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My name's Rafael Arbulu, and I'm MSN Games editor (the brazilian version, that is).

Don't like to talk about Rafael Arbulu that much, and pretty much everytime I do talk about Rafael Arbulu, I end up having a hard time.
I'm...errr....22 years old, live in Sao Paulo, Brazil, love RPG games, some sports games, a lot of action games...I just don't like soccer, basketball, football, and other "ball" games...to me, they're all the same thing. Give me races, or anything similar, and we're gonna have some good gaming time.

Besides gaming, I (try to) watch a lot of anime, (try to) read a lot of manga...
I do love...collector's edition games, mangas, animes, action figures (related to anime and gaming, of course).

I'm kind of married...and...that's pretty much it. Any questions, just hit me up. When I get a chance to, I'll answer for sure.
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Well, well, it`s been a while since my last post...wish I had happy news or funny stuff to talk about today, though...

Just got an e-mail - press release, actually - from NC Games, one of two major videogame distributors acting in Brazil. There, the company tells me "they're gonna brin King of Fighters XII EXCLUSIVELY to brazilian gaming market"...for R$ 299.00.

Wait, what? R$ 299.00? That's a staggering US$150.00 pricetag, using a quick, non-accurate conversion! Are you kidding me? I mean...people call me crazy for expending big chunks of money on my gaming addiction, but seriously...am I that much of a nutjob?

Also, another funny fact: Street Fighter IV and Resident Evil 5 are both titles that were "EXCLUSIVELY bought" to Brazil by NC Games, even though the first copies of both hit the shelves with a Synergex Brasil logo - their only rival, and a brazilian branch of David Aielo`s Synergex Corp. Strange, huh?

And I thought I was having it hard only on the journalism field...



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That's why I do all my buying on eBay. I mostly pay 65 US dollars including shipment for new titles, old ones can be had at much lower prices. The waiting is the part that sucks, but it could be worse.
I'm from Brazil too, using English here because we are at an international blog. If you are on the PSN, add me, I go by The_Bunn
God damn Brazil is getting fucked over...
Yay for region free PS3, then.
@CBUNN

Hell yeah! I'll add ya, but since you're probably gonna login before me, feel free to find me: Rafael_Arbulu (is that doesn't work, try "Rafael-Arbulu": I can't really remember if I'm using an underline or not - lame, I know).

Also, I buy stuff internationally too, it's just that...should it really be necessary? I mean: either we buy things from E-bay-like sites, or buy used games for half-price, which is still expensive...you're brazilian, you know what I mean...

@DE BLOO
You got that right...

@PEDROVAY2003
Sony sure is taking its sweet time on that one, eh?

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