Gamestop and EB Games — Black Friday Deals

November 20, 2007 DS, PS2, PS3, Video Game Deals, Wii, Xbox 360 No Comments

For those of you who don’t want to attack the masses in the mega-malls of the world, here are the deals for Gamestop and EB Games.

Now, I’m not saying that these lines are going to be any easier to get through (in fact, they’ll probably be worse, you know how fanboys are). Though, I am saying that if you go to these stores, at least you’ll be surrounded by your people.

You won’t have to worry about that lady running your over for that fabulous deal on linens!

GAMESTOP & EBGAMES Deals

Door Buster Sale 7 a.m. - 11 a.m. Friday Nov. 23rd

  • $30 Giftcard with Purchase of new Black or Silver PS2 Slim System ($129.99)
  • PSP UMD Movies $3.99 & Under (Select Titles)
  • PSP Rainbow Six Vegas $9.99
  • World of Warcraft PC $9.99
  • Sandisk 2GB MSPro Duo or SD Memory Card $19.99

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This Just In — Most Parents Don’t Like Videogames

November 13, 2007 DS, Gaming for All, Online Games, PS2, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360 No Comments

Oh Really?News flash: Most parents don’t like videogames.

I’m just gonna pause here for a sec and let that sink in.

Ok, better now?

According to an AP survey posted over at Yahoo, an average of 43 percent of parents think videogames are a big fatty fat waste of time for their kids (that’s a technical term there, fatty fat).

Granted, these parents are probably speaking about the stereotypically abused, overused and super-saturated view of a rare breed of gamer who gets no sunlight and scorns all who don’t understand his or her mysterious and magnificent WOW clans and ways.

Yeah, we’re all like that. Guilty as charged. We all play with swords and potions in our spare time and have a hard time co-mingling without computers or games to bridge the social divide.

Yup.

However, the underlying issue here is that people (yeah, parents are people too) don’t like what they don’t really understand. So if you have kids and your kids like games…and by some miraculous reason you happened upon this entry, then take some time outta your day to game with them. If nothing else, it’ll be a bonding experience with you and your son/daughter.

Show some interest in what they’re interested in, and they’ll open up to you.

As far as the newsworthiness of this story? It’s kinda like how back in the day TV was going to rot your brain, and before that comics were gonna make you deranged, even before that reading was going to put thoughts in your head and make you a wicked person. Every generation has their scapegoats, ours just gets to be videogames.

View some highlights of the survey after the break. Read the rest…

Fanboys…Unite!

October 29, 2007 DS, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360 No Comments

Go to any site where readers can sound off and you will inevitably see the ensuing battle: Playstation 3 vs. Xbox 360…and sometimes vs Wii (who even knows if the Wii matters?). It’s a passionate barrage of words of those who truly believe a win is possible and perhaps those soldiers caught up in the fight will in turn get their own “console pride badge of victory” once it has all been settled.

I understand their passion, your passion. I grew up wanting the “best” (whatever that is) and when it came to video games, I wanted the best console. There once was a simpler time when the lines were much clearer. Before as today, you could not necessarily declare an undisputed victor in the console wars, but you could definitely identify the losers, lest we forget to name a few (in no particular order): Jaguar, TG16, 32X, VirtualBoy, Dreamcast, CD-i, 3DO, etc.

In this generation, I believe it is fair to assume that no one particular console will suffer the fate of these aforementioned ones, so why persist in declaring the other can win a console war of any kind? Who will lose….who can lose?

PlayStation 3 on its worst day as a videogame machine is not a bad blu-ray disc player…and it’s shiny. Xbox 360 on its worst day isn’t even in your home, it’s off somewhere in Texas getting repaired, but it will be back once again to destroy your social life, cause fights with your girlfriend and warm you and your home on those cold winter nights. The Wii, I digress on its worst day…is the Wii and no one cares. In the Wii’s respect, there is a definitive winner when it comes to capturing the hearts and minds of the elderly seeking an alternative to real bowling: Wii, you win.

Seriously though, for a victor to be named, the “war” needs to be more clearly defined:

Video GAME war: Xbox360 you’ve got the most and the best (in terms of sales), you win.

Video PLAYER war: Blu-ray disc has way more sales (in the HD department) and more movies people want, sorry HD-DVD fans, I declare PS3 winner in this one.

CONSOLE (everyone wants to know) war: Wii you have strength in numbers, you win.

Wow, everyone wins…strangely, I find the “console war” that much more insignificant.