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I got Doom this weekend on a Gamestop sale - $20. Then I traded some stuff in and got it for $2. Then I was going to play it all weekend, but got sidetracked by Minecraft. I just saw my friend Mark playing it and decided it was more fun to play with others than by myself.

Every once in a while I switch up how I think about video games. It's something I do because I love the passtime and often feel overwelmed by all the choices out there. Also, I don't want to go broke, and a good plan can keep me under control - I think. So here's my wacked out plan. 

I realized last night that I was actually missing Ronan to complete my Disney Infinity Guardians of the Galaxy figure collection. Then this morning, I thought of how I had played all the Disney Infinity games on my Xbox 360, and maybe I should look into what I would need to play them on Xbox One. The rest of the day became a shopping spree. The result is shown below. 

Last weekend I saw a poster for Guardians of the Galaxy 2; and then I saw a trailer before seening Dr. Strange. I was so excited, I put all my Guardians of the Galaxy Disney Infinity figures on my shelf. Then I realized I was missing two of them because I gave them to my friend Mark when we played Disney Infinity 2. Of course, I couldn't resist the buy-2-get-3-free sale at Gamestop and got some others. Here's a pic:

After seeing the films Inferno and Dr. Strange this weekend, I finally got some gaming in. I played through both volumes of Atari games on the XBO, probably a hundred games, and I put in some time with XCOM 2. Details below. 

Bunch of pick-ups in the last few days, but first a Halloween pic of a yard full of ghouls I took while on the road at work. 

I've been making slow progress on Dragon Quest VII on 3DS during the week. I just got to Alltrades Abbey after 26 hours of gameplay. So far I haven't been mightily challenged by the game but there's been a few moments when things got tense, and I nearly lost my party. Be prepared, when doing seemingly mundane things, like searching rooms and opening chests, a rare surprise might have you fighting for your life when you least expect it. 

It's that time of year again, Halloween. Time to pull out the inflatables. I saw this one last Saturday while delivering pizza. 

So I raised my town to level 3, and now I can't get new quests without tearing everything down or restarting. Apparently, you have to build within the original 32X32 grid of the town as you found it or the rooms don't give you points towards leveling. At least, that's what I've read. I extended the town because it's pretty small and built a nice barbeque kitchen and armory with flagstone flooring but neither counted for more than just plain rooms because they were just outside that original grid. I had extended the wall, and they were both within it, but that didn't matter. Nothing in the game tells you this is a rule, so I'm really frustrated. I really don't want to take apart this town I've built over ten or more hours. I had to stop and play Minecraft with Mark to think about it. I still don't have a satisfying solution. I may be done with DQ Builders. I don't know. 

I bought two copies of COD: Advanced Warfare today so Mark and I could check it out. Each was under $10 at Gamestop. But as I was waiting for the install, I started playing some Gems of War and couldn't stop. Then I finally played four or five missions of the campaign in COD: AW. Details below.