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That is the question! Swapping video games (trading, bartering) isnt a new idea. In fact, it began when video games were first widely available in the late 1980s. Despite the beginning days of the microchip being a bit lackluster in style it was still a remarkable thing. In todays terms its archaic to say the very least.

The most popular home gaming systems like the Xbox, Playstation and Nintendo Wii all make use of compact discs or dual layer DVD discs. Way back when the whole trading of games began they were all on cartridges or, dare I even date myself, tape. The games improve and the media gets grander, but what never changes is the need to try new things. Enter video game swapping. The old tape and cartridge games have become home dcor and even collectibles with people paying top dollar for games like the Gold Edition of Zelda on the Nintendo core unit otherwise deemed classic by us ancient game junkies.

Lets face it. The original games werent all that accessible, not like today. And they certainly werent inexpensive (they arent now either, but rates of living increase). We used to spend $50.00 for a game in 1985. We pay that now for Xbox or Playstation games with technology improved to god-like proportions.

Anyone can go to a Wal-Mart or Target to find their games instead of the old computer shops we had to frequent. Atari, Commodore 64, Texas Instruments they were all considered personal computers and as such games were bought in computer shops.

Kids have to work their butts off to earn enough money to purchase their video games. And it shouldnt be any other way! Once youve played a game (its the same today as it was in 1985) and beaten it you have no real use for it any more. It sits in your house collecting dust. Sure, you could sell it outright and get a couple dollars or you could do the logical thing: trade or swap your old video game!

It allows you to not worry about value of your games. Instead you can take your old video games, dust them off, test them out to ensure they work than find someone who doesnt have and who wants it. With any luck theyll have a game you want to play so you make an even swap. You play that one until you cant play anymore then you do it all over again. Swap here, swap there. Buy a new game, play it out then swap that one. You get the maximum output for your investment.

With the Playstation and Xbox systems media being compact discs instead of cartridge or tape means they last a lot longer and arent as subject to the elements as the other collective of media. What this means is that when you swap the newer video games you can continue it for a much longer period of time.

When the question arises on whether or not you should swap your game or trade it just ask yourself if you want to spend money to buy the game you want and if you want to continue looking at that dinosaur youve put to rest months ago.

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Gun, Red Dead Revolver, and the Wild Arms games. These are the only half-decent Wild West themed games that have come out in the past decade. I give Wild Arms credit for having such a long running RPG series, I even enjoy my copy of Wild Arms 3, but when I think of the Wild West, I don't picture cell-shaded anime characters shooting goblins in the face with snipers and shotguns. I like the Wild Arms series, don't get me wrong, it just isn't the type genre of the Wild West that I'd like to see more of.

The 1800's in America were a time of exploration and adventure, where everyday people weathered the elements, the treacherous landscape, and the wild animals to catch a glimpse of the Pacific Ocean or make their fortune in gold. Nowadays, sand box games are all the rage and so an open ended Wild West game seems doable; just picture Nikko from GTA4 on a horse instead of a car and using a six shooter instead of a rocket launcher.

It surprises me a little that we aren't flooded with every Western-style game imaginable like we were with Western movies. Ask anyone if they've ever heard of John Wayne or Clint Eastwood and after they ask what you're doing in their house, they'll probably say yes. The simple answer is that we don't see more wild west games is because Japan has the most say in what types of games are to be developed and since their history is much different than ours, we see more samurais and ninjas than we do cowboys.

Don't get me wrong, I like exploring fictional video game lands like Filgaia and whatever the name of the world is from the Final Fantasy games, but it would be a breath of fresh air and much more interesting to have landscapes in games modeled to look like realistic locations. Nothing would be more exciting than to explore the pre-settled territories of the American West and ride off into the sunset like we see so many heroes do in movies; or recognize a landmark in a game that you've actually seen in real life.

Thanks to advancements in open sourced technology, gamers are given the driver's seat when it comes to what they want in video game. Maybe in the future we'll see more games that seek to satisfy the restless American spirit that we all seem to have because, I don't know about you, but Oregon Trail just doesn't seem to cut it.

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Renewable energy technology such as windmills and solar cells are going increasingly mainstream. So much so that they are becoming more economically available than they ever were before. Even today, you could pay over $3000 to have something like that professionally installed. This greatly accounts for why you don't see too many solar cells on roofs or windmills in backyards, in the past it just wasn't economically viable. With growing concern over the environment, global warming, and the energy crisis, they've all become increasingly public issues. For all of this, a number of DIY guides have recently come onto the market advertising that anyone, regardless of their experience or skill, can build their own windmills and solar cells generally for under $200.

Skeptical that you could create working renewable energy technology on that small of a budget and eager to blow the whistle on the whole thing, I invested in a couple of these guides to see for myself how possible it really was. I spent a weekend in my garage putting together my first windmill and set it all up, eagerly awaiting the results. I kept an eye on my power consumption with the help of a friend who works at the power company and was pleasantly surprised to learn that I cut back on my bill by about 60% in the three quarters of a power bill month frame which I had used it. I live along the coast so I was expecting something, but not quite this. I went ahead and put together some solar cells like the guide showed me a few weeks later and now I'm saving about 75-80% on my bill each month. I put together a second windmill for my friend and when I get around to it I want to make a second one for myself so that I can start producing more electricity than I go through.

Since when I tested my first guide months ago, I have reviewed a number more of these DIY renewable energy technology guides to see how the information compares against one another.

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