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Spike Video Game Awards 2009

November 29, 2009 Jacob Rachuna Leave a comment
Vote now on all your favorite nominees!
Time:8:00PM Saturday, December 12th
Location:SPIKE <TV channel> http://www.spike.com/event/vga2009

BROUGHT TO YOU BY:
*Mtn. Dew
*Burger King
*Energizer Advance LITHIUM

I figured this was rather important so I made an Ad and posted it as an event on FaceBook, Heres the FB link:  http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=188364758860&ref=nf

I hope you all are able to watch!

Jake-

Categories: Neko-Xeo

Garage sales and Bargaining tips

November 6, 2009 Jacob Rachuna 3 comments

Have you been looking for that old Game Boy color? or  even an SNES? Well to be honest, there is a good chance you will be able to find it at a garage sale. They are great, when you know what you are looking for…

Today i came across two garage sales. Now when I go  yard or garage sales, i look mainly for two things: computer and tech stuff or anything Nintendo, like an SNES. Well today i figured i may as well give it a shot, and see what they might have. The first one i checked out was mainly wood carvings and bake sale, which is probably the exact opposite of what i was actually looking for. I look around with a little more effort, still to find nothing of interest. Luckily the other garage sale was next door. I briefly scan with reluctance in search of something good.  I didn’t see my chances very high as not to say anything, but it was about five middle-aged to senior ladies, and i didn’t see very good odds. Then in the very back i see something in a zippy bag, what? Could it be? No way! an original Game Boy with mostly some Tetris games. Wow, who’da thunk?

Well here’s where i kind of freaked, i had just gotten paid a $10 advance for some work i did, and the price was $25. i wasn’t sure how i was going to pull this off. I run next door to ask my mom if i could borrow $10 assuming i could bargain off about $5. the only thing was, i didn’t know how to ask if i could pay half now and half later. well, it took some thought, and i didn’t want to be rude, but i guess people really like it when youths come and make bargains on things, especially when they have a passion for collecting. Another thing the owner of it said was that she actually enjoyed playing with it, she was around 70 years old too. i had only gotten paid $20 in all, and i well, when my mom went to ask what the final decision was, i kind of studdard, because i wanted to pay around $17-18 because i wanted to have some left for my bank account. i was kind of embarrassed, and settled for $20. Oh well, I’ll just go to work again, and besides, the purchase was worth it, and i probably would have paid more at a game store or E bay.

I also got to use my expertise to inform her about the DSi, since she said she was thinking about getting a DSi. i told her she that if she were to buy one, i would wait until spring for the DSi XL, because it has a larger screen and so on, because she was a senior. She asked me if i could come back when she gets a DSi to help her set it up and teach her how everything works, i didn’t turn down the offer. And well, i am grateful for getting it at such a good deal.

Here are some tips:

Don’t be afraid to ask for a lower price. bargain a little, and try to find something you maybe have in common, y’know, small talk. usually they will remember how much enjoyment they had with it and would rather see some teenager or whatever have the same enjoyment with it rather than make some dough.

Also, if you are avidly looking for something, tech, Game, or anything really, look at every garage and yard sale you can, one of then has bound to have it. And just remember, you may not find it on your first run, so maybe wait a week, or go to another neighborhood, and you might find it, just have patience and don’t give up.

Use these tips and you may find something you really have been searching for,

Til’ next time,

Good luck and Good Scavenging,

Jacob-

(Belated because lack of edit) (to be edited?)

Categories: Collecting, Nintendo, Retro

New DSi? LL? What?

October 30, 2009 Jacob Rachuna 4 comments

So, today IGN confirmed that a New DSi is coming out  next year. I am not calling this as news, rather more of an opinionated discussion.

Anyways… it’s bigger than the DSi with a larger screen, especially compared to the DS Lite. It has a weird stylus that looks nothing like the ones we use for our DSi and Lites.  Ok to be honest, when I first saw the pen, I was a little freaked out and thought “fan made” kind of like Wii 2 dramatizations (not going there). But it’s a slightly awkward step I would have to say, already coming out with a new DSi… and LL?  L…. something  large? oook. I heard it might be called XL here in the US, which makes more sense. It would appear to have the same paint texture, of a matte burgundy? I guess Nintendo is trying to be creative… How ever something i have noticed when it comes to patterns of technology, when they rush something, it usually has some bugs… which Terreh loves to exploit.  Well I would write down some of the facts on it’s size and improvement, but it would be redundant because the video tells pretty much everything…  except my awesome opinion.

I also read before  today that the Nvidia Tegra chip was going tobe in the DSi LL, which when i read the article it was referred to as the DS2.

I am excited for the larger screen, and the stylus? Just buy a big one… The one it comes with… I don’t know… Weird. Oh, this probably corresponds somehow to the release of Heart Gold and Soul Silver coming out too.

I will add more as I look  and time passes, as more info will come out.

Until then,

Jacob R.

Categories: Nintendo, discussion, dsi, review