In Which Casey Went on A Spending Spree
Apr. 11th, 2005 02:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
40cakesFor at least 6 months, I've had a bag in my room of DVDs I don't want anymore. I thought about selling them on eBay, but ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
arafel convinced me it was easier and more worth it to just take 'em to a Gamestop and get credit. Sunday, I finally hauled my arse down to Menlo Park and traded everything in. I figured they'd give me $1 each, and I could pick up Katamari Damacy and be on my way. The guy rang up my stuff, then said, "Do you have a guess as to how much you're getting?" I shrugged. "80 bucks."
"...Nice!" Granted, eighty dollars is a FRACTION of what I originally spent on the DVDs (6 vols of WHR with box, 2 vols of Heat Guy J with box and SE extras disc, Suicide Kings, Kare Kano 3, Sakura Diaries, Animatrix, American Wedding, and other things which elude me now), but it's better than nothin'. Apparently, Witch Hunter Robin discs fetch 7 or 8 bucks each, so hey, if you've got them lying about and don't want them... I picked up DDR Extreme, then hightailed it to another store so I could get Katamari. I decided I needed more PS2 games than Dynasty Warriors 4, as I suck at it when not playing 2-player for fun.
The only two DVDs GameStop wouldn't take back were the Rayearth OVA and Night Shift Nurses. The manager was ringing me up and said, "We won't take these back, but sometimes people will just leave stuff behind because they just want it off their hands." I pictured taking back NSN and Rayearth, scanning the covers, posting to eBay, dealing with Paypal, getting to the post office (and that's just if I can sell it), and said, "Sure, I'll do that." There was another guy standing near the counter when I was being rung up, and he said, "Hell, I'll take the porn!" and gave me $5 out of his wallet. He ruled. Until he seemed to get entirely too excited about owning his very own watched-just-once anime porn.
DDR Extreme is alright; just another variation on a theme. It has a mission mode, and you can hook up an eyetoy with it, so you can play DDR mixed with ParaPara (in other words, dance around on the dance pad AND have to wave your arms around! Look like an idiot x 2!). But there isn't really a Workout mode; instead, you can turn on a workout setting, which will count calories as you play, but you have to play like it's a normal game, and select new songs every time. Stopping and starting like that really isn't good for a workout. But meh.
Still sick.
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arafel convinced me it was easier and more worth it to just take 'em to a Gamestop and get credit. Sunday, I finally hauled my arse down to Menlo Park and traded everything in. I figured they'd give me $1 each, and I could pick up Katamari Damacy and be on my way. The guy rang up my stuff, then said, "Do you have a guess as to how much you're getting?" I shrugged. "80 bucks.""...Nice!" Granted, eighty dollars is a FRACTION of what I originally spent on the DVDs (6 vols of WHR with box, 2 vols of Heat Guy J with box and SE extras disc, Suicide Kings, Kare Kano 3, Sakura Diaries, Animatrix, American Wedding, and other things which elude me now), but it's better than nothin'. Apparently, Witch Hunter Robin discs fetch 7 or 8 bucks each, so hey, if you've got them lying about and don't want them... I picked up DDR Extreme, then hightailed it to another store so I could get Katamari. I decided I needed more PS2 games than Dynasty Warriors 4, as I suck at it when not playing 2-player for fun.
The only two DVDs GameStop wouldn't take back were the Rayearth OVA and Night Shift Nurses. The manager was ringing me up and said, "We won't take these back, but sometimes people will just leave stuff behind because they just want it off their hands." I pictured taking back NSN and Rayearth, scanning the covers, posting to eBay, dealing with Paypal, getting to the post office (and that's just if I can sell it), and said, "Sure, I'll do that." There was another guy standing near the counter when I was being rung up, and he said, "Hell, I'll take the porn!" and gave me $5 out of his wallet. He ruled. Until he seemed to get entirely too excited about owning his very own watched-just-once anime porn.
DDR Extreme is alright; just another variation on a theme. It has a mission mode, and you can hook up an eyetoy with it, so you can play DDR mixed with ParaPara (in other words, dance around on the dance pad AND have to wave your arms around! Look like an idiot x 2!). But there isn't really a Workout mode; instead, you can turn on a workout setting, which will count calories as you play, but you have to play like it's a normal game, and select new songs every time. Stopping and starting like that really isn't good for a workout. But meh.
Still sick.
>^..^
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Date: 2005-04-11 06:29 pm (UTC)Thank you. That was my laugh of the day, and I needed one.
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Date: 2005-04-11 06:38 pm (UTC)And I think Blockbuster might let you trade DVDs, too.... hmm.... You have inspired me, Casey-san. :)
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Date: 2005-04-11 06:46 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2005-04-13 01:19 pm (UTC)I think any of us that start out playing that game have that same memory. But man, you got real good at it.
The first DDR for the Playstation had a very simplified workout mode (I don't think it had steps shorter than quarter notes), where you picked what song you wanted to start with, and then it cycled through the songs in order until your time/calorie count was up. I can't say which way I prefer, because while this way it cycled through songs itself, you often ended up ending on Paranoia or something just as hard, and then playing a normal round or two of slow songs to cool down. But the other way I don't like the interruptions between songs. If they had set up workout tracks similar to the "nonstop" tracks (the sets of four songs in a row), that would work well, I think.
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Date: 2005-04-12 01:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-04-12 02:27 pm (UTC)>^..^
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