thanks for the articles, but i think that guy needs a little help shopping. ico for 5000 yen? that's insane!
do we here at cheapass gamer really concern ourselves with original print runs? i have an original print run US edition of ico, and i threw the box and manual in th garbage before coming to japan. i'd love to keep those things, but when a game collection reaches such numbers, you need a separate apartment to store them. the games are what are important.
the 9 i recognized, but i didn't know there was a book off. i'll have to look up for once, so i can find it. in tokyo, if you look directly ahead, you miss 80% of the city. still a lesson i've yet to really learn.
the one point i do agree with is that when you see a deal, grab it. a lot of people pass through places like akihabara and someone will take it. that someone might as well be you. once, i found a beautiful laptop with Pentium M 1.7, Geforce Go 6600, 1680x1050, english keyboard and OS for about 10 man. i told all my friends who were interested in computers (i had just bought a new laptop for myself). i told them they needed to buy it immediately. by the time, one of them finally decided to go check it out, the next weekend, it was gone.