Diamonddave

Bit of a flex, but a great memory. Original MK, 18 game pvp win streak with Raiden on the P2 stick at Kristoffs in Round Lake Beach IL. Was given $5 to lose on purpose.

On 11/13/2022 at 4:07 PM, Ken Aldred said:

Just did the Resident Evil 2 remake, PS4 disc, which had a free upgrade to the PS5 high frame rate version.

I completed both of the Leon Kennedy and Claire Redfield storylines, but found my interest dissipated somewhat on the second runs, as it's basically the same tasks done in the same buildings, but in different order. 

A fairly short game, padded out with that repetition.  

Finished it on Normal difficulty, perhaps sometime I'll try Hardcore / Classic mode.

Beats the remake of RE3, finished that in one afternoon. Loved the game play and atmosphere, but way too short for a AAA remake.

On 11/11/2022 at 2:36 PM, BriD. said:

I think I would like to do more than hide. I liked Evil Within and Dead Space. I see there's a remake of Dead Space coming, or maybe already available. That's tempting but I would still rather find something I haven't played before. The Quarry keeps coming up in my searches. It's that any good? 

Did you play Man of Medan? Or Until Dawn? Quarry is like that.

Calisto Protocol is out 12-2

You could try Scorn, FPS. Looks like a mix of HR Geiger and a Clive Barker fever dream.

On 11/11/2022 at 10:16 AM, BriD. said:

Got my invite from Sony and bought the PS5 a few weeks ago. I haven't opened the box yet because I have no games. Still finishing up a couple PS4 games. 

Any recommendations for a Silent Hill, Resident Evil type game? Preferably something newish made for the PS5 that wasn't previously available for PS4. Also, I don't play online so something with a good single player mode. 

Alien Isolation? Or do you want to do more than hide?

Fallout 3

CastleVania SoTN

FFIX

KOTOR 1 & 2

Battlefield 1

Grabbed a digital PS5 today with GOW bundled. Didn't have to pay a scalper either.

Original 8-bit NES with Mario/Duck Hunt bundled. Never got to be Mario, had to settle for Luigi being the youngest. 

On 10/14/2022 at 10:02 AM, MattTheDuck said:

Welcome to the Boards!

Appreciate your offering this great book here.  You need to post a "return policy" or your thread could be pulled.

 

And the book has be sold exclusively on the boards, this is also on FB.

On 8/30/2022 at 9:04 AM, Ken Aldred said:

The problem with the earlier console versions was frame rate.  The PS5 version runs very smoothly. Many PS3 era games still look great, though.

Frame rate was....something else. Swamp of Sorrow especially, still a fun game and the Black/White World tendency was unique and made subsequent playthroughs worth it.

On 8/29/2022 at 8:29 PM, Ken Aldred said:

Just started Demon Souls PS 5 today, which looks fantastic. Didn’t find the melee combat too bad, once you got into the routine of block / counter attack / roll back on melee, although I’m using the Royalty build as I always like the flexibility of a battlemage character, and some ranged ability. Managed, after a number of attempts, to figure out how to make it through to survive and save just before the boss battle for the Boletaria Castle section.  So, that should be interesting next time. 

Loved this game on PS3, don't have a PS5 to play the remastered version. 

On 8/10/2022 at 7:30 PM, TTony said:

If you are new here, to summarize the last 79 pages of this thread...

• Line cutting
• Influencers pre-buying books before the con is open and before those books are supposedly available
• Influencers hyping a book they are selling on WhatNot
• Retailer selling out of books for collectors because dirty flippers bought them all without a limit to purchase
• Limit to purchase books (from unlimited down to 1 or 2) instituted right after flippers finish buying their mass quantities
• Book shows up on CBSI Top 10 list the day it is released and no one supposedly knew about the book
• No one mentions CBSI comment on book "That being said, the homages.. bleh.  Please make it stop." (I guess this doesn't fit the narrative?)
• Raising the price of books while other people are still in line ($85 up $100 for raws and $500 to $750 for 9.8's)
• Charging $2500 for a 10.0 at the booth
• Artist possibly related to the store selling the copies
• Store recycling exclusives by adding acetate covers to "limited edition books"
• Marvel did not approve the acetate covers, someone knows a VP
• Bleedingcool.com publishes Marvel did not approve of this
• The wheels are rolling
• People who buy 79 copies of a book with 750 copies
• Youtube influencers put up videos defending the practice of them being able to buy books before others because "it's their livelihood, they quit their day job to do this and you are just a collector with no financial interest."
• Youtube influencers take down video defending what they did.
• Other Youtube influencers criticize original Youtube influencers for (a) putting up the video defending their actions and (b) taking the video down.
• CGC says it stands by the decision.
• CGC says it will reply with more details the next day.
• CGC more details = we did it for Stray Dogs 1 Acetate cover
• Stray Dogs publisher = please leave us out of this, we have no part in this.
• Stray Dogs book had different UPC code and acetate cover installed when book produced, UF4 book has same UPC code as previously released store exclusive and acetate cover added later, post production
• Instagram poster that bought 79 copies... turns out only 15 are for her, the rest are for friends.
• Instagram poster posts apology
• Instagram poster deletes apology
• Instagram poster turns off comments
• Photoshop of instagram poster with 79 copies makes people laugh
• Instagram poster gets roasted in WhatNot auction in the comments, asks people to be booted from auction.
• Instagram poster gave some books away and sold some to friends at regular $85 retail price.
• Instagram poster feels bad for people that didn't get books that waited in line, tried to do something about it.
• YouTuber tries to sell book on eBay and donate profits to veterans causes, eBay takes listing down after angry comic book fam mass notifies eBay of fradulant listings (hot damn, comic fam!)
• eBay takes down listings of books as bootleg copies
• eBay shill bids of over $1000 prevent ignorant buyers from buying book
• Greggy, i don't know wtf that means but it's here
• Store exclusive UF4 has a print run of 750 (actually 750 left over copies from last year) and got graded as a 10.0, 3 9.9's and several 9.8's...  then releases 2 more store exclusives for upcoming Boston show that also has one 10.0, three 9.9's and several 9.8's but this time with a print run of only 350.
• CGC graded these post production modified books in Blue Label Universal grade.  
• CGC says Acetate cover made by the original artist so it's all good for Blue Label.
• Posters say it should be Green Label.
• Posters say it should be Purple Label.
• Posters say it should be Yellow Label.
• Posters say it should be Yellow/Green Label.
• Posters say it should be "NG".
• Posters say it should be Blue Label with notes stating cover was attached after production.
• Signature on Acetate is a printing, not real signature.  
• Folded flag on cover shows red and white, folded American flags should never show red & white.
• Cover marketed as homage to veterans, no money from books sales goes to veterans.  Bronze & Modern Gods YT channel host is a veteran and is not amused.
• Screen shot of direct messaging to CGC, CGC comments their "head grading team" is on the case.  Who is this mysterious head grading team?  Speculation goes wild.
• CGC description on label states "In God We Trust", cover of book says "In God We Intrust"
• Like 20 pages of posts of people wanting to Acetate own covers and get 9.9 or 10.0's.
• Like 10 pages of "Bad Idea" and this is the "Ultimate Fallout" posts.
• Boston Fan Expo aware of issue but mid level management keeping opinions silent and waiting for the boss to make a decision/statement
• Outrage over influencers going through CGC grading course
• Many people learning there is a website called CBSI (Comic Book Speculation and Investing) and saying the end of times is here.
• Can we get comics graded as 11.0?
• Selling these on WhatNot is a violation of WhatNot's own TOS
• Key Collector App has ethics
• Black Flag will make TWO lines at the next con... 1 for influencers and resellers who can buy 10 copies each.  and 1 line for collectors that can buy 1 each.
• The collectors will get 100 copies, the influencers and flippers will get 250 copies.
• Misogyny
• Blackstone does not equal Black Flag
• Vanilla Ice, cowbell, Grover Cleveland, Ding Dongs, invisible books, lots of people eating popcorn, hulk vs wolverine in some 1950's neighborhood, 9.9 Bibles, 11.0 dictionary's, squirrels smoking crack, lots of tires hitting people and removing the tire that actually seriously hurt someone
• Acetate Gate nickname coined
• Jumping the shark?  Can it be done twice?
• Black Flag drove 22 hours to sell these comics so it's ok.
• CB** weighs in with shots fired mess post elsewhere.
• Books would be ok if torn up and made into collages
• CGCMike throws down the gauntlet and says he expected more replies than this... "only 57 notifications in 4 hours?"
• It should be graded as a double cover
• It should be graded by both covers and the interior
• Stop promoting competitor graders just because of this controversy
• No one knows what C2E2 thinks of this
• Skeff got 10 copies that he sold that night
• Books were graded at CGC, not onsite at C2E2.  Books graded with other acetate Black Flag covers.  
• CGC dealer discount dropped to 15% and $200 yr fee this year
• What if Chic-Fit-A did this???
• eBay is the new standard for ethics.
• Many pics of census screenshots to show lack of 9.9's and 10's
• Black Flag IG is gone.  Now it's back.
• Black Flag IG posts on UF4 are all gone now.
• Several accountants posting expected profit of $30k+ for this by the retailer.

The perfect post doesn't exis......

On 8/10/2022 at 2:46 PM, TTony said:

Well these prices have escalated quite a bit... can we now add shill bidding to the list of atrocities going on with this book?

Heard a rumor that Ebay was pulling UF4 C2's listings.

On 8/9/2022 at 1:03 AM, The Meta said:

Remember, if you disagree, you be talkin shiet

IG echo chamber

On 8/8/2022 at 9:31 PM, MrBedrock said:

Yippee!

We need prop bets, does CGC dig under their heels and admit no error in judgement? Or admit this was a mistake?

Anyone giving odds?

On 7/28/2022 at 9:04 AM, Ryan. said:

Romantic Marriage 24. Off-white to white pages. Classic Matt Baker cover. Maybe the best looking 1.8 you'll ever see.

$500 shipped.

Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't this also listed for sale on the Short Boxed app?

On 7/14/2022 at 9:40 AM, jbpez said:

Lovely book...but didn't it sell yesterday on ebay?? 

On 5/22/2022 at 1:48 AM, fastballspecial said:

Tell me about this. I just finished the Witcher and looking for another game.

 

You might try Darkest Dungeon

That's everything for this thread, thanks for looking. 

The Saint 2 Avon VG+/-FN, small pencil mark in upper left corner, back cover has light fraying to upper right corner might be an old tape pull, minor creasing front and back, jewel thieving babe and double cross cover CR/OW pages. $400

Inside Crime 3, formerly My Intimate Affair. VG/FN, small oxidation stain on the back cover, bottom staple has light rust, top staple has no rust. OW pages. Believe it or not that is an LB Cole Cover, $475

Frankenstein Comics 27 Prize, VG+ 4.5, OW/W pages, printer's chip out of comic through entire book $550

Women in Love 1 Fox VG+ OW pages, water stain along the bottom of the book that affects a bout 1/2 of the pages. Back has a full date stamp and dust soiling, no issues besides general reading wear to the front cover. No sales data on GPA since 2019, only 10 copies on the census. $400

Detective Comics 300 fist appearance of the Polka-Dot Man brought to life in the last Suicide Squad by David Dastmalcian, yeah he didn't survive Starro but at least he was invited to the party. 4.5/5.0, small tear on the back cover left edge moving right, visible in the scan. CR/OW pgs, other than light reading wear no other condition issues worth noting. $400