Yes, that's right. A boxed copy of Earthbound for the SNES. And the price I paid for it? 350 dollars.

You might be asking yourself, "Why the fuck did you pay so much?" Especially since I've been emulating it for years now. I'll tell you why. Because it's mint. It's as close to mint as you can get that's just short of it being covered in it's original factory sealed plastic. Everything about is perfect, there is just a tiny bit of wear on the edges of the box, but that's to be expected. When the strategy guide is opened, you can still hear the cracking of the binder and the smell of a book that makes it seem like it's fresh off the presses. The scratch and sniff cards in the back of the book have also never been scratched, as far as I can tell. I actually won it on eBay over a month ago, and didn't get until sometime last week. Turns out there was a problem when the guy shipped it, but still that month in between made me worry that I just blew away 350 dollars on some asshole who just up and ran away with it.

The only thing that really scares me though is that I don't regret this purchase, not even a tiny bit. You'd expect there to at least be a little hint of regret, but no, there isn't any. This is the first time I ever spent so much on something that will just be sitting pretty on a shelf, and I really don't see it being the last.

Radiant Silvergun, I'm coming for you next!