Giant Bomb Thread The Third: #TeamBrad

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Typographenia said:
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Nice work, Drew, hahaha
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pure genius!
 
It's well known Jeff's collection is ridiculous, but he's been tweeting about digging out his TG16 games including a sealed copy of Magical Chase, which is one of those Holy Grail games worth many thousands of dollars. Just sitting away somewhere in a box! I wouldn't mind having a copy sitting around.
 
Yeah just came to post that, that's fucking insane. Opened mint copies go for at least $3k.

WHERE DOES HE GET ALL THESE WONDERFUL TOYS
 
RomanticHeroX said:
It's well known Jeff's collection is ridiculous, but he's been tweeting about digging out his TG16 games including a sealed copy of Magical Chase, which is one of those Holy Grail games worth many thousands of dollars. Just sitting away somewhere in a box! I wouldn't mind having a copy sitting around.
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What the fuck? Jeff should sell that, or donate that to Child's Play or some shit. JUST DON'T OPEN IT.

Love how he had a copy of SimGolf, too.
 
Getting games graded, for the vast majority of cases, is completely stupid, but that's one of the exceptions. Get that shit graded and protected asap.
 
Who knew my copy of Sim Golf was worth so much... Should find it again and sell it while interest is high!

Also, still watching the video so I don't know if they ever covered this, but snowman = an 8 on a hole, aka my typical score on a par 4.
 
brianmcdoogle said:
As someone who had their video game collection stolen last year, you should have photos, receipts (if possible), and a well, documented list of all of your stuff. And, good insurance (like replacement insurance for your home).
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How do insurance companies handle stuff like that? Just give you some kind of valuation for the stuff or what?
 
RomanticHeroX said:
It's well known Jeff's collection is ridiculous, but he's been tweeting about digging out his TG16 games including a sealed copy of Magical Chase, which is one of those Holy Grail games worth many thousands of dollars. Just sitting away somewhere in a box! I wouldn't mind having a copy sitting around.
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USED up to $450 http://www.estarland.com/TurboGrafx.product.38881.html

jeff really needs to sort out his collection and get better
insurance + house security.
 
cjelly said:
How do insurance companies handle stuff like that? Just give you some kind of valuation for the stuff or what?
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shadyspace said:
I'd like to know this as well.
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You submit a list of the titles missing. If they are newer games, then the titles don't matter and only the quantity for systems. If 10 Xbox 360 games are stolen, then they give a price average per game.

For newer games, like Xbox 360 and PS3, they gave an average price for each game at Best Buy or some popular store, which was around 40 bucks (360 games cost a little more according to them).

As a result, if a game was just released and costs 60, you're out 20 bucks. If a game is older and costs 20, you only get 20 in reimbursement if you submit the receipt.

Older and more expensive titles require a little more proof. Since I kept good records, such as detailed lists and pictures, this was no issue. To adjust the price, you submit a photo of a site, like the used section of Amazon. For example, if Mass Effect Limited Edition was stolen, you submit the cost of getting it replaced (expensive, for me). And then you buy it, give the receipt, and the value is then submitted to you via check.

Of course, this differs for each insurance company, and possibly each claims collector.
 
cjelly said:
How do insurance companies handle stuff like that? Just give you some kind of valuation for the stuff or what?
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Depends on the policy, but there is usually a cap on the coverage on "collectibles" on Homeowners insurance, requiring separate collectibles insurance. Pretty sure that Magical Chase copy alone would max out a regular homeowners policy.
 
EmCeeGramr said:
Move over Magical Chase, Jeff has a real winner: https://twitter.com/jeffgerstmann/status/254671488337211392


He should get into the competitive e-sports world of Pro YoCo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9ZI6I56604
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Best comment I've seen in a while on that YT video:

wow, high level play from both players here, really close. the cookie chains were knit tight, like yarn in a yoshi sweater. on the sweater, yoshi is eating a cookie. absent-mindedness or perhaps careful alteration of the "Yoshi Eats Cookie Sweater" pattern makes yoshi take on a more pensive expression, looking at the viewer with a pensiveness that reflects the lives of the men lost in gycl06, like a puddle of water in a battlefield, opaque with blood and mud, its glory hours long passed. one thi
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Ryan's retweeting a bunch of people playing SimGolf, curious to know how they all suddenly/quickly got copies. Did I miss that the game was on some Steam/Origin/GOG service?
 
kenta said:
Ryan's retweeting a bunch of people playing SimGolf, curious to know how they all suddenly/quickly got copies. Did I miss that the game was on some Steam/Origin/GOG service?
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There were times when people bought games after they came out. A looong time ago.
 
Long ago, I had a copy of Simgolf. I remember buying that and Beach Life and spending stupid amounts of time on those games.

I think I left them in a box at my old place or something, but I've never been able to find them =( They really need to make them available digitally.
 
kenta said:
Ryan's retweeting a bunch of people playing SimGolf, curious to know how they all suddenly/quickly got copies. Did I miss that the game was on some Steam/Origin/GOG service?
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Well, people can still own their old SimGolf copies.

I've definitely seen some comments talking about how they've pirated it after seeing GB's feature, though, one on GOG's very own site, even.
 
Got caught up on the last 40 minutes or so of the past three or four Bombcasts today. I've been turning them off around when Ryan gets to news or new releases and forgetting to finish them before the next episode hits. The Nights stuff and the Dreamcast death call story was amazing.
 
Wow, Sim Golf.

That was.....addicting to watch. The fuck? This is the first time I have heard of this game, and I love these types of games.
 
Bums me out that Jeff never followed up Blurry sick day. It was one of the cooler videos because of all the weird shit he had.
 
Ebay's got SimGolf starting at around $18, going up to the mid-thirties... Surely that's not that expensive? There are plenty of them. I didn't realize it's so rare, either, glad I kept my copy.
 
When Jeff was tweeting those game photos, it reminded me of a week or so when he mentioned his neighbor saying that "comcast" guys were hanging out in his yard or something. I wonder if some unsavory types are casing his place, I hope not.
 
As a child, there was a good couple years where I pretty much exclusively played Sim and Theme games - Sim Tower, Sim Golf, Sim City, Sim Copter, Theme Hospital, Theme Park on my Apple II. Shit was amazing.

Kinda sad to see that style of game now almost entirely regulated to Facebook and iOS...
 
Zaph said:
As a child, there was a good couple years where I pretty much exclusively played Sim and Theme games - Sim Tower, Sim Golf, Sim City, Sim Copter, Theme Hospital, Theme Park on my Apple II. Shit was amazing.

Kinda sad to see that style of game now almost entirely regulated to Facebook and iOS...
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Wouldn't be that bad if these games were not all F2P in the most awful way. Give me something like those game son my iPad without any microtransactions and I would be happy.
 
bjork said:
When Jeff was tweeting those game photos, it reminded me of a week or so when he mentioned his neighbor saying that "comcast" guys were hanging out in his yard or something. I wonder if some unsavory types are casing his place, I hope not.
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Damn.. I hope he gets some additional security.
 
Zaph said:
As a child, there was a good couple years where I pretty much exclusively played Sim and Theme games - Sim Tower, Sim Golf, Sim City, Sim Copter, Theme Hospital, Theme Park on my Apple II. Shit was amazing.

Kinda sad to see that style of game now almost entirely regulated to Facebook and iOS...
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I was pretty much the same way back then. If it had Sim or Tycoon in the title, I was probably playing it.
 
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