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About $100 to blow

Ominous MickOminous Mick Registered User regular
edited July 2009 in Games and Technology
I've got some cash on hand that I've decided to use for nothing particularly constructive. I could buy clothes and liquor (still a valid option) but I'm also considering buying games for the Wii, DS or 360. Nothing has really jumped out yet, so I thought I'd check out the forum for some info. I did this years ago when considering a nintendo DS and people gave some good advice then, so here I am again.

Some things I'm thinking about are:
1. Renewing my Xbox live account for a year, and then getting a Netflix subscription.
2. Buying Conduit and Ghostbusters.
3. Getting caught up on the last two Phoenix Wright games.

I'm sure there is a ton of games I'm omitting, so feel free to throw them out there. Remember that I just got my 360 in March, so I really only have two games for it.

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  • MoioinkMoioink Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Ominous Mick wrote: »
    3. Getting caught up on the last two Phoenix Wright games.

    Do this.

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  • NotASenatorNotASenator Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Put the money into a high-yield savings account.

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  • Ominous MickOminous Mick Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    NotACrook wrote: »
    Put the money into a high-yield savings account.

    Good suggestion, but no thanks.

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  • lowlylowlycooklowlylowlycook Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Save some of that money for Scribblenauts.

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  • wavecutterwavecutter Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Get the TrackIR 4, it's just 99 dollars.

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  • McAllenMcAllen Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Get Ghostbusters and spend the rest you have on a drug of your choice.

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  • WillethWilleth Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Probably the most value there is the Live account and Netflix. The value of all the entertainment that unlocks is vastly greater than two games' worth IMO.

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  • That_GuyThat_Guy I don't wanna be that guy Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    McAllen wrote: »
    Get Ghostbusters and spend the rest you have on a drug of your choice.

    Speaking of blow......

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  • The Reverend Dr GalactusThe Reverend Dr Galactus Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    If you dig driving at all, Burnout Paradise is a fantastic deal that will only use up a fifth of your current gaming budget surplus.

    ...Then you can spend the remaining amount on Burnout's DLC!

    (To be fair, the game is a huge amount of fun by itself and they already released two DLC packs for free. But then they released a lot of paid DLC. A lot. I hear the Island is pretty rad though.)

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  • CamuiCamui Sogekidan Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Go spend it all on blackjack and hookers.

    (The Wright games are great, do it.)

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  • ChewyWafflesChewyWaffles Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    NotACrook wrote: »
    Put the money into a high-yield savings account.

    lol, care to point the rest of us to a "high yield" savings account these days?

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  • Ramen NoodleRamen Noodle whoa, god has a picture of me! Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Fallout 3 for 25 bucks on Steam.

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  • xzzyxzzy Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    ChewyWaffles wrote: »
    NotACrook wrote: »
    Put the money into a high-yield savings account.

    lol, care to point the rest of us to a "high yield" savings account these days?

    You can get 1.5%-2% with a little googling.

    There are options out there with better rates.. but come associated with more risk. Such is life.

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  • NotASenatorNotASenator Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    ChewyWaffles wrote: »
    NotACrook wrote: »
    Put the money into a high-yield savings account.

    lol, care to point the rest of us to a "high yield" savings account these days?

    ING Direct is pretty good.

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  • ZerokkuZerokku Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Moioink wrote: »
    Ominous Mick wrote: »
    3. Getting caught up on the last two Phoenix Wright games.

    Do this.

    This. Then put the remainder on a reserve of Scribblenauts.

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  • ChewyWafflesChewyWaffles Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    well our definitions of "high yield" are a bit different, I guess.

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  • QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Ominous Mick wrote: »
    1. Renewing my Xbox live account for a year, and then getting a Netflix subscription.
    You don't need to subscribe to Live Gold to use Netflix. Just subscribe to Netflix and you're ready.

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  • acidlacedpenguinacidlacedpenguin Institutionalized Safe in jail.Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    you could buy $100 worth of the purest blow you can get, cut it 50/50 with something, then sell the result for $200.

    then you'll have 2 $100 to spend. . .
    which you should probably spend on a set of butt plugs of increasing diamater so that you can loosen your ass up so when you get raped in jail it won't hurt as much.

    or you could spend that $100 on Red Faction: Guerrilla and not go to jail.

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  • DeathPrawnDeathPrawn Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Quid wrote: »
    Ominous Mick wrote: »
    1. Renewing my Xbox live account for a year, and then getting a Netflix subscription.
    You don't need to subscribe to Live Gold to use Netflix. Just subscribe to Netflix and you're ready.

    Incorrect. Silver users can't stream Netflix, only Gold.

    My vote is either on Netflix/Live or buying the PW games and stashing the rest for Scribblenauts.

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  • QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    DeathPrawn wrote: »
    Quid wrote: »
    Ominous Mick wrote: »
    1. Renewing my Xbox live account for a year, and then getting a Netflix subscription.
    You don't need to subscribe to Live Gold to use Netflix. Just subscribe to Netflix and you're ready.

    Incorrect. Silver users can't stream Netflix, only Gold.

    My vote is either on Netflix/Live or buying the PW games and stashing the rest for Scribblenauts.
    I am terribly concerned about when it was exactly that I signed up for Gold.

    Also annoyed that I haven't been playing any online games.

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  • DeathPrawnDeathPrawn Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    http://www.xbox.com/en-US/live/netflix/ wrote:
    Xbox 360 is the only game system that lets you instantly watch movies and TV episodes streamed from Netflix. This movie-watching innovation is available to Xbox LIVE® Gold members who are also Netflix members and allows them to instantly watch movies streamed from Netflix via Xbox LIVE for no additional monthly fee.

    Can't say I've tested it myself, but I'm just going by Microsoft's party line.

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  • QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    No I was saying you were right.

    I just literally have no idea when I signed up onto Gold. Or where the money's being taken out from since my account seems untouched.

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  • DeathPrawnDeathPrawn Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Ah, sorry 'bout the misunderstanding.

    How long have you had your 360? You get 1 month for free when you create a Gamertag and connect it to live. If that's not it, *shrug*

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  • QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Years. My account is from my old Xbox. Can't say I'm especially annoyed since the five bucks is totally worth the Netflix. And now I get the added bonus of playing online again.

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  • UnbreakableVowUnbreakableVow Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Burnout Paradise - $20
    Big Surf Island DLC - $12

    $32. Do what you will with the rest.

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  • eelektrikeelektrik Southern CaliforniaRegistered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Best Buy has Buy 2 get 1 Free on DS games this week. Blow away. They probably don't have all the Phoenix Wright games at this point though.

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