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Episode 07: Duke Nukem 3D - PC
Episode 06: Resident Evil 2 - PS1
Episode 05: Deus Ex - PC
Episode 04: Mega Man Legends - PS1
Episode 03: Jet Grind Radio - Dreamcast
Episode 02: Mega Man 4-6 - NES
Episode 01: The Neo Geo Pocket Color - NGPC
Nostaljourney is a retro gaming podcast that features an new cast every episode. Each episode is based on discussing a particular game or series, then finding people who are nostalgic for it and people who have never played it before. If need be we go so far as to donate all the necessary gaming hardware to the newcomers. We compare the experiences of the two groups to find out how well a game has really aged as well as discuss its history.
For younger community members it may be a chance to learn what gaming was like in the past. For older community members it may be a chance to discover what games are truly classic and what games are not. In general the show exists to evaluate and discuss the nature of nostalgia and for everyone in the community to get to know each other better. Because the show involves giving out free games, it only records once every couple of months.
Recent changes to the game plan will hopefully entail the show recording every 2 weeks.
Shadows of the Damned - Multiplatform
Alice: Madness Returns - Multiplatform
Dead Rising 2 - Multiplatform
Radiant Historia - Nintendo DS
Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks - Nintendo DS
Ace Attorney Investigations - Nintendo DS
Wryviews are my personal review series where I try to do things different from the norm by asking myself how well the game achieved its goal, instead of if I liked the game or not. Wryviews are a personal challenge to stay objective and identify who would enjoy a certain game, rather than complain about who wouldn't. I feel that being a good reviewer entails being able to identify each game's audience.
Mega Man and Bass - Gameboy Advance
Maken X - Dreamcast
Gemnalysis is a series where I hunt down lesser known or neglected games and make a case for playing them despite the fact that they're older. Instead of flat out reviewing these games I look at them from the perspective of a collector and go over the game's history, and special trivia it may have.
Boss Battle - Mark of the Wolves
Boss Battle + Final Match - King of Fighters 98
Fatal Impact is a series of community tournaments revolving around SNK fighters; rather, it was. I happen to host the tournaments, but only once in a blue moon when I have the free time. I accept any and all callers, though I am not an entrant. Instead I am a trainer who organizes my entrants and helps to improve their game while introducing them to new and lesser appreciated fighting games.
The Fatal Impact tournaments will likely not continue until SNK releases games with better netcode. With recent promises from Atlus, King of Fighters XIII is likely to become the next big Fatal Impact game.
King of Fighters 94
King of Fighters 95
King of Fighters 96
King of Fighters 97
The King of Fighters Love Letter is a series dedicated to the storyline and history of SNK fighting games. Many people don't know anything about SNK in general, and with King of Fighters XIII on its way I'm going to bring everyone up to speed on the story in the series thus far.
Now that King of Fighters XIII has an actual release date this series may continue beyond the first story arc (Orochi Saga), but it's difficult to find solid information on the series' backstory.
Podsumaki Episode 09: Mortal Kombat Special
Podsumaki is a fighting game podcast that I hosted on and organized. There was a lot of random smack talk but it was a fun show. Currently it's on hold and none of the hosts are sure if it will ever come back. Our last episode was our highlight, where we spoke with three of the best Mortal Kombat players in the US and discussed the Mortal Kombat community and the upcoming game. If you were to listen to any one episode of Podsumaki, I'd recommend it be this.
The Top Three Things "Gamers" Should Care About Less
Somebody on Call of Duty: Black Ops screamed at me for not being good enough at the game, even though I wasn't on his team. Thanks to that I decided to write an article on some of the biggest problems with the gaming community, mostly their inability to care about things that actually matter.
Tainted Beauty: The Death and Rebirth of a Genre
What we have here is an article revolving around the 2D fighting game genre, the path one must go through to become good at the games, and all the obstacles in the way of this that I feel eventually led to the temporary death of the genre prior to the release of games like Street Fighter IV and BlazBlue.
Wry Guides: Goozex Training Manual
Wry Guides are a series where I try to educate the people of the community by writing about something that I in particular know a lot about. More than anything else though, it's just me unleashing a bad pun upon the world.
Top 11 Dreamcast Games You Probably Didn't Play
In this article I recap my experience as a guy who loved the Dreamcast, because he grew up with it as one of his primary forms of entertainment. The games listed aren't the popular and trendy choices so much as the lesser played B-list and C-list games that only true Dreamcast veterans touched.
Hey, I liked it: Mega Man VII
Hey, I liked it was a series where I reflected on games that I'm fond of that weren't appreciated by many people. As opposed to Wryviews which are meant to be impartial, this was a much more personal series. This series might continue some day but I could really not think of a bigger black sheep game than Mega Man VII.
Wry's Dreamcast Homebrew Guide: Pre-Brewed
There was a time when I was extremely, extremely into my Dreamcast. I didn't just play tons of regular games that I found on sale, I also researched the wealth of bootleg Dreamcast programs. These days I'm a collector and I'm not concerned with unofficial software. I'm too busy playing games I actually own. Still I created a quick guide to some of the easiest and best programs available for the Dreamcast that can be used with no hassle.
Untapped potential: Stop breaking my balls
I suck at games: But not forever
My Expertise: The Grand Jackass of Obscurity
Nothing is sacred: Sequels
Groundhog Day: Can you feel the sunshine, Sonic?
I started writing about games roughly a year and a half ago, and since then my viewpoints and my writing style have changed. Destructoid's Monthly Musings were a good way for me to get started when I didn't have many article ideas. These are all the ones I wrote that were promoted to the front page. I'm not super proud of them anymore, but if you want to see my writings evolve a little bit you can compare these to my more recent articles.
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The Ultimate Goozex Guide is your one stop shop for learning all the finer points of trading online using the current most popular method, Goozex. The UGG is a 4-part series. For anyone just discovering it, you will find links to the other parts of the series in the introductory and closing paragraphs, as well as in the side-bar to the right which contains an archive of all my major articles.
Welcome back, trading fools! It's time to get serious and administer some tips and tricks to truly transform you all into Goozex Warriors! Today we're going to teach you to trade efficiently. For those of you who don't know what Goozex is yet, you can read the series from the beginning. Save your premium shit for your Destructoid Brethren Destructoid has its own trading area within the forums. It's relatively new so it could very much so use your contributions. Trading directly with other people opens up a lot of options that just aren't available through other methods, one of the best being the option to stack your games together to make a stronger offer for what you want. Many of your Destructoid Brethren are collectors and old timers to boot. What this means is that a lot of them have rare and difficult to find games that they might be willing to unload. What's more you can get some really sweet deals that just aren't gonna happen anywhere else. Kyousuke Nanbu sent me a huge box with his old Dreamcast and about 5 games inside. All he wanted was a copy of Super Mario Galaxy. Wedge and timepant have also respectively given me copies of Grandia for PS1. Grandia's a pretty rare game. It's almost impossible to get on Goozex, and on Destructoid I got TWO. You can even go ahead and check out my own Trading Thread. I'm actually one of the more active traders there. There's a good chance that if you make your own thread I'll toss you an offer. Set your trading region What a lot of people don't realize is that the US and Canada get pretty much the exact same video games. Canada isn't very expensive to ship to either. By adding Canada (I wouldn't know about Bermuda) to your shipping options, you increase the chance of both getting and unloading games from your list. When you're trying to get rare games that don't circulate often, this could be a life saver; sometimes you double your chances. Learn to convert Goozex Points into People Money You should always be comparing Goozex point values to how much a game normally sells for, considering you might be able to find a better deal somewhere else. If you want a good idea of what the price scale is like, Goozex itself will actually sell points for cash. Use the Advanced Search feature If you want the absolute most bang for your buck, take advantage of the advanced search feature of Goozex. It's in plain site, you won't have trouble finding it. First check off the systems of interest to you, then choose point values between 100-200. If you want to eliminate all the cheap crappy games that nobody wants, also select Request Queue: Medium. You now have a list of all the absolute cheapest games that are that people actually want. 
Here are some examples of crazy deals you'll unearth using Advanced Search Observe supply and demand One of the single most useful things you can do is observe the demand for a game. When you're looking at a game's general information page, find the lowest link that says "trading info" and open it up. The columns you're looking for are "active offers" and "active requests." You might also want to take a look at "trades going on now" and "total trades." From there you should be able to determine for yourself how easy a game is to acquire on Goozex. Get in line as early as possible Goozex is a pretty good place to find rare games at agreeable prices, if you're willing to wait. Find each and every game that you haven't been able to find before, get in line for them, then put them on hold. Chances are you won't be able to afford everything at once, but the important thing is putting your time to good use. While you're busy dealing with easier to find games and scoring awesome deals, you will advance in the line just by having your game on your list. The longer you leave it on hold, the better. You can check up on how far in line you are too, by clicking the "view stats" link below every game on your list. Don't use Goozex to get new releases I'm sure some of you new people are tempted to to go wild, get rid of your old stuff, and start getting in line for all the latest games that just came out this month. I would personally advise you not do this. The problem is that on Goozex when a game has just come out the demand is WAY higher than the supply. If you're looking for a high demand game that just came out, you'll probably have to wait in line for a long time. Take advantage of the fact that newer games are easier to get elsewhere, and there could very well be 300 people on Goozex that want that game if you don't. What's more, keep in mind that new releases are worth at least 80% of their original value on Goozex. Use other avenues for low demand games Trading off your newer games is almost always a good deal, but on older stuff it's best to do a little research. Observing supply and demand as mentioned above lets you know if a game will be easy to get rid of later. Taking in games with low demand kills your potential flow of new games. Unless you already know you really want that game, refer to my GameStop Shopping Tips article in my sidebar . There you'll find ways to locate, EASILY RETURN, and get good deals on used games that are best not to get on Goozex. Once again, don't forget that you can trade on Destructoid as well. Stay Tuned That's it for now. In the next article we'll be covering some money saving tips to give your account some longer legs. For the complete Ultimate Goozex Guide, check to your right in my sidebar.
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For addition efficient trading and all, if you have the funds to do it, go to your local pawnshop or Gamestop and such, and see how much some games are going for. Example, I just picked up the Shadow Hearts trilogy which I already own, for a very inexpensive price. Long story short, I can make ~1500 points out of the three, so that's roughly $75 I'm flipping when I paid much less. High in demand DS games like The World Ends With You and Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift are also good examples that you can usually get for cheaper and flip for good points.
It's a bit of a cheap tactic, but it's good to keep in mind games that may have high values on Goozex, but can be found cheap in used places at times. If you have any mobile internet you can look stuff up when you're out if you find something to. Like when I bought ZoE2 for $12 and traded it for 800 points.
Wedge, I picked up Operation Darkness from Goozex last week and I'm enjoying it so far. Jesus Christ, though - the fucking skeletons on stage 10 or 11 are killing me. This game is unforgiving.
I'm saying this because I just had a somewhat bad...no, disgusting...trade. Thankfully it occurred on a throw-away title (Midway Arcade Treasures), so if I can't get it reversed, I can either try trading it in at Gamestop or just toss it.
Long story short, the artwork insert is covered and stained in some sort of brown liquid. Pretty sure it's not of the fecal variety, as there is no foul odor. But, it's gross nonetheless. The manual is okay and the disc has a lot of surface scratches but is probably playable. I say "probably", as I wanted to keep my exposure to whatever was on the case and insert to a minimum, putting the game back into the envelope after discovering the liquid on the insert may not have been totally dry. And it wasn't done in transit; the trader included a "thank you" print-out which was untouched, and the inside of the envelope was fine.
According to other users on the Goozex forums, my options are limited. I can PM the trader and see if he'll cancel the trade, giving my back my points, and allow me to ship the game back to him (on my dime). Or I just mark it as a "positive" trade, note what happened in the comment section, and give him a +5 as opposed to a +10. I also could remove the insert and trade it in at Gamestop, or find a site that sells inserts, pay $6, and then put the game back up for trade (or keep it). Goozex probably won't step in, since the game disc more than likely works.
Oh well. 1 bad trade out of 30 isn't so horrible. But it's still worth mentioning: if you're looking to collect games, go elsewhere. If you're fine with getting a game in decent shape, go with Goozex. The games on my list are just that; ones I'm fine with getting in decent shape.
Oh, also sorry for the long comment), don't be scared off by my little tale if you're new to Goozex. I've received games sealed before, as well as ones with extra bonuses. Got Soul Rever for the PS1 with a near-pristine game guide, and Darkstalkers with the original PS1 large case, even though I requested it as disc-only.
In my limited experience, it seems as though the more collectible/sought after the title, the better the condition will be. The people that trade this stuff, know what it's worth for the most part, so stuff that should be valuable is kept in good condition, and stuff that's not that valuable sometimes isn't (although it usually is).
If you select 'complete' condition, you should get a game in collectible condition, and almost always do in my experience.