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Daily Scoop: May 13, 2011 – ZOMG Friday the 13th!

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Nicole Kline

It’s Friday the 13th, which means I’m cringing in remembrance of that horrible NES game. I can remember playing it when I was in elementary school and getting so frustrated at how horrendous it was. If you’ve never had the chance to play it, Angry Video Game Nerd actually sums it up quite nicely.

Today’s Amazon Deal of the Day in video games is CTA Digital’s Vertical Induction Charger for 3 PS3 Controllers. It’s $30.99 down from $49.99, but I have to admit, my controllers don’t need much charging lately, what with the state of the PSN these days. Sigh…

But on to better news! Kmart is having a great in-store deal on L.A. Noire – get a $20 gaming coupon and get any game $19.99 or under for free! This is a great deal for anyone looking to pick the game up in-store – hell, this is a great deal even if you don’t usually pick up games in-store. A ton of their games recently dropped in price, so check out that list ahead of time to see if there’s anything you want.

That’s all, folks! I’ll be playing Brink all weekend now that I finally finished Pokemon Black Version. How about you? :)

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Daily Scoop: May 12, 2011 – Nearly the weekend

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Nicole Kline

It’s nearly the weekend, which is exciting, because I’m going to try to get as much gaming done as possible! I know it’ll be beautiful outside. I’ll open the windows, ok??? Oh, and D & D was fun last night – thanks for asking! I didn’t have a character made, so I got to be some hot, pre-made elven rogue. I was super nervous, since I hadn’t played in a really long time, but it was awesome. And now I feel like I’ve got +10 to moxy!

Today’s Amazon Deal of the Day in video games is for all of you PC gamers out there: Buy a Mionix Naos 5000 Laser Gaming Mouse, get a Mionix Sargas 360 Mouse Pad! The mouse is $64.99 down from $89.99, and the pad is $14.99, so that’s almost $40 off! If you’ve been waiting to replace that old crappy mouse, today is a good day for you.

In t-shirt news, the dudes over at Penny Arcade have two new t-shirts this month, and they’re also offering them packaged at a cheaper price with a fancy hoody! WOO! There’s the Hipster Gabe tee (also available in lady’s sizes), the Internet Dickwad Theory 2.0 tee (in lady’s sizes as well), and the Insert Coin hoodie. For $40, you can also get any four of these shirts packaged with the hoodie as well! So that’s Hipster Gabe shirt with hoodie (for dudes or girls) and Internet Dickwad Theory 2.0 shirt with hoodie (for dudes or girls). Whew. That’s a lot of new stuff! The Hipster shirt with hoodie is tempting me right now…

I was into PAX before it was a show that sold out in three weeks!

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Daily Scoop: May 11, 2011 – D & D Encounters!

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Nicole Kline

It’s Wednesday, and a new D & D encounter begins tonight! Not sure what that means? You should read our interview with Kieren Chase to find out all about it, while I practice my rolls!

Today’s Amazon Deal of the Day in video games is Activision’s Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock Guitar Bundle for the PlayStation 3 and the Wii. It’s $49.99 down from $79.99, and includes Dethklok, DragonForce, and…Blind Melon? Really? The guys with the video that has the bumblebee girl? Hmm. That sounds…like…ROCK!!

Speaking of things that rock, check out today’s Ript shirt, called “TerManated,” which is a crazy mash-up of MegaMan and Terminator:

HE’LL BE BACK.

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Daily Scoop: May 10, 2011 – On the Brink!

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Nicole Kline

Woo, Brink is out today! Make sure to get your parkour on by picking it up at Amazon for $54.99 for the PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 (which also comes with a $10 promotional credit, wee!). Mine is in the mail, and I couldn’t be more excited to start it!

Today’s Amazon Deal of the Day in video games is Top Spin 4 by 2K Games. It’s $39.99 down from $59.99 for both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. “Experience the intensity, emotion and excitement of real-life tennis matches set on the world’s most hallowed courts” – doesn’t get much better than that!

Today’s Tee Fury shirt is in honor of all us Dark Tower nerds out there, and it’s called The Ka-Tet of Nineteen:

Better get yours quick. It’ll be gone before you can say thankee sai.

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Daily Scoop: May 9, 2011 – The PSN outage continues

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Nicole Kline

The ApocalyPS3 is still in full swing, with Sony now admitting the service will likely not return “fully” until May 31. In case you hadn’t noticed, May 31 is 22 days from now. That is a ridiculous amount of time for the PSN to be down, bringing their total downtime to well over a month. I’m not sure what their welcome back package is going to include, but I think for some people, it’s going to need to offer to pay for the therapy they’re in right now as they’re going through multiplayer withdrawal.

And now, onto the deals! Today’s Amazon Deal of the Day in video games is LucasArts’ Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars for the Wii. It’s $34.99 down from $49.99. I would definitely recommend it for the fan of the Lego games in general – sure, if you’ve played one, you’ve played them all, but they’re really enjoyable either way. I’ve been playing the 3D version on the 3DS and it’s been a pretty fun time!

Also, Brink is coming out tomorrow, and Amazon’s running a $10 promotional credit on that, as well as cutting $5 off the price tag on both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions. They’ve also upped the promotional credit for L.A. Noire to $15 for both PS3 and 360 versions. Click here for a full list of all bonus offers at Amazon right now.

Today’s daily t-shirt is courtesy of Ript, and it’s called A Moogle We Can Believe In:

Can we say Moogle/Chocobo ’12?

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Daily Scoop: May 5, 2011 – Cinco de game-o!

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Nicole Kline

It’s Cinco de Mayo, but for me, it’s really Cinco de game-o – I plan to go straight home after work and do nothing but gluttonously game as much as possible, pausing only to eat and maybe sleep. It’s been too long since I’ve just let go and rocked out! I think I’ve earned a nice, relaxing break.

Not many deals today, other than today’s Amazon Deal of the Day in video games is Disney’s Cars Toon: Mater’s Tall Tales for the Wii. It’s on sale for $14.99 from $29.99, and also includes Mater’s Tall Tales cartoon shorts. Sounds like a fun time!

No t-shirts today, but our Editor-in-Chief, John Scalzo, found this Super Mario Brothers Alphabet poster over at Etsy:

So cool!

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Daily Scoop: May 4, 2011 – May the fourth be with you!

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Nicole Kline

Happy Star Wars Day, everyone! In honor of this auspicious day, the details have been released about the Star Wars Blu-rays. You can even pre-order them at Amazon. Hellz yeah!

Now that Nintendo announced the Wii price drop, I’ll stop encouraging you to spend $169.99 when you’ll soon be getting an even better package for $149.99 (that’s what she said?). Sadly, Mortal Kombat isn’t on sale anymore (though the Kollector’s Edition is still $85.99), but Portal 2 is still $34.99 on PS3 and Xbox and $29.99 on the PC. Seriously, if you don’t have Portal 2 yet, what are you waiting for? You might as well just go play some Portal Tetris.

What else…oh! Today’s Amazon Deal of the Day in video games is Sega’s Valkyria Chronicles for the PlayStation 3 for $22.99. With Valkyria Chronicles 3 coming out, this is the perfect time to jump into the series.

Today’s daily t-shirt pick is in honor of Star Wars Day – it’s Ript’s Say Beep Bop Boop:

That says it all.

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Daily Scoop: May 3, 2011 – The world is not enough

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Nicole Kline

This weekend, Mike Gutierrez and I were talking about James Bond films, and lo and behold, today’s Amazon Deal of the Day in video games is a James Bond game! It’s Activision’s James Bond 007: Blood Stone for the Xbox 360, and it’s $29.99. It’s “an explosive third-person action/adventure game from critically acclaimed developer Bizarre Creations” and it “features Daniel Craig, Judi Dench and Joss Stone in an original story from the writer of GoldenEye and Tomorrow Never Dies.” It’s also got Daniel Craig on the cover. Sexy!

Let’s see, what else… I wasn’t going to tell you again, but since you brought it up, I’ll just remind you that Mortal Kombat is still $39.99 (and the Kollector’s Edition is $85.99), Portal 2 is still $34.99 on PS3 and Xbox and $29.99 on the PC, and you can still get a black or white Wii for $169.99, and a 160 GB PlayStation 3 or one of several different Xbox 360 consoles with Amazon credit.

We’ve got t-shirts! Two awesome ones today, actually. Hit the jump for the details! (more…)

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