Merry Christmas! / mad loots thread

[Dyne]

Back from my girlfriend's a little late.. I guess it's Christmas already!

Merry Christmas guys. :D

I also officially sanction this your mad christmas loot thread! Post what you got!

My list is small so far:

1. A tea set with teas, from my girlfriend's parents.
2. Terry's chocolate orange.

I'll post more tomorrow! Post yours!

[GameMaster]

The traditional Christmas Eve new pair of pajamas.

Tune in tomorrow morning to find out what other amazing presents I get!

[KillerGremlin]

I got gifted a nice sweatshirt, tea (mmm me heart tea), and some shaving stuff. And money. Good haul so far.

[Acebot44]

So far I've gotten:

$420
A Zachary Pryor Cuff
Socks!
Sticks of Charades
A Tire Guage/LED Light Keychain thing
An Eskimo Fur Hat
A Scarf
A Shirt that says "Lets Hug It Out"
A Candycane
Spy Goggles
2 Books by Bukowski
Cat's Cradle by Vonnegut
An Atmosphere Album (http://www.rhymesayers.com/atmosphere)

[The Germanator]

$200
Gift certificate to nice restaurant in NYC
$50 gift certificate to see a Philadelphia Flyers game
$25 I tunes card
Three cool books
Alone: The Home recordings of Rivers Cuomo.
Legend of Zelda: DS
A new Verizon Cell phone upgrade...Actually have a camera and such for the first time.
Some pants and socks.

About it for now...I get some more when the rest of my family gets back into town.

[DeathsHand]

I don't get gifts.

Well, I think my mom payed for some pants I needed for work about a week ago and chalked it up to Christmas.

[Typhoid]

So far I've gotten:

A scratch and win - I won $40 on it.
A bottle of booze.

But I haven't been to my parent's house yet, or gone to my relatives for Boxing Day yet.

[Swan]

A new 17" monitor for the comp.
New computer chair.
Socks.

[DarkMaster]

Mass Effect
Guitar Hero 3

awwww yeeeaaah, didn't even ask for them. Christmas is truly a magical time.

[Fox 6]

guitar hero 3
LOST season 3
I am America (and so can you) by stephen colbert
Mothership by Led Zepplin
a new hoodie
socks


more to come later tonight

[Bube]

I got:
The Simpsons Movie DVD
Halo 3 (:D)
Super Mario Galaxy (:D)
3 tshirts (one of them a Mario one), all of which I wanted to buy

and word is on the street (in the house :)) that I may be getting some late-presents as well.. I'm thinking an AC/DC concert DVD..

And I don't even celebrate Christmas! :D

Merry Christmas everybody!

[Dylflon]

$130
My Word Coach (DS)
My Spanish Coach (DS)
The Perry Bible Fellowship book
a scarf
a shirt and hoodie (grey)
pajama pants
two zip up sweaters
one regular stripey sweater
a Sigmund Freud action figure (which is funny considering how much I hate Freud)


I need to figure out what to spend my money on...

[Fox 6]

$130
My Word Coach (DS)
My Spanish Coach (DS)
The Perry Bible Fellowship book
a scarf
a shirt and hoodie (grey)
pajama pants
two zip up sweaters
one regular stripey sweater
a Sigmund Freud action figure (which is funny considering how much I hate Freud)


I need to figure out what to spend my money on...

The complete Freud action set. Complete with penis envy action.

[Professor S]

Mas Effect and Halo 3.

I popped them in my machine to only have my 360 say it needs an update before it can play them... so now I have to go hook it up to my modem. Not an issue as its only making me do what I should have done from the beginning, but I was a bit suprised to see that updates were necessary to play these games.

Question: How the fuck are you going to play these games if you can't get broadband where you live?

[Bond]

Er... if you aren't connected to the internet your 360 shouldn't know that you need the update. Or were you not referring to yourself?

[gekko]

Mas Effect and Halo 3.

I popped them in my machine to only have my 360 say it needs an update before it can play them... so now I have to go hook it up to my modem. Not an issue as its only making me do what I should have done from the beginning, but I was a bit suprised to see that updates were necessary to play these games.

Question: How the fuck are you going to play these games if you can't get broadband where you live?

They're not supposed to. The OS is designed to be put on the disc so there is never compatibility issues.

[Ginkasa]

Everything I can think of having received for Christmas:


No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
The Road by the same
$150 cash
$75 in check
$20 in giftcard
Lego Star Wars for the Wii
Annual Tiger Calendar
Dr. Pepper
Brain Age 2 for the DS
Lottery tickets (I lost)
Nasty Dr. Pepper flavored candy (it was flat...no, really, it tasted flat)
Some M&Ms and Snickers
IOUs (one was disguised as a photo of my girlfriend [Smile] )
Met my half-a-week old half-brother
Cherry Cheesecake (mom made it for work potluck)
Easy day at work despite it being the busiest day ever (yay, movies!)


Um, I think that's all.

[Dyne]

Sweet loots, guys.

Here's what I remember:

Sake set and tons of Sake from my girlfriend. <3
$150 from all grandparents
Random stuff like socks from both grandparents as well.
$10 Tim Horton's gift card from my aunt
Free movie gift cards / coupons from my dad's girlfriend to me and my girlfriend (We'll be using these a lot)

From my parents/santa:

Mass Effect (so amazing!)
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (also very amazing in DTS 5.1)
Cars on Blu-ray (ACTUALLY amazing.)
Superbad on Blu-ray (yet to watch)
Casino Royale on Blu-ray (yet to watch in high def)
Tons of candy (so much for that sugar diet..)

[thatmariolover]

Really good haul this year, but I also spent a lot more than I ever have on any other Christmas.

From Friends:
Bunch of t-shirts I missed from shirt.woot.com.
Big box of Cuban Cigars (funny, because they're expensive and I don't smoke).
Beautiful Katamari for Xbox 360.
Random gift cards to various retailers/gas stations.

From Family:
A new chronometer.
Garmin GPS for my car (works awesome - totally in love with my new toy).
A Samsung 226BW monitor (God this is gorgeous - playing Orange box on this is great).
Bunch of swanky ties/dress shirts.
More random gift cards.

[Professor S]

They're not supposed to. The OS is designed to be put on the disc so there is never compatibility issues.

Still, it seems pretty illogical to make such a large population of gamers unable to play your best games...

But hey, we're talking about the same company that puts out an operating system that takes up all your resources... God forbid you want Office 2007 too...

[gekko]

A Samsung 226BW monitor (God this is gorgeous - playing Orange box on this iis great).

Great monitor, BTW. Got one myself :D

[DarkMaster]

Mas Effect and Halo 3.

I popped them in my machine to only have my 360 say it needs an update before it can play them... so now I have to go hook it up to my modem. Not an issue as its only making me do what I should have done from the beginning, but I was a bit suprised to see that updates were necessary to play these games.

Question: How the fuck are you going to play these games if you can't get broadband where you live?

I just got a 360 a little while ago and own both of those games. I get a lot of notices like this too, but I'm pretty sure they said "if you choose not to update, you will not be able to connect to Xbox Live" or something to that effect. I know I definitely didn't set up Xbox Live before first playing Halo 3.

[thatmariolover]

Yeah, pretty sure the firmware update comes right on the disk?

[Bond]

The mandatory dashboard update comes with games, the optional title updates must be downloaded from Live, but they're optional.

[Professor S]

Everyone is saying these things are optional, but reading the message, I was left with no options that I could see. I'll check again tonight.

[Fox 6]

Last night I got another hoodie, gears of war, and sweet sweet monies!!!!!!!!!!!

[GameMaster]

An '08 Prius and $25 gift card to Baja Fresh!

This is the best Christmas ever!

[Professor S]

Well I took the two hours it takes to sign up to Xbox Live Gold (sheesh!) and now everything is working fine. My gamertag is ProfGrimaldi

Thanks to everyone for their help.

[The Germanator]

An '08 Prius and $25 gift card to Baja Fresh!

This is the best Christmas ever!

Damn! A new Prius? That's amazing. Congrats. I've always wanted a hybrid to be my first major car purchase...

[Perfect Stu]

Socks, socks and more socks.
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
Simpsons Movie (Blu-Ray)
Superbad (Blu-Ray)
Bourne Trilogy (DVD)
iPod Touch
Clothes
$200
Red wine

Good haul, Merry Christmas to all!

[GameMaster]

Oh man, I really want an iPod Touch. Just for being able to go on the internet wherever WiFi is present.

[gekko]

Get an iPhone. iPod Touch is worthless.

Trust me, you think WiFi is everywhere... it's not. The times you REALLY need to look something up, there will be no WiFi.

[Typhoid]

I bought myself:

-The life of Brian
-The search for the Holy Grail
-Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
- Stuntman: Ignition
- Year Zero Remixed
- "Touch Up" by Mother Mother

[Dyne]

I bought myself:

-The life of Brian
-The search for the Holy Grail
-Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
- Stuntman: Ignition
- Year Zero Remixed
- "Touch Up" by Mother Mother

Life of Brian Blu-ray?

[manasecret]

Clocky

http://alumni.media.mit.edu/%7Enanda/design/electronics/clocky/pictures/clocky3.jpg

Clocky is a clock for people who have trouble getting out of bed. When the snooze bar is pressed, Clocky rolls off the table and finds a hiding spot, a new one every day.

Clocky began as a class project. After graduating, Gauri Nanda turned Clocky into a well-crafted manufacturable design. Clocky is now available at her company, Nanda. Visit nandahome.com.

[gekko]

That's sweet. I would still opt for a vibrating alarm clock though, since it can get you out of bed in silence and doesn't hurt your ears.

[The Germanator]

Clocky

http://alumni.media.mit.edu/%7Enanda/design/electronics/clocky/pictures/clocky3.jpg

I heard about a clock exactly like that, but instead of rolling off it would spin a helicopter type thing off the top of the clock and fly away and a screeching sound wouldn't stop until you got out of bed and caught it. I think I might kill myself if I had something like that.

[Dylflon]

Used my Christmas money to buy:

DVDs (Mr. Brooks, and 28 Weeks Later)
Books (I am America and So Can You, The Walking Dead Book One, and Penny Arcade Volume 4)

[Swan]

Used some of my birthday and christmas money to buy

Front Mission DS
The Futurama movie
Futurama season 2
knocked up

and I don't remember if I got anything else

[Fox 6]

Used my money to buy


Lord of War
Blood Daimond
Mass Effect the prequel novel
Far Side Calendar
Front Mission for the DS

[Jason1]

Lets see...some of this stuff my brother actually got but I will of course be using also..

Guitar Hero 3
Super Mario Galaxy (40 stars in, absolutley amazing game)
Guitar Strap, cleaner, and tuner.
Various Clothing items
Futurama: Benders big score (really good)
The Simpsons Movie
The office season 3
Its always sunny in Phelidelphia seasons 1 and 2