Hello, My name is Wilson and I've been gaming for more than 30 years. Ever since I was a kid and I got my first game system, an Atari 2600, I've been playing video games and loving it. I own many systems old and new. It's my favorite hobby. One thing I love to do is play games on older systems. Just about every game system that has been discontinued still has a lot of great games that can be found dirt cheap. That's the reason I started this blog was to let people know about some of the gems that I've found. Plus as the title tells you, I'm cheap. I don't know about you but I can't afford all these newer games for the newest consoles such as the PS3 or 360, although I own both. Sixty bucks a pop can be a little costly for this gamer.
Another reason I don't like buying newer games is in my opinion, a lot of these newer games suck balls. For every Metal Gear or Final Fantasy, there's a Dark Void or two, or seven, or ...you get my point. And I hate buying a full priced game on the first day it's available and it turns out to be a turd. Thanks a lot "Enter the Matrix". I've seriously been burned too many times to count.
Maybe I'm a little jaded but I still love gaming. I'm just a little more cautious about what I buy these days. Hell, were in a recession and money is tight but older games are so cheap right now. i cannot fathom buying three or four next-gen games a month anymore. Buying older games doesn't hurt the wallet as much and my fiancee complains a lot less when i pick 5 games for around $20 dollars on eBay.
So what do I plan to accomplish with this blog you might ask? Basically I'll review games that I've purchased and give them two ratings. One rating for buying a game new and one for buying it used. Why two ratings? Simple. If I pay full price for a crapfest of a game then I feel jaded and I want to find the jerks who made this game and beat the living snot out of them with it them with it.
Okay next scenario. Let's say I buy the same game used for $7 dollars. It's still a crapfest but I'm not as mad because I paid so much less for it. My blood pressure isn't as high.
I don't want to hurt anybody because I didn't waste a lot of money. I'd be little more forgiving so I'd give it a slightly higher rating
Let's use a game that I recently purchased for the Xbox called "Black". It's a FPS with a weak story. It wasn't a great game and if I paid full price for it I would have given it a 5.0 rating. Not a bad game but also not a great game. Now, I paid $4 dollars for this game so for that I give it a 7.75. in my opinion, since I paid so little for the game, I definitely got my moneys worth.
Other topics I will touch on are subjects such: news from the gaming industry, the best place to buy games and buying tips that I use, sales on games if I find them, and games to stay away from no matter how cheap, just to name a few.
If you have any suggestions on games to review Email me .
First review will appear in a few days until then, keep gamin'.
Games I'm currently playing: Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Burnout:Revenge, Fable I and II, and Eternal Sonata.
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