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Daily Scoop: April 17, 2011 – Scoop Sundae

Posted on April 17, 2011 by Nicole Kline

Writing the Daily Scoop has made me really want ice cream – ice cream sundaes, to be specific. Something huge and gooey, with a warm brownie on the bottom, and maybe some hot fudge and whip cream on top. Maybe piled high with some raspberry chocolate truffle ice cream. YUM.

To start off the scoop, we’ve got Amazon’s sales on two Wii hardware bundles. Not to be outdone by the sale at Toys R Us, Amazon is offering the white Wii hardware bundle and the black Wii hardware bundle for $169.99 with free shipping. It’s looking more and more likely that is the Wii’s new official price.

Amazon’s also having a sale on portable accessories, including $5 off that awesome Nerf Armor for your DS. Add to that the Amazon Deal of the Day in video games, which is the Mionix Naos 5000 Laser Gaming Mouse for $64.99 down from $89.99. To sweeten the pot, there’s going to be an Amazon Gold Box Event in video games this Tuesday, so check back here for that!

Whew. Thank you, Amazon. And we’ve got ANOTHER day with two video game t-shirts, so hit the jump to see those! (more…)

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Duke Nukem conquers comic books this July

Posted on April 16, 2011 by John Scalzo

Do you really need to drop a deuce and you’re all out of reading material? Well, Duke Nukem is coming to the rescue (even if you’re not a hot babe).

The star of Duke Nukem Forever will headline IDW Publishing’s newest comic book series, Duke Nukem: Glorious Bastard, starting in July. The series will be written by Tom Waltz (The A-Team: Shotgun Wedding) and IDW promises it’ll include “all the game’s trademark humor and over-the-top violence.”

It’s currently unknown if feces flinging will make it into the comic book as a representation of the game’s “trademark humor.”

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Daily Scoop: April 15, 2011 – Poked to Death

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Nicole Kline

It’s Friday, YAY! This weekend, I plan on playing video games, writing, doing laundry, and hugging my cats until they squeak. If that doesn’t sound like the awesomest weekend ever, then I don’t know what does.

There are lots of great deals today! First up is this amazing XBLA sale that is TODAY ONLY! Get 50% off (that’s just 600 points!) Limbo, Castle Crashers, Shadow Complex, Trials HD, and Monday Night Combat. This is a steal for these games, so hop on this! Toys R Us is also having two great sales right now – the first is Buy 1 Get 1 40% off ALL Wii, PS3 & Xbox 360 Video Games. Yes, that says ALL in all capitals! And the website says that’s 1,128 games. Hot damn! Toys R Us is also having a sale on black and white Wii consoles – they’re $169.99 with free shipping. To polish it all off is today’s Amazon Deal of the Day in video games, which is THQ’s Dood’s Big Adventure – Udraw for the Wii. It’s $21.99 from $29.99, and no, it doesn’t have Prinny. Sorry!

And, finally, I present to you a t-shirt that I am absolutely going to buy today from Qwertee:

I have officially become obsessed with mash-ups.

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Daily Scoop: April 14, 2011 – A Game of Thrones

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Nicole Kline

News Editor Mike Gutierrez and I are heading to a screening of “A Game of Thrones” tonight, and I’m pretty excited. Why? Not because of the upcoming video game, but because I read these books back in 2005 and I can’t remember much from them and I really, really don’t feel like re-reading them, but I think Boromir is going to do just great as Ned Stark. Also, I’m a little concerned about the video game development so far, because – SPOILER ALERT – there really aren’t dragons in the books. At least, not right away. And certainly not gigantic and threatening and village-destroying ones.

Speaking of spoilers and dragons and Boromir, today’s Amazon Deal of the Day in video games is Namco’s Active Life Outdoor Challenge for the Wii. It’s $34.99 down from $49.99, and promises to be “A fun and easy way to get off the couch and get hearts pumping!” That sounds really exciting! It’s sure to train your dragon and prepare you for a grueling, dragon-filled RTS.

I think a few people are going to be excited about today’s t-shirt over at Ript:

Super Sesame Street Fighter! Heyooooo!

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Daily Scoop: April 13, 2011 – Raid some tombs

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Nicole Kline

There are a lot of sales happening, as mentioned in yesterday’s Daily Scoop. If I didn’t have such a giant backlog, I would have already snatched up a bunch of games on sale, but that would be a really bad idea right now. I mean, not that I can’t just keep stacking them, but…yeah. Too many games!

Speaking of which, today’s Amazon Deal of the Day in video games is Square Enix’s Tomb Raider Trilogy for the PS3. It’s $10 cheaper today at $29.99, which is a steal for the three games you’re getting – Tomb Raider: Legend, Tomb Raider: Anniversary and Tomb Raider: Underworld. If you’re looking to catch up on raiding tombs with your favorite lady, now’s your chance.

Daily t-shirts have been letting me down lately, but today’s Tee Fury at least has controllers in it:

I’m not feeling it, but all that means is that my wallet will live to fight another day.

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See more kombatants in full MK: Legacy trailer

Posted on April 12, 2011 by John Scalzo

Are you ready for more Mortal Kombat: Legacy? Hot on the heels of the first episode, Machinima has released a full-length trailer for the remaining eight episodes and it is chock full of Mortal Kombatants:

  • Watch Scorpion battle Sub-Zero in a snowy forest.
  • See Johnny Cage fight a roomful of ninjas.
  • Observe Kitana and Mileena’s sibling rivalry.
  • Witess Cyrax and Sektor undergo the beginnings of the cyborg process.

Be sure to watch the trailer to see all these fighters and more and remember that episode two launches alongside the Mortal Kombat reboot on April 19.

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Mortal Kombat: Legacy Dissected

Posted on April 12, 2011 by John Scalzo

The first episode of Mortal Kombat: Legacy is here and it’s packed full of references to the rest of the Mortal Kombat franchise. You can watch it again above, or you can hit the jump to learn all of the episode’s juicy secrets.

Just a warning, SPOILERS follow. (more…)

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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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