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23 hours ago, RH said:

The problem with really cool board games is that they also require friends.  Of which, I have none.

Well, actually, Return to Darktower, like the original Darktower, has a single player campaign as well

5 days left, over $3 million raised!

I want Return to Dark Tower to feature Orson Welles

Dang...

This is going to reach 400-600% of their goal by the time the campaign is over!

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/lifestyle/2020/01/parents-take-internet-modem-on-road-trip-instead-of-unappreciative-children.html

tba

Wow! This looks really great! I'm sorely tempted...

I have to agree, that is a nice mugshot... 

https://nypost.com/2020/01/07/florida-woman-arrested-for-threatening-to-get-mcdonalds-sauce-by-any-means-necessary/

I'm also looking for N64 F-Zero X (not a priority, but would trade for it)

SNES Super Mario RPG (also not a priority, but would trade for it)

If anyone has 

Special Reserve Games -- Gris

for trade, please let me know. Also, see first post for long list of trade/sale items!

https://www.foxnews.com/us/miami-couple-duct-taped-banana-gift-iconic

"They plan to loan and eventually gift the banana to an unspecified art museum."

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/dec/08/banana-artwork-that-fetched-120000-is-eaten-by-hungry-artist

“This has been interesting,” said Miami Beach police captain Steven Feldman, who was called in to maintain order as the crowd swelled."

Yeah, very dark atmospheric rogue-lite. If you enjoy challenging games along those lines I would highly recommend it. 

Special Reserve Games Ammonomicon Bundle = SOLD

8 minutes ago, TDIRunner said:

For me, Gris was a no brainer.  I'm looking forward to playing that one.  

Gris is a lovely game where you can't die, and I ended up picking up a terribly hard game where you die all the time... Hmmm...

Ton of schnat available! For me, Dark Devotion for the holiday win

Ogre Battle PS1 + Soundtrack = SOLD

Well, this is interesting. Never heard of this before, and have no idea whom the seller is.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Revenge-of-the-Bird-King-x2-a-rare-and-fraudulent-release-by-LIMITED-RUN-GAMES/123998662911

So LRG has published around 350 games. If you assume about 4000 copies per game (might be a bit more overall, but this is a rough estimate) then they have released around 1.4 million copies. If you search for "Limited Run Games" on ebay you find about 9000 entries. So that means that about 0.64% (less than 1%) of copies are being sold on the secondary market. I'm sure if you add other markets it will be higher, but certainly in agreement with TDIRunner who says it's just a "small percentage".  Again, no one is forcing anyone to purchase LRG, but I for one, am very happy they provide the service they do and will continue to support them. 

^Nice!

After a hard day's work of playing some 8-bit games (always loved the cover art by the way) the cats decide it's high time to take a nap... ah, what a life

18 minutes ago, BouncekDeLemos said:

Bottom line: I just want games to be "games".

Ah, that too is interesting and a whole other thread...

the thing is, I think most of us would agree that video games are an artform. Of course, you could always argue what is art, but invariably much of art gets one to think or look at things differently. While I'm definitely against blatant propaganda, I have no problem with exploring different viewpoints. For example, I loved playing Life is Strange Before the Storm where you play as a gay young woman who is battling high school blues and exploring life... it was fabulous! 

If we lived in a world where people stifled such creativity, we may never have gotten such a wonderful game. And you know what, I'm willing to bet that the vast majority of people that played Life is Strange, were neither gay nor young women, and that shouldn't matter one bit.