Yeah, thankfully for my wallet, the stock Amazon allocated to that deal sold out before I could make that decision, because that probably wasn't something I should have been paying for. I ended up getting Tales of Vesperia for $15 with free shipping about 10 minutes later, though, so it all works out in the end, even if I already played and beat a roommate's copy.

It was a Gold Box sale on Amazon, so my main motivation was the fact it was the game plus the stick for $50 plus free shipping. I'm sure the game itself is great, but the main incentive was going to be that stick since I've been meaning to get one off and on for the past several years. But I digress. I actually don't have any experience with any ...

Ah, good to hear it's worked out. Still strange that the delivery date is that far back, though. Was there any reason provided for it?

Maybe. I know that there are shops that specialize in import versions of books in general, since I would imagine the manga volumes in question had their translated editions published by a US outlet of some sort. But I wouldn't know where specifically to get them. Amazon Japan MIGHT be able to do the job, but getting books from there without having them force international shipping on you is a ...

I could be using this space to brazenly promote my recent review of Parappa for the PSP, but other than that link right there, I'm not going to talk about it at all. Nope. Instead, I want to show you the cartridge art for a game I stumbled upon on eBay.    Violence Killer. As you can surmise from the subtitle, it's actually a Turok game, although I can't say ...

Ah, how Linux has a wonderfully sketchy history on consoles. That reminds me of how just today I saw a listing for the PS2 Linux kit on eBay as well. I can't actually operate Linux worth for shit, but I've always wanted one of those things ever since I found out about them a few years ago.