Tabonga | 2,363 Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Here is something I would get since I like jigsaw puzzles.- except my cat Loki would help by batting pieces to the floor so my dog Jack could eat them. They are team players! https://www.amazon.com/1000-Piece-Interactive-Educational-Activities-Building/dp/B09NNGG1CN/ref=asc_df_B09NNGG1CN/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=642193414769&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=5822092204663805003&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9028780&hvtargid=pla-1949807592210&psc=1&mcid=7e4ea1c215e03cb29bb649d9046c9357 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a3quit4s | 4,140 Posted February 5 Author Share Posted February 5 It’s kind of funny how many sellers on eBay sell homebrew games and claim how rare they are but are still being actively sold. There is a copy of Copper Jacket for sale for like $129 and you can literally buy it on Amazon for $48 from the publisher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a3quit4s | 4,140 Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 (edited) Ok someone has got to explain this to me: With modern games that aren’t even multiplayer games right, I always see articles on whatever gaming news sites like “Starfield has lost 97% of its Steam player base in the last 6 months”. Isn’t this just how games go that have no multiplayer part? Like I bought Starfield and played it for like I dunno two weeks and that was that. Isn’t it sort of unrealistic that people would be playing a single player game like over a year later? Maybe I play a new release game for a month max and then move onto a new game. Are there really people out there who buy a single player RPG type game and still play it over a year later? I guess there are but they wouldn’t see like normal consumer to me. Same thing with Cyberpunk 2077 as another example. Edited February 11 by a3quit4s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,640 Editorials Team · Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 On 1/30/2024 at 4:54 PM, Tabonga said: Here is something I would get since I like jigsaw puzzles.- except my cat Loki would help by batting pieces to the floor so my dog Jack could eat them. They are team players! https://www.amazon.com/1000-Piece-Interactive-Educational-Activities-Building/dp/B09NNGG1CN/ref=asc_df_B09NNGG1CN/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=642193414769&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=5822092204663805003&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9028780&hvtargid=pla-1949807592210&psc=1&mcid=7e4ea1c215e03cb29bb649d9046c9357 I looked at those awhile ago. Unfortunately they seem riddled with errors. That one might not be too bad after a quick glance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,363 Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Beware of bears bearing gifts! https://news.yahoo.com/video-shows-police-officer-valentines-163504303.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a3quit4s | 4,140 Posted February 16 Author Share Posted February 16 Heyooooooo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 5,013 Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 On 2/11/2024 at 5:11 PM, a3quit4s said: Ok someone has got to explain this to me: With modern games that aren’t even multiplayer games right, I always see articles on whatever gaming news sites like “Starfield has lost 97% of its Steam player base in the last 6 months”. Isn’t this just how games go that have no multiplayer part? Like I bought Starfield and played it for like I dunno two weeks and that was that. Isn’t it sort of unrealistic that people would be playing a single player game like over a year later? Maybe I play a new release game for a month max and then move onto a new game. Are there really people out there who buy a single player RPG type game and still play it over a year later? I guess there are but they wouldn’t see like normal consumer to me. Same thing with Cyberpunk 2077 as another example. So there’s that old quote, “there are three types of lies—lies, damned lies and statistics”. It sounds to me that someone is either trying to manipulate the success of the game or the parent company is trying to justify bad sales based off a poor metric. Yes, there are some people that will get one game and play it for over a year. Heck, some will even play one game for decades, but the fact is, they are all outliers. For a single-player, modern, large open world RPG, I could see there being a usage drop-off 6-9 months after release because as you pointed out, people play games like that and move on. But yes, 97% does seem a bit high. Keep in mind, if they probably drop the price a bit to capture the people that interested but not at a launch, retail price point. If they lowered the price 3-4 months after launch (and to be honest, I don’t know what would be standard) then I don’t know why it would be so low. But, alternatively, if they never dropped the price or even offered short term sales then that could be their problem. The people that wanted the game, bought the game near launch. They played it and now they’re done. These stats seem right to me. Even with a massive procedurally generated universe, people get bored with the experience after a while. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,363 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 Nobody messes around with Fred C. Dobbs! https://news.yahoo.com/pet-gila-monster-bites-man-000000548.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a3quit4s | 4,140 Posted February 20 Author Share Posted February 20 It’s not just me right, y’all notice brick and mortars are carrying less and less physical games? Target still has the most floor space dedicated to games but most of the shelves aren’t really ever stocked. Best Buy cleared out a ton of physical games to the point where each console maybe has 10-20ft of shelf space at least by me. Walmart still seems to be the only one unchanged - same amount of big ass glass/plastic displays and almost all games are always in stock. Even GameStops near me seem to have less physical media and are jam packed with whatever crap (funko pops) they are trying to sell to stay afloat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,363 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 It is so hard to get a good night's sleep...... https://news.yahoo.com/watch-daring-creature-sleeping-bald-213304427.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a3quit4s | 4,140 Posted February 26 Author Share Posted February 26 Let me get your opinion: I ordered two things off eBay last week and both came with free shipping. In the listing shipping service is defined as USPS Priority Mail but when both items were shipped (from different sellers) both used Ground Advantage which is a cheaper service that takes longer. Both packages are now past there expected delivery dates and likely would have been here today or sooner with Priority mail. Would you kick up a gripe with the sellers and ask for partial refunds for this? Both items were over $300 and boxed consoles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDIRunner | 2,791 Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 13 minutes ago, a3quit4s said: Let me get your opinion: I ordered two things off eBay last week and both came with free shipping. In the listing shipping service is defined as USPS Priority Mail but when both items were shipped (from different sellers) both used Ground Advantage which is a cheaper service that takes longer. Both packages are now past there expected delivery dates and likely would have been here today or sooner with Priority mail. Would you kick up a gripe with the sellers and ask for partial refunds for this? Both items were over $300 and boxed consoles. I'm 100% fine with sellers using the cheapest shipping method possible. But they should be open about that and advertise it that way. It would be nice to have the option for faster and more expensive shipping options, but not required. I'm not a fan of sellers advertising a faster shipping method, but using a cheaper method. I think it's fair to at least message them about it and see if they are willing to work with you. If they want to work with you, that's great. If they don't, I wouldn't do business with them again. I don't think it's worth going to war over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a3quit4s | 4,140 Posted February 26 Author Share Posted February 26 8 minutes ago, TDIRunner said: I'm 100% fine with sellers using the cheapest shipping method possible. But they should be open about that and advertise it that way. It would be nice to have the option for faster and more expensive shipping options, but not required. I'm not a fan of sellers advertising a faster shipping method, but using a cheaper method. I think it's fair to at least message them about it and see if they are willing to work with you. If they want to work with you, that's great. If they don't, I wouldn't do business with them again. I don't think it's worth going to war over. I was gonna ask for like a 5% refund on each. I mean even if they were listed as being shipped ground advantage it wouldn’t have stopped me from buying them but it’s still sort of false advertising. Had they come on time I wouldn’t care either but it’s sort of annoying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 5,013 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 (edited) Well, as a casual seller, I've found there's nuance to this. When you list an item for free shipping, I think eBay either defaults to the last shipment method you might have used, at least in a similar or same category. They make assumptions about what might be the cheapest shipping method and just show that, or rather, they "calculate" what shipping they will use if you pay for shipping through eBay. So, I'm not saying you can't force it but if you are a casual seller (or maybe if you go through a ton of inventory) but you just post stuff with free shipping, you may not know or pay attention to what eBay showed the buyer. You then whichever tool you want to use for shipping labels and there may not be a match. But, I will say that for a long time I used PirateShip.com and I still do out of habit. However, every time I've checked which is probably 20 packages in the last year, eBay seems to have negotiated the same rates as Pirate Ship. I recommend using their label service since they can deduct the cost straight form the sale so you don't have to get a deposit and then log the transaction in your bank register, or move the funds to Paypal, or whatever. It really does cut down on a step. So, in my opinion, I wouldn't worry about it if the items are a couple of days late. I personally don't pay attention to these details until items are really, really late. USPS Ground is usually as fast as Priority Mail so I also see why a seller may not care. Regardless, if you feel justified in asking for a refund because shipping prices are different, then do what you feel. I guess you have that right and I wouldn't take issue with it if you did. Edited February 27 by RH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a3quit4s | 4,140 Posted February 27 Author Share Posted February 27 (edited) 36 minutes ago, RH said: Well, as a casual seller, I've found there's nuance to this. When you list an item for free shipping, I think eBay either defaults to the last shipment method you might have used, at least in a similar or same category. They make assumptions about what might be the cheapest shipping method and just show that, or rather, they "calculate" what shipping they will use if you pay for shipping through eBay. So, I'm not saying you can't force it but if you are a casual seller (or maybe if you go through a ton of inventory) but you just post stuff with free shipping, you may not know or pay attention to what eBay showed the buyer. You then whichever tool you want to use for shipping labels and there may not be a match. But, I will say that for a long time I used PirateShip.com and I still do out of habit. However, every time I've checked which is probably 20 packages in the last year, eBay seems to have negotiated the same rates as Pirate Ship. I recommend using their label service since they can deduct the cost straight form the sale so you don't have to get a deposit and then log the transaction in your bank register, or move the funds to Paypal, or whatever. It really does cut down on a step. So, in my opinion, I wouldn't worry about it if the items are a couple of days late. I personally don't pay attention to these details until items are really, really late. USPS Ground is usually as fast as Priority Mail so I also see why a seller may not care. Regardless, if you feel justified in asking for a refund because shipping prices are different, then do what you feel. I guess you have that right and I wouldn't take issue with it if you did. I asked on both and got about a 5% refund on both. You are usually right about Ground Advantage and Priority taking about the same time but with these two in particular, they both have been delayed and I’m annoyed about it. Plus if you are gonna ship USPS Ground Advantage just set that as your default shipping service and don’t be a lazy ass seller Although the more people that know about and start using the cheaper service it’s bound to start taking longer and longer Edited February 27 by a3quit4s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Pac | 7,644 Graphics Team · Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 So I was talking to one of my supervisors at work yesterday, and apparently her first job in the animation industry was doing cleanup on Aladdin's idle-cycle in the Genesis game... I've been working with her for 2 years and I'm just learning this NOW!!?? Lost my mind a bit haha. [T-Pac] 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a3quit4s | 4,140 Posted March 12 Author Share Posted March 12 54 minutes ago, T-Pac said: So I was talking to one of my supervisors at work yesterday, and apparently her first job in the animation industry was doing cleanup on Aladdin's idle-cycle in the Genesis game... I've been working with her for 2 years and I'm just learning this NOW!!?? Lost my mind a bit haha. [T-Pac] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Pac | 7,644 Graphics Team · Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 23 hours ago, a3quit4s said: Yup - that's basically how I responded haha. [T-Pac] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a3quit4s | 4,140 Posted March 14 Author Share Posted March 14 The Legend of Zelda is the perfect video game series. Super Mario 3 is the perfect video game. I’ll die on this hill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,792 Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 On 3/12/2024 at 9:37 PM, T-Pac said: So I was talking to one of my supervisors at work yesterday, and apparently her first job in the animation industry was doing cleanup on Aladdin's idle-cycle in the Genesis game... I've been working with her for 2 years and I'm just learning this NOW!!?? Lost my mind a bit haha. [T-Pac] That's awesome On a similar note, I'm friends of the guy who did the graphics for Aladdin on Famicom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ankos | 479 Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 1 hour ago, fcgamer said: That's awesome On a similar note, I'm friends of the guy who did the graphics for Aladdin on Famicom. Which Aladdin on Famicom? Aren't there three different ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Pac | 7,644 Graphics Team · Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 11 hours ago, fcgamer said: That's awesome On a similar note, I'm friends of the guy who did the graphics for Aladdin on Famicom. Oh sick! I've always wondered what it would've been like to be a graphics artist in the 8-bit / 16-bit era. Like - how much programming knowledge did they need, and what compromises did they have to make for system limitations and stuff? [T-Pac] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,792 Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 17 minutes ago, T-Pac said: Oh sick! I've always wondered what it would've been like to be a graphics artist in the 8-bit / 16-bit era. Like - how much programming knowledge did they need, and what compromises did they have to make for system limitations and stuff? [T-Pac] Cool! I'll send you a message about it this weekend. Also about another artist I know, who was involved in a totally different side of the industry. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a3quit4s | 4,140 Posted March 25 Author Share Posted March 25 Ok so by happenstance I needed new NES box protectors and ordered 25 from both Video Game Box Protectors and Retro Protection. I’ve been buying from VGBP for years and I was shocked to learn, in my opinion of course, the Retro Protection ones are better. Last I checked they are exactly the same price but the RP protectors are slightly thicker and feel more sturdy. I’m in shock over here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,363 Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 On 3/14/2024 at 5:36 PM, a3quit4s said: I’ll die on this hill Heh - I believe a certain cavalry officer did just that in 1876. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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