Hooray! It arrived! Best early birthday gift ever!

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Ooh!

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holy shit, that's a beauty. can I have it?

I'm bad at Japanese so I probably wouldn't understand the pictures

I need to buy more game art books. I have a couple, but there's at least a handful of games I own that must have some good concept art attached to them.

I would love one but I'll only get it if it has been translated.

The interview in the book is translated and can be found online pretty easily. I haven't read it yet though.

phew, pretty expensive. can I have yours instead?

Nah.

:(

Ooh, I need to read. But I was on about the rest of the text, I don't want pretty pictures with some scribbles written beside, below, above or behind it.

There isn't really anything else other than the interview, the only small bits of text written next to the pictures are just the names of the enemy/area/weapon etc.

Is it English?

Japanese.

All the same I think I'll buy it anyway because it would be the shit to have.

It is most definitely the shit and I'm glad that I own it.

The newest member of my Retro game collection. Including a game that I've been wanting to play for YEARS. (Apologies for the awful quality)
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I'm I cool yet OANST?

I assume you've already played Metroid Prime 1 and 2 on the Wii, but you absolutely need Eternal Darkness and Paper Mario 2. Those four games, Sunshine and Wind Waker more than made the Gamecube worth it.

Is the GC really retro?

Eternal Darkness is an incredibly underrated game, I can also recommend it.

Actually I haven't played Metroid Prime 1 or 2. I have played 3 though, which was amazing. I've been considering getting the Prime Trilogy on the Wii.

Oh and I've been wanting to play Paper Mario: TYD and Sunshine for years now so I will without a doubt get those. As for that Eternal Darkness, I'll try it. Why not? Since you lot seem to recommend it. Personally, I've never heard of it :)

Yes. For starters it came out in 2002, which is a long time ago. Plus they aren't made anymore.

Okay, I know it's a free download but I couldn't resist.
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I paid a tenner for it. It came from the US and the postage was free, but I don't actually have it yet and it's supposed to be delivered next fucking month.

Oh well, You get 4 discs and a comic. If I'm not mistaken didn't you accidentally buy this, Crashpunk?

I thought GCs are quite easy to get, I know a number of retail places that still have a few of them.

I've haven't really seen a purple GC much though, since the one I have is the silver Limited Edition one that came with Windwaker and Ocarina of Time (with Master Quest whatever that is). The box is mainly used for keeping all the games in though, my favorite being Mario Kart Double Dash.

I backed the Minecraft documentary project on Kickstarter way back in mid 2011 and apparently it was finished in late December and they sent my backer rewards two weeks ago (I guess the international shipments were dealt last) and it arrived today.

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It is actually a pretty nice package and I like C418's music so I was glad that the CD had some bonus stuff from him. The Creeper wind-up toy's colour/design is a bit of a letdown, but it's still a nice little piece. I'm quite excited to watch the documentary on Friday!

Kinda. After I was told the soundtrack was free on the website, I cancelled my order. :lol:

I might order it again though. Looking at it, it does look really cool to have. Plus it comes with a TF2 item. (A box that can't be opened as of yet).

Depends on where you look I guess. In my experience, The more popular GC games like Wind Waker and Double Dash are relatively rare to find in shops. They are usually quite expensive too (£20 at least.)

Also what are the other Minecraft books Dynamithix? I assume they are books right?

Earlier today I ordered the collector’s edition of the History of Sonic.

I think there’s only going to be 1000 copies or something, all individually numbered.

I don't get what's so special about that compared to the regular one, it just has a hardcover and a number on it. Or are there any extra pages? Anything extra at all?

No, it’s just the cover and the limited number.

Still, it’s like a few bucks more than the regular edition and I wasn’t even aware the book existed until today so I lucked out pretty hard.

holy camoly - tell us how it tastes. (with as much allegory as you can)