Preowned Games ate my baby.

[Sky]

I agree with the sentiment about EA's ball-clutching.

I won't be playing a football game for several years, apparently. Hopefully Visual Concepts/2k Games puts out /something/ good before the NFL license is unlocked again (if ever...).

I mean, I suck at football, but it's fun as hell. You guys just kick my ass too hard ;) It's all moot now, and I'll be over 40 before I see another football video game :(

[WayAbvPar]

I have decided that I will play NCAA 2k5 for a couple of years. There are no named players, so the roster updates don't mean shit. The gameplay is as good as Madden, and it is fun to start your own college, recruit players, and build a program from the ground up. I believe that there is a new version out this year, but I don't need it. The old one works fine for me.

The next console football game I will buy will be for the X360. If/when I buy one.

[Sky]

Jade Empire @ EB

New: $19.99
Used: $26.99

Err...huh?

More Madden 06 fun: It shows up as a 'bestseller' @ EB's Xbox 360 shop, the only game on the list (the other two items are the $600 and $700 360 bundles....).

[Roac]

New: $19.99
Used: $26.99

Err...huh?

That happens sometimes when new games get discounted.  No idea why, but I saw the same thing when I picked up a copy of Metal Gear 3. 

[Margalis]

More Madden 06 fun: It shows up as a 'bestseller' @ EB's Xbox 360 shop, the only game on the list (the other two items are the $600 and $700 360 bundles....).

Holy shit a $700 bundle? WTF? God, these bundles are really out of control. It probably comes with $100 of strategy guides...

[Strazos]

Jade Empire @ EB

New: $19.99
Used: $26.99

Err...huh?

$19.99 for this masterpiece? I just got around to finishing it....it's worth more than that. Put up another GotY nomination for BioWare.

[NiX]

My favorite part was learning about the "D" in the EB computer.  Now the main reason I have to go by EB is that one girl with the big tits and peeking thong.

A - Active
D - Discontinued
R - Recalled

I don't recall seeing any other letter. Nothing in large numbers at least. Most Atlus games go D before the month they release is over. Riviera for GBA? D already. I have a copy on hold and its been there for 2 weeks because if I let it go I won't see another. Ever.

[schild]

I think Stella Deus went D the day it came out. Or maybe that was Makai Kingdom.

[Yegolev]

God damn EB.  Where do I need to be buying my shit?  I'm tired of supporting those shitlipped assprobes.

[Sky]

EB/Gamestop need to have more shelf space imo, so they can stop fucking with the industry at large. There should be old archive shelves with 20 aisles of classics and old crap.

[Yegolev]

Am I to understand that each of the erudite h4rdc0rz here buy all of their games from EB or GS?  Watch out for the man-sized turd I'll be leaving in each store's preorder-box corner.

[schild]

Am I to understand that each of the erudite h4rdc0rz here buy all of their games from EB or GS?  Watch out for the man-sized turd I'll be leaving in each store's preorder-box corner.

I only buy stuff I feel like preordering/is limited edition from there. Also, I preorder an asston for the demos and then cancel them the day the game comes in. With Fry's near me, I've no reason to shop anywhere else. Ever. Again.

[Yegolev]

Is Fry's that place with the blue rounded triangle logo?  I think there is one near me.  I thought they sold washing machines.  I'll drop by on the way home today... assuming I remember where it is.

[Sky]

Even with the paucity of PC games, they (EB) have the best selection.

Actually, there's only one place to buy pc games in town: walmart. The mall in the next city over has a circuit city, best buy is around the corner from the mall (both cc and bb have crappy selections).

For the record, I am neither erudite nor h4rdc0rz. 

[Stormwaltz]

I think Stella Deus went D the day it came out. Or maybe that was Makai Kingdom.

Supreme Ruler 2010 was listed as D in the Edmonton EB computers for weeks before it was released. And on the day of release. And the weeks after release. It may still be for all I know; I bought it elsewhere.

[Big Gulp]

Undeveloped land is certainly the way to go if you can either a) work at home, b) don't mind commuting 1-2 hours to work, or c) you are already retired.

I'd love to buy some land somewhere here in Colorado, but since I work in downtown Denver it'd be a hell of a drive every day. Any affordable land around here is quite a distance away. Right now I live 15 mins away from work (on back roads) so I don't feel like I spend the vast majority of my day either working or driving.

Personally, I'll probably be semi retired in about 8 years (Army pension ftw).  I'm looking at picking up a house way the hell up in the upper peninsula of Michigan, probably around Marquette.  There are no jobs there, but then you can actually buy a decent home for around 60K, and I can easily afford to live on half pay (which I hope to make E-8 by the time I retire) for life up there while supplementing my income with rinky dink part time jobs or some chincy internet business.

Retired at 42?  Fuck yeah, bitches.

[Sky]

That sounds like a plan, BG. I just passed a house I had my eye on for around ten years when I went up to my mother's place Sunday for the family bbq. It's listed pretty high, $147k evaluated at $110k, and it's got no land (1 acre). But it's in a great spot in the country, close to friends and family, and it's friggin' HUGE. The horns of a dilemma and whatnot. It's also way more than I can afford, the eval price would be pushing my piddly library salary (though I should be getting a promotion next year, it's still piddly compared to housing/cost of living). We also just found out BRAC isn't shutting our labs down (yay!) but they are actually expanding which will really spike housing in the next couple years (boo!).

Oh, and it's chintzy. :)

[Yegolev]

Retired at 42?  Fuck yeah, bitches.

Awesome.  You should start a chintzy online game sales racket so I don't have to endure retail outlets anymore.

[Pococurante]

Retired at 42?  Fuck yeah, bitches.

You mean federal pensions can't be underfunded and liquidated in bankruptcy?  ;)  I've got to get me a government job so I can play more games!

[Big Gulp]

Retired at 42?  Fuck yeah, bitches.

You mean federal pensions can't be underfunded and liquidated in bankruptcy?  ;)  I've got to get me a government job so I can play more games!

Or hey, if I play my cards right maybe I can slide into a GS job after I retire and get that pension in addition to my Army pension.

And then I will destroy you all.

[Jain Zar]

Having done a tour in the service I can say that the man will have EARNED his relative peace & quiet by 42.
Though it does get a bit easier once you hit E7 or so, provided one doesn't decide to go some form of officer.

Older noncom switch to officers know they are getting shafted by the academy nutjobs unlike the academy kids who just have this haunted look in their eyes till O-3 or so...

[Big Gulp]

Older noncom switch to officers know they are getting shafted by the academy nutjobs unlike the academy kids who just have this haunted look in their eyes till O-3 or so...

Why does the Army put a lieutenant in every infantry platoon?  Somebody has to take off their gas mask first.

What's the difference between a private (E-2) and a lieutenant?  The private has been promoted once.

But I will confirm that the best CO's I've ever had went through OCS after enlisted active duty.  Head and shoulders better than any West Point grad I've ever served under.  They have the same disease that Warrant Officers do; they've seen how the system works from the bottom and know how it can be played.  They don't micromanage, they let their senior NCO's do most of the heavy lifting, who will more than likely get the job done, by hook or by crook.

My last first sergeant was a master of that shit.  He'd get supplies all over the place from his various little connections.  We never asked how he did it (and neither did our commander), and he never told us, but sweet Jesus was that man ever the epitome of midnight requisitioning.  This was the guy that sent us out to the Air Force's AO with stencils and paint because we needed a generator.  We just rolled up to an area that was fairly inconspicuous and did a quick touchup on it.  Hook it up to the deuce and a half, and drive right back through the gates while waving at the SP's.  Beautiful.