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Wow.

Up until yesterday, I wasn't even aware that Konami had made a Metal Gear series game for the Game Boy Color. I saw a video of it on YouTube, and it looked pretty cool, so I got curious and checked it out on Amazon. Turns out, there is in fact a new, factory sealed copy left on Amazon, for $999.99.

I mean, I get that they've held onto it for years, assumably to sell it as a collector's item later, but I'd say 1000 bucks for a Game Boy Color game borders on ridiculous...

That's one of the most brilliant business tactics I've ever heard of.

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Wow.

Up until yesterday, I wasn't even aware that Konami had made a Metal Gear series game for the Game Boy Color. I saw a video of it on YouTube, and it looked pretty cool, so I got curious and checked it out on Amazon. Turns out, there is in fact a new, factory sealed copy left on Amazon, for $999.99.

I mean, I get that they've held onto it for years, assumably to sell it as a collector's item later, but I'd say 1000 bucks for a Game Boy Color game borders on ridiculous...

That's one of the most brilliant business tactics I've ever heard of.

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Marble Saga Kororinpa.

Most. Addictive. Game. Ever.

 

The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.
Amy: But how did it end up in there?
The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.
River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him.

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Marble Saga Kororinpa.

Most. Addictive. Game. Ever.

 

The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.
Amy: But how did it end up in there?
The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.
River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him.

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I LOVE tvtropes. I can waste hours at a time on that site. I don't know what it is about that particular Wiki...

I think it's because every other word is a link to another page of the wiki, referencing another trope. I won't understand the definition of this trope unless I read the description for that one, and so on, and so on... ;)

Both of you are exactly right. And Dan, I think the correct term is a wiki walk - a term you should already know, actually, since I first found it on TV Tropes.

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I LOVE tvtropes. I can waste hours at a time on that site. I don't know what it is about that particular Wiki...

I think it's because every other word is a link to another page of the wiki, referencing another trope. I won't understand the definition of this trope unless I read the description for that one, and so on, and so on... ;)

Both of you are exactly right. And Dan, I think the correct term is a wiki walk - a term you should already know, actually, since I first found it on TV Tropes.

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@CMD: Lol, a PS3 game without the PS3... what irony ;)

Haha, I just bought Gran Turismo 5 Prologue for my PS3, but I have no controller XD

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By the way, have you ever noticed that it's really easy to invent words on the fly if you use a keyboard? Nandas consenit falur desinado trabalonious sedadelic eandas cearn molentest... so funny how you brain automatically knows what letter combinations work. I guess that's why I'm able to spell things I normally can't while writing :)

"The greatest thing about the Internet is that you can write anything you want and give it a false source." ~Ezra Pound

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@CMD: Lol, a PS3 game without the PS3... what irony ;)

Haha, I just bought Gran Turismo 5 Prologue for my PS3, but I have no controller XD

____

By the way, have you ever noticed that it's really easy to invent words on the fly if you use a keyboard? Nandas consenit falur desinado trabalonious sedadelic eandas cearn molentest... so funny how you brain automatically knows what letter combinations work. I guess that's why I'm able to spell things I normally can't while writing :)

"The greatest thing about the Internet is that you can write anything you want and give it a false source." ~Ezra Pound

twtr | dA | tmblr | yt | fb

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By the way, have you ever noticed that it's really easy to invent words on the fly if you use a keyboard? Nandas consenit falur desinado trabalonious sedadelic eandas cearn molentest... so funny how you brain automatically knows what letter combinations work. I guess that's why I'm able to spell things I normally can't while writing :)

Yes, very cool :D

Talking about automatic spell checking sort of stuff, has anybody heard about Google Wave, and is anybody in the closed beta?

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By the way, have you ever noticed that it's really easy to invent words on the fly if you use a keyboard? Nandas consenit falur desinado trabalonious sedadelic eandas cearn molentest... so funny how you brain automatically knows what letter combinations work. I guess that's why I'm able to spell things I normally can't while writing :)

Yes, very cool :D

Talking about automatic spell checking sort of stuff, has anybody heard about Google Wave, and is anybody in the closed beta?

deviantART | Paint.NET Gallery | bennettfrazier.com <-- (My new Website!)

 

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Nandas consenit falur desinado trabalonious sedadelic eandas cearn molentest...

Sounds Latin.

 

The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.
Amy: But how did it end up in there?
The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.
River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him.

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Nandas consenit falur desinado trabalonious sedadelic eandas cearn molentest...

Sounds Latin.

 

The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.
Amy: But how did it end up in there?
The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.
River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him.

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By the way, have you ever noticed that it's really easy to invent words on the fly if you use a keyboard? Nandas consenit falur desinado trabalonious sedadelic eandas cearn molentest... so funny how you brain automatically knows what letter combinations work. I guess that's why I'm able to spell things I normally can't while writing :)

I heard this only works if the first and last letters are the same and all the letters are jumbled in between. I cant get some of those haha

Paint.net rckos dnot you tinhk?

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By the way, have you ever noticed that it's really easy to invent words on the fly if you use a keyboard? Nandas consenit falur desinado trabalonious sedadelic eandas cearn molentest... so funny how you brain automatically knows what letter combinations work. I guess that's why I'm able to spell things I normally can't while writing :)

I heard this only works if the first and last letters are the same and all the letters are jumbled in between. I cant get some of those haha

Paint.net rckos dnot you tinhk?

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