Halo 3 Legendary Edition from Amazon for $60 — Today Only

Today only, get Halo 3 Legendary Edition for the 360 (what else?) on Amazon for an astonishing $60! What kind of deal is this? Well, the regular edition sells for $60 (the same as this remarkable price), the Collector’s Edition is $70 (that’s right, $10 more than this deal) and this normally sells for $130.

What’s so legendary about the Legendary edition?

Well, it comes with three bonus discs chock-full of Halo-related stuff, a swanky box and a mini Master Chief helmet.

Hell, there’s almost no reason not to buy this edition. You can’t argue with the price. It’ll give you extra nerd points. No matter how you slice it, that’s one helluva deal.

Buy Cheap Halo 3 Wireless Controllers, Headset from Amazon

Amazon is currently offering a sweet deal on the Halo 3 Spartan controller, Halo 3 Covenant controller (both wireless, natch) and the Halo 3 wireless headset.

The deal? You can get each of them for $40. That’s a pretty swank deal considering that they all regularly go for $60. I don’t know about you, but I’ve always had a hard time justifying spending what I would on a game on a controller.

Now, you can get a regular controller, but that’ll still run you $50. So no matter how you slice it, just get one of the Halo 3 controllers, save some cash and now you can show your gamer pride.

Oh yeah, if you really wanna show that pride, get the Halo 3 Legendary Edition from Amazon. It’s still only $80, and down from $130.

Gamestop and EB Games — Black Friday Deals

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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Free Game as Xbox LIVE Turns Five — Also Watch for the Xbox Originals

Xbox LIVE is hitting the five mark, and Microsoft is ready to celebrate. They are offering Carcassonne (Hexic 2 in Korea) free to all current members between 12:01 a.m. PST on Nov. 15 and 11:59 p.m. on Nov. 16. As an added bonus, for that rare breed of gamer who has been with Xbox LIVE since its inception in 2002 (all three of you can take a bow), they are giving away 500 free Microsoft Points.

Also included in their announcement is that a new dashboard update will be available on Dec. 4 (with unmentioned features) and it will usher in the “Xbox Originals” era. The Xbox Originals will be full Xbox games that people can download and play on their 360. The ones that the press release takes the time to explicitly mention are: Halo, Fable, Indigo Prophecy, Crimson Skies, Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex and Burnout 3. For a reasonable price of 1,200 points ($15 in real money), people will be able to download and play these fun games.

Read the full press release after the jump. Read the rest…

This Just In — Most Parents Don’t Like Videogames

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…

Virtua Fighter 5 (360) — $40 at Amazon

Itching to finally get your game on with Sega’s superlative fighter and don’t want to throw down a Grant and Hamilton ($60)?

Then get thee to Amazon!

Right now they’re offering it for $40 (two Jacksons if you’re keeping score).

Without question this game rocks…it’s the seminal 3D fighting franchise that all other 3D fighters aspire to be.

Also, you can get Virtua Fighter 5 from Circuit City this week for $40, but they’re probably sold out, so get thee to Amazon!

Fanboys…Unite!

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.

Nerd Alert: Crackdown on Your Xbox LIVE Account

Xbox LIVE’s Major Nelson is cracking the proverbial whip on all Xbox LIVE users. His message: Show some pride in your Achievements, or face the wrath of Microsoft.

Translation: If you let someone else use your account info (i.e. share it) and this person drives up your score, then Microsoft will cancel your account.

Cancelled, as in, it’s gone for good. Finito. Game over. Thanks for playing, but you’re dead now. You’ll no longer be able to register AmazingGamer300, it’ll be lost to the ether.

In his same rant on why sharing your account is bad, he also goes into why tampering with your Achievements sans playing the actual game is bad. Why? ‘Cause if you do it, they’re gonna remove your account, same as they do with sharing.

His final message? “The best way to increase your Gamerscore or gain that Achievement is to earn it like a real gamer; play the game.”

That’s right boys and girls, ladies and gentlemen, take some pride in your Achievements and don’t let someone else get them for you. ‘Cause if you do, then you won’t have any nerd bragging rights left for your friends.

Xbox 360 HD DVD Drive W/Heroes S1 Free, Plus 5 Free HD DVDs, $165

Granted, the much maligned HD DVD player for the 360 is very hit-and-miss. What’s the point of buying it if you can’t even play games with it? Why drop $180 on it when you’ll need to spend $30 a pop for HD DVDs?

Well, the good folks over at Buy.com have heard your cries and are answering with this sweet deal: Buy the Xbox 360 HD DVD drive, and get a free copy of Heroes Season 1, plus 5 additional HD DVDs free, all for the low, low price of $165. All that…and it’s got free shipping too!

Or you could spend $400 and buy all of these things separately…it’s your money.