On this game show-ish episode, Johnny is asking Tyler and Stephan opinion-based questions and he's going to judge which answer he likes more. We'll have to justify our opinions on CIB vs loose collecting and perhaps even NWC vs. Stadium Events. Johnny says it's like the show Around the Horn which I (Tyler) have never heard of, so you'll have to take his word on that one.

In this episode we're responding to listener submitted topics and questions. We asked for these a couple weeks ago via Instagram but feel free to send us questions and topics so we can do this again in future. We're talking about Stephan's new NWC, worst purchases we've ever made, the hardest system to collect, and other such things.

We're doing a whole episode on what counts as part of a "complete set" and how people go about making their lists. It goes far beyond just what's licensed or what's unlicensed, we're talking about how people count certain kinds of budget releases, but not others, how we handle box sets, multipacks, improved re-releases, republished games, all sorts of nitty gritty, and importantly we talk about why it might not be a good thing that the big vintage sets are so set in stone and immutable.

We're talking about collecting(mostly) US Sega Saturn games this week, from what's in the set, to rarities, to prices, to uncommon games that might not get enough coverage(spoilers, there aren't many!). Stephan is also talking about his recent undumped uWc Wrestling prototype pickup that received wide coverage and led to a bunch of new listeners. Welcome if this is your first or second episode!

We're talking with Deniz Kahn, the President of Wata Games, about certification, grading, and where the collector's market for video games may be headed. If you're not about encapsulating your games and think they're only meant to be played, we're still talking about Wata's educational efforts like their recent comprehensive NES black box guide, and tackling the classic issues like NWC vs Stadium Events. This episode is super long so I bet we also got an iam8bit Mega Man jab in there somewhere.

Also you can use coupon code "collectorsquest" for 10% off on a Wata submission. No, we don't get money from that, we just think it's cool. And we'll probably use it ourselves.

Johnny, Tyler, and Stephan are here talking about some cool game variants you might not know about. Some are worth $100s and some are less than 10 bucks, you just have to be able to find them first. Variants are hot on the mind with the sticker seal Mario that just sold, so even though we recorded this show before that sale, we're on topic!

Johnny and Tyler are talking about the recent, highly publicized $100k Mario sale, the circumstances surrounding it, and how it might affect the hobby. This story blew up to every mainstream news outlet but we're hoping to give a bit more detail and also correct a couple misconceptions that are out there.

We're talking about organization this week: shelves, spreadsheets, apps, and whether you should put your Turbo games in color order (you should). Everyone does it differently, so hopefully you can pick up some tips, or let us know some of your own.

It's 2019, so we're taking a quick look back and how we collected in 2018, setting goals for 2019, and we're also talking about two conventions that each of us visited this year: MAGFest and Retro City Festival.

We are those guys on your block that keep their Christmas decorations up into the first week of January. If you want to keep the holiday spirit alive on this last day before you really have to start getting into the swing of things in the office tomorrow here are 12 Christmasy video game collectibles in this last hurrah for the holiday season.