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Even though Nintendo dropped the suggested retail price of the Wii system to $199.99, that doesn’t mean you can’t get it for less. Sam’s Club today (October 19, 2009) just sent out an email circular that is promoting the system for $194.88 (US), a smidge less than the asking price.… Continue Reading »

Retail stores have experimented with different methods to prevent the theft of games in the past. Some stores surround the disc case in a thick plastic prison cell, some have games locked in display cases and others keep the games behind the counter where only employees have access. All these… Continue Reading »

FROM GADGETELL - Circuit City officially announced today that they are moving to request the court’s permission to liquidate.  The company was still employing over 30,000 in the US and hopefully, many of them saw the writing on the wall.  Today’s announcement . . . MORE »

Ever want to buy something on Xbox Live Arcade that costs only 800 Microsoft points but you lack a credit card to get more points directly and dreaded spending the extra dough on a 1600 Microsoft point card that’s just 800 points too many? Never fear little precise friend. Microsoft… Continue Reading »

As Retail & Leisure International (RLI) points out in a recent article, GameStops are a worldwide presence. The video game giant, owned by Barnes & Noble, is now a conglomeration of many different video game stores. After all, Funcoland, EB Games, Software Etc. and Babbages were all acquired and merged… Continue Reading »

Ever have one of those nights where you just can’t seem to sleep? There’s nothing on the tube and you just have the itch to play a game, but none of the ones on your shelf. Now, there might finally be a place to accommodate your late night gaming and… Continue Reading »

The 2008 Toys R Us Big Toy Book has been released and this year and the sneak preview mailer is 80 pages of holiday gifty goodness. There are a lot of video games spread throughout the Big Toy Book this year. The most noteworthy deals include $10 gift cards with… Continue Reading »

Check out the gallery: Toys R Us 2008 Holiday Big Toy Book scans

Finding a Wii in stores has always been exceedingly difficult since its debut in 2006. Naturally, getting your hands on one during the holiday season will be nearly impossible unless you’re willing to camp out in front of many retail stores for hours on end. While this is the harsh… Continue Reading »

Over the bast couple weeks, rather convincing scans from some popular retail circulars such as K-Mart and Circuit City were posted on the web suggesting an impending Xbox 360 price drop. Microsoft initially refused to confirm or deny these rumors. Many thought Microsoft would wait until its E3 press conference… Continue Reading »

For those of you who read our other Dabbledoo site, Gadgetell, you might recall my long-ago post about Target’s videogame gift cards. It seems the coolness factor of gaming hasn’t been lost on Target, which continues to release game-related cards all year ‘round. Right now in Target stores you can… Continue Reading »