CyberMonday: kinda meh, but hey! Evil Genius, Monkey Island – $2.50!
So, I’ve been checking the feeds for deals for about a week now, and, while there have been a couple of outstanding buys (particularly for console boxes), there’s also been a lot of UNNECESSARY SCREAMING ABOUT SAVING FIVE DOLLARS OFF OF RETAIL! ACT NOW! ONLY 15 LEFT!
That said, I found this today, and it gave [...]
Black Friday downloads to your PC
Cheap, good PC gaming is doing great this Black Friday. All ratings are from GameRankings.
Steam
Steam is having a series of 1-day sales this weekend. Today they’ve got Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (93) for $2.49, Dead Space (86) for $14.99, and Majesty 2 (75) for $9.99.
Character design from Majesty 2
EA
EA has 30% [...]
A Gamer’s Black Friday
The real gamer’s strategy this Friday is to stay home and play a freakin’ game. There is no deal that can be had out there that is as fun as a good game.
If you have relatives around, consider breaking out a nice co-op game, like Rock Band, Castle Crashers, Mario Kart Wii. Or — and [...]
GameStop: Buy 2, Get 1 Free Used
GameStop has a Buy 2, Get 1 Free sale going on for used games and accessories, both online and in-store, from today through Sunday. They’ve got some great titles available. BioShock, Mass Effect, and Splinter Cell: Double Agent, for instance, are all under $20, and one of them would be free — total cost: $33.
Valkyria Chronicles / PS3 – Strategy in 1930’s Europe Fantasy
From DealNews: GameStop is having a sale on Valkyria Chronicles / PS3 for $20 (86 at Metacritic). (Make sure to hit DealNews for the details on free shipping.)
Valkyria Chronicles is a well-produced squad-based strategy game that walks the line between something like Final Fantasy Tactics and a first-person shooter. It’s set in a ‘Europe in [...]