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What's it like to be me? Imagine a thousand people throwing a party inside of your head and you're stuck outside without a ticket.

I guess I'm more collector than gamer these days. Sure I still play my 360/Wii/DS/3DS and so on, and I love them all, but I just don't have the free time like I used to.

I started my gaming life on an old Atari 2600 that my dad bought us for Christmas. I used to frequent the local arcade (early 80's) and I have a passion for anything pinball.

You may not know this but I also help run the Xbox 360 FNF side of business here on Dtoid. You can always host or find games to play here: Friday Night Fights Forum Thread

As of this update (4.19.2012) I currently have:

31 Consoles
34 Handhelds
1306 physical copies of various games
147 digital copies of games
Tons of other video game related items

I'm also a huge comic book nerd, here are some of my all-time favorites, not in any particular order:


Cerberus the Aardvark


Groo the Wanderer


Howard the Duck

I also love music, all types really. If I had to pick a favorite album of all time I would have to go with:


The Cure: Disintegration. This album is perfect, from beginning to end.

My daughter is also a gamer of sorts, here she is lavishing in all of her Nintendo plushies:


Oh yea, did I mention that I love Pinball more than any other game ever? Because I totally do.


I also like to doodle when I'm bored, as seen below

I drew that when I was bored.

Sometimes, when I'm not gaming or collecting I'll post blogs, here are a couple recent ones:

ChillyBilly's Hidden Gems - Nano Assault

Tales from the Battlefield - Operation Rolling Hell

My Time so far with Battlefield 3

Take a gander at some of my previous haul blogs

Another ChillyBilly Haul - Occams the Enabler

Another ChillyBilly Haul. Lots and Lots of Nintendo

ChillyBilly's Emporium of Curious Collectibles Occams & Gareth & Law Oh My!

ChillyBilly's Emporium of Curious Collectibles No Spam Edition

ChillyBilly's Emporium of Curious Collectibles Spring Edition

Funktastic Sent Me A Package an Adventure in Awesome

My Mysterious Encounter with Lenigods Package

ChillyBilly's Emporium of Curious Collectibles Past 5 Months Part 2

ChillyBilly's Emporium of Curious Collectibles Past 5 Months Part One

ChillyBilly's Emporium of Curious Collectibles This is Just Getting Stupid Now

ChillyBilly's Emporium of Curious Collectibles Atari Lynx! Atari Lynx!

ChillyBilly's Emporium of Curious Collectibles Summertime Collecting

Trading With Funktastic an Epic Tale

ChillyBilly's Emporium of Curious Collectibles F.Y.E Edition

ChillyBilly's Emporium of Curious Collectibles April - May Edition

ChillyBilly's Emporium of Curious Collectibles Florida Edition

The Very First "ChillyBilly's Emporium of Curious Collectibles"

My Post-Summer Christmas Haul

My Guide to Video Game Collecting

My Magnificent May Haul

My Epic Gaming Haul of Epicness

Sweet Goodwill Gaming Haul

My February - April Gaming Haul
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My new gaming setup (A minimalist approach to gaming setups)
ChillyBilly | 9:19 AM on 09.03.2008 9 comments


Well I finally made the move to Chicago, despite two broken down U-Haul trucks, two hotel visits and a broken 25" flat screen monitor. All in all I say it was probably the WORST move I have ever had in my life.

But I digress…….

I figured it was time to post the obligatory “Look at my gaming setup” post. Now I know it won’t be the most impressive out there but it is what it is and I like it. I’m not big on clutter and I like for everything to have its own place.

So without further adieu, I give you…MY NEW GAMING SETUP!


My NES (Still in original box) Sega Genesis control pad, Wii Zapper, Xbox 360 Halo Edition and Black DS.


On the other side of the closet we have a Sega Genesis, still in box, Mario Kart Wii wheel and my helmet for Skating, (Skateboarding not roller skating, although I do have fond memories of being 10 years old and being dragged out on to the skating rink for a "slow skate") and yes I am 34 years old and yes I still skate.


The last of the closet shots. My SNES in box, N64 (unfortunately unboxed) and my Guitar Hero III box with unused stickers. Stupid stickers.


My Leet NON-HD set up with glowing Wii (glowing because I am too lazy to turn it on and check my messages)


The other half of my leet NON-HD set up complete with Playstation 2 (God of War 2 is inside)


My 360 sitting pretty atop my new computer desk.


A long view of my computer desk. Notice the HeadCrab Infestation wallpaper for all you HL fans out there. Also off to the side you will see my Guitar Hero and Rock Band guitars. The drums haven't been set up yet.


Game tower


Game tower complete with DS, Game Boy Advance and 360 battery recharge station


And finally a close-up of the lower half of my game tower. Yes that is Too Human you see and yes I rather enjoy it.

So there you have it. Like I said above, not the most impressive but it does its job and it does it well.

Not pictured; Rock Band Drums. Two boxes of Sega Genesis games (all in original boxes). A box of NES and SNES games. Playstation 1 with games.



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TrailerParkJesus's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/03/2008 10:11
TrailerParkJesus
I'm really glad I'm not the only one without an HDTV.

Wait, is your 360 is hooked up to your PC monitor? Fuck that.
ZServ's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/03/2008 10:16
ZServ
im getting a capture card to do that TPJ, but damn thats a sweet setup billy.
Mr Wilson's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/03/2008 10:33
Mr Wilson
God i hate those generic cases GS gives you.
Phantom Spaceman's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/03/2008 10:51
Phantom Spaceman
Too Shitty in your collection? Ouch...
Anti-Everything's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/03/2008 10:53
Anti-Everything
25 foot monitor, that's pretty massive.
ChillyBilly's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/03/2008 11:12
ChillyBilly
@Anti-Everything: Fixed. But yes, a 25 foot flat screen would be nice.

@TPJ: Yea it's hooked up to the PC monitor. When you have a 4 year old running around DEMANDING that she watch her CareBears on the big tv you make due with what you've got.

@Mr Wilson: I agree but if it makes it better the game inside is Viva Pinata

@Phantom: Yes it is in my collection and believe it or not I actually do enjoy it. It's not the best game I've ever played but it certaintly isn't the worst either.
Funktastic's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/03/2008 11:54
Funktastic
'Twas a nice quaint setup. I liked it! d('-'d) Is that an Ikea shelf though? I'm severely out of room for my collection and looking for a compact solution that can hold a lot of games . . . =S
Natali Alinskaya's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/23/2011 04:00
Natali Alinskaya
Hello friends,this is a nice site and I wanted to post a note to let you know, good job! Thanks
Best regards, Natali, CEO of music charts and
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