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What do you call Thanksgiving day shopping since stores like Target open at 6pm? I bought some stuff on both Thurday and Friday, but mostly Thursday. Since last year, I've been heading to the shops after Thanksgiving. I usually arrive there way late for the real crowds, like 11pm, so it's kind of nice to look through what's left without getting trampled.

Played a bunch of games today and almost all of them frustrated the heck out of me. Here goes. 

I wasn't feeling much up for Doom today (Sunday), so I fell back on my chill game, Skylanders: Trap Team and stayed with it all day long.

I got Doom this weekend on a Gamestop sale - $20. Then I traded some stuff in and got it for $2. Then I was going to play it all weekend, but got sidetracked by Minecraft. I just saw my friend Mark playing it and decided it was more fun to play with others than by myself.

Every once in a while I switch up how I think about video games. It's something I do because I love the passtime and often feel overwelmed by all the choices out there. Also, I don't want to go broke, and a good plan can keep me under control - I think. So here's my wacked out plan. 

I realized last night that I was actually missing Ronan to complete my Disney Infinity Guardians of the Galaxy figure collection. Then this morning, I thought of how I had played all the Disney Infinity games on my Xbox 360, and maybe I should look into what I would need to play them on Xbox One. The rest of the day became a shopping spree. The result is shown below. 

Last weekend I saw a poster for Guardians of the Galaxy 2; and then I saw a trailer before seening Dr. Strange. I was so excited, I put all my Guardians of the Galaxy Disney Infinity figures on my shelf. Then I realized I was missing two of them because I gave them to my friend Mark when we played Disney Infinity 2. Of course, I couldn't resist the buy-2-get-3-free sale at Gamestop and got some others. Here's a pic:

After seeing the films Inferno and Dr. Strange this weekend, I finally got some gaming in. I played through both volumes of Atari games on the XBO, probably a hundred games, and I put in some time with XCOM 2. Details below. 

Bunch of pick-ups in the last few days, but first a Halloween pic of a yard full of ghouls I took while on the road at work. 

I've been making slow progress on Dragon Quest VII on 3DS during the week. I just got to Alltrades Abbey after 26 hours of gameplay. So far I haven't been mightily challenged by the game but there's been a few moments when things got tense, and I nearly lost my party. Be prepared, when doing seemingly mundane things, like searching rooms and opening chests, a rare surprise might have you fighting for your life when you least expect it.