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[Mad Scientist]

goatdan, on Thu Jan 5, 2012 9:07 PM, said:

Mine came in a day or two ago, I guess the elves were a little late with it. No worries! I got a gift certificate, which was actually *perfect* timing. I've cut myself off from new purchases, but I could justify it with the gift certificate! I picked up:

PS3 Back to the Future (new)
PSP Tactics Ogre (new)
PSP PQ2
PSP Smartbomb

All for almost exactly $25! Thanks a ton! I have been wanting three of those forever, and Smartbomb just looked fun

The full Back to the Future is what's nudging me to sign up for PSN+... it's a current freebie (as long as you are a paying member).
*******

Also: Ax, your mailbox seems to be full.

[goatdan]

Mad Scientist, on Fri Jan 6, 2012 9:20 PM, said:

The full Back to the Future is what's nudging me to sign up for PSN+... it's a current freebie (as long as you are a paying member).

It's also $9.99 at GameStop right now for the physical media, that in 10 years you can still play. I always like physical media more.

[swlovinist]

To the wonderful package my Secret Santa sent me, THANK YOU A TON! LOVED IT!

[kroogur]

A belated big thanks to my secret santa (i'm still recovering from carbon monoxide poisoning, get those furnaces checked people!) I got some truly great gifts!







I got a great set of pins! A cool Atari patch, some yummy Boston Baked Beans, a great B-Movie hosted by the lovable scamps from MST3K! A copy of Pitfall (from Brazil) and an awesome Edmund Fitzgerald postcard!

Thanks again Secret santa!!

[Mad Scientist]

Santa (Reindeer?) package arrived yesterday! The kids and I opened it this morning. I'll put up pics after the weekend.

[SoulBlazer]

Is everyone all set? Did anyone NOT get their package? Ax hasn't contacted me or anyone else as far as I know.

[kroogur]

Speaking of Ax I think he also deserves a big thanks for organizing the Secret Santa thing! Thanks Ax!

[Random Terrain]

kroogur, on Sat Jan 14, 2012 10:59 PM, said:

Speaking of Ax I think he also deserves a big thanks for organizing the Secret Santa thing! Thanks Ax!

He only did it for the money.

[kroogur]

Random Terrain, on Sat Jan 14, 2012 11:06 PM, said:

kroogur, on Sat Jan 14, 2012 10:59 PM, said:

Speaking of Ax I think he also deserves a big thanks for organizing the Secret Santa thing! Thanks Ax!

He only did it for the money.

Well yeah but he is still awesome

[raskar42]

Random Terrain, on Sat Jan 14, 2012 11:06 PM, said:

kroogur, on Sat Jan 14, 2012 10:59 PM, said:

Speaking of Ax I think he also deserves a big thanks for organizing the Secret Santa thing! Thanks Ax!

He only did it for the money.

i have it on good authority he did it all for the nookie.

[the.golden.ax]

.. you are all wrong. I did it all for the COOKIE!

[Master Phruby]

Mmm. The Cookie! Mmm. The Cookie!

[SoulBlazer]

I hope Ax doesn't mind me posting this here, but since he hasn't had a chance to read my PM's yet and in case the person who this concerns is reading this, or anyone else who didn't get a Secret Santa Package:

Ax contacted me on Tuesday night asking if I'd be willing to be send a rescue package to someone who never got anything. I had signed up eariler indicating my willingness to do this. As time passed, however, I thought everyone was all set and didn't make any backup purchases I had planned on. Hence, the message caught me fully willing and happy to help but with very little on hand that my rescue guy might like. For my regular Secret Santa packages I buy the stuff on Amazon or EBay and rebox it when it gets to me. Since time was cruical in this case (the poor guy has been waiting for about two months, after all!) that wasn't a option here.

I'm a modern gamer and not really a classic collector -- I play classic games but use emulators for it. I did, however, have some old game carts laying around. I boxed that stuff up, and also threw in some items from my own personal stock of gaming items to make it a bit better -- I knew I could have done better normaly and wanted to do what I could to round it out. Add in some candy that the rescue guy said he liked and I got the box out to him on Thursday by Priorty Mail. Ax has the tracking number. The rescue package should get to him on Sat or Monday.

In short, I hope the rescue package has at least some stuff that he wanted and that he likes it, and I'm sorry I couldn't do a better job with it. I hate to let anyone down. Hopefully he'll post here when the package is received and let me know, so I can make it right if need be.

[Mad Scientist]

I still need to post pics... I'll try to remember tonight. For now, I can say that the livestock are doing well.