Hello, how is everyone today? I hope you’re all okay. I just wanted to let you know that yesterday I spent a sizeable portion of the day struggling with the fact that I didn’t yet have my grubby little hands on a copy of Uncharted 3. I sat there, working at my computer, seething with rage that I wasn’t playing the latest in the Uncharted saga yet. It was threatening to consume my very being. So I nipped out and bought a copy. Problem solved.
But while I was planning my little excursion to buy the latest PlayStation 3 blockbuster, I spared a thought for all those of you who, for whatever reason, don’t yet have the game. So when I finally made it to the shop, I bought two. Now I’m going to give one away to one of you lucky little blighters. Because that’s how we roll here at TSA. Except Kris, he’s a right stingy old beggar *.
Let’s keep it nice and simple though, shall we? Why don’t you tell us about your most treasured possession in the comments below and at 17:00 GMT today, we’ll have a poke around the comments and pick the one we like best. The author of that comment will receive a copy of the game in the post just as soon as we can get their address from them and the postal service can find their house.
Our usual T&Cs apply, as ever, and our decision is final so no grumpy faces if you don’t win, okay? Oh, and have a read of our review, it took Alex about a month. And that’s just the sandy background.
* This is not actually true. Kris has, in the past, sent me cookies in the mail and given me awesome robot socks.
Update: Sorry folks, it took me ages to read through all of the entries! I’ve picked a winner now though, because of the sentiment and also the extra little attention to (peculiar) detail, hannes_truce is the winner of UC3. However, because I bought the games in Sainsbury’s, I also got two £25 PSN vouchers and stories from grimm and adamguest1985 resonated with me and with Uncharted 3 so I’ll send each of them a £25 code in their emails too.
Right, now bugger off and click some ads or something, I’m skint!
MrBlack
My most treasured possession has to be my dogs, Nathan, Sully and Eleanor. (Not their actual names). If any of you dont have a dog go get one, awesome companions!
Embo1
My treasured possession is actually a little scarab necklace I bought in Egypt about 6 years ago. My best friend came along and he bought a similar scarab necklace. The little trinket a reminder of an amazing holiday we had. After the holiday we lost touch for a few years. When I saw him again 2 years later he was still wearing it! As was I. I rarely take it off to this day.
Here’s a recent photo of me (left) with it on for proof :)
http://s21.photobucket.com/albums/b251/Embo1/?action=view¤t=photoforsixthaxis.jpg
SpikeyMikey23
your ladyfriend is fit :D
hunterstryfe
Bournemouth? NICE!! I originally came from Weymouth
DirtyHabit
Ha! I’m in Wimborne :D
BTW anybody noticed the Wareham, Dorset reference in UC3…
Go Dorset!! :D
KeRaSh
I’m not competing because my copy just arrived in the mail this morning but just for fun:
My most treasured possession is the little piece of paper my girlfriend gave me 6 years ago with her cell phone number written on it. This and pictures of Bar Refaeli. Not a particular one. Just any picture with her on it.
KeRaSh
Damnit, how could I forget my NES with Super Mario Bros. 3 and Nintendo Worldcup Soccer (the one where you can foul people until they drop unconscious with their asses hanging out of their shorts – best. soccer. game. ever.).
Sympozium
I found Dark Cloud months ago in some place, I vowed to buy it one day as it was awesome on a PS2 demo, so today it still holds up to as one of the best RPGs ever, I prefer it over White Knight Chronicles but still RPGs on PS2’s were amazing, I guess out of all Dark Cloud would’ve been the most wanted of the games I should’ve got early in PS2 life before PS3.
I’ve already got a few in Game luckily like Final Fantasy X, Dragon Breath??, Balders Gate…. yet no sign of Monster Hunter… (seems no fools have traded it much or maybe Games holding back grr…)
Omg… while its a decade old, the PS2 is very prized…. sooo much memories.
Crocadillian
My most treasured possession would have to be my Dreamcast. I had played Sonic The Hedgehog a year or two prior to the first time I played the console when I was 7, and I found him to be such a striking and interesting character, and the game itself was very fun and different to other games available. Strangely enough in 2000 I ended up going round someone else’s house for an hour every week, and it’s where I first encountered the Dreamcast. The controllers had a quirky design that rivalled the N64 controller, and the memory card slots on it when I figured out what they were for, really took me by surprise.
They had a selection of games, including a new Sonic game called Sonic Adventure which I had to try first. Although when I look back on it, the graphics aren’t nearly as realistic as I thought they were, it felt so alive and real, and the environments and settings felt really magical and exhilirating. I became enchanted by the game, and I would only come to play it for an hour a week every Tuesday for around two months until the visits stopped.
Even though I had a PS1 and enjoyed games like Crash Bandicoot and Spyro The Dragon, nothing was more memorable for me then that game, and the excitement and enjoyment I had from it is probably what cemented my interests in video games. I got round to buying a Dreamcast in 2009 to enjoy it again, and at that time I experienced a lot more games that I never had played properly, or had just seen but remembered vividly, such as Jet Set Radio and Crazy Taxi. The creativity and originality of some of these games, and the effort SEGA had made in the Dreamcast with their investment in new IPs and innovative console features made me feel a sense of admiration for them, which made reading up on it’s history and reflecting on the companies current state quite sad.
The Dreamcast influenced my drawing style, kept my interests in video games alive, inspired me to pursue a career in video game development and still inspires me now in my university course and work in making my own game. Even though the games industry has moved on since then, I doubt there will be another games console released that will have as much of an impact on future console development or that is as creative and imaginative as the Dreamcast was.
arodmell
Has to be My Internet Connection – When its down, I’m down, I’m cut off from the world and my life seems so small and restricted. I actually have to use my imagination instead of gaming! I actually realise how little social life I actually have now I have my two lovely kids :P
Too long without it and I may just be driven to mow someone down with a car, invade a nearby planet or set off to hunt for hidden treasure.
hunterstryfe
My most treasured possession WAS my 1st Edition Metal Version Optimus Prime with ALL the gaj and most of his mates. I say WAS because we moved house when I was 18 and I lost them in transit, I’m still down about it now. Even though I no longer have it, it still WAS my most treasured.
chillsy
Got to be my Gameboy Pocket, bright yellow with Pokemon being one of the first ever games I played, still works too which is a bonus considering the punishment it’s taken over the years :)
tony888
my most treasured possession is my wallet. It pratically contains my life all in one place, it has my identity, my bank details and also has my reward cards :) as well as proving I’m eligible to drive a card.
My wallet to some is also a treasure trove, because once it is found it can be used to purchase items in exchange for cash :)
tony888
also forgot to add that having cash in my wallet brings me great joy but once that cash dissappears, the smile that I once had dissappears with it
give up
My most treasured possession is the TV series ‘Castle’. Whilst I don’t own the boxset, I consider the show a possession as it’s the only show that I keep to myself, not discussing or mentioning it to family or friends, until now ;).
I first came across the show after seeing a forum post an IMDB saying that the star of the show, Nathan Fillion, should be cast as Nathan Drake in the Uncharted movie. I now completely agree, he looks like drake, he comments in a way that Drake would and he’s got the same first name!
Nathan Fillion for Nathan Drake!