New Year Haul! January 2016

[GohanX]

Got yet another fight pad! Since I liked the Hori Fighting Commander 4 so much but felt it was a bit too big for my hands I thought I would try the newer revision that is being sold on Play Asia, which looks almost identical but has a different shape.



I put it through the paces last night and it did the trick. The dpad and face buttons are pretty much the same (I may like the FC4's pad a hair better) but it's a bit more comfortable in my hands, so I think I've found a winner.

FWIW, this isn't my normal being super picky about controllers. I've got carpal tunnel or tendinitis or something in my right hand, so I can't use joysticks for extended periods of time. I was having to wear a compression glove to use the FC4, or it would act up as well.

[Yoshi]

This place is turning into a gaming retirement community.

If you need me, I'll be on the porch bitching about the government.

[GohanX]

You've done that for at least 15 years now.

Real talk though, if we ever get a Street Fighter VI 8 years down the road I fear that I won't be able to play it.

[Yoshi]

Guilty as charged. I know what you mean though. Getting old sucks, especially when it starts to impact things you enjoy.

[Some Stupid Japanese Name]

Game haul:


Book Haul:
I was at a thrift and decided to look at the book section, which I've not done in a long time. First thing I noticed was

When I learned that one of my favorite comic writers wrote "real" books, I spent a lot of time tracking them down. This was pre-Internet mid to late 90s. The Star Trek stuff wasn't too hard to find, but this eluded me for a few years. My copy is pretty beat, so this is a nice replacement.
Grabbed these as well:

And since they were buy 4, get one free I had to get this as well.

I didn't know it existed. I scan books by author, not title, so I was pretty surprised when I saw it. The best part is

The unused dlc code, which I'm sure is worth a million dollars.

[Doc Holliday]

A used movie store is like a crack dealer.

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[Peribonho]

I went to Gamestop.com. So let me google that for you.
http://www.gamestop.com/xbox-360/gam...edition/112003

It is still available, but online only. Protip: Find something for $6 or more and use the promo code SAVER to get free shipping. Or don't, and pay almost $6 for shipping anyway.

Here is a question that I would like to have the answer to since about a month: I keep stumbling on to websites dedicated to promo codes for general shopping for pages like Aliexpress, eBay and even for GoDaddy (one example) but I did not see any specialist ones, like one dedicated to codes/campaigns for games or comics. Do you think if one would create any interest or traffic? I am asking because I know that it would gather enough interest over here in Europe because of the added freight and VAT costs but the reality is that we will gather data mostly from US websites to publish and I wonder if game prices are also expensive for people over in Northern America.

On this note, I would also like to know if you think creating a browser add-on to fetch those informations imminently to users would be a good idea to execute right from the start or could it be delayed for 6 months?

[dog$]

https://www.retailmenot.com/coupons/videogames

Uh but yeah I wouldn't bother trying if I were you. Game prices in the US are so low they're practically free (and since it's impossible to verify this claim anywhere on the Internet you will have to take my word for it), and if there's anything we hate here, it's sales.