Greg Miller

yeah in a good way yeah i mean i like the mask that's cool yeah yeah that's i mean where do you stand on collector's editions like are you ever like jazz in to get one jordan's in to get one no i think it's been a long long time in chat you could probably tell me honestly you probably know better than i do over the last time i was like oh my god a physical edition because i've had so many dreams come true that then then end up being like all right well i got this trash

you know and i'm just i'm not a collector i don't need things and like things that's why i'm always for i've been about the digital revolution for comics and games and movies for so long it's just like i don't want a bookshelf full of plastic shit you know what i mean was it was there a moment that that changed for you was that like were you like i think i was all when you were younger yeah when i was a kid of course i think you wanted all that and i had a bunch of statues and superman stuff in the bonbons because i could just it's all stored in my dad's attic right now right and then i

you know and i'm just i'm not a collector i don't need things and like things that's why i'm always for i've been about the digital revolution for comics and games and movies for so long it's just like i don't want a bookshelf full of plastic shit you know what i mean was it was there a moment that that changed for you was that like were you like i think i was all when you were younger yeah when i was a kid of course i think you wanted all that and i had a bunch of statues and superman stuff in the bonbons because i could just it's all stored in my dad's attic right now right and then i

Moved to San Francisco, lived in a shoebox, had absolutely no money, and was like, I don't want my entire DVD collection there anymore. I don't want that thing. And so I'm not yucking anybody's yums if you're the opposite way of it, but it's just that thing of like, I look at... There's a deep therapy session here, I guess, of just like... Getting anything you covet eventually is just a thing.

Moved to San Francisco, lived in a shoebox, had absolutely no money, and was like, I don't want my entire DVD collection there anymore. I don't want that thing. And so I'm not yucking anybody's yums if you're the opposite way of it, but it's just that thing of like, I look at... There's a deep therapy session here, I guess, of just like... Getting anything you covet eventually is just a thing.

You know what I mean? But me trying to get the Switch 2 will inevitably be then me playing the Switch 2 for years and years and years. Often how little doesn't matter, right? But it's more the fact of I look at my shelf next to my units, right? And I have the few statues I have. And I have a Batman Catwoman Hush statue that I think is gorgeous, right? But I look at it and it's just like...

You know what I mean? But me trying to get the Switch 2 will inevitably be then me playing the Switch 2 for years and years and years. Often how little doesn't matter, right? But it's more the fact of I look at my shelf next to my units, right? And I have the few statues I have. And I have a Batman Catwoman Hush statue that I think is gorgeous, right? But I look at it and it's just like...

Why did I spend the $200, $300, whatever dollars it was on that statue? It's nice and I like it, but it was like, you got it out of the box and I put it down and I, huh. You know what I mean? And it's like, I guess it's a conversation too about like, you know, how you lay out a room and this, that, and the other and where you're putting things up. But it's just like, that's not something I need.

Why did I spend the $200, $300, whatever dollars it was on that statue? It's nice and I like it, but it was like, you got it out of the box and I put it down and I, huh. You know what I mean? And it's like, I guess it's a conversation too about like, you know, how you lay out a room and this, that, and the other and where you're putting things up. But it's just like, that's not something I need.

So like, video game collector's editions have always been that. Where it was like, DC Universe Online, I can't wait for this game. Yes, I'll buy the digital deluxe or the collector's edition. And then I get this not great Batman statue I didn't want. And it's like on my desk at IGN.

So like, video game collector's editions have always been that. Where it was like, DC Universe Online, I can't wait for this game. Yes, I'll buy the digital deluxe or the collector's edition. And then I get this not great Batman statue I didn't want. And it's like on my desk at IGN.

Like that was, I think one of the big things for me of like, when I came to IGN in 2007, we were working in Brisbane in a real giant office building. So everyone had these gigantic desks. You had like, We had a wall and a hutch, and you watch old GameScoop TVs, and you see I have just Superman action figures and Ghostbusters shit and posters up.

Like that was, I think one of the big things for me of like, when I came to IGN in 2007, we were working in Brisbane in a real giant office building. So everyone had these gigantic desks. You had like, We had a wall and a hutch, and you watch old GameScoop TVs, and you see I have just Superman action figures and Ghostbusters shit and posters up.

Then we moved downtown San Francisco, and you lost those walls. So then it was just, all right, what do you want to put on your desk? So I brought home a box of Superman action figures, Ghostbusters, and Minimates, all this stuff. And then eventually that all went to Goodwill or got given away. And then to go work from home, the props became...

Then we moved downtown San Francisco, and you lost those walls. So then it was just, all right, what do you want to put on your desk? So I brought home a box of Superman action figures, Ghostbusters, and Minimates, all this stuff. And then eventually that all went to Goodwill or got given away. And then to go work from home, the props became...

all right, they're in the spare bedroom or they're bleeding off into the living room and everything. So I don't want this crap. And like the other, the other office above the comic shop, we put it up on shelves. Nick would get mad at it. It's just like, there's just nowhere for it to go. And then what joy is it inspiring?

all right, they're in the spare bedroom or they're bleeding off into the living room and everything. So I don't want this crap. And like the other, the other office above the comic shop, we put it up on shelves. Nick would get mad at it. It's just like, there's just nowhere for it to go. And then what joy is it inspiring?

And I say all this in the, I'm the guy with the full size ghostbuster trap and PKs and proton packs. But like, that's like my one. I still do that. I'll buy whatever those collections are going to be.

And I say all this in the, I'm the guy with the full size ghostbuster trap and PKs and proton packs. But like, that's like my one. I still do that. I'll buy whatever those collections are going to be.

To jump back to video game collector's editions, I just think for the most part, and this is just me speaking, so much of it is... There's usually maybe, in best case scenario, something in a collector's edition that I'm like, oh, that's cool.