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Daily Scoop: August 10, 2012 – Quiet Friday

Posted on August 10, 2012 by Nicole Kline

It’s a super quiet day today – no deals, not much news, and not really any sunshine. Well, that’s not true – it keeps alternating between beautiful sunny day and straight pouring rain here in Philadelphia. That’s our bi-polar weather for you!

I was planning on playing some games today, but a doctor’s appointment and chores have got me bogged down. And now it’s time to do homework. It never ends…

Hey, but at least there’s a cool shirt for sale! (more…)

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Daily Scoop: August 9, 2012 – Get those guides edition

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Nicole Kline

Today is my Friday! Woohoo! Take that, Thursday. And to top it off, I’ve actually got a pretty decent deal to share with you!

The weekly ad at GameStop has some deals, including a deal to get a free guide with select games. The games are Dark Souls, Max Payne 3, Ninja Gaiden 3, and Soul Calibur V. That’s a great selection of games with free guides, especially Dark Souls. If you’ve been waiting for the right time to have your spirit completely crushed, I would say this is as good a time as any.

You might also be interested in these t-shirts! (more…)

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Daily Scoop: August 8, 2012 – Not a single deal was had

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Nicole Kline

Last night was great! Thanks for asking, Internet. I finally got a chance to play the board game Galaxy Trucker, which was a blast. And speaking of blasts, we also played the Gold Edition of Frag, with the expansion. It was a terrific night all around!

Sadly, nothing is going on deals-wise today. Nada. Zip. Absolutely zilch-o. The whole world is waiting for next week, when our wallets will cry as we tote home Darksiders II, The Last Story, and Sleeping Dogs.

But what we do have quite a few of are t-shirts! (more…)

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The Good, the Bad, and the Pig-Faced or… What if The Legend of Zelda were a western?

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Andrew Rainnie

There have been many fan projects depicting an alternative version of Nintendo’s Legend of Zelda franchise, though my favourite among them is Echoes of the Future, a Fallout-esque dystopian future style rendered by artist Sean Ng AKA Dogbomber. But now a group of filmmakers have done one better.

A Fistful of Rupees is a three-part webseries that mashes up the familiar concepts of the Zelda games with the traits of a western film, with surprisingly good results. The three parts are directed by The Country Club (Nathan Kitada and Aaron T. Umetani) and are named after the pieces of the Triforce: “The Wisdom” (embedded above), “The Power,” and “The Courage.” The series focuses on a lone Link seeking to avenge the death of his friend at the hands of Colonel Ganon, while seeking a treasure in the Gerudo Desert.

While there is little doubt that Zelda Wii U is already well into development, if Nintendo were seeking inspiration for future titles, this could certainly be an interesting, perhaps more adult, direction. Red Dead Zelda anyone?

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Daily Scoop: August 7, 2012 – Board game night

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Nicole Kline

Tuesday is upon us, which means tonight, we’ll be playing board games at Redcap’s Corner! I’m excited to play Scrumbrawl again, which is sort of like a fast-paced version of Blood Bowl. I also want to get in some Carcassonne time, and maybe some Pandemic. And did I mention my friend, Jason Tagmire, designed the new expansion for Quarriors? There’s a lot of board game awesomeness going around right now.

What’s going on in the deals department, you ask? Sadly, very little. Amazon’s digital deal of the week is the free-to-play War Inc. Battle Zone, for which they have some Amazon-exclusive starter packs. War Inc. Battle Zone is an “online multiplayer, session-based shooter game, where players can compete with friends and other players in real time, action packed team vs. team ground combat.” The packs are loaded with in-game items, including gold credits, armor, and elite weaponry.

More importantly, here are today’s game-related t-shirts! (more…)

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Daily Scoop: August 6, 2012 – What weekend?

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Nicole Kline

My weekends fly by so fast these days that it’s like I don’t even get to have weekends. In the last two days, I played something close to about 24 hours of Dungeons & Dragons. We played our regular Saturday afternoon game of Zeitgeist, and then our friend Kenny came up to play three upper-level Paragon mods with us. At this point, I am about one mod away from Emberyll Spitfire, my awesome wood elf Bladesinger, reaching Epic. With a Battle Interactive coming up, that should be no problem!

Anyway, onto the deals! Amazon’s got a slew of new deals for the week:

And now for Monday’s t-shirt round-up: (more…)

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Daily Scoop: August 3, 2012 – Friday!

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Nicole Kline

There’s nothing going on today at all – no deals, no t-shirts, no nothing. All that is happening today is that it is Friday, it is beautiful, and I am happy. Of course, I still really want to buy this shirt, and I wish I had Gravity Rush so I could chain myself to my Vita and play it to death, and I want to kidnap a kitten, but other than that, life is good. Oh, and homework still sucks. The end.

Well hey, at least I’ll be playing D&D all weekend! Starting tomorrow morning at 11 and finishing sometime Sunday night, we are going to rock out with our upper-level characters out. Epic level, here we come! I hope everyone has a happy weekend, and if you’re at the beach, ride some waves for me, will you?

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Daily Scoop: August 2, 2012 – Just Dance

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Nicole Kline

So, last night, after work, I decided to do some working out. I hadn’t exercised at all for a long time, so I thought maybe a little Just Dance would do the trick. Half an hour later, I was sweaty, happy, and wanted to play for another half an hour, but instead, put in Disney Sing It: Party Hits and belted out some family-friendly tunes. Am I 13? Jury’s out.

Sadly, there’s not much going on deals-wise today. I have been trying to find a good deal on a Wii Remote and a GameCube controller, mostly so that my boyfriend and I can play New Super Mario Bros. Wii and Mario Kart: Double Dash, but they’re all just so darn expensive! Also, can you believe I only have one controller for each of those systems? Considering how long it took me to even remember how to connect my Wii (and wipe off all the dust), I’m not surprised, but the GameCube? For shame.

Just one shirt today, but it mega rocks: (more…)

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