The Credit crunch is over! according to the papers we are finally seeing a rise in spending and things are back to normal.

not so for me, things are worse than ever my rent is up, food bill is higher than ever yet my wage is lower due to less hours and a reduced bonus, even worse the price of gaming has gone up as preowned games are now more expensive than ever.

for me gaming used to be my biggest vice i would literally spend 1/3 of my total wage on video games. up too 3 a week but during this credit crunch i found that this big spending would be my salvation. for the past year i have been gradually trading in all my games 1 or 2 at a time to get a new game at a reduced cost ,never spending more than a fiver. this now means that i generaly only have 2-3 games to play at a time but i'm now enjoying my games to the full rather than playing them once and discarding. games like oblivion and two worlds have becomemy salvation long hours to put in and a myriad of fun to be had.

so my biggest tip to all gamers facing the credit crunch .. trade up, trim the fat from your collection and continue your collection with whatever you want while leaving your wallet intact and shop around before trading in Game, gamestop and xtravision all offer different prices for each game, so big is the difference that you can get the difference of £15 between these shops.