just some googly eyes on games!

nothing better to do than to put them on all my games!

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07/15/26: Wednesday Anime Mail call! I've had no time these past few weeks to go to the Fleamarket. And the 110°+ weather isn't helping. But the internet and some online sales are still tickling my wallet. The other day, I saw Sentai Filmworks had a summer anime sale. So I browsed their site and got these. Coming back from Mexico this evening, I checked the mailbox and got a boxed surprise! I once again tried to get my bang for my buck. And get some longer episode series for cheaper, but once I saw the Urusei Yatsura remake, I deleted other series from my cart. I've been a fan of Rumiko Takahashi's work since I was a teen. These two were a bit more pricy. And I could've bought two anime series for the price of one. But my fanboy side said F*ck it! And the other four sets were still on the cheap side. My birthday is coming up soon, so I can gift myself some nice things. I'm happy!

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07/12/26: Sunday Goodwill finds! Played some Pokémon Go this mid morning at a local mall. Its too hot playing a summer game event outdoors. So I met up with local gamers for a bit. But I digress. After catching them all, I was nearby the thrift store. So I stopped by. I didnt see any games or dvds today. But I did find a classic VHS of The Guyver 2. I saw other tapes too. But a worker there priced them at $4.00 each. I wasn't too keen on that. There was no sticker price on this one. So I tried my luck at the register. Hopefully not $4.00. But still browsing around, I found a bag of plushies for $6.00. It has some Kuromi and other plushies in it. So I think I'll take it. I can make my money back on these when I start selling again in Mexico in a few months. As I took my stuff to the register, I was hoping to pay a dollar or two for the tape. But alas, that didn't happen. The worker lady charged it like a $3 dvd. Boo. I guess three bucks is fair enough for this zany 90s sci-fi flick. Lets hope I get more lucky throughout the week. Happy Sunday!

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Sorting my games and I realized I got both titles now of Gal Guardians series on ps5. These are 2d action games are very much in the metroidvania style. And the anime girls is the icing on this spooky cake. I wonder if I should get them on switch too?

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07/06/26: Recent thrift store finds! Been getting a few things here and there, but nothing photo-worthy until they're all together. From Goodwill it was that Demonslayer manga and Bakugan toy. From Salvation Army store its a vhs tape and an Action dvd. And lastly from Womenhaven thrift store its another manga, a VHS of Blink-182 a complete series of Flight of the Conchords and two PBS documentary dvds. Don't know how true it is, but on social media collecting groups, somebody said that these PBS dvds can get a bit rare. So I'll grab them. Have a great start of the week!

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07/02/26: Gamestop gets! I heard that they had a 4th of July week b2g1 free deal. And I finally got time after work to see what's up. Sadly, a few games that I saw last month that I was interested in were gone. Somebody with my similar tastes got to them first. That's okay. I didn't need to make a massive crazy purchase like last time. These will do fine. I chose three twenty dollar games and a few thirty dollar ones. I was trying to find one more at that price point. But nothing was catching my eye until I saw that Slay the Princess game. It was a bit more expensive, but I had my $5.00 off deal. So I added it. More physical copies is always good!

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06/29/26: Oh man! What a hectic day! But its all good in the end. I was going to start my usual thrift store run. But I only made it two blocks before my car said Nope. A tire caught a nail and I wobbled to the side of the road. I thought I could take off the tire myself. But the bolts were too tight and my spare tire was also flat. So I called a friend and he helped me air up the flat spare and take me to a tire shop. My old tires needed replacing and there goes $180 bucks. But the job was done. And since habits die hard and we both had a day off. We both went thrifting. He found a few things and so did I. For me, some books from Salvation Army and a Maglite Flashlight from Goodwill. But my friend told me of an Antiques/consignment shop in town that had gaming things in it. I've passed by it before, but never in. And the place had some decent stuff. I saw some unpriced games though and I was hoping they didn't notice that they were rare games. But being a vintage store, they probably knew. But I had to risk it. I grabbed a Dusk till Dawn tv series, A wrestling dvd. Blitz II for ps3 and three psp games. That Bubble Bobble was complete. But there were two loose games in the mini case. SIilent Hill Origins and Alien vs Predatõr Requiem. He looked over the items, scrolled and looked at his phone, scribbled something in a notepad. And told me. "That Blitz game is expensive," (I knew that) "I just checked it online. But if you take that game and everything else you grabbed, you can have it all for $50 bucks." I almost felt like hesitating. But I gotta thank the stars that he didn't check the pricecharting value of Silent Hill! So I accepted his offer. This likely is the most expensive sports game I've purchased in forever. But the tag-along items made it worth it. And dare I say, he might have gained a customer. I'll keep an eye on this place in the future. I might get lucky again.

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06/26/26: Recent gets! No fleamarket this week since I had to help clean up my mom's yard before the summer heat got to me. But that's okay, because I had an online order coming. Last week Target had a b2g1 free deal on books on their website/app. So I searched their selection. I got some old school and more recent manga. I looked around hoping to get more series I've ordered in the past. But they didn't have anything in order and the volumes were too far apart. So I got more series to try and collect now. And many of these are fancier hardcovers. So I saved a bit too. But now I got new series to collect for. And lastly, after work, I hit up gamestop. To see if anything new or interesting catches my eye. The store's retro section was getting more full! I saw lots of used games at a variety of prices. A few I'm going to have to think about getting. But I did take a 3DS game with me. It was a new yet old and a mix of Japanesey and retro. I must have missed it a few years ago. But I wasn't going to leave it behind now. River City Tokyo Rumble is what its called. I'm so happy to have it in my collection. I hope you have a great weekend!

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"WTF did I just see!"

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"I'm not fine, I got the bends. Take me to the hospital."

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"Oh crap! I thought we were in a FIFA game!"

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The other, more forgotten portal game

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06/18/26: Good golly! A great GameCube grab! Came back from Mexico this morning. The border crossing took a bit longer than expected. By the time I made it back to town, the Salvation Army was already open. I almost didn't go. I was tired and hungry and just wanted to get home. But since the place was already open and its along the way. I may as well take a peek. And the Gaming Gods sent me this. Not without searching first. I almost missed all these GameCube games. They were in the bottom of plastic tub full of low budget Spanish dvds. Its only when I saw the GameCube logo on a random case, that I decided to dig deeper. And I kept pulling out more games! And two of them had memory cards! And lucky for me, they have few scratches! I even grabbed a red bag nearby to put away my bounty and take it to the register. The cheapass in me was hoping the lady would say a dollar each like dvds. But she knew they were videogames and she replied to me that they were two for $5.00. No problem! Still a bargain. Total for everything was $40 bucks. Sadly, now that I'm home, only one game was defective. I saw a Monkeyball game in a Mario Sunshine case, and I must have forgotten to check it. The disc was cracked! Still 15 out of 16 is good odds. Oh and you can have a pic of the cashier counting the games and my receipt. I'm fairly sure in my social media groups, some still won't believe me. Game on!

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06/17/26: Wednesday fleamarket day tries not to disappoint! The summer SoCal heat is starting to keep sellers away, especially since around 9am its almost hitting 100°. And its going to stay like this for the next few months. I still got lucky with all these things. Although I felt like I paid a bit too much. But now that I'm checking prices online at home, I think I did alright. First buy was 3ds Zelda Ocarina of time 3d for $20. Next, I found some late 90s manga! Three volumes of Inuyasha and a copy of Dark Angel; these were $2 each. I remember borrowing these larger format Inuyasha books from the library when I was younger. Now this next lot was the one that pinched my wallet. At first the guy wanted $70 for it. But I removed some extra ps2 and ps3 games and a few dvds to get it down to $50. In the end I chose two ps3 games, a Naruto ps2 game, three dvds and a complete unopened Beauty and the Beast dvd series, a Nintendo power magazine with Zelda on the cover, and a fancy book reproduction of stores by Edgar Allen Poe. But now that I checked, that Poe book is pricy. And the Beauty and Beast dvd set is the original dvd set and not the later economical set. Plus Gargoyles too! So I should be grateful. So the next seller had some good stuff too. I got three Batman graphic novels and a batman manga, and an even older Viz manga from the early 90s. And two blurays of Willow and Deadpool. Everything was $25! I then found two more disney dvds and an empty DS case for $3.00 and lastly to end the increasingly hot morning, a first model DS power plug for $3.00. Keep it cool, my collecting friends!

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06/16/26: Recent movies finds! The summer heat is on and my masochistic tendencies must decide to head home or keep searching. I got these two horror movies from Goodwill. These looked fun, and its almost what's left of some other horror movies that I saw there a few weeks ago. Stay hydrated and cool my friends.

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Cuando oyes un buen chisme afuera...

When you hear some good gossip outside...

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South American souvenir get! A relative came back recently from vacationing in Colombia. I asked for some coins from over there and I got some! Nice crispy and clean too. The exchange rate is crazy too. So these have little value compared to the US dollar, but I don't care. It's fun and exciting getting coins and bills from other nations.

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Life is googly