded Wii and Xbox 360 Elite. Below that is a modded Xbox with a 300gb HDD.Image
N64, Two Slim PS2's one stock and the other modded. Below see the BEAST. Silly Sega what were you thinking?
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On the back of the door to our second bedroom (read library) we have hung our controllers. I got the idea to use a shoe rack from someone else on these boards, can't remember who but thanks!
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Onto the good stuff. THE GAMES! I'll start off with the spinner. I have games in 3/4 sides so I don't have to turn it. However the option will be there which is amazing for expandability.
I am going to break each section into spolier tags to keep the post smaller.

PS3
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PS2
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PSX
Sorry for the camera flash, top row is Lunar 1, Lunar 2, Arc the Lad, Persona, Persona 2: Eternal Punishment, Alundra, Alundra 2, Grandia, Legend of Dragoon, Suikoden, Wild ARMs, Wild ARMs 2. (some of those were from Jmustang1968 - thanks again <3)
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Wii and GC
Yes I am a dirty rotten pirate. Wait a sec, don't stone me just yet. My Wii is soft-modded I download games first (therefore the blank Wii cases) If I enjoy the game I buy it (If I don't it's condemned to a white blank case :lol: ). If it's labelled its the real deal. Currently Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Mario Party 9 are on the "To Get List" so I can toss out the phoney copies.
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Xbox, X360 and Kinect
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Onto the eating area and kitchen, here a shot from the living room
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Gaming doesn't stop in the kitchen, note the MineCraft Magnets on the Refrigerator. Every once and a while a new dungeon or house appears.
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The eating area holds all our movies and some games, for more detailed pictures check out the below spoilers
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Handheld
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Here are all my handhelds from the 1st left column: GBA, GBA SP, GBA Micro.
2nd column: Custom painted GBC from Zoki64, NDS Lite, 3DS.
3rd column: PSP1000, PSP2000, PSP3000, PS Vita.
4th column: GP2X Wiz, iPad 3 64gb and iPhone 4S.
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Blu-ray Movies and TV Shows
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Behind the eating area before the master bedroom I have two shelves with most my retro stuff
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When I was younger I loved the Dreamcast, but I just couldn't afford games. All the slim CD Cases are burnt Dreamcast games. I've since re bought some of my favourites, but I just don't use the system enough these days to justify replacing them all with legit copies. I know it's a negative way to look at things, but if I were to buy legit copies it's not like the developers would see my cash therefore I wouldn't be supporting them (unlike what I've stated above with the Wii)
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I love comic books I've turned our second bedroom somewhat into a library, and a photo of my grandmother RIP :(
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Speaking of comics onto the loft. What you saw in the first post was what both my girlfriend and I have tried to blend our love of media and pop culture and a bit of class. That idea is 100% out the window in the loft.

Going up the stairs you will see both computers, the girlfriend's and mine. Great setup for Diablo! My computer on the right is: Two old Viewsonic 19" monitors and a 27" Samsung set up as a eyefinity display (I use displayfusion on them for the taskbar/hotkeys on each) and a Logitech G15 Gen 1 Keyboard. Inside the Antec 1200 case is a ASUS P6X58D Premium mobo, Intel i7 930 LGA1366, 6gb triple channel DDR3 memory and Radeon 5870 and stacks of HDD's to hold HD Movies/TV Shows to stream to the PS3.
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I'm trying to get a few shots so I can capture all the art. All the art in the loft is done by Adam Sidwell of the Skid (formerally 52 Bad Dudes)
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Now I am sure you have noticed the statues, they are made by Sideshow Collectables. It's a new hobby I've gotten into over the last few months. They are 1/4 Scale and are made of Polystone.
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A closeup of each Sideshow Comiquette
Carnage was my first piece. It kinda got me into collecting
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Venom is my newest I LOVE it. the detail is just unreal
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The devious Hobgoblin, he has always been one of my favourite Spider-man villains
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When Cap dies, Bucky takes up the sheild. This piece uses real leather for the suit, normally not something I am a fan of but it works!
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I totally lucked out here, I won this off eBay its a EMPLOYEE EXCLUSIVE edition of Tychus off StarCraft II. It looks the same as the regular except this edition is much smaller (550) then the regular (2000) stated on the bottom. I don't know why this blizzard employee sold it, but I am certainly enjoying it
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ADDED JUNE 22nd 2012
This is our kitten Atari. She's 9 weeks old and the most adorable headache/terror/fluffball I've ever seen. Karma Machine indeed.
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ADDED JUNE 29th 2012
We just redid our deck on the roof. Just laid down tiles from Ikea then painted them with a teak oil. Such an improvement!

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ADDED AUGUST 23rd 2012
I posted this on a few other forums, a common thing asked was a closer look at Tychus, and Mystique in the corner.
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I actually moved around my statue display to make room for a new one, my holy grail - Spidey.
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Anyway thats about all I have to show for now. Hope everyone enjoys! I'd love comments ect below!
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OH MAN OH MAN OH MAN!!!!!!!!!!
OH MAN OH MAN OH MAN!!!!!!!!!!
OH MAN OH MAN OH MAN!!!!!!!!!!

You have floored me with all your awesome stuff.

congrats on the new place.

I am really enjoying your ps3 stuff. And those Blue-rays! :shock:

never a boring day in that house!

I like the marvel stautes as well!
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Very nice pictures. Nice and neat.

I do have to mount my old LCD TV (Samsun 52") above a fire place since that is the only practical spot in my living room. Currently it's on a coffee table in front of the fire place. I don't think it will be that high off the floor like yours.

It doesn't look like you fished any of the cables into the wall, did you? That's one concern I have with mine. I suspect that I will have to do some hole cutting/patching since I want my wires in the wall.
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You have an amazing house! Though im very happy with my current appartment, but yours is close to my dream house. I love the open stairs! Its all so cozy, yet still roomy!

Great!
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Love the Mega Man 2 Portraits. Great stuff.
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Nice collection, great stuff!!

Another fan of Chuck 8)
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I like the idea of fusing a classy, modern house with video games and other media.

How long did it take you to do all this furnishing?
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Fireplaces. Always in the way of where the tv should go.
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Jrecee wrote:Fireplaces. Always in the way of where the tv should go.
Indeed. My house had 3 fireplaces. I removed one when I remodeled the family room. In a couple of years, I'll remodel the kitchen and remove another one.
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