Man chooses videogames over fiance'.

[Nephasth]

Guys, can we get back on topic, please?

[Generic Eric]

Misleading title is misleading. 

Re: Man chooses videogames over fiance'.

Should read:
Man chooses love






of video games.

Or at least: 
Moves like Pac Man: Man dodges early divorce

[yotsuya]

I like "Woman sees the light, dumps D-Bag" best.

[chopperthedog]

Are we certain it was a woman?


good day.

[Malenko]

Are we certain it was a woman?


good day.

I take it you saw his white flip flops.

[yotsuya]

Here's the thing - we have a vested "interest" in the story because it's video games. But you know with his personality, he was going to latch on to something and obsess over it - if it wasn't video games, it would have been cars... or toys... or cake with Axel Rose.

[pbj]

[Generic Eric]

Not having a new album for years has been easier to tolerate than seeing Danzig get bet down.  That was disappointing.

[Vigo]

Here's the thing - we have a vested "interest" in the story because it's video games. But you know with his personality, he was going to latch on to something and obsess over it - if it wasn't video games, it would have been cars... or toys... or cake with Axel Rose.

 

A year ago, Kaneda didn't even think about arcade machines. It was all go-bots, or whatever he collected. I got a buddy like him. Drops tons of cash on what he is obsesses with currently, gorges himself on getting top of the line stuff to show off, then gets sick of it a year later and often sheds it completely. 

[yotsuya]

Here's the thing - we have a vested "interest" in the story because it's video games. But you know with his personality, he was going to latch on to something and obsess over it - if it wasn't video games, it would have been cars... or toys... or cake with Axel Rose.

 

A year ago, Kaneda didn't even think about arcade machines. It was all go-bots, or whatever he collected. I got a buddy like him. Drops tons of cash on what he is obsesses with currently, gorges himself on getting top of the line stuff to show off, then gets sick of it a year later and often sheds it completely.

Yep. I can't believe "Ready Player One" was the catalyst, either. What would he have purchased if he had actually read a GREAT book?

[ChadTower]

So what you're saying is if he had read a GREAT book he would have been building MAME cabs instead?

[yotsuya]

So what you're saying is if he had read a GREAT book he would have been building MAME cabs instead?

Who knows?

[Vigo]

With as much money as he has to dump, he shoulda read "Around the world in 80 days"

[yotsuya]

With as much money as he has to dump, he shoulda read "Around the world in 80 days"

Amen brother.

[mgb]

Here's the thing - we have a vested "interest" in the story because it's video games. But you know with his personality, he was going to latch on to something and obsess over it - if it wasn't video games, it would have been cars... or toys... or cake with Axel Rose.

 

A year ago, Kaneda didn't even think about arcade machines. It was all go-bots, or whatever he collected. I got a buddy like him. Drops tons of cash on what he is obsesses with currently, gorges himself on getting top of the line stuff to show off, then gets sick of it a year later and often sheds it completely.

This statement sums him up to a tee

[rpgposer]

The guy is just so far out that I don't really feel like analyzing him too much.  Let's talk about his transformer (are they gobots?) collection.  The least he could do is realize that the americanized versions of those toys aren't as good as the originals or even some of the variants:
http://www.toyboxdx.com/
and he should understand that the nakajima is the best:
http://www.toyboxdx.com/datafiles/data/nakajima/
If you are interested in something, take it all the way, and do it on the cheap.  It may take years, but the hunt is more fun than the kill.  Just buying it is no fun...

[ChadTower]

f you are interested in something, take it all the way, and do it on the cheap.  It may take years, but the hunt is more fun than the kill.  Just buying it is no fun...

Some people take all their pride from ownership and the affirmation of others in regard to their ownership.  They have no desire to do work.

[wp34]

Here's the thing - we have a vested "interest" in the story because it's video games. But you know with his personality, he was going to latch on to something and obsess over it - if it wasn't video games, it would have been cars... or toys... or cake with Axel Rose.

 

A year ago, Kaneda didn't even think about arcade machines. It was all go-bots, or whatever he collected. I got a buddy like him. Drops tons of cash on what he is obsesses with currently, gorges himself on getting top of the line stuff to show off, then gets sick of it a year later and often sheds it completely.

This statement sums him up to a tee

Agreed.  This is it exactly.

Time to move along.