2nd January 2010, 10:53 PM
A family emergency delayed it and made it a little less fun, but I finally had the rest of Christmas... here's what I got. Only one game, but some other cool stuff.
The Legend of Zelda -- Spirit Tracks (DS) -- This and Dragon Age were my top two games, and the game(s) I get are almost always from the top two... I'm quite happy with this, I really wanted it. It sounds pretty good.
Some headphones -- new. Look reasonably nice.
Speakers -- used, but they work well... no headphone jack though, but at least my computer does have a second audio out port on the side I can use for that.
Books
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The Cartoon History of the Modern World, Volume II, by Larry Gonick -- the 5th and final volume in Larry Gonick's great Cartoon History series. This has been one of my favorite series for a long time now, and it's definitely sad to see it end... they're just such great books. I'll be reading this soon for sure!
Odyssey - by Jack McDevitt. Good sci-fi author, all of his books that I've read have been pretty good. Hopefully this one will be too.
Indian Summer - by Brian McDonald. The story of the first openly Native American pro baseball player, the Maine native Louis Sockalexis, who played in the 1890s. Sounds very interesting for sure.
I also got a USB cable extender/adapter kit (no idea why, I have no use for the thing...) and a pretty nice 70% cocoa dark chocolate bar. I also got a bookshelf that was made for me, or a wooden shelving unit anyway, so I have somewhere to actually put those books lying around on the floor and stuff... and maybe some of the games too. :)
Finally, I got $190. That's pretty nice... what should I do with it, though? Several things immediately come to mind...
1) Use that and a little money I already have and get a new Wii ($200)
2) Use that and get a used Wii and hope it doesn't break (~$150)
3) Use it for some DS games, because of how few those I've bought for several years now (PC games have been covered pretty nicely by this Steam holiday sale and that D2D anniversary sale this summer...), and on some of the other things I need for my consoles, such as a CD Backup RAM Cart for the Sega CD and a replacement laser for the TurboGrafx CD. Those two things are things I've wanted for some time now, I really need to get them sometime or other...
But yeah, a tough decision overall for sure.
The Legend of Zelda -- Spirit Tracks (DS) -- This and Dragon Age were my top two games, and the game(s) I get are almost always from the top two... I'm quite happy with this, I really wanted it. It sounds pretty good.
Some headphones -- new. Look reasonably nice.
Speakers -- used, but they work well... no headphone jack though, but at least my computer does have a second audio out port on the side I can use for that.
Books
--
The Cartoon History of the Modern World, Volume II, by Larry Gonick -- the 5th and final volume in Larry Gonick's great Cartoon History series. This has been one of my favorite series for a long time now, and it's definitely sad to see it end... they're just such great books. I'll be reading this soon for sure!
Odyssey - by Jack McDevitt. Good sci-fi author, all of his books that I've read have been pretty good. Hopefully this one will be too.
Indian Summer - by Brian McDonald. The story of the first openly Native American pro baseball player, the Maine native Louis Sockalexis, who played in the 1890s. Sounds very interesting for sure.
I also got a USB cable extender/adapter kit (no idea why, I have no use for the thing...) and a pretty nice 70% cocoa dark chocolate bar. I also got a bookshelf that was made for me, or a wooden shelving unit anyway, so I have somewhere to actually put those books lying around on the floor and stuff... and maybe some of the games too. :)
Finally, I got $190. That's pretty nice... what should I do with it, though? Several things immediately come to mind...
1) Use that and a little money I already have and get a new Wii ($200)
2) Use that and get a used Wii and hope it doesn't break (~$150)
3) Use it for some DS games, because of how few those I've bought for several years now (PC games have been covered pretty nicely by this Steam holiday sale and that D2D anniversary sale this summer...), and on some of the other things I need for my consoles, such as a CD Backup RAM Cart for the Sega CD and a replacement laser for the TurboGrafx CD. Those two things are things I've wanted for some time now, I really need to get them sometime or other...
But yeah, a tough decision overall for sure.
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