砂漠のJeffire

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Thursday, May 21, 2009

I went to BKPJ (Bukit Panjang) today via train as I had to take a train to RP (Raffles Place) and it was a horrible decision/experience. Actually the MRT train ride wasn't that bad, it was the LRT (light rapid transit) trip from CCK (Chao Chu Kang) to BKPJ that was maddening. The LRT was so so so squeezy and then the track is so curvy that I was struggling for my balance at every turn, stop and go. Idiot place! I think I will take the bus there in the future.

My business has been getting better after I got on the newspaper, but the bad part is the big game distributors may decide to clamp down on rental of games. I don't get the logic there, do they think gamers will buy more games just because there aren't any rentals anymore? Why don't they just cut out the retailers and sell direct, maybe it will sell more? Plus, the root of the problem isn't cured yet: piracy. The recent news article cited that 36% of all software used last year in Singapore are pirated. That's alot, isn't it? Rather than let people turn to piracy for their cheap gaming, I think rentals will help to deter them abit, and give some life to the lesser wanted games. Many gamers buy such games on the 2nd hand market anyway, wnile the better games are still eventually bought and kept, like WE09. MGS4, and I forsee FFXIII will be such a game as well.

I guess I just have to take one step at a time. My fallback solution is to encourage our existing memebrs to sign up for our subcription based rental membership, somehow like Gamefly but minus off the mailing of games to and fro (it is too dangerous for the inexperienced to mail games and also there are the potential cheaters to deal with, too). Hopefully it will work out eventually.

My shop's new website is gonna be ready soon. We are about 20% completed, but if you can help me take a look at it, it will be helpful. Of course you will see somemore changes soon as it's still quite far from what we envisioned. Here's the temporary link: www.redsandsgamers.com/shop/index.php.

It's the end of May already but my "lose-weight" plan has been stuck for quite sometime. I'm currently still on the 70.X level, which is kinda like when I was in JC (and it is exactly the peak in my lifetime weight chart). I hope I will be able to drop at least 5kg in the next two months... which will be very hard as I currently lack the motivation for it... haha.

See you guys again soon..~

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