Ashley Winchester Nov 28, 2013
With the holidays upon us... and the fact that my work schedule allowed me to completely skip and try to reign in Black Friday shoppers... I was thinking about the gift I got my one friend. Well, the issue really isn't the "gift"... but the fact it's become plural as in "gifts" and well, I really think I went overboard... again.
Anyway, my friend has been looking for a copy of Chrono Trigger for the SNES and I kind of felt bad as I actually had a copy of Chrono Trigger I landed for a mere $40 about a year ago... but I traded it in without knowing he was looking for it. What's ironic is he works at the store I traded it into to, but he still ended up missing it. If I had known he was looking for it I would have obviously had given him first crack at it, but I still felt bad given I would have passed the savings on to him.
So a few months ago I got a sizable bonus from work and I got a copy off of eBay along with the strategy guide. This was initially going to be the whole gift... but the fact he works at a gamestore kind of threw a wrench in the plan. About a month ago a copy of Chrono Trigger came in and the owner warned me he was eyeing it. So I kind of had to spill the beans since I didn't want him to spend money on something he was going to get anyway and, while some will find this somewhat ironic, I'm not terribly bent on adding Chrono Trigger to my own collection. I don't really have a problem with Chrono Trigger - and I can see why people like and are fond of it - but it's just not one of my favorite games.
So a few weeks ago my friend and I were talking about the 3DS as he had just bought a 2DS and he was asking me to recommend some games. I offered up Castlevania: Mirror of Fate (despite the fact that it gets no love and everyone seems to hate it), Angry Birds Trilogy (which I think his son would be into) and Cave Story 3D.
Anyway, then I got to thinking that since he likes Metroid so much that he'd really like Cave Story 3D so I went to the local GameStop and was able to use their store-to-store transfer to land a copy. For some reason Cave Story 3D costs a pretty decent amount of cash online (even used) but GamesStop's price is much more reasonable.
Anyway, anyway... you'd think that be the end of the story... but it's not 
... I talked to him after finishing Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge - which I loved the ever livin' hell out of personally - and he REALLY seemed to be interested in it. Additionally, a few months prior I had purchased a copy of Pandemonium from the store (which had been previously been owned by the store's owner) and I really liked it as well and my friend had said that the owner had told him about that game several times as well.
So... instead of giving my friend ONE game I now have FOUR games and a Strategy Guide... and well, I pretty much know it's overkill.
I know that seems like a really stupid scenario when all is said in done... but there is kind of another part to the whole story.
See, this really isn't a new thing for me. It seems every Christmas I always choose one person that been pretty cool to me and do this... and I realize it's pretty damn, well, stupid... and I've kind of had it blow up in my face mainly because of my own insecurities.
I guess the point I'm trying to make is while I'm not really MAD at myself... I know it's not smart even though I could be doing even stupider things like online gambling... I can't help but feel people - mainly myself - never change. That and the fact I can probably seem pretty damn creepy given half a chance...
Anyway, anyway, anyway... I'll probably regret posting this... and I don't know why I'm asking or telling people on the internet about this...
...I'd go on but I'm pretty sure I've probably made a big enough fool of myself.
