A coworker was raving about the JRPG Ni No Kuni. It was developed by Level-5 and Studio Ghibli, the latter known as the compay who makes stunning animated movies about a plucky child who loses their parent and go on a magical adventure with cute monsters. Ben found the game and looked for a good deal on a PS3.
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He found one that looked promising on Craigslist. He met the seller and his father, deals were made, and he rushed home to set up his new toy. We discovered pretty quickly that it wasn't working, left a couple of messages, and discovered that that our only option was civil court if we could track down the people. We looked at reparing it. Turns out, the kid who broke this tried to fix it as only a kid will, and there's no fixing that sort of damage. When he realized this, he gutted the thing and sold it.
We were both angry and I went for a walk. I stopped cussing around 2.5 miles and by the time I got home, I was clear-headed enough to go over the budget with Ben and we bought a PS3 from a retailer.
Now we had 2 PS3's and more money spent than I'd like. I saved the junky PS3 and an Xbox that died in the back of the closet hoping that inspiration would hit.
