Hey guys! Helen here. This weekend, I had the absolute honor of meeting one of my biggest heroes at Cape Comic Con in my old college hometown of Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Featured at Cape Comic Con this year was none other than the voice of many childhoods, Ms. Veronica Taylor! For those of you unfamiliar with Veronica Taylor’s work, here’s Continue Reading...
Hey Gamers and Browsers! Now that fall time is upon us, my time for thrifting has sadly been reduced. However, that’s not stopped me from wanting to share a few geeky finds that I've come across in my adventures. Without further ado, enjoy this Mini Thrift Blog! The first thing I’d like to show off is this Super Sonic plush Continue Reading...
For what it's worth, I'm well aware that this review is late to the punch. This is more or less a review for the lazy man or /r/patientgamers. Some may ask, well why now? The answer is I finally got around to actually beating the game, silly... Before I start, I'd love to thank our newest Patrons who pledged to Continue Reading...
Hey Gamers and Browsers! Helen here, bringing you another thrift blog! Let me start this entry by saying that my local Goodwill has produced some pretty decent finds lately. In the last week, I’ve actually spent a few dollars on some very cool pieces of geekery. Keep this in mind though, the three major “score” days that I had were Continue Reading...
Hey all! Welcome to another thrift adventure! It’s been a while since I’ve covered a thrift blog so it feels good to get back to old favorites! Sadly, it feels like the spoils are fewer and farther between nowadays. Between the rise in resellers, the rise in thrift store prices, and the rise of thrifting in popularity, I certainly don’t Continue Reading...
A wise man once said, "God creates dinosaurs. God destroys dinosaurs. God creates man. Man destroys God. Man creates dinosaurs a video game about managing theme parks filled with dinosaurs". If you watched my review on Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis, you'll notice the idea of managing your own private dino-laden theme park is nothing new. It's been a solid 15 Continue Reading...
Hi Gamers and Browsers. Today, I’m going to cover a topic that I’ve been looking forward to for a while now. As stated before, I am a huge Sega fan, and I pride myself on my collection of various Sonic-branded merchandise. In addition to the blue blur, however, I also very much enjoy a small white kitten with minimalist features. Continue Reading...
If you don’t know about Free Comic Book Day...you should. Free Comic Book Day (or FCBD) occurs annually on the first Saturday of May. Sponsored by the North American Comic Book Industry, with Diamond Comic Distributors at the forefront, Free Comic Book Day is great because it’s a way to get comic books into the hands of the general populace Continue Reading...
Last weekend, Aaron and I found ourselves at our absolute favorite retro video game store, Trade n Games in Fenton, MO. The owner, Jason, has one of the most amazing video game collections in the country. (Seriously, you should check out this video featuring John Riggs and Radical Reggie going on a tour of Jason’s personal collection.) In addition to Continue Reading...
We'll get to the good stuff, but first a little background. A few months back I mentioned in our "Ode to Game Monster" article that the Main Street area we live near was experiencing a downward swing and losing some longtime stores and businesses. One of those places we ended up losing was a consignment and antique store called "The Continue Reading...
A launch title for the Sega Dreamcast, Sonic Adventure hit store shelves when the Dreamcast made its debut in the US on September 9th 1999. This was the first time the public had seen the beloved Blue Blur in his own fully 3D game. Though the fastest thing alive had ventured into isometric games on the Sega Genesis and Sega Continue Reading...
First off, allow me to welcome you to the Toybox! A new section where we will discuss and talk about some of the great things that lurk around in our collection that wouldn't be showcased in any other article. Think of this as a sort of "catch-all" for any and everything interesting we want to share from our personal collection. Continue Reading...
Yesterday, I got to do something that I have always wanted to do as a Pokemon fan; Aaron took me to the Pokemon Regional Championships (Saint Louis) in Collinsville, IL. The Pokemon Company International holds tournaments every year to find the best Pokemon players all over the world. Regional tournaments are held in every region of the United States (as Continue Reading...
Part 1 - The Legend of Game Monster Aaron: It's a pretty tough pill to swallow; no one wants to see something that has made a solid impact on your life just fade away. Sadly, that time has come in our lives here in the Midwest. One of our local retro stores is closing up shop for good, and it stings. Continue Reading...
Hey readers, long time no thrift! I’d like to apologize for my hiatus. Today in the great state of [REDACTED]. It was a whopping one degree outside. Combined with the wind chill, we had a “real feel” of minus twenty degrees. Yikes. Despite the crap weather, my mom and I crawled out of our recently-gutted Taun-Tauns and managed to get Continue Reading...
End of Summer Thrifts: Last Friday, we visited not one, not two but THREE Goodwill stores in one day. A Thriftathalon, if you will. Store #1: The local Goodwill: As usual, I search the “high roller” cabinet first. This is usually where the new, Target castoff video games are kept. Additionally, this is where the Goodwill employees put smaller video Continue Reading...
Late July Thrift Blogs: July 18, 2017 A Comical Haul: As my job is seasonal, I am able to go thrifting three or four times a week during the summer. My mom’s thrifting policy is “If you want to get the best stuff, go early and go often”. I’ve been living this philosophy lately and I’ve had some great finds Continue Reading...
July 12, 2017 Dark Souls- Prepare to Thrift Edition: I re-visited the Goodwill where I found Ash’s talking Pokedex and almost missed this diamond in the rough. Hiding amidst the stacks of outdated college textbooks was a hardback Dark Souls strategy guide. This was very easy to overlook, as the spine is quite plain looking. Had I not been close Continue Reading...
Crashing N-to Goodwill: So, this is a first. My mom and I went shopping at my local Goodwill on the morning of July 5th. At the entrance of the store, there is a glass cabinet that houses anything that is considered new or “valuable”. Aaron and I refer to these glass cases as the “high roller” cabinets. Inside, I saw Continue Reading...
Hey guys! As a life-long thrift store warrior, many of the best items in my game and toy collections have come from secondhand shops. I love the thrill of the thrift store hunt and the feeling I get when I find a diamond in the rough. Aaron and I go thrifting fairly often (at least once a week) and some Continue Reading...
We will be featuring a new page that will document our local finds at Thrift Stores around here so you can tag along and live vicariously through our adventures...
Contrary to the meme-worthy hit battle song "Last Surprise", I did see this coming. Persona 5 was nothing short of a breakthrough success for Atlus and the long running JRPG (Japanese Role Playing Game). It was the largest debut in the series reaching #1 on the sales chart, and it is also the first JRGP game to do this since Ni Continue Reading...
Metroidvania with a dash of Souls Dead Cells is what I'd call a brilliant amalgamation of various genres and styles. It's one of the latest (released on May 10th) games to hit the Steam Early-Access page and is already rocketing off to high acclaim with the store's customers. Currently the game is sporting a 96% approval rating at the time Continue Reading...
Hello everyone! April 4th will mark the first time a main series Shin Megami Tensei: Persona game hits the US market since December 9, 2008 when Persona 4 was released. Technically you could count the enhanced version of the game, Persona 4 Golden, which was released for the PlayStation Vita in 2012. If you really want to get down to it, there was Continue Reading...
Pokémon Puzzle Challenge for the Gameboy Color…one of many, many, spinoff games that came out during the latter part of Pokemania—the time when Pokémon paraphernalia could be seen in literally every room in my childhood house. Pokémon beach towels and body wash in the bathroom, Pokémon toys and games galore in our bedrooms, Pokémon-themed kickballs and Frisbees in the garage, Continue Reading...
A Brief History of the Nintendo Virtual Boy Ah yes... The Virtual Boy, one of Nintendo's greatest commercial failures. A system that led to a falling out between the company and legendary Game Designer, Gunpei Yokoi (1941-1997). Yokoi is man spear headed the development of famous Nintendo handheld devices like the Game & Watch, and Game Boy. In the early Continue Reading...
