Holiday Loot Tally: Whadja Get?
It has become a tradition here at PSXE: after all the presents have been unwrapped and all the egg-nog has been drunk and all the roast beast has been devoured, the readers list their much-appreciated goodies.
I ended up with all sorts of stuff, including a new desk chair (which I desperately needed), a couple new framed pictures for my new place, leather and cashmere-lined driving gloves, a whole lot of books, a few new shirts, Gears of War 3, the ICO & Shadow of the Colossus Collection, an assembly of Blu-Ray stuff (Rocky collection, Avatar, Firefly seasons), and plenty of sweets and gift cards/money. I've still got to put it all away, actually.
So how'd you do? Santa bring you everything you wanted? Or is it less about gifts and more about family traditions? Feel free to tell us those, too; they can be awfully bizarre but then again, that's the way most traditions are: bizarre and heartwarming. If you have a good story to relate, go ahead and do that, too. We're all just sort of relaxing and reflecting now, so it's a good time to chat with everyone and swap loot tallies and tales. ;)
Tags: christmas presents, holiday presents, christmas gifts
12/25/2011 10:30:02 PM Ben Dutka
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Beamboom
Monday, December 26, 2011 @ 7:10:13 AM
Milonakis
Monday, December 26, 2011 @ 11:08:33 PM
ZettaiSeigi
Sunday, December 25, 2011 @ 10:55:10 PM
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Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Sunday, December 25, 2011 @ 11:39:26 PM
ZettaiSeigi
Sunday, December 25, 2011 @ 11:51:07 PM
Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Monday, December 26, 2011 @ 12:09:57 AM
Still, I have a soft spot for Anna Karenina because the character of Anna is amazing; my second-favorite character in all of literature (second only to Maggie Tulliver in Eliot's "The Mill on the Floss").
Gordo
Monday, December 26, 2011 @ 3:48:30 AM
I have downloaded Dickens, Tolstoy, Conrad, Dostoevsky, Stevenson etc for free and now have a pretty extensive classic literature collection ready to read.
It takes a little while to adjust to reading but after a while it becomes second nature. Won't replace my book collection but it is good for the train and reading in bed.
ZettaiSeigi
Monday, December 26, 2011 @ 5:40:16 AM
Mr Bubbles IGR
Sunday, December 25, 2011 @ 10:59:45 PM
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DeadReaper
Sunday, December 25, 2011 @ 11:03:02 PM
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Lemon_Saint
Sunday, December 25, 2011 @ 11:13:29 PM
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telly
Sunday, December 25, 2011 @ 11:14:59 PM
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DazeOfWar
Sunday, December 25, 2011 @ 11:33:34 PM
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I also got a picture collage of my dog that past away recently from my mom. We had the dog for 15 yrs and she just took off one day and never came back when my parents had her down at our property in Arizona. Never could find her. We think she went away to die. The picture was awesome and was very sentimental.
Overall Christmas was great this year and the whole family had a lot of fun. I loved seeing the excitement in everybodies eyes when the opened their presents. They all got stuff they really wanted.
cLoudou
Monday, December 26, 2011 @ 12:02:51 AM
DazeOfWar
Monday, December 26, 2011 @ 2:41:47 AM
bigrailer19
Sunday, December 25, 2011 @ 11:56:42 PM
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Other than just spent a lot of time with family and friends! It was a good Christmas! Very thankful!
Didn't get anything as far as games or electronics go which is fine by me. I have most the games I want, minus Resistance 3 and Portal 2 which I'll buy when I'm done with Skyrim whenever that happens...
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Jawknee
Monday, December 26, 2011 @ 12:01:53 AM
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From the wife I got Mario Kart 7(awesome), a second Wiimote with Wii motion plus built in and Nintendo themed Monopoly. HA!
We didn't do much. Just hung out with my parents, sister, my wife and baby. Ate some ham and hot tamales, watched Rise of the Planet of the Apes and played with the baby. Back at home now playing Zelda.
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Ludicrous_Liam
Monday, December 26, 2011 @ 3:19:24 AM
Condemnedsoul23
Monday, December 26, 2011 @ 12:02:48 AM
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Buckeyestar
Monday, December 26, 2011 @ 12:46:48 AM
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What makes me shake my head is how my 3 year old nephew's one grandmother goes overboard outdoing us. She got him a Wii, an iPod touch, and his own HDTV.
Oh, and Ben, enjoy the hell out of those Firefly blu-rays. Best gorram show in the 'verse.
Fane1024
Monday, December 26, 2011 @ 1:05:09 AM
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My main gift is an oak cabinet(-ish) which should have been ready for Christmas, but the carpenters didn't build it to specs, so we had to get them to re-do it. It was supposed to match one I have already and it just wasn't even close. I'll get it eventually...I hope.
Our family tradition is chili con carne and movies on Christmas Eve.
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Fane1024
Wednesday, December 28, 2011 @ 6:58:07 AM
Excelsior1
Monday, December 26, 2011 @ 1:09:16 AM
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I am headed out to buy The Lost Odyssey first thing tommorrow...a game that is widely viewed as being the best JRPG of this gen. I'll probably "upgrade" to the 360 version of Fallout 3 while I'm at it. Oh, yeah. I will try to buy Alan Wake and at least 1 of the Gears of War titles if I have enough money.
Never thought I'd own a 360 to be honest. No fan of Microsofts, but I now feel excited to have a chance to play some of the 360's titles. Especially LO, AW, and Gears.
Riku994
Monday, December 26, 2011 @ 1:41:31 AM
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PoopsMcGee
Tuesday, December 27, 2011 @ 3:40:36 AM
Nas Is Like
Monday, December 26, 2011 @ 1:46:41 AM
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Dridion
Monday, December 26, 2011 @ 2:03:45 AM
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To top it off, mega time with friends and family. We played a ton of board games :P It was super fun being around them and that's what really counts. Hope everyone had an awesome day, I know I did.
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ulsterscot
Monday, December 26, 2011 @ 2:51:02 AM
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Oh and I got a lovely bottle of Balvenie to drink with my skyrim!
Killa Tequilla
Monday, December 26, 2011 @ 3:06:55 AM
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hellish_devil
Monday, December 26, 2011 @ 8:39:42 PM
piratedrunk
Monday, December 26, 2011 @ 3:34:09 AM
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Gordo
Monday, December 26, 2011 @ 3:55:46 AM
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He is a policeman with a young family and I thought he deserved a good present.
So, probably for the next six months (until I can afford to buy a new PS3) I'll be relying on my PSP for my gaming fix.
Sometimes in life you get more joy from giving than receiving... :-)
JMO_INDY2
Monday, December 26, 2011 @ 4:28:55 AM
JMO_INDY2
Monday, December 26, 2011 @ 4:00:24 AM
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Nerull
Monday, December 26, 2011 @ 4:52:34 AM
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Still ended up with a somewhat sore wallet though.
Happy holidays dudes and dudettes.
___________
Monday, December 26, 2011 @ 5:37:29 AM
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still tossing up if i should download MVC3 for the vita or not.
just not sure if i would enjoy it or not, but its really the only game besides mina golf 6 that id be interested in.
shame escape plan is not out on the store yet, i was really looking forward to that!
looks so cool!
i miss those styled death trap games, we use to get allot of them on the old arcade systems like the classic splatterhouse.
still one of my favourite games this gen!
sure its buggy as hell, but i love a game that throws sand in your eyes then kicks you in the balls and runs off with your wallet!
it was so brutally unforgivably hard!
i really should try out dark souls, just have not had a chance yet.
i miss the good old days where finishing a game was actually a accomplishment!
like the original mortal kombats, saying you finished those was like saying you saw jesus no one believed you because it was so bloody hard!
nowadays though, the newer MK a 5 year old could finish with his eyes closed!
i wish games would go back to being tough as nails!
nothing more rewarding then spending months trying to finish something, then finally doing it!
i remember playing DMC3 on the hardest difficulty, i was stuck on the final boss battle for like 6 months!
then i finally finished it and screamed so loud i woke up the whole street!
those were the days.......
gunblademaster
Monday, December 26, 2011 @ 6:02:02 AM
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I've suddenly felt inspired to learn how to play 'to zanarkand' on the piano and learn how to do a backflip. Hopefully I'll be able to achieve it before the end of the holidays.
If your wondering about the materialistic things I got, all I got was a toothpick.......... which I already used.
Warrior Poet
Monday, December 26, 2011 @ 8:34:40 PM
ZenChichiri
Tuesday, December 27, 2011 @ 8:58:47 AM
Jutter
Monday, December 26, 2011 @ 6:35:02 AM
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Qubex
Monday, December 26, 2011 @ 8:28:19 AM
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Nonetheless I am happy for all who got what they wished for, but more importantly, that the majority of you spent time with the people that matter in this world... your families. This has to be the most celebrated point of Christmas if nothing else, especially if one is not particularly religious. It is these precious moments with family that count ultimately.
As far as the few gifts I did receive; I received about $150 of gift cards, Kelvin Klein gear and Prada sunglasses... which, I must admit, look cool.
I will add some cash to the gift cards and pick me up some games in the coming weeks when specials drop.
Today I spent time with Skyrim on the PC... and yes, I finally received my new laptop from work that has a half decent GPU allowing me to play some games on it. I must admit though, I am not enjoying it as much as I thought I would... I may need to a little more time with it...
Q!
"play.experience.enjoy"
kevinater321
Monday, December 26, 2011 @ 9:08:12 AM
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SolidFantasy
Monday, December 26, 2011 @ 9:10:46 AM
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Also I got the BluRay extended edition of The Lord of the Rings and MGS HD collection. It's so nice replaying some of the best games of all time, but man the control mechanic has not aged well.
On a side note: Eggnog and Kahlua happen to be two great things that go more than good together.
tes37
Monday, December 26, 2011 @ 9:59:30 AM
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My daughter bought me the manicure set because someone stole my .99 cent fingernail clippers along with six ps3 games (one of them being MGS4, I was pissed). She got me a shirt too, but she wasn't supposed to do anything for me. She's the greatest gift I've ever received.
BikerSaint
Monday, December 26, 2011 @ 11:22:36 AM
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burnedknight
Monday, December 26, 2011 @ 11:51:56 AM
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TheUglyBassist
Monday, December 26, 2011 @ 12:30:42 PM
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Temjin001
Monday, December 26, 2011 @ 12:45:42 PM
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TrophyHunter
Monday, December 26, 2011 @ 4:34:44 PM
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gumbi
Monday, December 26, 2011 @ 5:11:27 PM
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I got the customary socks/underwear. And my mother in law got me Rocksmith, which I'm eager to try out with my Squire Strat (which hasn't seen much love this past year).
I got the wife a 10.1" Acer Iconia tab for her e-reading and facebooking. I'm holding out for the Transformer Prime for myself.
BigStack007
Monday, December 26, 2011 @ 5:17:01 PM
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Also got Gift cards i plan to use to buy the new PS3 Wireless turtle beach style headset during the 50% off Sony accessories sale. I think the Sony sale runs from today till the 21st of jan. There was an e-mail last week about it. Happy New Year All
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BigStack007
Monday, December 26, 2011 @ 5:28:01 PM
BikerSaint
Tuesday, December 27, 2011 @ 8:00:45 AM
If you haven't gotten that Sony headset yet, go get it right now at Newegg for only &74.99
(but hurry cause their stuff on sale sells out quick).
Here's the link:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16879261316&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL122711&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL122711-_-EMC-122711-Index-_-PS3Accessories-_-79261316-L023B
Russell Burrows
Monday, December 26, 2011 @ 5:58:37 PM
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Qubex
Tuesday, December 27, 2011 @ 3:14:23 AM
Deadman
Monday, December 26, 2011 @ 6:30:44 PM
Deadman
Monday, December 26, 2011 @ 6:38:29 PM
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The kids and wife got the goods though. Oldest daughter got an ipod touch, $40 to itunes, the new Pirates movie on BD, and the coolest hoodie ever with built in headphones. Youngest daughter got a Dsi Xl, 2 games for that, Kung-fu Panda 1+2. and some Wuzzle pets. Wifey got a pink ipod nano.
CrusaderForever
Monday, December 26, 2011 @ 7:36:33 PM
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Playstation Move Starter Kit - $69.99!!
Extra Remote - $40!
The Fight Lights Out - $19.99
$20 PSN that I used on Dungeon Defenders and Trine 1
Some really good deals!
Taking my son to Disney World! Bought my wife a laptop, mouse and Just Dance 3. So it's been a great holiday season!!
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firesoul453
Monday, December 26, 2011 @ 7:58:19 PM
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Warrior Poet
Monday, December 26, 2011 @ 8:36:49 PM
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I really like the PSP sound quality so that stereo is pretty exciting.
I also got a Mario T-Shirt with Mario 3-style characters. Awesome. Too bad Princess Peach isn't on it. I'm a big Peach fan. lol.
Underdog15
Monday, December 26, 2011 @ 8:41:52 PM
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CrusaderForever
Monday, December 26, 2011 @ 8:49:55 PM
CanadianGuy420
Monday, December 26, 2011 @ 11:42:12 PM
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CanadianGuy420
Monday, December 26, 2011 @ 11:59:30 PM
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BigBoss4ever
Tuesday, December 27, 2011 @ 3:36:18 AM
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ZenChichiri
Tuesday, December 27, 2011 @ 9:03:44 AM
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I did get to talk to them though, and I had a Christmas celebration with my girlfriend and some of my friends here, which was fun. Lots of Christmas cheer, and we made food with no kimchi. Yes, a meal in Korea with no kimchi...we sure broke some boundaries there.
Actually I did get a present from my friend. He knows I haven't played Red Dead Redemption yet so he bought it for me. I as well bought him Mass Effect 2 for his new PS3 because he recently switched from a 360 to a PS3 and really missed ME.
Robochic
Wednesday, December 28, 2011 @ 9:37:42 AM
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I received a new winter jacket :), lots of warm pj's, some movies, snow pants, boots, and money :) but i spent my half on my hubby to get him a new Video Card for the PC he felt bad but i see it as great maybe he'll shut up about the choppyness on WOW and the messages he gets on starcraft.
Twistedfloyd
Wednesday, December 28, 2011 @ 5:39:03 PM
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Nabbed: MGS HD collection, Batman Arkham City (with a comic!), ICO/Shadow of the Colossus Collection, LA Noire, Duke Nukem Forever, movie tickets, some gift cards, money, A book covering Bob Dylan's entire life, Uncharted: Drake's Journal (which hasn't come but is on the way), lots of Vodka, a trench coat, a mug, and the Wrestler on Blu Ray!
Great Christmas!
Hope everyone had a fantastic holiday!

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