I just bought what may be the greatest 2 VHS tapes in the world.

[Dracophile]

I've made an obscenely hilarious amount of money by selling the garbage out of A CERTAIN POPULAR CHAIN OF DVD RENTAL STORE's dumpster. To date I've netted something like $400 by simply taking all of their video game cases (PS3, Wii, 360, DS, etc) and reselling them. No, they aren't filthy... A CERTAIN POPULAR CHAIN OF DVD RENTAL STORE only throws away plastic and paper. Had there been food in there... well, that would be disgusting. Game cases are boxed up and tossed into the bin. I just took said boxes of games, listed them on eBay for dirt cheap because I paid $0 for them, and whammo - instant profit!

I have been kind of... uh, spendworthy with this newfound treasure because I kind of see it as "well I'm trading 30 cases for this game and I'm not spending any money". Now that the money is almost gone I'm kind of a little more conscious about what I'm buying... but when I came across these two VHS tapes for $10 total... well, I couldn't help but click "BUY IT NOW"... and here they are.

The Problem With Pokemon
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120442421815&_trkparms=tab%3DWatching

"The Problem With Pokemon" - a VHS full of religiously charged 100% USDA Grade A bullshit... from 10 years ago. I'm not entirely sure what is on the tape since YouTube and Google have not been too friendly in tracking down clips or information. I managed to find the website of the guy who created it... and he managed to spell "Pokemon" incorrectly every single time it occurred on the page.

$6 is kind of a steep price for a VHS these days, but really when you put "Pokemon" and "Jesus" in the same sentence you know there is comedy gold waiting for be found. We will see soon enough.

Becoming A Master: The Ultimate Pokemon Experience
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&item=380139218532

What can I say about this? I remember seeing this tape in a hobby store a decade ago for $35. Now, give me a second while I try to restrain myself from waxing about my rose-tinted-glasses-viewed past with Pokemone. Okay, we're done. "Becoming A Master: The Ultimate Pokemon Experience" is an unofficial/unauthorized tape made by an independent production group looking to cash in on the Pokemon craze that swept the late nineties. What does that mean? I means Nintendo didn't make it so you know it's going to be second-rate entertainment laced with poor editing skills and camera shots courtesy of the Michael J. Fox camera.

When I was 12 I wanted to see this tape just because it was beyond retarded looking. Alas, when I was 12 $35 was not a part of my disposable income. $3 for a pack of Pokemon cards was, though. $4 today is something I can happily throw onto the table and be on my merry way with, and I did just that with this wonderful little gem. The suspense has been seething in my veins for 10 years now, let's see if it pays off.

I will find some way to incorporate both of these videos into GatorAIDS somehow.

edit: This is why I wanted to see that unofficial Pokemon VHS. Watch and be amazed. This video will BLOW YOUR FUCKING MIND.
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[Cannon Fodder™]

That video reminded me how I used to buy pokemon cards. Boy they were expansive.
I have a full box of them, collecting dust.
I remember they even gave cards in cookies once, one card per cookie pack.
It was a good game, great one. Too bad that in my area, pokemons are dead now.
Fucking tv station stopped showing them. I hope they all will go to hell

[Newtown]

Just seeing that dude teaching kids how to play the dumbest game on the planet reminds me of when I was like 7 or 8, when I went to local Toys*r*us stores because they had dumb little Yu-gi-oh comps. Gives me creeps.

[Dracophile]

Pokemon TCG was pretty awesome imo. I still know how to play it, I think. At least with the older cards I do.

I got the church VHS in the mail yesterday. I am going to hold off on viewing it until I get my double monitor set up working.

[Walnut]

no way guys! pretty woman is the greatest VHS tape! :O
^that was sarcasm if you couldn't tell.

[Shoe of all Cosmos]

It's like just one camera shot through the whole thing. Hardly a tape to hold a 10-year-old's interest.

I'm very interested in the church one.

[Dracophile]

It's like just one camera shot through the whole thing. Hardly a tape to hold a 10-year-old's interest.

I'm very interested in the church one.

I personally like counting how many times POKEMON MASTER STORM doesn't know what in the fuck he is talking about. He pronounces it "Pokey-man" at least once, and is incapable of pronouncing "War-Turtle"... not to mention he starts making analogies that an audience of that age isn't going to understand.

I hope the Dan Moriarty-looking fellow who asks about PlusPower cards is the host of this otherwise that's just creepy.

Also: Long shots of disinterested kids. :v:

[Dracophile]

Got the ULTIMATE POKEYMANS MASTER tape in today, no sign of the double monitor thing though. If it's not here on Monday I will just go ahead and try and do the articles ahead of time.

[John]

OH SHI, fucken awesum

In short: Nice.

[ashendrakar]

me and a few friends were so close to just buying a few of the new starter decks just to play the game again, sadly all of us are broke