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11/25/09
"During the holidays, we have a lot of parents and grandparents who want to buy games as gifts, but they aren't quite sure which title would be the right one," said Dan DeMatteo, chief executive officer for GameStop. "By selecting a gift card, Gamestop can be assured that they will get the money no matter what, because giftcards are a scam, and they have the added bonus of knowing that they supported a company that can't just make a donation to the Make-A-Wish foundation because it's right."
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It speaks so well of the gamer community.
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You're simply pathetic. There is nothing funny about your comments - they're not witty, nor intelligent. You have achieved so little in your life that you have to pick on a 12yo dying girl to feel some level of achievement? wtf!
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#speakup
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But it's still better to see the game in your hands by someone else than buying it with fake money...
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This is old news by now. There are some recent consumer protection stuff going about making it that gift cards no long expire. Like TheJinManCan said, they won't.
Still, it's the act of locking money to a store that feels rather silly to me. Remember when your grandma used to put 20 bucks in that little envelope with the Christmas card? That 20 bucks could be used for anything that 20 bucks could be spent on. Meanwhile a gift card is locked to a specific store and interest. There's rarely any incentive that makes a gift card advantageous to the receiver, and they're not at all a thoughtful gift.
#speakup
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11/24/09
Whoa Whoa Whoa, Wait....
Does that Playstation have regular composite video out jacks on the back?
11/24/09
One reason he swore by the launch PS1s, is that he was a sucker for home theater things, and felt that instead of having to use the proprietary cord that Sony was shipping with the new consoles, he was free to use Monster or whatever gold-plated composite cables he wanted.
Anyway, he loved himself the RPGs, but after he finished them, he was a major advocate and user of the Gameshark. Why spend time getting AP in FF7 after you've finished it, when you just want to go through for fun? Sound logic to me.
Anyway, around the time they phased out the composite video out, they also got rid of the i/o port that the Gameshark plugged into. So, in order to ensure that he would always be able to use his precious cheating mechanism, he went down to the local Electronics Boutique (that had just recently started selling used games and consoles) he went and purchased FOUR MORE ORIGINAL LAUNCH UNITS. (note- he had just recently got a big raise and was head investigator for the county's largest law firm) So he had five PS1s. I had one at my mom's house, and I purchased one for my brother's graduation from bootcamp. So, between my brother, father and myself, we owned seven of these Playstations.
After he died, (not before buying a PS2 on launch day) my mother and I had the tough decision of what to do with these five PS1s. I hate/am happy to say, they ended up at charities.
I did hold on to his final PS1 memory card with Front Mission 3 on it. Final play time- 99:99:99.
Truly a man to be missed.
11/24/09
Alive in memory. Peace be his sleep.
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Yeah, that's a good name to use
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Nothing will ever beat the original. Learn to innovative S.A.P.!
11/24/09
alone or in pairs,
rolls over your neighbor's dog?
What's great for a snack,
And fits on your back?
It's log, log, log
It's log, log,
It's big, it's heavy, it's wood.
It's log, log, it's better than bad, it's good."
Everyone wants a log
You're gonna love it, log
Come on and get your log
Everyone needs a log
a log, love it log
LOG! FROM BLAMMO!
11/24/09