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#61
General Discussion / Re: Walmart & Best Buy-No more...
Last post by targetrasp - March 04, 2025, 08:01:04 PMI'd still use Gamestop if they would either stock their stores or make their website where it stops showing unavailable stuff, or at least make it where the sort would actually work. Redeeming points doesn't do always work either. It's such a sham now.
#62
General Discussion / Re: Happy Birthday Retro Junki...
Last post by Grindspine - March 02, 2025, 03:34:13 PMI think that we all miss forum communities at times. I spend quite a bit of time on sevenstring.org mostly because guitar is my other main hobby.
It is good to hear that you are attending to your health as you reach that age milestone! I think that Bluevoodu and I are both hitting more health problems at our ages too!
It is good to hear that you are attending to your health as you reach that age milestone! I think that Bluevoodu and I are both hitting more health problems at our ages too!
#63
General Discussion / Re: Happy Birthday Retro Junki...
Last post by retro junkie - February 28, 2025, 10:49:26 AMI am having a lot of difficulty wrapping my head around the fact that I am 70 years old. One thing that has helped, I think, is exercise. I do 100 pushups, some 100 jumping jacks, a step up on a step exercise, and some stomach crunching before breakfast. I do an hour on a stationary bike in the afternoon. I worked up to doing this before retirement. My diet has gone toward healthier choices. I am in better shape now than when I worked sitting behind a desk all day. And my Doctor doesn't fuss at me anymore. With that being said, my birthday seemed to flow like a telephone pole passes a moving car. I still occasionally ask myself, I am 70? How did this happen? How did I get here?
My family helped me celebrate in style by spoiling me as usual. They gave me retro games plus. I received the Capcom edition of the Hyper Mega Tech Super Pocket for Christmas. And here for my birthday I got the Taito edition from my Wife. I have spent more time on this than anything else I got for my birthday. I was blown away by the Sega Arcade Classics game. It is clean and in mint collector condition. I don't think it was ever played that much at all. But it is missing the manual. It is like this was taken off the shelf from a store condition. The only thing I haven't played yet is the DC Villains. Spending my time on the Super Pocket. The Tensei game made me forget I was playing on a Switch.
Thank you for the Birthday wishes. I wish forums like this were a part of the present gaming culture. I sure miss that generation.
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My family helped me celebrate in style by spoiling me as usual. They gave me retro games plus. I received the Capcom edition of the Hyper Mega Tech Super Pocket for Christmas. And here for my birthday I got the Taito edition from my Wife. I have spent more time on this than anything else I got for my birthday. I was blown away by the Sega Arcade Classics game. It is clean and in mint collector condition. I don't think it was ever played that much at all. But it is missing the manual. It is like this was taken off the shelf from a store condition. The only thing I haven't played yet is the DC Villains. Spending my time on the Super Pocket. The Tensei game made me forget I was playing on a Switch.
Thank you for the Birthday wishes. I wish forums like this were a part of the present gaming culture. I sure miss that generation.
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#64
General Discussion / Re: Happy Birthday Retro Junki...
Last post by Grindspine - February 28, 2025, 12:42:38 AMHappy belated birthday, Retro!!
#65
General Discussion / Happy Birthday Retro Junkie!
Last post by BLUEVOODU - February 27, 2025, 07:41:06 PM@retro junkie - a wonderful happy birthday to you! I apologize for the late message!
And for you.. and especially you... if you get the gift of gaming, please post up your spoils. Your spoils never disappoint!
And for you.. and especially you... if you get the gift of gaming, please post up your spoils. Your spoils never disappoint!
#66
General Discussion / Re: Walmart & Best Buy-No more...
Last post by retro junkie - February 22, 2025, 12:59:10 PMThings have become bleak locally purchasing any type of media has become very difficult. Our big Walmart has driven out any competition. And now Walmart has limited their shelf space, packed on top of that reducing the area that contains any media. (We have had two places closed this year, and we are just getting started.) There is a GameXchange in town, but that is either retro, or old stuff, used, nothing current. When it comes to purchasing anything, for me, I have to go with ordering online. Yeah we do have a Gamestop, but I gave up on them years ago. Games, DVDs, CDs, it is online for me, really no choice anymore.
I have started building my DVD, or blu Ray collection of TV series and movies over the past year.
I have started building my DVD, or blu Ray collection of TV series and movies over the past year.
#67
General Discussion / Re: Walmart & Best Buy-No more...
Last post by CreepinDeth - February 19, 2025, 02:06:47 AMThere are still quite a few people who feel the need to actually touch and see the product they want to buy. The closest Best Buy to me has a good amount of people in it whenever I go to pick something up. People really like to see the TVs first hand as well as appliances. It's just not the place for media much anymore unless it's games. The fact that Best Buy hasn't gone under yet shows that it has enough diversity of gadgets to withstand Amazon. The stores will probably get smaller though as they cut staff but they'll probably use the leftover space for more online order inventory.
As for music, I still try to buy CDs when I can. I have an old computer specifically for ripping and playing back music. I connected a Digital Audio Convertor and headphone amp to it. I put on my fancy headphones and I'm in bliss.
In the car, I just stream to my dash through bluetooth. My car is old and so is the sound system so no need to have the best audio there.
As for music, I still try to buy CDs when I can. I have an old computer specifically for ripping and playing back music. I connected a Digital Audio Convertor and headphone amp to it. I put on my fancy headphones and I'm in bliss.
In the car, I just stream to my dash through bluetooth. My car is old and so is the sound system so no need to have the best audio there.
#68
General Discussion / Re: The Penguin [HBO Max]
Last post by targetrasp - February 17, 2025, 05:22:15 PMPretty late to the conversation but this was fantastic. Serial DC hasn't kept my attention since Gotham. This one did, completely worth watching. The season finale went hard, can't wait to see how the second season starts after that.
#69
General Discussion / Re: Walmart & Best Buy-No more...
Last post by targetrasp - February 17, 2025, 05:16:23 PMBest Buy will soon be another Amazon murder, possibly the next. They've significantly cut staff, getting something delivered or repaired takes forever, and they've cut SKUs, significantly. The video game section hasn't been cut square footage wise but when it comes to buyable stuff it's just not there. For each system there's maybe a 4' section of games and the remainder of shelving is filled with displays. I've gone in a few times in 2024 and once in 2025 because I wanted something right away. More often than not they didn't have what I wanted and had to wait for Amazon.
#70
General Discussion / Re: Walmart & Best Buy-No more...
Last post by Grindspine - February 17, 2025, 01:23:50 PMDo people have a reason to visit a brick & mortar BestBuy anymore?
I visited last holiday season since I used a store pickup option for an ASUS gaming monitor that I purchased online. That is the only time I have visited and had a transaction at BestBuy in years.
I visited last holiday season since I used a store pickup option for an ASUS gaming monitor that I purchased online. That is the only time I have visited and had a transaction at BestBuy in years.