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It was early Thanksgiving Day morning. Sun was just peeking over the horizon. There was a chill in the air and dew was still on the grass, standing there I could see my breath. I slowly zip up my flight suit and put on my gloves. It is not the first time I've climbed into this cockpit. But the wait is over and no more mister nice guy. It has started, the mindless destruction. Hordes of aliens have entered our part of the galaxy. Aliens travel in hordes folks, believe me. They don't sneak around at night abducting innocent victims to probe. Wake up people! Aliens are not that nice. They enter quadrants of the galaxy destroying everything in their path. And it is "always" our part of the galaxy! WHY DON'T THEY LEAVE US ALONE? WHO DO THEY THINK THEY ARE? You want to get probed and violated by an alien, fine! Go ahead. The only time I would rather be probed by aliens is as my preferred choice, brace yourself, it's better than being at Walmart on Black Friday morning in the middle of those insane crowds. But me, first and foremost, I would rather be on the trigger side of a laser cannon. There is no screaming from that position, they scream. I call the shots. I yell out the victory cry. Maybe the battle ship I fly is nothing more than a prototype, SO WHAT? I only know one thing. I am the only resistance standing between them and earth. So go ahead and enjoy your Thanksgiving Day Holiday. I got your back millions of miles away in the deep darkness of space blowing up all their spaceships, ripping through their armadas, frying their guts, and causing mayhem among their ranks. Plowing through millions. Have peace of mind, I'm doing my job. I'll make those aliens scream like little girls.
Have a nice Thanksgiving Holiday!! Eat like no one is watching and be thankful to the Lord for your bountiful plenty that He provides.
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My Family and I are on a physical media kick. I presently only have one streaming service, Disney plus. The monthly fee is going up, or has at this point. The channel is not used enough to justify the cost. $20 a month can purchase one to two DVDs or Blu Rays, which would cover about the use that we find by having their streaming service. There are those shows that I occasionally re-watch. I need those on DVD/Blu Ray media. I have a partial physical library that needs expanding. On eBay I can usually find very good deals and many times it is brand new sealed. Example, I received a copy of Winter Soldier today, $5 free shipping. Black Adam is on its way, $3 plus shipping. Finding those types of deals $20 can go a long way. Disney has been faithful about putting their stuff out there. Streaming services are not a guarantee that they will continue having that "one movie" that you get the urge to watch. As the monthly fee continues to increase, and that includes all streaming services, my fixed income may not keep up, especially when I need that money in other areas. Yeah I know the consequences of building that library of physical media, where do you stash it. That I am willing to deal with. There are many good movies and stuff that they no longer put out on DVDs. But it is out there somewhere used and somebody is selling it.
So in the coming months, and going into the new year, we will be on the hunt.

Is anybody else feeling the fever?

@BLUEVOODU this past week I was playing Air Zonk, Blazing Lazers, and Coryoon: Child of Dragon. All Shmups.

my invite is invalid.................

Anything from Apple that is below $1000 is a good deal, 
If I could afford to dwell in the Apple ecosystem I would be all over it.

Happy Birthday!!

@BLUEVOODU I don't remember any of these and there is more than one volume. I have seen as many as eleven volumes. I really don't know where these came from. But this is a very good price. They have been on my radar for some time. Maybe this coming year I can grab this and give some sort-of review. I would want a good story and turn based battles. There is so much I want right now. I have been focused on the Evercade VS and the Neo Geo collection.

The PS3... We are still playing games from that console.  It was my 1st console to flip me to the Sony side.  No one believed I bought one back in the day LOL     Absolutely Awesome

Interesting.......................the XBOX 360 was the first console to flip me to the Microsoft side. 

That is really not a bad price for that case. I am showcasing my Switch lite case here which is a Breath of the Wild design. The interior of the case is the same as the one you are showing. I like that teal color it goes well with the metal accents. I like the Zelda imagery. If I did not have my case that would sure peak my interest. Awesome.


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We always keep Pandora playing in our house, Chopin, Bach, Beethoven, etc.

@BLUEVOODU i said I enjoyed it. There was a lot of things I did not like, but I was willing to push those things aside to enjoy the movie for what it was.
I wish they had of given more attention to fleshing out the banter between the Thing and Johnny more. The Thing needed his Brooklyn accent. Also I did not like the Silver Surfer having changes made to that character. But this could be all a variance, a different timeline. After all Loki is in charge.

@BLUEVOODU lunar is one of those few RPGs that I really got into. FF9 was another one and also Chrono Trigger. I have played through Lunar on the GBA several times. I just really enjoy the characters and story. And I really enjoy the old school turn based battles. Just simple upgrading your equipment and leveling up. I grind because I want to crush the enemy with little to no harm done to my team. In the GBA version of Lunar I leveled up my team, maxed out, early in the game and walked through every battle after that. It felt good. On the Switch version it is not that easy to accomplish what I want.

@BLUEVOODU i saw this on Disney plus. I was surprised. I really enjoyed it. It is already on DVD and I plan on purchasing it.

I happen to think of something that I have really grown out of...........
The cycle. I started gaming on the Commodore C64. Then I grabbed up a Sega Genesis, excited. I saw so many games that I wanted to purchase and play. Then the SNES came along. Then the desire for those games grabbed my wallet. My interest became divided. I ended up sacrificing games wanted, money weighed between consoles. Then Gameboy, then Game Gear, then Atari Lynx, Turbe Grafx 16, Sega CD, Sega 32X, Sega Saturn, PS1, GB Advance, GB SP, Atari Jaguar, Dreamcast, PS2, DS, DS lite, GameCube, N64, DSi, Wii, PS3, Xbox 360, 3DS, Xbox One, Wii U, finally the NES, and this is where I found myself willing to break the cycle. I never got the full line of games for each console that I desired because the gaming addiction monster was consumed by each new "better,: "bigger," "more powerful," "you need this," successor gaming system.

I have grown out of the desire, or need, to continue believing the gaming companies sales pitch of what I cannot live without. I have grown satisfied with the past gaming consoles and what they offer. Finally grabbing up games I missed. The continuous hype no longer affects me. What games I had fun with in the 90's are still fun. The high cost of modern consoles and their games is a great deterrent that helps you to stop and examine your gaming hobby. In the past I often haunted bargain bins and clearance shelves, for example picking up a 32X from Kay Bees for $19 and its games for $9.99 each. It doesn't take long to learn that you wait for the sale and not for the release day.

This is not so much about "gaming trends that have grown off of me," but more of what I've grown into. When I first started gaming I stayed clear of RPGs. Reading about them sounded boring and dull. I thought to myself, yuk, who in the world would enjoy something like that? I am not sure what RPG that I tried first, or what came over me to even purchase one. But once I tasted of that genre, I was hooked by the story and the turn based gameplay, and of course the grinding. It was more like it expanded my gaming field. Final Fantasy 3 on the original Gameboy, Chrono Trigger on the SNES, Lunar 1 & 2 or FF 9 on the Playstaion 1, all of these set the standard for me. And I might be leaving some out, but not intentionally.

Out of the 46 games that I have for the console, Lunar is stealing the thunder from Animal Crossing. Even though I am slowly going through that game because I stop to grind for a while. I hate just barely beating bosses with half of my team crushed.

I try to not do digital. I want stuff I can hold. And
 because it's awesome to be able to play on the Switch!

I don't know what it is about the Switch, but I have the hardest time getting into that console. To me the design of the console is the same as the original Gameboy Advance. I have never gotten excited about it as I did the DSi, or the 3DS, or the GBA SP. I still favor those consoles above the Switch. I purchase games for the Switch, but continue to fall back to those other consoles.

@retro junkie — did you ever take advantage of this?

@targetrasp - should I even ask you this anymore!?  You know what I'm going to ask.

Biomotor Unitron is an awesome game.  I need to break out my NGPC

I try to not do digital. I want stuff I can hold. And I would want this to play on the original hardware. It is just one of those things that I missed. Unless at some point Aliexpress begins to produce Neo Pocket carts.  It could happen. They have recently started having Wonder Swan carts. I haven't ordered any yet.

IT's been a long time... bumping this up.

@targetrasp --> That 3D All-Stars has sure jumped in price LOL 

I ended up purchasing a few Shmups lately for the Switch --> Syder Reloaded, Shmup Collection and Raystorm x Raycrisis HD collection

I've been on a bit of a Shmup kick lately!  If you're getting on a Shmup kick, you should check those titles out.  Links were embedded to their respective topics

I would suggest Earthion, but it seems to be sold out for every console, from Limited Run Games.

I need to get that out and get into it again. First thing I will need to do is kill all the bugs in the house and then weed the lawns. 

@BLUEVOODU thanks I found them..........

I thought I had missed this again. Also I am not getting any alerts in my email when you do that thing like the @ before our name. I used to but not anymore. Not sure why.

Every console I own, if Ms Pacman is available, I will pursue it, find it, and purchase it. It is the best of the Pacman series, IMO.

I got ya @retro junkie i was more kidding based off your words of "never was in a local arcade."    While I knew what you meant, it also sounds like you were never in a local arcade. I was kidding with you 

Really, to be honest, when the arcade came into their prime, I was at a point in my life where I didn't spend any time around them. I was in occasionally but my interests were elsewhere. (hint) I got married in 77. When I did go into the arcade it was for playing Starblade inside one of those sit down cockpits. And there was Daytona or San Francisco Rush. So you are partly right, I was never there in a sense. My gaming really began on a Commodore 64. My real gaming days were at home.
Man I remember playing Stun Runner on a sit down cycle cabinet thing. That was so awesome.

These word... in a sentence... they don't make sense.  Never?

In what way does "never" not make sense? The Mario game was never in any local arcade. Never as in "not here." Never as in "absent." Small Town "never" knew there was such a game, until home consoles.

The local Dairy Queen had a small back room with arcade machines at one point. And there was the struggle to have an arcade in the local mall. It would be there for a while then close, reopen, then close, reopen then close. Every time it would open it had a different name. The last time it opened it stayed the longest. That was when it had all the fighting games, point and shoot games, racing games, etc. It was the hey day of arcades. But, the Mario game? Never was in a local arcade......................

I have recently found Firefox janky. I use it but it crashes, looses the page, looses the bookmarks, not able to find the site. I usually have to reboot the browser and then it works. It is my main browser when running LINUX.

completely forgot about it...........I will try again next week.................

I have gotten addicted to Jewel  Master- Cradle of Athena on my DS-XL. It is sort-of on the same order as  Bejewel, except there is an element of strategy. The combination makes it addictive especially when each board is never the same when playing. There is a relax mode, which puzzles me being that it can be stressful. In this mode you can go back and replay boards that you have completed. The Play mode is level after level until you get to the end. So far I have made it to level 60. I am glad it saves your game. You are timed on each board, you only make points with the coins and treasure chests, and the amount of time you have left. Clearing the board consists of matching up at least three in a roll, there are blue panels, if your match is on these, or one, panel it clears the panel which is needed to make the sphere appear. Then you have to work that sphere to the edge of the board, BOOM, that solves the board and everything is cleared. The combination of everything makes you use your noggin. I sit down with this game every evening until bedtime.

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You get to play Super Mario Bros back in the arcade at all?

Never was in a local arcade....