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GoGamer is my favorite online websites to purchase games as they’ve always been dependable, timely, and have great prices. Black Friday + GoGamer = win as you will see below:

GoGamer Black Friday Deals

PC Games
Ultima Online 9th Anniversary Collection $42.90
Sacred 2 Collector’s Edition $42.90
Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 $33.90
Left 4 Dead $34.90
Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning $32.90
Spore $34.90
Fallout 3 $30.00
FarCry 2 (I) $29.90
X3: Terran Conflict (I) $29.90
Guild Wars Trilogy $29.90
X-Plane 9 $27.90
FIFA Soccer 2009 $24.90
Crysis Warhead $21.90
Stalker: Clear Sky $19.90
World of Warcraft Battlechest $19.90 (Limit 10 per customer) (Friday and Saturday Only)
Mercenaries 2 $17.90
Spiderman Web of Shadows $14.90
Unreal Tournament 3 $9.90
Final Fantasy XI: Wings of the Goddess $9.90
Lineage 2: 4th Anniversary Edition $9.90
Alone in the Dark $5.90
F.E.A.R. Director’s Edition $5.00
Empire Earth III $4.90
The Sims: Pet Story $3.90
Soldier of Fortune Payback $3.90
Prey $3.90
Lord of the Rings Online Limited Edition $2.90
SpiderMan: Friend or Foe $2.90
Just Cause $2.90
Stanglehold $2.90
Battlestations: Midway $2.90
BlackSite Area 51 $1.90
Thrillville $1.00

PC Accessories
Zboard MERC Stealth Gaming Keyboard $44.90
Microsoft SideWinder Precision Racing Wheel $41.90
TekNmotion PulseWave/Pulsar PC Gaming Headphones $34.90
Razer Piranha Gaming Headset $34.90
Razer Diamondback 3G Gaming Mouse Flaming Red $29.90
Microsoft Reclusa Gaming Keyboard $29.90
Saitek Aviator Joystick $29.90
Microsoft Wireless Keyboard Optical Desktop Pro $22.90
TekNmotion 4 Piece CD/DVD Storage Case Combo $19.90
Saitek Eclipse Keyboard Red $19.90
Razer Mantis Speed Gaming Mouse Mat $12.90
Microsoft Digital l-Media Pro Keyboard $9.90
TekNmotion Yapster Headphones Black $7.90
Microsoft LifeCam VX-1000 $7.90
Saitek PP26 Cyborg Rumble Pad $7.90
TekNmotion 48 CD/DVD Wallet Black On Black $1.00

Mac
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare $33.90
The Sims 2 $29.90
Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 $29.90
World of Warcraft Battlechest $19.90 (Limit 10 per customer) (Friday and Saturday Only)

Xbox 360
Fallout 3 $49.90
Gears of War 2 $49.90
Call of Duty: World at War (I) $45.90
GTA IV Special Edition $44.90
Guitar Hero: World Tour (I) $42.90
FarCry 2 $37.90
GTA IV $34.90
Legendary $24.90
Fracture (I) $14.90
Frontlines Fuel of War $9.90
Blazing Angels for Xbox 360 $9.90

PS3
Frag FX Controller $44.90
Fallout 3 $42.90

Wii
Nintendo Wii Super Bundle $499.95 (Limit 1 per Household, Quantities Limited)
Guitar Hero: World Tour for Wii $35.90
Alvin & The Chipmunks for Wii $9.90 (Limit 1 per customer)

DS
Guitar Hero: On Tour $34.90

PS2
Eye ToyKinetic w/Camera $19.90
Tomb Raider Anniversary $12.90
Guitar Hero: Aerosmith $14.90
Alone in the Dark $6.90

Gamecube
Nintendo GameCube Bundle $79.95

Sony is certainly hoping many people believe that it’s now a good less-risky decision for not only gamers to purchase the Sony Playstation 3 but also home DVD movie watchers who may or may not also be casual gamers. If Blu-Ray has won the new movie format war, or is winning, or likely to either win or permanently share the spotlight then maybe plopping down $550 or so for a Playstation 3 starter bundle that also plays the high-quality next-generation DVD format may be worthwhile since the Blu-Ray players, alone, already cost as much as the Playstation 3 starter bundle, if not more. If one is strongly considering moving to a newer format player then, with much of the recent news, it’s hard to find a reason to not consider a Playstation 3 since you get the player as well as a pretty powerful gaming system.

Warner announced on Jan. 4 that it would release only high-definition Blu-ray movies starting July, ending its support for the rival HD DVD format. Winning Warner’s backing was a coup for the Blu-ray camp, which counts Sony, Samsung Electronics, Matsushita Electric Industrial (MC), and dozens of other consumer-electronics makers among its members. Warner has the industry’s most extensive offering of movies and consistently churns out blockbusters. With five out of seven major studios now on-board, Blu-ray has the upper hand—perhaps decisively—in the struggle over the next-generation DVD standard.

Nikko Citigroup’s Kota Ezawa estimates the games division will lose $1.4 billion this fiscal year, following last year’s $2.1 billion loss. And while he doesn’t expect the business to be prosperous until late 2009, Ezawa applauds Sony’s efforts to shrink the PS3’s chips and tweak its design. Already such changes have cut the cost per machine to around $400 now, from above $800 just before it went on sale in November, 2006, he says. (The PS3 with an 80-gigabyte hard-disk drive retails in the U.S. or about $499.) “We think the biggest factor here is that simplification has become possible through a reduction in the parts count, leading to a reduction in costs,” Ezawa wrote in a Dec. 27 report.

That, of course, will be good both for Sony as well as the consumer.

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Sony has had a rough time moving units after the initial launch of the PlayStation3; the system is routinely outsold by the 360 and Wii. It has been rumored that Sony would be dropping the price on the system, with hints to the positive being given and then followed by staunch denials. While we expected an announcement at E3, Sony has jumped the gun and announced it today. Effectively immediately, the price of the PS3 has been dropped to $500 for the 60GB unit, and a $600 80GB model bundled with Motorstorm is coming this August. Pricing is for North America only.

This puts the 60GB PS3 model within $20 of the 360 Elite, almost negating the difference in price between the two consoles. Sony will be offering what amounts to a free Blu-ray drive on top of that price though, so fence-sitters interested in jumping into the next-generation movie format wars may finally be willing to make the jump to Sony’s camp. While the $100 price cut may not be as large as we were hoping, it is a nice step in the right direction.

With E3 coming tomorrow and Sony’s press conference scheduled for Wednesday afternoon, the company will be able to begin to talk about their holiday software onslaught with some unexpected good will following this announcement. If they can keep a hold onto their last few remaining non-first-party exclusives, show off some new games, and cement Home as the premiere way to spend time with a console online, we could see a resurgence in popularity for Sony’s console. continue reading…

The list of inexpensive Xbox games.

Aggressive Inline
Arx Fatalis
Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance
Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance II
Beyond Good & Evil
Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 – A great co-op game to beat.
Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood
Burnout Revenge
Burnout 2: Point of Impact
Burnout 3: Takedown
Capcom vs. SNK 2 EO
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth – Had a cool and weird story. It’s not difficult to beat, but it has some sticky parts.
The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay – You get to play as Riddick. How cool is that?
Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge
Conker: Live and Reloaded
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The Cheap Holiday Games of Old.

The holiday season has come once again, and there are games galore. With such a large amount of games being produced every year, and the new consoles, some games are bound to escape our clutches.

Here is my list of cheap ass games for what ever reason either escaped my claws or good games that most people probably never even tried.

Aggressive Inline
Alien Hominid - A fast paced action game that’s hard as heck, but makes for some fun.
Animal Crossings – Only for the socially inept.
Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean – One of the best card based games I’ve played. Beautiful scenery, story felt fake, but I still plan to beat it.
Battalion Wars
Beyond Good and Evil – A much better game than I thought it would be. 3rd person action RPG that’s worth going through once.
Def Jam: Fight for NY
Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem – Beat it 3 times just so I could see each ending. Definitely one of the top games for Gamecube only.
Extreme-G 3 – Love futuristic racing games, but don’t like F-Zero? Well here you go.
Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles – 3rd person action RPG made by SquareEnix. Controller for 1 player, or multiple Gameboy Advance systems for multiplayer.
Fight Night Round 2
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
Freedom Fighters
F-Zero GX – Fast, Furious, and not a movie. For people who need insane speeds and psychedelic colors.
Gladius
Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life
Hunter: The Reckoning
Hunter: The Reckoning Redeemer – Grab a buddy and a keg and go zombie killin. continue reading…