So tonight was to be the first night of the fall semester edition of my game design class. The key words here are was to be. Unfortunately, the class was officially cancelled this past Monday. The reason? Not enough people were signed on.
This came as a total shock, even though it really shouldn’t have been. Afterall, it’s no secret that there’s a shockingly low degree of interest in the field here in NYC. Also, I didn’t do nearly as much self-promoting as I did for the summer class, but after the huge number of students I got for that one, plus this being the fall, a time when everyone’s going back to school, I figured I would have nothing to worry about. Guess I was wrong.
At the very least, the class is still scheduled for the upcoming spring and summer, plus I still have my duties as thesis advisor for the next year. Also, with SB and a possible book on the way, I need all the extra time I can get. But still, that’s a good chunk of change I’ll be missing out. Looks like Xmas is going to be light this year…
I think I’ll cheer myself up with these: Super Mario Pixel Dioramas…
… I wonder if I can find them at Toy Tokyo or Zakka?
Also, check this out: another one of those crazy monster game collections for sale on eBay…
That’s a whole lot of NESs. 78 to be exact. Plus 33 PlayStations (not including PSOnes), and a shitload of other stuff.
Today at work, I tried convincing my coworker Steve (who gets married this weekend) to pick up the stash, and he’s actually thinking about it. He reasons it might be a viable investment; right now, the bid is at (only) $3,550, and he could surely make double, even triple, that amount by selling off the stuff in parts online. I wonder what his fiancee would think of this? Actually, I do know her, and she would totally dig the idea.
Of course, I only want this to happen so I can pick up that lone Genesis CDX, or just that model 1 Genesis with model 1 Sega CD attached; both look to be in great condition. And slap on a 32X… for esthetics alone, of course.
Gee, I wonder why there’s no Xbox to be found anywhere?
