Random Gaming Thoughts

[BogusMeatFactory]

I know I am very, very much in the minority about this, but I actually love it when carts have some indication of their ownership history on them. Rental labels, price stickers, kids' names in Sharpie... within reason, I think it's neat when there's something there that preserves the item's provenance. I like that connection to its past.

I agree one hundred percent! I absolutely adore the mystique of games played by others in the past. It always pained me as a kid to take a game I rented from the library and see that all the saved game slots are taken in the game and I had to delete one. Why did they name their characters that way? What do their game notes in the manual mean? These things just add a level of character to an old game for me and I think it is so interesting!

When I bought Shenmue 2 for Xbox years ago off eBay, my copy came with a message inscribed in thick sharpie on the user manual. It said something like "To Ben, I love you my sweet boyfriend! Love Jennifer" on it. It made me sad because what if this was a game Ben's girlfriend bought him, and they broke up, so now he sold the game because it reminds him of his ex? I mean if it was actually a gift from his girlfriend why would he sell it otherwise? It was a melancholy moment for me.

I know, because Shenmue II is absolutely amazing! Maybe he was depressed seeing this game and knowing we will never see an end and he and Jennifer got married? It could happen!

[Erik_Twice]

I would rather have my games in the best condition I can, seeing marks on a game or a book just makes me sad.

[Xeogred]

The worst are stickers on CD games. I'm talking, on the front of the actual CD. WHYYYYYY

[Snatch1414]

I'm not really into the stickers and stuff usually, other than an NES I bought at a thrift store. It had a couple old stickers, probably from Nintendo Power, of Mario and another of Samus. I kept them on there.

Otherwise, I like finding receipts in them just to see when and for how much it was purchased back when. That's about it though.

[o.pwuaioc]

I hate stickers and markings and whatnot from other people on my games. I never did it, so I feel now that their shit is infesting my otherwise in-good-condition collection.

[Sarge]

Speaking of saved games, I left a note with the game at the rental store for someone to not delete my slot in Dragon Warrior III. It... didn't work.

I eventually ended up owning that particular copy of the game anyway, so all is well.

[BoringSupreez]

Speaking of saved games, I left a note with the game at the rental store for someone to not delete my slot in Dragon Warrior III. It... didn't work.

I eventually ended up owning that particular copy of the game anyway, so all is well.

Quick story, my younger brother once traded in his copy of Sonic & Knuckles to our local game store. Another sibling ended up buying a copy of S&K from that same store like 6 months later... it was the same copy, all saves intact. Using the game store as a pawn shop, not the best financial strategy ever but it can work I guess.

[Sarge]

Ha, that's how things work out, isn't it?

I bought so many great games from this video store. I'd bug them all the time about buying stuff that wasn't renting well. I did the same thing at Blockbuster while it was open, and scored some great stuff there as well. I almost never actually rented anything there, though!

[Michi]

Someone should romhack Zelda Majora's Mask and replace the moon with Jigglypuff, I want to look up in the sky and see his smiling face getting bigger and bigger

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[ExedExes]

Another good interview on Gamasutra I found today, this one goes out to all the Blue Stinger/Illbleed (DC) fans! It also puts to rest a nagging thought I had about the Jaleco/AIA publisher situation with Illbleed.