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  • Q&A #2: What’s Up With You And Old Sports Games?

    It’s been no secret that I’m a big fan of collecting older sports video games. If you’ve checked out my Collector’s Logs so far, you’ve seen that there’s a definite trend towards the genre as I’ve been upgrading my library of them with better-condition copies. Most collectors absolutely avoid these games, as they often have…

  • Q&A #1: Why Do You Buy Sealed Games?

    I get asked questions from time to time, and Q&A attempts to answer those questions. First up: Why do I buy sealed games?

  • Collector’s Log #4: Breaking the Seal

    The first wave of Thanksgiving Weekend purchases has arrived! As with other recent collection additions, many of these are upgrades to games I already had– but now the discs and cases are in far better shape. For example… This is a factory-sealed copy of NFL Xtreme 2 from 1999. That means, yes… this game has…

  • Collector’s Log #3: Calm Before The Incoming Storm

    So… I went a little bit overboard when it came to Thanksgiving Weekend. Promotions at both J2Games and eStarland hooked me, and a few other games elsewhere caught my attention. This means that I’m going to need multiple Collector’s Log entries to break down the arrivals, so that I don’t write a novel-length post with…

  • Collector’s Log #2: What’s Old is New Again

    It’s time for another edition of Collector’s Log. What did Pete get this time around?

  • Re-Pete: Guide-ing Light

    Strategy guides are, to me, a special part of my “retro library”. With my recent acquisition of a guide to complete a set, it set off inspiration to write a little about them.

  • Collector’s Log #1: The PlayStation Journey Continues

    Collector’s Logs shed some light on games added to my library, including personal observations, motivation for buying, and more.

  • Flashback Friday: Arcades

    Friday nights used to be Just Fun nights for me, and I’ve never stopped thinking about that place some 20+ years after it was closed.

  • A Reindeer Game Worth Joining

    GameMill’s take on Rudolph is a reindeer game worth joining.

  • Still Holds Up: Wii Sports

    It’s hard to believe that Wii Sports is closing in on 20 years old– or that the Wii itself is almost 20. History has been mixed when looking back on the Wii, and I’m on the positive side of that history. I view Wii as a quality platform, and perhaps its most well-known game is…