[Lucky]

Yowza. Ice, I think. Never been much of a fan of heat and wax just annoys me.

[Batman]

Jan 19, 2009 2:28:44 GMT -5 Lucky said:

A cuckold doesn't mean "weirdo." It means a man with an adulterous wife Its often meant to note that he's being made a fool of as people know he's being betrayed but he is either ignorant to it or unwilling to act. FF is clearly implying that in maintaining friendships with your ex and her new husband/your best friend that you are looking a fool. Seemingly implying that the two made a fool of you at some time or another with their goings on.

Whether this implication is true or not is meaningless. The strength of FF's implication matters only in his ability to convince others of its validity, the humor recognized in it, and the nature of your response to it. Simply put the voracity with which you argue this claim exponentially increases the perceived validity in it and recognized humor.

Thus concludes this edition of Etymology of a Burn.

Missed this first time round. Freaking awesome.

[punk/core]

What are you replacing your PS2 with?

[Lucky]

A PS2. Mine stopped reading discs a few weeks back. From what I've read apparently this is a common problem and probably due to age and I've gotten the impression that spending $50 on a used one might be worth it more than trying to get this fixed. I don't feel like taking the damn thing apart like the internet keeps telling me too and $50 doesn't seem that bad. Of course getting a used one feels like I'm risking this happening again soon but I tend to trust buying used stuff from Gamestop over Ebay.

I really have no interest in spending $400 on a PS3 and I play games on a 13 inch TV. So $50, or $100 if I decide to spring for a new one, just seems like the easiest call for me. I just want to play the games I own, have a system I can buy cheap used games that I play once for, and that I can buy MLB The Show 2009 because I'm kind of super excited for my first new baseball game in 4 years that's filled with weird nerd things.

[punk/core]

Did you buy it yet? And were you planning on buying a new one over a used one? If so--

www.joystiq.com/2009/03/29/rumor-ps2-dropping-to-100-around-april-5/

[Lucky]

I bought it. And I sprung for the $80 slim version so I feel a little sad knowing I could have gotten a new one for $20 more in a week. But ah well. Seems to work fine and I trust these guys as I've been shopping there and playing more video games ever since they opened up a couple of blocks down just as I've been buying more books since a book store opened up next door (let that be a lesson, retailers, open a comic shop next door and I'll buy more comics).

I figure sooner or later I'll bring in the old one and see if they want to trade it in. I'm pretty sure it just needs a thorough cleaning as I had construction in the house and the area around it was COVERED in dust so maybe they'll give me something for it. Plus I have a pile of crappy games people bought for me that I've never even thought of playing. I mean, who the hell thought I wanted 5 different driving games? I hate driving games that aren't Mario Kart.

[punk/core]

Yeah, I'd just seen that piece of news and thought I'd pass the info along to you. I don't see any reason they wouldn't give you SOMETHING for your busted PS2. I know Gamestop was giving something like $40 or $60 bucks to people who brought in red ringed 360s, so you could probably get a few bucks out of it.

And now I'm curious... which driving games are they?

[Lucky]

The pile of games I've never once put in the PS2 are as follows.

Sega Classics Collection - Which I could probably get a kick out of playing Space Harrier or Fantasy Zone but I've never cared to.
Pac-Man World 2 - This is a "Greatest Hits" so its good? But I never had an interest in playing it. Still, I'll probably hang on to it since it basically just looks like a Mario/Sonic/Donkey Kong Country thing ripoff.
Need For Speed Underground 2
Stuntman - Also a "Greatest Hits", but like I said. No real interest in racing games.
Simpsons Hit & Run - Actually I did play that once or twice but got nothing out of it. Might hang on to it anyway.
Starsky & Hutch
Metal Arms: Glitch in the System
True Crime NYC - I actually bought that one used cheap but haven't played it. I'll play with it once to see the representation of NY, which is the only reason I bought it.

Less driving games than I thought. And I guess True Crimes and Simpsons are more GTA type games. But they've all been on my far shelf so long that they're covered in a thick layer of dust and the plastic is kinda grimey. I found them all the other day when I went looking for my X-Men Legends games to play.