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Christmas 2: The Christmassing

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    Dollarsign42Dollarsign42 Registered User regular
    edited December 2006
    My 6- year old brother got one of the geekiest gifts ever. . .

    A box that came with two 10in transformers,

    Star Wars transformers

    Chewie and Han Solo, when combine make

    The Millennium Falcon

    :shock:

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    TarranonTarranon Registered User regular
    edited December 2006
    a dicer and a day planner. which make nice gifts, I guess. but they're not very fun.

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    real_pochaccoreal_pochacco Registered User regular
    edited December 2006
    So pretty much this is fucking awesome.

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    Ohhh yes. Right now he's wagging his ears etc. and making pretty lights.

    With this sweater set:

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    Basically the coolest shit ever.

    Also, one of these:
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    Flowstaff babyyy.

    Also, I got Guitar Hero II, and a Zen mp3 player.

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    JohannenJohannen Registered User regular
    edited December 2006
    I got a shit-load of clothes, a wangload of cash, and the PA comic books. :D

    I also got, the Cowboy Bebop series (DVD), Elfen Lied series (DVD), Red Vs Blue series 1,2,3 and 4 (DVD's), and loads of Cambodian clothes from my one brother, who has moved on to Vietnam since.


    Story of Woe: I got so drunk last night (christmas eve) that, when slaughtered, i asked the unbelievably hot barmaid for her number, after speaking to her for about 2 minutes. I slurred my words so badly though, she could've thought i'd asked her for anything. She, quite rightly, replied with a smile.... and a shake of the head.

    ...if she had said yes i'd have lost all respect for her.

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    ElendilElendil Registered User regular
    edited December 2006
    Sanius wrote:
    No DS, as I hoped. Though I hear no one can find them anywhere lately.
    Yeah, my mother asked for Brain Age and a DS, so I ended up checking 5 stores Saturday for one without luck. I found two PS3s.

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    Aroused BullAroused Bull Registered User regular
    edited December 2006
    My most awesome gift was definitely the subscription to New Scientist.

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    Al_watAl_wat Registered User regular
    edited December 2006
    I got a 4 GB Sandisk MP3 player (which has thus far only succeeded in making me want to smash my computer). It seems cool though, it can do voice recordings.

    Three Eric Clapton CDs. Never really listened to him before, but I have to say I like his music.

    My mom got me a book on the Kalevala. Its a collection of mythological stories from Finnish folklore. Its pretty cool, apparently the version I got is the best English translation there is.
    What I find even more cool is that the Kalevala is one of the main sources of inspiration that JRR Tolkein had for the Lord of the Rings and all those other associated books.

    I didn't get anything super huge like a PS3 or a Wii, but still a good christmas by all accounts.

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    aquabataquabat Registered User regular
    edited December 2006
    So my girlfriend didnt get me Katamari Darcy for Christmas, but I did manage to get a whole load of Tony Hawk games so I'll keep a couple and trade them in tomorrow at EB. I'll beat her for not getting me Katamari, but only half a beating cos she also got me Ultimate Spider-man

    Also, her brother got me

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    Which is so completely awesome. Her dad got me a case of awesome beer. I love her family

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    Anonymous RobotAnonymous Robot Registered User regular
    edited December 2006
    A Wii, Trauma Center: Second Opinion, Rayman: Raving Rabbids, and LoZ: Twilight Princess.

    A good translation of Goethe's Faust.

    Some CDs from my brother.

    A book on breaking into the videogame industry, with illustrations by Gabe.

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    YodaTunaYodaTuna Registered User regular
    edited December 2006
    My 6- year old brother got one of the geekiest gifts ever. . .

    A box that came with two 10in transformers,

    Star Wars transformers

    Chewie and Han Solo, when combine make

    The Millennium Falcon

    :shock:

    My cousin got one of these, I was so god damn jealous.

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    Casual EddyCasual Eddy The Astral PlaneRegistered User regular
    edited December 2006
    I got some slippers. I really, really, like slippers. And a comic book version of "The Fountain" (I liked the movie) and I think I'll get a gift certificate to our gigantic mall.

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    RandomEngyRandomEngy Registered User regular
    edited December 2006
    I got a Powershot 600 Digital Elph. It's freaking incredible camera. It's small 6 megapixel and the screen is gigantic and it can record 640x480 30fps video. Also some ski clothes, a couple books, Penn and Teller's "Bullshit!" season 1, a voltmeter and lots of candy. Also my sister gave me a tin of cookies and has subscribed me in the "cookie of the month" club where she sends me cookies every month for 6 months. Awesome.

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    werehippywerehippy Registered User regular
    edited December 2006
    A book on breaking into the videogame industry, with illustrations by Gabe.

    Which one is that? Not that I particularly want to break into that game industry, but I am kind of curious.

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    aquabataquabat Registered User regular
    edited December 2006
    Hey, so what are games should I get for my PS2. Anything not Guitar Hero. I still have memories of Nameless without a shirt with a little guitar strapped to his pale body and lack-of-chest

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    ZsetrekZsetrek Registered User regular
    edited December 2006
    aquabat wrote:
    Hey, so what are games should I get for my PS2. Anything not Guitar Hero. I still have memories of Nameless without a shirt with a little guitar strapped to his pale body and lack-of-chest

    Shaun's cricket bat has an unusually long handle.

    What type of games do you like?

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    aquabataquabat Registered User regular
    edited December 2006
    Zsetrek wrote:
    aquabat wrote:
    Hey, so what are games should I get for my PS2. Anything not Guitar Hero. I still have memories of Nameless without a shirt with a little guitar strapped to his pale body and lack-of-chest

    Shaun's cricket bat has an unusually long handle.

    What type of games do you like?

    Katamari, Ultimate Spidey, Tony Hawke series on the PS2

    Call of Duty 2, Battlefield 1942 on my computer

    Halo on my friends Xbox

    *ahem* Goldeneye on my N64

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    YodaTunaYodaTuna Registered User regular
    edited December 2006
    werehippy wrote:
    A book on breaking into the videogame industry, with illustrations by Gabe.

    Which one is that? Not that I particularly want to break into that game industry, but I am kind of curious.

    this one

    I read through it, but I didn't find it particularly helpful. It was all pretty common sense stuff... like what courses to take and stuff like that. And after each job there was a few pages dedicated to why the job sucked. Which pretty much kills any interest in any job.

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    deadonthestreetdeadonthestreet Registered User regular
    edited December 2006
    aquabat wrote:
    Zsetrek wrote:
    aquabat wrote:
    Hey, so what are games should I get for my PS2. Anything not Guitar Hero. I still have memories of Nameless without a shirt with a little guitar strapped to his pale body and lack-of-chest

    Shaun's cricket bat has an unusually long handle.

    What type of games do you like?

    Katamari, Ultimate Spidey, Tony Hawke series on the PS2

    Call of Duty 2, Battlefield 1942 on my computer

    Halo on my friends Xbox

    *ahem* Goldeneye on my N64

    Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction.

    It's pretty much the same as the Spider-Maan game except you are the Hulk so you throw tanks.

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    werehippywerehippy Registered User regular
    edited December 2006
    YodaTuna wrote:
    werehippy wrote:
    A book on breaking into the videogame industry, with illustrations by Gabe.

    Which one is that? Not that I particularly want to break into that game industry, but I am kind of curious.

    this one

    I read through it, but I didn't find it particularly helpful. It was all pretty common sense stuff... like what courses to take and stuff like that. And after each job there was a few pages dedicated to why the job sucked. Which pretty much kills any interest in any job.

    Nice :)

    I'm curious enough to grab it from a library if I get the chance, though you aren't making it sounds all that worth my time.

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    IncenjucarIncenjucar VChatter Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited December 2006
    I got a Yamaha acoustic guitar.

    Now I need Santa to magically give me skillz.

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    NagatoNagato Registered User regular
    edited December 2006
    I have a rather large family, plus my parents are divorced so I have step-relatives as well, so I did very well this year.

    + Wiimote
    + Wii Nunchuck
    + 18 Inch tall Jack Sparrow statue
    + 2000 point Wii card
    + A total of $375 in cash
    + Excel Saga boxset
    + Yoshi's Island DS
    + Clerks II DVD
    + Ricky Bobby : Talladega Nights DVD
    + Ed Wood DVD
    + Barnes and Nobles giftcard for $25
    + Wii Carrying Case
    + Wii CD wallet

    And last, but certainly not least, I gave myself an account on these here fine boards. ;]

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    aquabataquabat Registered User regular
    edited December 2006
    Nagato wrote:
    And last, but certainly not least, I gave myself an account on these here fine boards. ;]

    Awwww. Its a wonderful life!





    Fuckin' noob

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    tynictynic PICNIC BADASS Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited December 2006
    Have you checked your PO box recently Mr Bat

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    aquabataquabat Registered User regular
    edited December 2006
    tynic wrote:
    Have you checked your PO box recently Mr Bat

    No sir, but I shall tomorrow. I thinks I know what it could be *winky*



    Porn, right?

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    tynictynic PICNIC BADASS Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited December 2006
    aquabat wrote:
    tynic wrote:
    Have you checked your PO box recently Mr Bat

    No sir, but I shall tomorrow. I thinks I know what it could be *winky*



    Porn, right?
    If by porn you mean incredible explicit depictions of genitalia and sexual acts, then I suppose yes.

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    Loren MichaelLoren Michael Registered User regular
    edited December 2006
    wow, that "porn" sounds awesome. where can i find some?

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    IncenjucarIncenjucar VChatter Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited December 2006
    wow, that "porn" sounds awesome. where can i find some?

    I hear they have some of it on the internet now.

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    Loren MichaelLoren Michael Registered User regular
    edited December 2006
    Incenjucar wrote:
    wow, that "porn" sounds awesome. where can i find some?

    I hear they have some of it on the internet now.

    holy shit! this is great! i could be up all night!

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    IncenjucarIncenjucar VChatter Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited December 2006
    Incenjucar wrote:
    wow, that "porn" sounds awesome. where can i find some?

    I hear they have some of it on the internet now.

    holy shit! this is great! i could be up all night!

    I don't know how many boobs can fit through the tubes at once though.

    I mean. It's probably all pretty tame stuff, and probably not much.

    But I wish you luck in your endeavor.

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    ElJeffeElJeffe Moderator, ClubPA mod
    edited December 2006
    I got a couple of Wii games, first editions of Christine and Firestarter, some clothes, a new toaster oven, the new release of The Little Mermaid, Firefly, season 2 of Buffy, and probably some other things that I can't remember right now.

    As a Christmas present to myself, I rebought my 360 and all the stolen accessories, and threw in an HD-DVD add-on for good measure.

    Now I'm going to play with all my new toys. See you folks tomorrow.

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    TachTach Registered User regular
    edited December 2006
    Where should I start?

    - Gift Certificate for $100 (will be used for logings for Mini-PAX)
    - A time share for a week in May (for our Disney World trip)

    - Terrance and Phillip action figures
    - A book on Disney Animation
    - Disney's Tomorrowland DVD set
    - Emergency Car kit
    - $50 Outback gift card
    - New Robin Hood DVD
    - Superman II Richard Donner Cut
    - New RAZR cell (to be ordered)

    - A basket of cheese, crackers, wine, and a copy of French Kiss on DVD (To relive our honeymoon in France)
    - A Baliey's Irish Creme cocoa set

    - A George Forman G5 grill
    - Various cooking tools
    - A new button down shirt
    - A handmade Wedding Album

    - A Calvin and Hobbes book
    - 2 $75 Best Buy gift cards

    Something else is still on the way from my mother-in-law (for both of us) and I'm apparently getting one last gift from Mac- something to do with a big red bow... :winky:

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    stiliststilist Registered User regular
    edited December 2006
      V for Vendetta (only thing I asked for)
      Camera tripod
      Lava lamp
      Tree lamp (of this variety)
      Magazine subscription
      Shirt & pair of pants
      Wind-up radio
      Watercolour pencils & tutorial book
      Adidas deodorant stuff

      As I only requested one item, and had no expectations, I'm quite pleased.

      And today I received my Christmas card from Dyna. <3

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      Irond WillIrond Will WARNING: NO HURTFUL COMMENTS, PLEASE!!!!! Cambridge. MAModerator mod
      edited December 2006
      ElJeffe wrote:
      I got a couple of Wii games, first editions of Christine and Firestarter, some clothes, a new toaster oven, the new release of The Little Mermaid, Firefly, season 2 of Buffy, and probably some other things that I can't remember right now.

      As a Christmas present to myself, I rebought my 360 and all the stolen accessories, and threw in an HD-DVD add-on for good measure.

      Now I'm going to play with all my new toys. See you folks tomorrow.

      Hey Jeff. I'm "Irond Will" on xbl. and I've got the whole week off.

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      Al_watAl_wat Registered User regular
      edited December 2006
      ElJeffe wrote:
      Firefly,


      God damnit I knew I forgot to ask for something

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      werehippywerehippy Registered User regular
      edited December 2006
      Al_wat wrote:
      ElJeffe wrote:
      Firefly,


      God damnit I knew I forgot to ask for something

      If you look on Amazon, Firefly is one of their crazily discounted TV DVDs, running you all of $20. At that price you can't afford NOT to get it :)

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      Mullitt The WiseMullitt The Wise Registered User regular
      edited December 2006
      Al_wat wrote:
      ElJeffe wrote:
      Firefly,


      God damnit I knew I forgot to ask for something
      It's 20 bucks on Amazon right now, which is 20 or 30 dollars less than in stores.

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      Al_watAl_wat Registered User regular
      edited December 2006
      Nice. Thanks people!

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      Al_watAl_wat Registered User regular
      edited December 2006
      Its funny, firefly is $25 total (shipping included) from the amazon.com website, yet about $50 or more from the amazon.ca website.

      Left hand ain't talkin to the right hand.

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      werehippywerehippy Registered User regular
      edited December 2006
      Al_wat wrote:
      Its funny, firefly is $25 total (shipping included) from the amazon.com website, yet about $50 or more from the amazon.ca website.

      Left hand ain't talkin to the right hand.

      The US site is running a sale on various stuff, and I guess that kind of thing doesn't transfer to the various sites (Venture Bros and Robot Chick for $9 each!). Seems a bit stupid to not at least sync up the .com and .ca sites, but that's business:)

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      IncenjucarIncenjucar VChatter Seattle, WARegistered User regular
      edited December 2006
      Al_wat wrote:
      Its funny, firefly is $25 total (shipping included) from the amazon.com website, yet about $50 or more from the amazon.ca website.

      Left hand ain't talkin to the right hand.

      Yes it is.

      It's just that it is only using one finger.

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