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It's been a week or so since my last post.  I'm going to follow-up on a couple items:

It's been a week or so since my last post.  I'm going to follow-up on a couple items:

I used a pick-and-choose method for E3 news.  The lack of a lot of general public at the event prevented a lot of misquotes, errors, and out-of-context information (like running with a quote as the remaining half of the speech because you're "live."  Since the manufactures had a more controlled audience, they didn't feel the need to show as many far-future games which will never be made.  The information was more useful without that cloud of ignorance from last year's E3.  Not only that, I ignored a ton of information I was not interested in.

I used a pick-and-choose method for E3 news.  The lack of a lot of general public at the event prevented a lot of misquotes, errors, and out-of-context information (like running with a quote as the remaining half of the speech because you're "live."  Since the manufactures had a more controlled audience, they didn't feel the need to show as many far-future games which will never be made.  The information was more useful without that cloud of ignorance from last year's E3.  Not only that, I ignored a ton of information I was not interested in.

I noticed other 2o2p members mentioning the "Joy of Goozex."  Goozex is a matching service for game trading.  You want a game, someone else doesn't, and they send you your game.  The fee is $1 USD per trade, plus you pay for shipping and handling of your own games that you trade away.  It is essentially an inventory tracking system.  And this month is extra-special because trades in July are free of the $1 service charge.

I noticed other 2o2p members mentioning the "Joy of Goozex."  Goozex is a matching service for game trading.  You want a game, someone else doesn't, and they send you your game.  The fee is $1 USD per trade, plus you pay for shipping and handling of your own games that you trade away.  It is essentially an inventory tracking system.  And this month is extra-special because trades in July are free of the $1 service charge.

Also on my Circuit City bender last week with the 25% off sale was Bionicle Heroes for the Xbox 360.  It got bad reviews and criticized for being repetitive.  It is repetitive, but not necessarily boring.  You see, if you are a Bionicle collector, there is nothing more amazing than controlling one in a shooter.  I mean, they're Legos.  They reconfigure.  One of your forms can build things, and all of them can destroy things.  My favorites are the plants you can blow up, grow "gear-flowers," and blow them up again.  The game has a lot of minigames and upgrades to purchase, so you can play th

Also on my Circuit City bender last week with the 25% off sale was Bionicle Heroes for the Xbox 360.  It got bad reviews and criticized for being repetitive.  It is repetitive, but not necessarily boring.  You see, if you are a Bionicle collector, there is nothing more amazing than controlling one in a shooter.  I mean, they're Legos.  They reconfigure.  One of your forms can build things, and all of them can destroy things.  My favorites are the plants you can blow up, grow "gear-flowers," and blow them up again.  The game has a lot of minigames and upgrades to purchase, so you can play th