http://geekhabitat.com/818/a-world-gone-mad/ Where geeks may dwell Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:34:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://geekhabitat.com/818/a-world-gone-mad/#comment-6086 Noah Fri, 17 Nov 2006 17:10:50 +0000 http://geekhabitat.com/818/a-world-gone-mad/#comment-6086 Amen... to say nothing of the games themselves, running $60-80 nowadays. (And *that's* to say nothing of how it's even worse over here in Europe... it's not uncommon to pay half again the US cost on electronics and the like.) I've been a lifelong gamer and always will be, and we'll probably swing a Wii for Xmas (the only one of the next-gen consoles coming out at a reasonable price, *and* the only one that feels like it's doing something new and not just offering prettier rehashes of the same old), but for the most part the gaming world is one we just can't afford to keep up with. Amen… to say nothing of the games themselves, running $60-80 nowadays. (And *that’s* to say nothing of how it’s even worse over here in Europe… it’s not uncommon to pay half again the US cost on electronics and the like.) I’ve been a lifelong gamer and always will be, and we’ll probably swing a Wii for Xmas (the only one of the next-gen consoles coming out at a reasonable price, *and* the only one that feels like it’s doing something new and not just offering prettier rehashes of the same old), but for the most part the gaming world is one we just can’t afford to keep up with.

]]> http://geekhabitat.com/818/a-world-gone-mad/#comment-6084 Thomas Fri, 17 Nov 2006 16:02:58 +0000 http://geekhabitat.com/818/a-world-gone-mad/#comment-6084 I was wondering what that line wrapping around Best Buy was all about. With the camera crew and the police officer, I thought something serious had happened, a bomb threat or something. I didn't even know the PS3 was being launched. Maybe I have to turn in my Geek Card? I was wondering what that line wrapping around Best Buy was all about. With the camera crew and the police officer, I thought something serious had happened, a bomb threat or something. I didn’t even know the PS3 was being launched. Maybe I have to turn in my Geek Card?

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