New Used Games
I made off with a pretty good haul of second-hand titles at EB Games today: Parappa the Rapper 2, Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne, Star Ocean: 'Till the End of Time, and Gran Turismo 2. I got that last one just because it was so cheap, it isn't "Greatest Hits" packaging (that hideous green crap for PS1), and, well, why the heck not? :) I don't buy junky used titles every week--just once in a while, and usually in moderate quantities. As for Shin Megami Tensei and Star Ocean, those are some righteous scores, and not too heavy on the wallet either.Do I have time to play these games? Of course not--especially not the RPGs. But one of these days... seriously, one of these days I'm really going to take a whole month off from work just to play video games. I'll get something like 300 hours of gaming done. Just you wait and see.
I was really hoping to finish Digital Devil Saga and F.E.A.R. and maybe even Ico this week, but my work schedule is not cooperating at all. What an annoying thing it is to have to work for a living. :)
posted by Parappa @ 12:01 PM
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See, this is why you need to come back to academentia. Do a PhD in modern american literature or computability or something, get a faculty position, and spend your first sabbatical working through RPGs. Hell, you can play DS games while meeting with your grad students and polish off F.E.A.R. while your TA marks assignments.
Ah, but will I actually be able to afford all of these games on the salary of a career academic? I suppose I could probably live off of the games that I have now for the rest of my days... but I don't think that would be as interesting for me.
Sure you will. You won't be able to afford a BMW 7-Series, but you'll be able to try one out in Gran Turismo 12. :-)
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