The last two months so far have been really busy for me due to a new position at work, that however has not kept me from the hunt as seen below but first an update on things.

I will make an effort this year to post more frequently because that makes more sense than posting these giant image updates every 2-4 months, if I post more frequently you the reader have more reason to frequent the site and smaller updates do not take several hours of taking pictures, editing and posting like these larger posts tend to take. I also plan to be more active on social media like my Twitter page and have created an Instagram account to post to, most people prefer that type of medium for sharing images rather than the old blog style approach. 🙂

Nothing new to report on the Game Music stream but I did manage to track down a server stability issue related to a faulty video card that finally died, the new card has shown that the previous oddities experienced were not in fact driver related but instead faulty hardware that was causing the random restarts.

Additionally the internet connection should be more stable, after experiencing some connectivity problems the provider came out and replaced all of the Fiber equipment as well as correcting a problem with the termination of the main connections cabling that could have been causing micro stutters in the stream due to an inconsistent link between the main terminal and the router.

And now the recent pickups,

The Shovel Knight Amiibo, I was excited to hear that this would be the first true third party Amiibo release and it also unlocks some cool features for what is in my opinion the best “old” new game to come from the resurgence of classic styled newer games.

One of the games I got for Christmas, I am ashamed to admit that I have not completed a Zelda game since A Link to the Past, I plan to change this and have started this classic and am having a lot of fun. Once completed I plan to play them in order up through the release of Zelda for the WiiU, hopefully I can stay on track and get it done!

Another Christmas gift, I really should start this soon as I have read that the main campaign is rather long but fantastic.

I had been waiting to get this but decided to jump in once the SSB announcement made it clear that this now out of print game would be scarce and before the rumored re release that lacks the original game hit the shelves making the first release that much harder to find.

The recently released McDonalds Pokemon set, I was lucky enough to get the entire set in one visit as they uncharacteristically had gotten all figures in a single shipment instead of being spread out across weeks of deliveries!

I finally got my Mario Maker 7 button pin set from Best Buy which was part of a promotion they had last year, this was a no-brainer since I buy all of my new games from Best Buy anyway for the Gamers Club discount.

I can’t believe that I got this rare Animal Crossing Amiibo card binder from our local Nintendo rep, this and the other Nintendo related items below were picked up at a local Best Buy during the “Sunday Funday” event to promote Yo-Kai Watch and Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash.

I am not quite done with series 1 but plan to trade to bring in the cards that I am missing in the set.

Nice posters, most of which are double sided. I need to pick up some frames for the game room and plan to rotate similarly sized posters in a single frame to provide some variety.

Saga Volume Two really picked up and fleshed out the characters back story’s, I am looking forward to Volume Three.

Really interesting read if not a bit too bleak at times, definitely not for everyone or those who are squeamish, Volume 2 starts a new story centered around a family that runs a horse ranch.

I am almost done with Preacher Book One, defiantly an interesting story however I feel that things won’t truly pick up until Books Two or Three, a lot of build up in this one.