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Hey, I'm Elec. Just another guy in college, I'm working on a degree in Web/Digital Media. I got into gaming in the N64 era, when I got said system for Christmas.

I'm a huge JRPG fan, but I also play a lot of action games and platformers. I play some shooters, but I don't really like buying new ones all the time. Halo and Mass Effect 1/2 are really all I need to hold me over. I aspire to one day be good at fighting games, but I'm not sure I ever will be.

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I Love You, Goozex
Electrium | 5:43 PM on 05.27.2010 7 comments


I've only been using Goozex for about three months or so, and I've already gotten some uber-awesome games (Jet Set Radio Future, Billy Hatcher), but nothing could've prepared me for what happened today! I've been sending in a lot of games lately while trying to clean out my collection. But unfortunately, I'm requesting semi-rare games that everyone else wants. For example, here's what my requests page has looked like for the last month. Every single game I want has a line of 15+ people in front of me!

Until today, one other semi-rare, classic game was sitting on that list too. And just like any other good Goozex user, I log in at least once a day to see if I have any trades open or games to send out. Last night I checked at about 2 AM (sleep is for the weak), and as always, none of my requests were even remotely close to being sent.

BUT THEN!



I check back in this afternoon, and BAM! I log in to see that under requests, I have "1 trade in progress"! My first thought was something along the lines of lolwut? Well, apparently a lot of people believe in that Team Ico HD remake rumor, because in a matter of 12 hours I jumped forward 17 places to the front of the line for Shadow of the Colossus. Some dude is sending the game to me in a couple days! No longer will I be left out of conversations about how amazing SotC was!

Moral of the story: sign up for Goozex! Probably soon. Or right now. And if you're a poor sheltered child like me who owns neither Shadow of the Colossus nor a PS3, hurry up and get in the queue for that game!



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Occams electric toothbrush's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/27/2010 17:50
Occams electric toothbrush
I'd love this service if only I traded in games.
P-Dude's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/27/2010 18:07
P-Dude
I love me some Goozex! Also, I just recently got JSRF from it! Can't wait to boot it up in a week or so. I've also retrieved some of my childhood classics like Power Stone 2 and Zombies Ate My Neighbors while bringing in things I missed out on (like you!) with Skies of Arcadia. All for games I'll never ever play again!!

<3 GOOZEX
Trebz's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/27/2010 18:08
Trebz
Goozex is a pretty awesome service. I've gotten about two dozen games so far from it.

Sometimes, for some reason, you can cut in line for requests. I don't understand how, but whatever.
Funktastic's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/28/2010 00:34
Funktastic
I'll comment before lameass WRY GUY beats me to it, lol. Basically if you're 25 or under, you're in good shape on Goozex. The number is basically how many people COULD be in front of you. So let's say that it says you're 20th in line, but if you look at the Trading Info, 19 people could be in front of you, but are restricted, you're actually the next person in line. It number is actually what place you'd be in if everyone in front of you had enough points, trade credits, etc. Also, looking at your picture of the list of games you're waiting on, I literally seen all of those at my Cash Converters during the past month, lol.
Electrium's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/02/2010 01:07
Electrium
I probably should take a closer look at the trading info. Thanks for the tips and sharing the hot and sexy Goozex love!
davegent2525's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/29/2012 16:23
davegent2525
Have you heard about SwapFu.com? I am asking because I like the idea of no point systems and they offer a wide variety of trading. I have been hearing a lot of good things about this site and its release in Spring. I pre registered to see what its all about and I get a free trade out of it. I'm sold on its simplicity. Please let me know if you have heard of anything about this site.
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