Author: Nicole Kline

Nicole Kline is Warp Zoned's Senior Editor. She first began preparing for the job by climbing a milk crate to play Centipede in an arcade. You can find her on PSN under the name toitle or you can email her at nicole AT warpzoned DOT com.

Daily Scoop: April 12, 2011 – Spring is blooming with sales

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Nicole Kline

OK, so that was a super cheesy headline, but for real, there are tons of sales going on right now. Even the Warp Zoned staff is all over it! Editor-in-Chief John Scalzo told me about the free Copy of Body and Brain Connection with a purchase of Kinect at Gamestop this week (April 10th to 16th), and Podcast Producer Ryan Littlefield was embarrassed to admit he was in Gamestop and saw this amazing sale firsthand. Don’t worry, Ryan. We don’t judge you.

Today’s Amazon Deal of the Day in video games is PDP’s Afterglow AP.1 Controller for the PS3. It’s $16.99 down from $24.99, and the sale is for the blue one. It also apparently has “L2 and R2 triggers modeled upon PDP’s popular REAL TRIGGERS add-ons for PS3 controllers.” Hear that, people? REAL TRIGGERS. Yeah.

Amazon’s also running another sale, this one on the 4GB Xbox 360 with Kinect – for a limited time, you can get a $50 promotional credit for purchasing one. Sounds pretty good, considering you can upgrade to a larger hard drive for cheap these days – put that promotional credit towards that, and you’ll be set!

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Gods Eater Burst Review: Devouring All Your Free Time and Leaving You Hungry For More

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Nicole Kline

Gods Eater Burst is an action-adventure video game for the PSP, developed by Namco Bandai and published in the United States by D3 Publisher. It was released in 2010 in Japan and re-released later that year with improvements before being brought here. In a post-apocalyptic world, only the Gods Eaters and their weapons, the God Arcs, can destroy the Aragami, massive and quickly adaptive monsters that are devouring the entire world. With addictive gameplay, incredibly customizable equipment, unforgettable music, and a thrilling story, this game is almost gluttonous in how satisfying it can be. Add in a multiplayer mode and the experience becomes unbeatable. (more…)

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Daily Scoop – April 8, 2011: Shred it up

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Nicole Kline

Other than the fact that the weekend is on the horizon, there’s nothing much going on today. It’s just a lame rainy day, without deals or scoops or anything fun.

I mean, other than today’s Amazon Deal of the Day in video games, which is Activision’s Tony Hawk: Shred Bundle for the PS3, Wii, and Xbox 360. It’s 50% off today at $29.99, so if you want to shred in your living room, scoop this puppy up.

Nothing else. Really. You are looking for something that isn’t here. Or you just want to go buy unicornos:

They live between the magic kingdom and the real world. Magic Kingdom is in Florida, so they live in, what, Tennessee? I want to get a case.

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Daily Scoop: April 7, 2011 – Nicole needs an Xbox 360

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Nicole Kline

I’ve made a really important decision regarding my birthday, which was a month ago tomorrow. Which…will be a month ago tomorrow? Whatever. It’s not like I went to school for English, people. Anyway, I’ve quit drinking, and every time we have a birthday gathering, people want to buy me shots, so instead, I’m going to put out a small fishbowl with a sign that says something along the lines of “Nicole’s Xbox 360 fund.” Instead of dumping shots down my throat/tempting me with Irish Car Bombs, you can just drop a dollar in the fishbowl. How awesome is that? You’ll get to be an important part of my video game curriculum! Congratulations.

Speaking of the Xbox 360, today’s Amazon Deal of the Day in video games is the Xbox 360 Sharkoon X-Tatic SX Stereo Gaming Headset by… Sharkoon. Shocking, I know. It’s $39.99 today down from $59.99, and is “sophisticated in design and technology” to give you “the crucial sound advantage for epic gaming sessions.” Wow! That just sounds…yes. Good.

Nothing in the daily t-shirt realm today, but I found this shirt that is ridiculously incredible and fully functional as an AR card today at Level Up Studios. Watch this amazing video:

O_o.

Posted in 3DS, Daily Scoop, Etcetera, News, Xbox 360 |

Daily Scoop – April 6, 2011: I <3 my PSP edition

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Nicole Kline

Thank goodness I’ve been inundated with PSP games lately. Hackers are trying to destroy the PlayStation Network, and the 3DS is making people sick (no, not like, disgusted sick. Like sick sick!). Luckily, my trusty PSP 1000, though over five years old, is still rockin’ it. And Gods Eater Burst is completely amazing.

Anywho, today’s Amazon Deal of the Day in video games is SEGA’s Yakuza 4 for the PS3. Jump on this, kids – it’s only $39.99 from $59.95. This is an awesome deal for a game that hasn’t even been released a month yet here in the states. There’s a lot of great stuff in this game, including much of what you’d like to see in “Tokyo’s adult nightlife…including hostess bars, karaoke pickup bars, massage parlors, and pachinko palaces.” Sounds awesome to me!

Nothing to report on the t-shirt end, unless you want to see my favorite shirt today, courtesy of shirt.w00t:

I need to wear this every day to work. When I try to explain these shortcuts to people, they look at me like I am some kind of wizard. Perhaps I could wear this shirt with my robe and wizard hat?

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Daily Scoop – April 5, 2011: Daily t-shirts are making me broke

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Nicole Kline

I’m trying to limit myself to just one t-shirt a month, but seriously, they’re making me broke. The daily scoop is making me broke, I say! And some of them aren’t even video game related. I think I just need to have fewer interests!

Anyway, first thing’s first: today’s Amazon Deal of the Day in video games is EA’s Nerf N-Strike Double: Blast Bundle for the Wii. It’s half price at $14.99 from $29.99. There’s two games here – the bundle “includes two Wii games (NERF N-Strike and NERF N-Strike Elite) and the NERF Switch Shot EX 3 Blaster Peripheral, with Red Reveal decoder lens and three NERF darts.” Whoa. That sounds pretty awesome! Pick this up for yourself, if there’s a Nerf nerd in you.

And today’s Ript t-shirt is not video game related, but I’m pretty sure it’s going to be impossible for me to stop myself from buying it:

This loving and affectionate rendition of characters from My Neighbor Totoro made me squeee with delight as soon as I saw it. Trying to stop self…from purchasing…can’t…control…aaaaaaaaaaaaaagh! If only Ni No Kuni was already available here. Then I would be too busy playing it to notice anything ever.

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Daily Scoop – April 4, 2011 – Borderlands!

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Nicole Kline

Anyone who knows me knows that I like to make up songs for stuff – for pretty much anything. I regularly sing songs to both of my cats, replacing words with their names, and sometimes replacing all of the words and just repeating one of their names over and over again.

How is this at all relevant? Well, today’s Amazon Deal of the Day in video games is 2K Games’ Borderlands Game of the Year Edition for the PS3 and Xbox 360. It’s $19.99 today from $39.99, and you should buy it right now. The reason I told that little story up there is because I like to sing a song I made up just about Borderlands, to the tune of Def Leppard’s “Photograph.” I won’t bore you with the lyrics, but I’ll tell you that you gotta have it. It’s got some kind of hold on me. No, really, this game is amazing, and this is a killer deal, as this edition comes with all four DLC packs. It’s gone straight to my heaaaaaaaaaaaaad!

Also, Ript has you covered today if you need to buy a daily t-shirt:

I guess we know what Shy Guy did one year at band camp…

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Daily Scoop: April 1, 2011 – April Fools’ Day!

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Nicole Kline

It’s April Fools’ Day, and that means that ridiculous rumors and hilarious videos abound. This is happening all over the Internet, but the video game spoofs are especially close to our hearts. (So far, my personal favorite is the Killzone 3 special edition with fully cloaked sniper figure and rap CD soundtrack.) Speaking of awesome rumors, did you hear about Activision’s new game, The Undead States of America?

Today’s Amazon Deal of the Day in video games is a real thing: South Peak Interactive’s Two Worlds 2 is $37.99 today for the PS3 and Xbox 360. This game boasts “Various ways of moving, like walking, running, sprinting, riding, swimming, sailing and teleporting.” Really? Walking??? I’m buying this game right now.

The only other exciting thing to announce today is what’s for sale at Think Geek: stuff for smart asses. The Angry Birds Pork Rinds look pretty tasty, as do the Edible Gummy iPhone Cases. What I really want is a Bonsai Kitty Plush:

That one kind of looks like my kitty, whose name is actually Puppycat, because he thinks he’s a dog. Come to think of it, his birthday is today, so maybe I could get him one of those! To remind him what happens to bad kitties who hork on the carpet.

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