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Black Friday 2009: Half Price Books promotions
Anyone who’s stepped into a Half Price Books store knows that you can find used video games, half price PC games and even used video game strategy guides on sale at reasonable prices. While the store never offers traditional Black Friday sales, they do offer special promotions to customers who stop by and make a purchase during the busiest shopping days of the year. The Half Price Book special offers for Black Friday 2009 have…
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Black Friday 2009: Sears’ video game sale offerings
Sears’ 2009 Black Friday ad scan has leaked onto the internet and, while there aren’t as many video game deals as there were in the Kmart ad, there’s still a lot to look over.
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Black Friday 2009: Kmart’s sale offerings
Kmart’s 2009 Black Friday ad has been leaked, and there’s a great selection of video games on sale. There are also some notable video game bundle offers that include systems and games, and HDTVs to play the games on.
Toys R Us ad for November 6-7, 2009 features multiple game bargains
If you check your mailboxes, you may find a Toys ‘R Us circular proclaiming that a massive sale is going to be held Friday, November 6, 2009 from 9am to 12am and Saturday, November 7, 2009 from 7am to 11pm. Looks like Toys ‘R Us is trying to kick off… Continue Reading »
Aldi ad for November 4, 2009 offers a $249.99 Wii bundle deal
The Aldi ad for November 4-10, 2009 has a pretty nice Wii bundle deal, if you’re looking to pick one up for a friend or family member this holiday season. The custom bundle is billed as a Nintendo Wii System and Game Set and gives you the console, four games… Continue Reading »
An Interview with a Video Game Vampire: Gamertell sits down with Count Dracula
With the spookiest night of the year on tap, Gamertell thought we would take some time to talk with the most famous vampire in, really, all of pop culture. With the spookiest night of the year on tap, Gamertell thought we would take an interview with the most famous vampire… Continue Reading »
Miyamoto says next Wii might be more wee
In an interview with Popular Mechanics, gaming legend Shigeru Miyamoto talked about what he feels will be the natural evolution of the Wii and its various control devices. They have the technology. They can rebuild it and make it better, cuter and, yes, smaller than before… Continue Reading »
Rumor: Nintendo to release DSi with larger screen in Japan
Nintendo usually waits a couple years before changing the hardware on its handheld devices but it just may break tradition this time around. According to a report from Nikkei news service (via a quick NeoGaf translation of a blog post), Nintendo will release a new DSi in Japan this year… Continue Reading »
Beatles: Rock Band not quite mopping up the sales
The game that many in the industry believed would revitalize the music game genre hasn’t, at least so far. Despite an ad campaign that saw The Beatles: Rock Band promoted nearly everywhere, sales have been just so-so. The game sold 595,000 copies in September 2009, according to sales data from… Continue Reading »
Bayonetta is probably going to be really, really good (if you believe Famitsu)
Platinum Games’ debut title, Bayonetta, is coming out next week in Japan and, according to Japanese game magazine Famitsu, the game is good. The first looks at the game are getting perfect scores from different reviewers in Famitsu magazine. This honor had been reserved only for games like Metal Gear… Continue Reading »
Opinion: Rock stars should embrace music games
Looks as if a growing number of musicians just don’t “get” the Guitar Hero game series. Prince told Tavis Smiley he turned Activision down because it’s more important for kids to learn how to play the guitar. Jack White and Jimmy Page have expressed similar sentiments. Then there’s the bewildering… Continue Reading »
Padres pitcher credits Wii Fit with helping his weight loss
Forget about steroids or any other performance-enhancing substances. The way to improve your baseball game is by playing the Nintendo Wii. San Diego Padres pitcher Heath Bell considered himself to be in pretty good shape, after all, he’s a professional athlete. But when he stepped onto the Wii Fit Balance… Continue Reading »
Game On: Walmart unveils used game sales program
Retail giant Walmart is staking its claim on the billions of dollars to be made through used game sales, as it now lists preowned games on its site. Used game sales and the game trade-ins that fuel those sales are a huge component of GameStop’s profits and other major retailers… Continue Reading »
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