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Sorry this is too big (that's what she said). Just open the picture in a new tab to see the whole thing <3


SteamID & XBL Gamertag: ScottyGrayskull





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Hello! <3

Bit about me. I've been a gamer for the most of my life. When I was seven and waiting for my parents to pick me up from piano lessons, the teacher's two sons showed me Super Mario Bros 2. Needless to say I never learned to play the piano very well...

I've flip-flopped several times between consoles and PCs. I generally love non-generic FPS games, puzzlers (Tetris is probably my favourite game of all time) and platformers of all shapes and sizes. I tolerate RPGs, but usually don't bother because I just don't have the time to invest in them.

I'm one of those freaks that regard FF7 and Ocarina of Time as merely average. That might be partly because I'm biased against the first round of 3D games that generally looked and played like crap compared to the 2d games at the time (during that generation I was a PC gamer, where they actually could do decent 3D at the time). By no means are they bad games, but plenty of games have done just as well and actually looked good in the process.

Yeah yeah, graphics aren't everything. But as important as gameplay is, looks still matter. It doesn't have to be the best looking thing around, but it at least has to be passable.

I tried to be a collector for awhile, but realized there was no market where I lived and gave that up. Currently I have an NES, SNES, GameBoy/GameBoy Colour/GameBoy Advance SP, DS, a 360, and of course my lovely gaming PC. ^_^

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Hey everybody! Just thought I'd pass along a few things. First off, as some of you might know, Blockbuster Canada is closing off a third of their stores. To clear out the excess inventory they are having a massive clearance sale. Right now the three stores closing in Vancouver that I've checked are at 70% off EVERYTHING. You want a movie? Done! Brand new game? You betcha! Popcorn or candy? Absolutely! From what I've been told 70% is as high as the discounts will go, and the affected stores will all be closed at the end of next week (June 18th). Pickings are getting slimmer and slimmer but it's definitely worth a look!

Which brings me to the next part of this post: what I just got from one store:


Total cost? $47. Both games are sealed and not previously played. There's even more I saw there that I want (like a new copy of Halo Reach for $18), and will probably check again on, but I think this is enough for now.

PS: I'm back down to two jobs again, with much more stable and efficient working hours. Hopefully this will give me more time to be around here again, both reading cblogs and playing games with all you lovely people. Or at the least stop being a burden on my fellow recappers. :)
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Thanks for the heads up! I dropped into a local Blockbuster a few weeks ago when I first heard about the receivership hoping to spot some sales, but at that point the staff said it was entirely business as usual. On reading your blog I googled my town and Blockbuster and find out that 4 stores will close June 18 - so I'll head over and see if they have any decent deals!
The ones around me only seem to have 30% of preowned movies so far. Picked up a few BluRays and now I'm just waiting for the video game sales to go on. Looks like you got a great deal!!
@CelicaCrazed
Yeah, one store just started their clearance sale today and is only at 30%. From what I was told they'll all be at 70% before the 18th though. There are giant banners on the windows of stores so you'll know which ones are full clearance.

It's kind of depressing actually seeing the store slowly empty, the staff knowing their jobs are done in a week and just not giving a fuck.
@CelicaCrazed
Yeah, one store just started their clearance sale today and is only at 30%. From what I was told they'll all be at 70% before the 18th though. There are giant banners on the windows of stores so you'll know which ones are full clearance.

It's kind of depressing actually seeing the store slowly empty, the staff knowing their jobs are done in a week and just not giving a fuck.
I'm going to have to pounce on these deals when they drop!!

Yeah it must be hard to work knowing they'll need to be out there searching soon.
Sure, you can get some cheap games and stuff, but is it worth it to have to be in Canada in order to obtain such inexpensive goods?

:P Just kidding. I'm quite jealous right now. I'm always too late when stores are doing clearance sales around here!
Nice! Well not so nice for the closing stores but the deals man....the deals

my friend I shall be scouring the Blockbusters in Windsor to see if we can get some nice cheapies.
I don't even know where the nearest video rental place is round here, a lot of them seem to have gone out of business whilst I was living in Australia.
gah, I haven't been in a blockbuster for ages. Maybe I'll swing by today to pick the bones.
Yeah, when my local bb closed they packed their stuff and moved it to the two other bb stores right down the street. No real deals to speak of, and now I have to go slightly out of my way to get to blockbuster.
FUN DIIIIIIIIIIP!

All of the movie stores around me closed already, and one of them didn't even have a sale, they just kind of...disappeared.
@garethxxgod
Eh, it is kind of funny when you think of how... what 15-20 years ago, Blockbuster drove out all the small local video rental shops. Definitely sucks for all the people losing their jobs, but I can't remember the last time I rented anything from a store.

@Caiters
I'm still tempted to go back and buy a ton more Fun Dip. ;)

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