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And here it is…the Gold Box Vacuum. The day after a video game Gold Box Event, there’s nothing out there. No t-shirts, no good video game deals, no nothing. I guess I’ll just have to sit upon my mountain of video games and play something I’ve already got, instead of spending money on cheap games I won’t get to until 2015. *Sigh*.

Today’s Amazon Deal of the Day in video games is BORING. Err, I mean, it’s EA’s Monopoly Streets for the PlayStation 3. It’s just $35.39 today down from $39.99, making it practically completely pointless, unless you really want to save $4.60 on an electronic version of Monopoly to play on your PS3. But hey, if you’re that obsessed with owning Boardwalk and Park Place and all the Railroads, maybe this is your lucky day.

No good t-shirts today, but I do have some good news, which I just read about over at Nerd Reactor – Kmart and Toys R Us are having awesome deals for the 3DS. If you buy your 3DS at Kmart, you get $25 off one launch title – that means those $39.99 titles you’ve been grumbling about are only $14.99 at Kmart. And, if you want more than one, Toys R Us is having a buy one, get one half off deal on their 3DS games. So get your 3DS at Kmart, snag a game for $14.99, and either run home and play it, or stop at Toys R Us and grab two more games for about $60. Or you can be like me, and sop up the points on your Amazon credit card (3 times the points for purchases made at Amazon, leading to more Amazon gift cards). 3DS + Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars = a lot of points. Also, my Kmart is a nightmare, so i don’t want to bother with that on a Sunday morning, and I don’t even know where the closest Toys R Us is. The perils of living in the city…

Another day, another all-day Gold Box Event in video games! Hooray!! I love it when Amazon does that. The big one today is Dragon Age II for $39.99 on all platforms. The others are:

• De Blob 2 ($13.99-$29.99) (6 AM PDT)
• Need for Speed Hot Pursuit ($39.95) (8 AM PDT)
• Bulletstorm ($39.99) (11 AM PDT)
• Ear Force X31 Digital RF Wireless Game Audio + Xbox Live Chat ($69.99) (2 PM PDT)
• Dead Space 2 ($39.99) (4 PM PDT)
• You Don’t Know Jack ($15.98-$21.99) (7 PM PDT)

We’ll be updating this periodically throughout the day, so stay tuned!

Also worth a mention is today’s Ript shirt:

ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOADSTOOL!

It’s March 21, which means tomorrow is the long-awaited release of Crysis 2. I am going to rush home after work tomorrow, tear it open, and toss it right into my PlayStation 3. If anyone needs me, you can find me on the PSN.

For today’s Amazon Deal of the Day in video games, they’ve got Namco’s Body and Brain Connection for the Xbox 360. It’s on sale today for $39.99 from $49.99. I guess calling it a Kinection instead of a Connection would kind of defeat the purpose of trying to make you smarter, right? Still, they missed out on a great marketing ploy there. There’s also $10 off the Xbox 360 Wireless Controller with Transforming D-pad at Best Buy this week – $54.99 down from $64.99 – as well as $15 off the 12 month Xbox Live Gold Card Membership at both Best Buy and Amazon.

Nothing directly related to video games in t-shirts today, unless you count the Famous Androids from Ript Apparel:

I can’t be certain, but I think I spy a Mega Man in there.

It’s Friday! And I’m already prepared to be spending the entire night gaming. Is it weird that, since PAX East – three straight days of doing nothing but gaming and writing – all I’ve wanted to do is play games and write? Weird or not, I’m looking forward to doing nothing but that all weekend. Oh yeah, and eating some birthday cake. Bring it on!

No Amazon deal of the day today Amazon listed their Video Game Deal of the Day late today, and it’s a big one: lots and lots of Disney games. This includes (but is not limited to!) the Disney Epic Mickey Collector’s Edition for $48.96 down from $69.99 as well as the TRON: Evolution Collector’s Edition for $79.99 down from $129.99 for both PS3 and Xbox 360. They are also running some other pretty sweet sales, like this Xbox 360 Gearfest, which has some discounts on controllers and chargers. Oh, and if you pre-order Portal 2 at Amazon, you get $5 off the retail price. What are you waiting for? There’s science to do.

Not much in the realm of t-shirts today, unless you count Qwertee’s “Boo Busters” shirt:

I know I’ve seen this design before, but I forget which site had it. Being a rip-off doesn’t make it unworthy of purchase, but in the delicate business of independent t-shirt design, it is…uncool.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! To celebrate, I’m wearing one of my favorite green shirts, and I’ll be having Italian tonight for dinner. This will be followed by another marathon of PixelJunk Shooter 2. I know how to celebrate in style!

Today’s Amazon Deal of the Day in video games is Square Enix’s Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together for the PSP. It’s $12.00 off, making it $27.99 from $39.99. Considering this game just came out and is reported to be amazing, I would hop all over this deal as quickly as you can. Mike Gutierrez will have his review up as soon as he surfaces from the game. Between that and PAX East, I’m not sure if he’s slept in days!

Nothing else interesting to report here. I will continue to count the minutes until I can get back into my ship and fight my way back to the planet’s surface…sigh.

Ah, humpday. So far from each weekend, yet with so much promise and potential. If we can just get over you, we’ll be at Thursday, which is one day closer to the weekend, and then it’s Friday, and nothing can hold us back!

Speaking of nothing holding us back, Amazon’s having their Buy One, Get One 50% off sale again. There’s not much, but some of what’s there is actually pretty good, so it’s worth at least a glance. Also, you can take a trip to Hogwart’s with today’s Amazon Deal of the Day in video games is Warner Bros’ LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4. They’ve got it for sale on three platforms – it’s $24.99 down from $49.99 on the Wii, $29.99 down from $39.99 on the Xbox, and $19.99 down from $29.99 on the DS.

Not much in t-shirt land today, but seeing the Portal 2 demo this weekend has me chomping at the bit for this awesome hoody at ThinkGeek:

It says [TEST CANDIDATE] on the back. Do want.

Well, PAX East 2011 is over, and I’ve got a massive gaming hangover. Is it crazy that I spent three straight days doing nothing but gaming and writing and all I wanted to do when I got home yesterday was game and write? I think it might be crazy. But either way, this was one of the best PAX experiences yet, and we’ll have lots more articles up this week, so keep checking :).

But for now, it’s back to reality. Today’s Amazon Deal of the Day in video games is Activision’s Guitar Hero: Van Halen for the Xbox 360. It’s $24.99 down from $39.99, so you might as well jump (JUMP!) at this deal. Go ahead, jump.

Amazon’s also offering a deal on the Xbox 360 4 GB console with Kinect. If you order it right now, you’ll get a free copy of Dance Central as well. I’m about to make the plunge and buy my very first Xbox, and I’m trying to decide if I’m going to get that one or splurge and get the 250 GB one. I plan on downloading a lot of games, so I’m thinking the 250 might be a better match for me.

No game-related t-shirts today, but there’s a grab bag going on over at Tee Fury – they’re $6 a pop, from over 97 possible designs. This is way too tempting for me, especially after looking at this image:

Yusssssss.

It’s the eighth day of March, and you know what that means…it’s my birthday! I’m going to celebrate it like any normal gamer – by spending the entire day at work and then going home to try to wrap up my PAX appointments and squeeze in as much gaming and cake (which is not a lie today) as humanly possible before passing out far too late. And I heard a rumor that Mike Gutierrez was planning on some sort of dinner surprise for me as well – my guess is he’s either going to make one of his famous (and awesome!) meals from scratch or we’re going to order a pizza. Both of those options sound amazing.

Anyway, enough about me! Today’s Amazon Deal of the Day in video games is Atari’s Test Drive Unlimited 2, which we recently reviewed. It’s $34.99 down from $49.99 on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, and $27.99 down from $39.99 for the PC.

No game-related shirts today, but I love this one from Ript Apparel, because it makes me think of the upcoming Cherry Blossom Festival:

So pretty.