Topic: Your Holiday 2022 Haul!!!

Feel free to discuss what goodies you got this year, whether it's video game related or not!!!

As always Happy Holidays everyone!!!

No games but a lot of gift cards and some cash which will go to paying off some of my pre-orders. First one I want to squared away is the Collector's Edition of Wanted: Dead for Series X.

No games, but a myriad of shirts (including a Sonic the Hedgehog T-Shirt), socks, a hoodie, new shoes, Old Spice gift box, a light blanket, and a $100 Amazon gift card (which I've put into building my anime collection).

I got Sonic Frontiers, and a bunch of Trolls stuff including a shirt, a plushie, mug, figures, and books, including a book called The Art of Trolls. Flipping through it right now, really liking this book, it has a lot of concept art and development history for the first Trolls movie. I like this kind of behind the scenes stuff. Also got an Amazon gift card (which I plan to buy Smurfs Kart with).

Not all the stuff came in yet so we’re gonna open some gifts on the weekend but we did open 1 gift today and I got sonic frontiers and a 20$ eshop card.
I’ll let you all know when I opened all my gifts next weekend.

So I got the Tal' Dorei Reborn setting book for Dungeon and Dragons, a pair of slippers which I needed, a tin of butter cookies, a box of Russel Stovers assorted chocolates, a bottle opener/coaster and A Christmas Story on Blu-ray.

Game wise I got fire emblem three houses! And a pop parade figure, and few other stuff I really enjoy! I hope everyone has or maybe by the time your reading this had a great Christmas!

Only gaming thing this year for me was a $50 Steam gift voucher. Mostly Vinyl this year:
The Chats - Get F****d
Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
The Wiggles - Rewiggled

I intentionally didn't have a substantial list this year. Outside of my interests and/or for practical reasons, I'm not usually a "stuff" person.

Gaming-related: Pokemon Legends: Arceus and Kirby and the Forgotten Land For Switch. Also the Legend of Zelda Encyclopedia, the only one of the Goddess Collection I didn't have. Also a random Mario-related t-shirt with a certain plumber, his brother, and his friend/mount on the front.

Non-gaming related: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Scratches my Gothic fiction itch), an exercise mat (using an old towel is hard on the knees sometimes....), a cooler to stick things in + ice packs for it, and some clothes. I needed new pants mostly since I'm down a size depending on brand.

@skywake I've never heard of The Chats before, but based on the title of the album, that may be the strangest/greatest combination of albums I've ever seen. Good job. Just missing some Beethoven or something.

@Xyphon22
Well the Wiggles seems super out of place for sure but it is an album of Australian artists covering the Wiggles followed by them covering a bunch of classic songs. Which included the Chats covering Can You Point Your Fingers and them covering The Chats' Pub Feed. With altered lyrics obviously

eg this:

Hanging out, having a punt
'Cause my rent's due at the end of the month
Gettin' hungry, I'm fangin' a feed
Something greasy, gravy and meat

became:

Hanging out, for something to munch
Tummy's rumbling, haven't eaten since lunch
Getting hungry, I'm fangin' a feed
Something healthy, gravy and meat

Also, I think I've done better combinations before. I remember back in High School walking into a CD shop and buying Ramnstein & Coldplay in the same transaction (this was pre-Viva la Vida era Coldplay so maybe not quite as stark as it seems now). I was slightly disappointed when the cashier didn't say anything. I don't think my Christmas haul quite beats that

Also earlier this year I went into the shops and got Slowdive & Genesis Owusu. I think the Wiggles/Chats/Public Enemy beats that one but still, bit of an odd combination

I have Persona 5, Ezio Collection and a new Pro Controller for the Switch.

Oh, and a new desktop PC. I'm still waiting for the graphics card, mind you.

My kids got me some Nintendo eShop gift cards, so I went to town on some great sales . I got a bunch of currently cheap games on Switch I have really wanted to play:

Huntdown
Far: Lone Sails
Dark Devotion
Oceanhorn 1
Yooka-Laylee
Oxenfree
Bulletstorm (I played it a bit on X360 and enjoyed it)
The First Tree
The Long Reach
Valfaris / Slain (I already had Slain, but it was cheaper to buy Valfaris this way than individually)

Now, finding the time to play them....

Fire Emblem Engage from the wife. We got the newest Kirby and a How To Train Your Dragon game for our daughters.

I splurged on a lot of stuff this time around:

For PC I got Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Jedi Fallen Order.

Been a while since I expanded my retro collection, so I went all out this time. I got Miles Edgeworth Investigations 1 and the Japan-exclusive collector’s edition of 2 that I’ll need to share some pictures of eventually. I picked up GBA carts of Mario Vs. Donkey Kong, Metroid Fusion, and Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga. I’m also getting the Wii port of DK Jungle Beat! I’m super excited to try all of these games, Investigations and Jungle Beat especially.

Slight update - I was gifted some eShop credit by a friend, and another friend gifted me a Steam license for the first Trails In The Sky. Not sure when I'll actually play it though....

Collar X Malice sealed/new for $15.

I have so many visual novels in the backlog that I try not to spend day-one list price unless reviews for the game are glowing.

I got work for Xmas. Work a 42-hour weekend from Fri-Sun. Same with New Years' weekend.