User blog:KingOfSpriters12/TRSS's Game Collecting Blogs 2 - Born to Play

When I talk about the gaming consoles from my childhood, I tend to place a lot of emphasis on the Playstation 2. And while I did own that console and played the crap out of it (I actually broke my first PS 2 by playing it so much), the fact is, the 2000s held one of the biggest and most epic console wars ever. I don't know what was the cause of it's magnitude (some say it was the advent of internet, others say it was gaming entering the mainstream), but the fact of the matter is, everyone owned a different console, even within my own family. My brother Derek was a diehard Xbox fan, and my sister loved Nintendo, owning a Gamecube and a DS (remember the original DS that was slow and enormous? She was the one person who bought it). As such, I have pretty fond memories of playing Billy Hatcher and Tony Hawk games on Gamecube and Xbox, even though I swung Playstation's way. "That's nice," you say "but why does any of that matter?". Well, for todays haul, I got myself a GameCube and an Xbox. Well not the Xbox yet. Allow me to explain myself. Markus came back with the GameCube, but couldn't find his Xbox. Since the original plan was to pay $40 dollars for both an Xbox and a GameCube, we agreed to pay 30$ for the GameCube, and pay him the other $10 when he brought the Xbox. Since I already had 2 GameCube games (SSBM and RE4) that I played on my Wii, I was able to test it out then and there, and it worked perfect. So now, on top of my SNES, Gameboys, and PS2, I have a GameCube and am getting an Xbox. Sweet.

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