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I played my original Xbox today. I didn't think playing it would last too long, but I so underestimated the goodness of Sid Meier's Pirates!. But before I got ye olde Xbox over to my friend's place, I made a little Gamestop pit stop and thought to preorder a game that was already out. Silly me. I was hesitant to buy it, but this game has been on my mind now for months, and it just seemed the right thing to do. Picture below.

And I guess I had to watch football too. Funny thing about that. I was playing Angry Birds Star Wars while watching The Birds (Eagles) lose to the Cowboys. For a while there, we were in perfect sinc: I would clear a level, and the Eagles would make a great play. Then . . . not so much. Ah well, it was fun anyway. 

I had one game on my to-play list that wasn't at least eight years old, and so I was able to locate it at a Gamestop in my area. I was off again to pick up another video game but this time at a most nonretro store. PIcture below.

I went to the other Jay St. Video Game store in my area and grabbed a few things. They had a storm trooper outfit in the front window with a Santa hat on. This store also had three gaming stations set up so you could try any game before you buy it. I thought that was really cool. I saw just tons of great retro systems and games, but I stuck to my list and got what's pictured below.

Since I'm thinking of taking a break from Borderlands, I put together a short list of games I'd like to play next. I chose about twelve, then went about seeing if I had them all in my collection. I didn't and so I went out today to my local retro game store, Jay St. Video Games, in the mall and then hit a Gamestop there too. The result is as you see below.

Allgame.com, a database of video games, easily searchable, and full of information about every game for every system, is shutting down on December 12th.

I recently picked up a whole box of old Dragon Magazines at a library book sale, about 60 of them, starting with this issue #65. I started reading them a little bit and found them to be really fun to revisit. Since a lot of this stuff intersects with video gaming in many ways, I thought I'd take a few notes and share some interesting things I came across while reading them. Oh yes, and my favorite part: scans of covers, ads and artwork that caught my eye. 

I'm almost done with the main game of Borderlands The Pre-Sequel. I've only got a few more achievements to chase before the first major DLC hits on the 14th. I can't play more today though because my car is in the shop and my 360 is at my friend's place. With a train ride and a 2 mile walk, I can get there, but I overslept and now it's not worth the trip. I'll have to wait until next Sunday.

Last page of notes for Brett Weiss' book The 100 Greatest Console Video Games: 1977-1987.

So, possibly the last set of notes I'll make for Brett Weiss' book The 100 Greatest Console Video Games: 1977-1987. As Bob and Doug Mckenzie might say, "follow along and don't get stuck".