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This actually comes up every year when Penny Arcade does their Child's Play drive. They buy a ton of video games etc for children's hospitals, but again, they can't take any used stuff, so it's done mostly though Amazon or cash donations.

Looks a little more interesting than WOZ-definitely intrigued.

I actually wish there was something else you could do for p2p transactions that wasn't just cash. I hate trying to deal with that much cash when buying machines, since it's always a pain in the ass to get to the bank, withdraw that much, and then be paranoid about losing it. Interac transfers...

Re: itchy and scrathcy figures for the simpsons pinball part Probably a good thing to keep on hand-I've ended up breaking off both the mallet and the axe over the years, but I picked up spares of each and just left the busted ones on the PF. They'll come in handy if/when I sell the game, and...

Nice effect with the brick-should look good with the games set up in there.

For TZ, I thought about trying to get something like 3 dead ends, because that's an odd shot that most people don't go for. Could also do collect 10 hitchhikers or something, but you'd need to turn on tournament mode to make it more fair. With Mystery Spot, I figured that with 5 balls, it'd...

Wow, I had no idea it'd gotten that bad down there. It's really the sort of thing that used to happen more with old single-industry towns, just on a much larger and more modern scale. When your entire economy is based on a product people don't want anymore, this is what happens I guess...

I was a little surprised that you weren't going with an entry fee to start, but yeah, $5 mulligans might make more sense. Of course, when you end up having to buy in multiple times a night for no limits, that can start adding up too. Fun format though. As for other objectives, how about...

Some of the tasks were surprisingly hard-getting both locks on Fireball proved tricky, both because of repeated rejections from the saucers, and people accidentally hitting the releases. Getting the monger up on IM was also harder than usual when the game is set up the way Adam's is. It's good...

Hey, I'd buy a $4000 MB right now :) It's amazing how your perceptions change after being in this for a while-suddenly what sounded ridiculous doesn't seem like a stupid amount of money.

Yeah, that's really weird. We had a bunch of rain, but nothing near that bad, and didn't lose power at all. I'd thought most of the worst if it was further south (lakeshore etc), but some of those pics from the 401 are pretty scary. Glad that I left work early yesterday.

I've seen this happen with boxes stacked on the heads of machines (thankfully empty), so this is one reason why I don't store anything on top of my games. Even toppers have to be well attached-I don't want anything falling off, or worse, falling off and breaking the glass. As for tilt...

You have to play around with it for a while to get the right height. If you get frustrated playing, lower it to let you get away with more. If people can start walking your machines across the room, it's probably a little too liberal.

I've played a few games with it, and mostly it's the last version with a few tweaks. I didn't notice that the combos did a whole lot with scoring, but I did like the unique combos / names. I'm guessing you pulled those out of the browser? I've definitely gotten a few of those. A couple of...

OK, good, it wasn't just me that thought the DMD on CCC looked strange. Still, there's some neat stuff in there, and it's a fun change from the original. The "tribute" modes are a fun idea-I like the way they use the "bad guy" targets as "trolls" for the MM tribute. Great TOPL night as...

Enjoy the game-there's supposedly another code update coming soon. If you want to do better, start stacking heroes/villans. I usually go for something like Sentinels + wolverine, storm + hellfire/brotherhood, and then maybe one of each with magneto MB (although ideally you have all heroes...

Re: Xbox One/PS4-anyone buying into another console generati So far it sounds like Microsoft is trying to come up with a systemic approach to the whole thing, and Sony is telling publishers "do whatever you want". We'll see how that works.

Looks like preorders for both are up now: Ps4 at 399, XB1 at 499. I know that I'll be in for one for sure, but not sure which will win out in the long run. I used my 360 almost exclusively this time around, and I've managed to get some good deals on Xbox stuff from friends who work at...

Looking for either an Attack From Mars or a Lord of the Rings. Doesn't need to be CQ-I'm much more interested in playing the games than looking at them. I have a CV that I can put in as part of a trade deal if that helps.

Hey, if nothing else, spare parts would be easy to get, and the build quality on Lego is probably better than most pinball parts. That stuff is manufactured to some pretty incredible specs. Toy story could be an awesome theme for a pin though-family friendly enough to be in public locations...