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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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L.A. Noire: The Collected Stories announced

Posted on May 3, 2011 by John Scalzo

Rockstar will be expanding upon the noirish tales told in L.A. Noire with L.A. Noire: The Collected Stories, a short fiction collection from some of the biggest names in the mystery game. Published in conjunction with Mulholland Books, The Collected Stories will feature characters and cases from the game, but all of the “emotionally torn protagonists, depraved schemers and ill-fated victims” will be cast in a new light by the awesome Duane Swierczynski (read Severance Package right now, I demand it!), Megan Abbott, Lawrence Block, Joe Lansdale, Joyce Carol Oates, Francine Prose, Jonathan Santlofer and Andrew Vachss.

The first story available will be “The Girl” by Megan Abbott. The titular girl is June Ballard, one of the many characters from L.A. Noire. An excerpt of the story is available at the Rockstar Games website with the full-length tale coming soon.

Many of the stories will be released on Rockstar’s website before the game’s May 17th release. The Collected Stories will be available at eBook retailers everywhere on June 6th. A print copy doesn’t appear to be in Rockstar’s plans at this time, but it’s seems wrong to read hardboiled fiction on a computer screen.

Yeah, like that’s going to stop me.

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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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Explore Outworld in fourth Mortal Kombat: Legacy episode

Posted on May 3, 2011 by John Scalzo

Using a combination of animation and live action, director Kevin Tancharoen has turned the clock back on the Mortal Kombat saga in the latest episode of Mortal Kombat: Legacy. Mortal Kombat mainstays Baraka, Shao Kahn and Sindel appear alongside Kitana and Mileena to tell the tale of how Edenia was consumed by Outworld.

Departing from current MK canon, the episode brings back Mileena’s original origin story. The recently released reboot on the PS3 and Xbox 360 shows Mileena was created after Liu Kang defeated Shang Tsung for the first time. But in Mortal Kombat II (and now Legacy), Kitana and Mileena were raised as twin sisters, with Mileena’s demonic lineage a secret.

Hopefully we’ll see more of Outworld when the story of Kitana and Mileena continues next week.

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Daily Scoop: May 2, 2011 – Console deals!

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Nicole Kline

Listen, people. The Internet really wants you to buy some consoles. Not only has the Wii seemed to have dropped to $169.99 (at least, black and white consoles on Amazon still are), but now there’s also a $50 promotional credit on the 160 GB PlayStation 3 consoles. On top of that, there’s a deal on Xbox 360 consoles – buy any of the new generation Xbox 360s and get $50 in promotional credit and 1600 Xbox Live points for free. This is a really great time to get that console you don’t have!

Let’s see, what else… 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 today’s Amazon Deal of the Day in video games is Sega of America’s Aliens vs Predator for the Xbox 360, which is just $19.99. That’s a lotta good deals!

No game-related shirts today, but as a dinosaur lover, I feel like I should share the love of today’s Qwertee:

Too adorable. <3

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Daily Scoop: May 1, 2011 – May I?

Posted on May 1, 2011 by Nicole Kline

It’s May 1, and there are some good deals going on this Sunday. May I offer you some of these delicious deals?

There are two big deals for today – one of the big ones is Mortal Kombat! Get it today on Amazon for just $39.99 for both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Today’s Amazon Deal of the Day in video games is Valve’s Portal 2, another recent release. It’s $29.99 for PC and $34.99 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It’s also on the cheap over at GameStop, where it’s $29.99 for PC and $39.99 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 – and it also comes with GameStop exclusive custom bots. I loved Portal 2, and I recommend you buy this game immediately – with extreme prejudice!

In addition to this awesome Lost Boys t-shirt, there’s a great video game shirt, adorably entitled “How to Catch Your Dragon,” available over at Ript:

CUTE.

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