I found myself in San Francisco this past Wednesday for work (more on that in a later post!). As I always do when exploring a new place, I sought out some video game stores. To avoid turning off the company I was with I decided a visit to GameStop would suffice for checking out what San Fran had to offer. I stated before that GameStop had a 50% sale, and Child of Eden is a game that fell into that promotion. I originally played the game at PAX East 2011 and thought it was pretty sweet. And now that our living space is big enough for Kinect (And Laura has a Kinect) I thought it’d be nice to pick this one up cheap.

Round number two for this one! I’m hoping this time the game actually works. It’s not looking so great so far, as the disc itself is pretty banged up with a lot of smudges and a few scratches on the bottom. But for only one dollar I can’t be too upset if I miss the mark yet again with this one.

This was quite a shocker to find. Not only is it a brand new, sealed Harvest Moon game, but it’s also a collector’s edition as noted by the small 10th Anniversary logo in the top left corner. And then there’s that weird slap watch… I don’t know if that’s actually a real promotional item from Natsume or if it’s some crap GameStop threw on there. But either way, for that price it was a great find. Also worth noting, this is an enhanced port of the same game on the GameCube.

Target: Terror is an on-rails shooter by Konami that has you blasting terrorists on famous US landmarks including the White House. The game is apparently terrible and has some poor visuals, but I had to pick it up for two reasons. The first was the price: five bucks for a shooter is a good price in my mind. Making it a good price is the second reason I had to buy it: sentimental reasoning. They had a Target: Terror arcade machine while I was at college and though I never played it the game now has a special place in my heart. And now it has a space in my collection!

A brand new game at Best Buy turns up to be the last game I bought in Indiana before the move! Tetris: Axis isn’t the greatest version of Tetris but it does do something I fancy with any Tetris port/remake: it tries something new. The game attempts to utilize the 3DS’ stereoscopic 3D feature in the classic puzzle gameplay. It also features up to 8-player online and offline multiplayer, and multiplayer Tetris is awesome.