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On the 1st of May, me and my family celebrated my Birthday, despite it actually being on the 16th. We celebrated on the 1st because my family is going out of town, and I'm staying at home to watch the House and take care of our pets. I got over 600 Dollars in Birthday Cash, so I went to eBay and went nuts with it, just as I was instructed to do. What did I buy? Well, that's a secret as of this writing, as the majority of it is coming in the Mail today (May 5th), and when it arrives, I'm going to post it on the Small Scores Thread. However, as you can tell by the picture above, it has something to do with Sega, which reminds me of when I got Sonic 3D Blast for one of my Birthdays as a kid.
Perhaps I didn't get the best deals on all of this stuff, but they weren't exactly bad deals either.
As of this writing, it is 5:17 AM here in my Hometown, so it's going to be a bit before the Mail shows up, and unfortunately, my patience is very limited. 
Anyway, keep your eyes on the Small Scores Thread, and you'll see what I got. I can't guarantee that you'll all be impressed, but you may like it at the very least. I know I will. 
(For those who are wondering, I will be 26 on the 16th.)
EDIT: What I got is now on the Small Scores Thread! Go check it out!
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Popful Mail is a Sega CD Game released back in 1995. It was published by Working Designs, the same people behind Lunar Silver Star and Lunar Eternal Blue. Despite being one of the earlier games with Voice Acting, the dubbing is actually pretty good.
So what kind of game is this? It's a Platformer with RPG Elements. You know, move left and right, attack enemies, buy better equipment, and so on. You get 3 Characters to play as. The Main Character is Mail, a spunky Elf-Girl who wants to capture the villainous Magician Muttonhead and claim the bounty on his head. The other two characters, her companions, are Tatt, Muttonhead's kind-hearted apprentice, and Gaw, a little Dragon-like creature whose only aim is to please Mail.
The game is very funny, and has several pop culture references, which make it even funnier most of the time. Mail's short fuse and temper also add to the humor, with her going as far as calling someone retarded at one point:
For the record though, said character is pretty stupid, causing trouble most of the time.
The game's animated Cut-Scenes are also nice and easy on the eyes:
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Overall, this game is very fun, but also difficult most of the time. Would I recommend it to anyone? Hell yes I would. Go play this game, even if you have to use an Emulator to do it.
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Anyone who experienced Gaming in the 90's knows about the fierce (and awesome) War fought between Nintendo and Sega. In the end, Nintendo won, but it was, without a doubt, the biggest War in Gaming History.
People know me as a huge Nintendo Fan, but I love Sega too. Only a few of my friends are aware that I grew up with a Genesis and SNES in my house.
Anyway, with the 16-Bit War over, it was time for the 32-Bit War. The competitors? Sony and Sega.
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(This was before God of War and Crash Bandicoot was Sony's mascot, see...)
Sega would go on saying "Hey! We've got TWO CPUs in our Console! Sony only has one! Plus, ours will be in stores first!". So what went wrong? Sega broke street date, so that turned off fans who were unprepared for it's arrival. Also, the inclusion of a second CPU made it difficult for Game Programmers to make games for the console. It also didn't help Sega that Sony was releasing games that people thought were better. They also released (way) more than Sega did for the Saturn. With victory all but guaranteed for Sony, Sega eventually gave up, and the 32-Bit War came to an end.
Am I saying people hate the Saturn? Hell no. In fact, as far as I know, it has a bigger cult following than the PS1 in this day and age. I could be wrong though, so don't quote me on that. Also, if it's any consolation to Sega fans, Sony's first batch of PS1 Consoles had overheating problems due to poor construction materials. In fact, I think I once read about that batch of consoles actually melting somewhere!
Anyway, that's it for the story of the 32-Bit Wars. Keep an eye out for my next article!
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