by Thomas Hruska on Nov.20, 2009, under Arts
Weekend Gamez: Hodgepodge
Weekend Gamez is dedicated to those weekend gaming deals that occasionally show up. This weekend, Steam GoGamer, and Direct2Drive have deals. To aid you in the quest to filter the junk from the good stuff, games listed below have a 75% or above Metacritic rating and less than $20 per game. No opinions are ever made on the games listed.
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PC Games
Star Wars Classics Pack (PC)
Star Wars: Republic Commando (PC, 2005) – 78%, Rank #614
Star Wars Starfighter (PC, 2002) – 71%, Rank #1073
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (PC, 2003) – 90%, Rank #44
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy (PC, 2003) – 81%, Rank #413
Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast (PC, 2002) – 89%, Rank #94
Star Wars: Dark Forces – Unranked (probably older than 1997’s Dark Forces II)
$24.95
Genre: First-Person Shooter, Role-Playing Game, Third-Person Action, Third-Person Action, Action, First & Third Person Shooter
ESRB: T (Teen)
The Sims 2 Double Deluxe Edition (PC)
The Sims 2 (PC, 2004) – 90%, Rank #51
The Sims 2 Nightlife (PC, 2005) – 78%, Rank #642
The Sims 2: Celebration Stuff (PC, 2007) – 75%, Rank #819
$14.90 + $2.99 S&H ($17.89)
Genre: Simulation, Strategy
ESRB: T (Teen)
Halo (PC, 2003) – 76%, Rank #750
$12.90 + $2.99 S&H ($15.89)
Genre: First-Person Shooter, Action
ESRB: M (Mature)
LEGO Star Wars Saga (PC)
LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (PC, 2006) – 86%, Rank #172
LEGO Star Wars (PC, 2005) – 69%, Rank #1181 (modified/improved in “Saga”)
$19.99
Genre: Third-Person Action, Adventure, Action, Adventure
ESRB: E (Everyone), E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older)
XBox 360 Games
Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway (XBox 360, 2008) – 79%, Rank #569
$9.90 + $2.99 S&H ($12.89)
Genre: First-Person Shooter
ESRB: M (Mature)
If you were to buy all 13 games today, it would cost roughly $91.61 or roughly $7.05 each, you would be poorer, and your brain would turn to mush.
Percentages and ranks come from Metacritic.com game scores. It isn’t a perfect system, but it is better than nothing.
by Thomas Hruska on Nov.18, 2009, under Arts
Bonus Gamez: Random Edition
Gamez is dedicated to those gaming deals that occasionally show up. Today, there is a hodgepodge of games on sale from Amazon.com and Steam. To aid you in the quest to filter the junk from the good stuff, games listed below have a 75% or above Metacritic rating and less than $20 per game. No opinions are ever made on the games listed.
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PC Games
Assassin’s Creed: Director’s Cut Edition (PC, 2008) – 79%, Rank #538
$16.19
Genre: Action
ESRB: M (Mature)
AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! — A Reckless Disregard for Gravity (PC, 2009) – 85%, Rank #196
$7.49
Genre: Action
ESRB: RP (Rating Pending)
PSP Games
Half-Minute Hero (PSP, 2009) – 85%
$18.98
Genre: Role-Playing Game
ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older)
If you were to buy all 3 games today, it would cost roughly $42.66 or roughly $14.22 each and your brain would turn to mush.
Percentages and ranks come from Metacritic.com game scores. It isn’t a perfect system, but it is better than nothing.
by Thomas Hruska on Nov.16, 2009, under Arts
Black Friday Gamez: Leaked!
Almost all of the major brick-and-mortar retailers have had their Black Friday ads leaked and the results are in: Don’t bother this year. Too bad there are no Meijer stores nearby – they would have had decent video game deals. Best Buy, for the past few years, has been my favorite spot for finding video games but this year the prices and choices are not the greatest. Additionally, the trend seems to be leaning toward consoles (no love for PC gamers), so here are this year’s Black Friday video game deals at Best Buy:
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PC Games
Assassin’s Creed: Director’s Cut Edition (PC, 2008) – 79%, Rank #538
$19.99
Genre: Action
ESRB: M (Mature)
BioShock (PC, 2007) – 84%, Rank #265
$19.99
Genre: First-Person Shooter
ESRB: M (Mature)
Civilization IV (PC, 2005) – 86%, Rank #163
$19.99
Genre: Turn-Based Strategy
ESRB: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older)
PS3/XBox 360 Games
Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood (PS3/XBox 360, 2009) – 77%
$19.99
Genre(s): First-Person Shooter
ESRB Rating: M (Mature)
Fallout 3 (PS3/XBox 360, 2008) – 90%
$19.99
Genre(s): Role-Playing Game
ESRB Rating: M (Mature)
Resident Evil 5 (PS3/XBox 360, 2009) – 86%
$19.99
Genre(s): Third-Person Action, Adventure
ESRB Rating: M (Mature)
The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena (PS3/XBox 360, 2009) – 81%
$19.99
Genre(s): First-Person Shooter
ESRB Rating: M (Mature)
The Bigs 2 (PS3/XBox 360, 2009) – 80%
$19.99
Genre(s): Sports, Baseball
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Wii Games
Boom Blox Bash Party (Wii, 2009) – 86%
$14.99
Genre(s): Puzzle, Action
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Excitebots: Trick Racing (Wii, 2009) – 77%
$14.99
Genre(s): Racing, Driving
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
MySims Kingdom (Wii, 2008) – 76%
$9.99
Genre(s): Simulation
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Pikmin Classic (Wii, 2009) – 77%
$14.99
Genre(s): Real-Time Strategy
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Rayman Raving Rabbids (Wii, 2006) – 76%
$9.99
Genre(s): Platform, Action
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Wii Sports (Wii, 2006) – 76%
$9.99
Genre(s): Sports
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
If you were to buy all 14 games on Black Friday, it would cost roughly $234.86 or roughly $16.78 each and your brain would turn to mush.
Percentages and ranks come from Metacritic.com game scores. It isn’t a perfect system, but it is better than nothing.
Leak source: blackfriday.info
by Thomas Hruska on Nov.16, 2009, under Arts
Bonus Gamez: GoGamer
Gamez is dedicated to those gaming deals that occasionally show up. Today, GoGamer is the center of attention with their infamous “48 Hour Madness sale“. Unfortunately, the 48 Hour Madness sales have the tendency to look like “we are trying really hard to get rid of inventory of games that aren’t that great”. To aid you in the quest to filter the junk from the good stuff, games listed below have a 75% or above Metacritic rating and less than $20 per game. No opinions are ever made on the games listed.
Newegg also has a deal going on for the Logitech MX518 mouse ($39.99).
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Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Anniversary (PC, 2007) – 82%, Rank #389
$9.90 + $2.99 S&H ($12.89)
Genre: Action, Adventure
ESRB: T (Teen)
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow (PC, 2004) – 86%, Rank #187
$4.90 + $2.99 S&H ($7.89)
Genre: Action, Adventure
ESRB: T (Teen)
NBA 2K10 (PC, 2009) – 82%, Rank #371
$14.90 + $2.99 S&H ($17.89)
Genre: Sports, Basketball
ESRB: E (Everyone)
Ceville (PC, 2009) – 78%, Rank #639
$9.90 + $2.99 S&H ($12.89)
Genre: Adventure
ESRB: RP (Rating Pending)
King’s Bounty: The Legend (PC, 2008) – 82%, Rank #360
$9.90 + $2.99 S&H ($12.89)
Genre: Adventure, Turn-Based Strategy, Role-Playing Game
ESRB: T (Teen)
(Out of stock)
If you were to buy all 5 games today, it would cost roughly $55.48 (S&H overlap calculated) or roughly $11.10 each and your brain would turn to mush.
Percentages and ranks come from Metacritic.com game scores. It isn’t a perfect system, but it is better than nothing.
by Thomas Hruska on Nov.13, 2009, under Arts
Weekend Gamez: Steam, GoGamer
Weekend Gamez is dedicated to those weekend gaming deals that occasionally show up. This weekend, Steam and GoGamer have deals. To aid you in the quest to filter the junk from the good stuff, games listed below have a 75% or above Metacritic rating and less than $20 per game. No opinions are ever made on the games listed.
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Crysis Maximum Edition (PC)
Crysis (PC, 2007) – 82%, Rank #388
Crysis Warhead (PC, 2008) – 83%, Rank #323
$29.98 for both, $14.99 each separately
Genre: First-Person Shooter, Action
ESRB: M (Mature)
Overlord Complete Pack (PC)
Overlord (PC, 2007) – 81%, Rank #454
Overlord II (PC, 2009) – 79%, Rank #559
Overlord: Raising Hell (PC, 2008) – Unranked
$8.75
Genre: Action, Adventure
ESRB: T (Teen)
King’s Bounty: The Legend (PC, 2008) – 82%, Rank #360
$9.90 + $2.99 S&H ($12.89)
Genre: Adventure, Turn-Based Strategy, Role-Playing Game
ESRB: T (Teen)
NBA 2K10 (PC, 2009) – 82%, Rank #371
$14.90 + $2.99 S&H ($17.89)
Genre: Sports, Basketball
ESRB: E (Everyone)
If you were to buy all 7 games today, it would cost roughly $69.51 or roughly $9.93 each and your brain would turn to mush.
Percentages and ranks come from Metacritic.com game scores. It isn’t a perfect system, but it is better than nothing.
by Thomas Hruska on Nov.11, 2009, under Arts
Bonus Gamez: Hodgepodge
Gamez is dedicated to those gaming deals that occasionally show up. Today, there is a hodgepodge of games on sale from all over the place. GoGamer, Steam, and Direct2Drive all have deals today. To aid you in the quest to filter the junk from the good stuff, games listed below have a 75% or above Metacritic rating and less than $20 per game. No opinions are ever made on the games listed.
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The Best of Indie Bundle Vol 2 (PC)
Crayon Physics Deluxe (PC, 2009) – 80%, Rank #524
Aquaria (PC, 2007) – 87%, Rank #145
AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! — A Reckless Disregard for Gravity (PC, 2009) – 85%, Rank #196
I-Fluid (PC, 2008) – 69%, Rank #1236
And Yet It Moves (PC, 2009) – 81%, Rank #439
Project Aftermath (PC, 2008) – 72%, Rank #1040
Acceleration of Suguri (PC) – Unknown
$24.95
Genre: Puzzle, Action, Platform, Various
ESRB: Various
(DRM Free)
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl (PC, 2007) – 82%, Rank #405
$5.90 + $2.99 S&H ($8.89)
Genre: First-Person Shooter, Role-Playing Game
ESRB: M (Mature)
Battlestations: Pacific (PC, 2009) – 76%, Rank #738
$17.49
Genre: Real-Time Strategy, Action
ESRB: T (Teen)
Battlestations: Midway (PC, 2007) – 75%, Rank #789
$9.99
Genre: Real-Time Strategy, Third-Person Action
ESRB: T (Teen)
If you were to buy all 10 games today, it would cost roughly $61.32 or roughly $6.13 each and your brain would turn to mush.
Percentages and ranks come from Metacritic.com game scores. It isn’t a perfect system, but it is better than nothing.
by Thomas Hruska on Nov.10, 2009, under Arts
Bonus Gamez: Time Travel
Gamez is dedicated to those gaming deals that occasionally show up. Today, Steam and Amazon.com have deals. But all one of my coworkers is talking about is Modern Warfare 2 (which has some “controversial” scenes). But I digress. All the games listed here involve some form of time travel. To aid you in the quest to filter the junk from the good stuff, games listed below have a 75% or above Metacritic rating and less than $20 per game. No opinions are ever made on the games listed.
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Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter (PC, 2009) – 86%, Rank #186
$17.99
Genre: First-Person Shooter
ESRB: M (Mature)
(This is an exact rebuild of the original 2001 shooter with fancier graphics, newer game engine, Achievements, etc.)
Prince of Persia Trilogy (PC)
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (PC, 2003) – 89%, Rank #91
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within (PC, 2004) – 81%, Rank #421
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones (PC, 2005) – 85%, Rank #228
Genre: Third-Person Action, Adventure
ESRB: T (Teen) to M (Mature)
If you were to buy all 4 games today, it would cost roughly $30.98 or roughly $7.75 each and your brain would turn to goulash.
Percentages and ranks come from Metacritic.com game scores. It isn’t a perfect system, but it is better than nothing.
by Thomas Hruska on Nov.05, 2009, under Arts
Bonus Gamez: More Please
Gamez is dedicated to those gaming deals that occasionally show up. Today, Steam has a deal on Mass Effect and Direct2Drive has a couple deals too. To aid you in the quest to filter the junk from the good stuff, games listed below have a 75% or above Metacritic rating and less than $20 per game. No opinions are ever made on the games listed.
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Ranked
Mass Effect (PC, 2008) – 86%, Rank #175
$9.99
Genre: Action, Role-Playing Game
ESRB: M (Mature)
Defense Grid: The Awakening (PC, 2008) – 87%, Rank #129
$9.95
Genre: Strategy, Role-Playing Game
ESRB: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older)
Trine (PC, 2009) – 84%, Rank #267
$19.95
Genre: Action, Adventure, Platform
ESRB: RP (Rating Pending)
Unranked
Aztaka (PC, 2009)
$14.95
Genre: 2D, Side-Scrolling, Action RPG
ESRB: NR (Not Rated)
If you were to buy all 3 ranked games today, it would cost roughly $39.89 or roughly $13.30 each and your brain would turn to mush.
Percentages and ranks come from Metacritic.com game scores. It isn’t a perfect system, but it is better than nothing.
by Thomas Hruska on Nov.04, 2009, under Arts
Bonus Gamez: GoGamer Madness
Gamez is dedicated to those gaming deals that occasionally show up. Today, GoGamer is the center of attention with their infamous “48 Hour Madness sale“. Unfortunately, the 48 Hour Madness sales have the tendency to look like “we are trying really hard to get rid of inventory of games that aren’t that great”. To aid you in the quest to filter the junk from the good stuff, games listed below have a 75% or above Metacritic rating and less than $20 per game. No opinions are ever made on the games listed.
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Battlestations: Midway (PC, 2007) – 75%, Rank #789
$4.90 + $2.99 S&H ($7.89)
Genre: Real-Time Strategy, Third-Person Action
ESRB: T (Teen)
Europa Universalis: Rome Gold Edition (PC)
Europa Universalis: Rome – Vae Victis (PC, 2008) – 80%, Rank #526
Europa Universalis: Rome (PC, 2008) – 73%, Rank #918
$9.90 + $2.99 S&H ($12.89)
Genre: Strategy, Empire Building
ESRB: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older)
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin (PC, 2009) – 79%, Rank #589
$14.90 + $2.99 S&H ($17.89)
Genre: First-Person Shooter
ESRB: M (Mature)
(Out of stock)
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Second Edition (PC, 2005) – 87%, Rank #133
$7.90 + $2.99 S&H ($10.89)
Genre: Action, Racing
ESRB: AO (Adults Only)
LEGO Batman (PC, 2008) – 79%, Rank #561
$14.90 + $2.99 S&H ($17.89)
Genre: Action, Adventure
ESRB: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older)
Overlord II (PC, 2009) – 79%, Rank #559
$9.90 + $2.99 S&H ($12.89)
Genre: Action, Adventure
ESRB: T (Teen)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine – Uncaged Edition (PC, 2009) – 81%, Rank #464
$12.90 + $2.99 S&H ($15.89)
Genre: Action
ESRB: M (Mature)
Painkiller Black Limited (PC)
Painkiller (PC, 2004) – 81%, Rank #424
Painkiller Expansion Pack: Battle out of Hell (PC, 2004) – 75%, Rank #794
$3.90 + $2.99 S&H ($6.89)
Genre: First-Person Shooter, Action
ESRB: M (Mature)
If you were to buy all 10 games today, it would cost roughly $94.17 (S&H overlap calculated) or roughly $9.42 each and your brain would turn to mush.
Percentages and ranks come from Metacritic.com game scores. It isn’t a perfect system, but it is better than nothing.
by Thomas Hruska on Nov.03, 2009, under Arts
Bonus Gamez: Zombies in Arizona?
Gamez is dedicated to those gaming deals that occasionally show up. Today, Steam and Amazon have deals. To aid you in the quest to filter the junk from the good stuff, games listed below have a 75% or above Metacritic rating and less than $20 per game. No opinions are ever made on the games listed.
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Ranked
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin (PC, XBox 360, PS3, 2009) – 79%, Rank #589
$19.99
Genre: First-Person Shooter
ESRB: M (Mature)
Unranked
Nation Red (PC, 2009)
$6.99
Genre: Action, Horror
ESRB: Unrated (probably M (Mature))
If you were to buy both games today, it would cost roughly $26.98 or roughly $13.49 each and your brain would turn into squishy goodness.
Percentages and ranks come from Metacritic.com game scores. It isn’t a perfect system, but it is better than nothing.
Zombies? Arizona? What?
Now, what does this have to do with Arizona? Nation Red’s description implies the game is based in Arizona. I leave you with the following official description of the game:
August 17, 1977
Scattered groups of zombies infiltrate remote Midwestern towns. Incapable of using tools or weapons, the invaders are resisted until they retreat back into the desert. Special elimination posses are set up to hunt down any of the surviving undead. Six weeks after the squads started their search-and-destroy mission, the last known zombie was shot and killed.
Present-day
Over thirty years had passed when a truck driver traveling down a desolate Arizona road plows into a wall of undead. Before the driver’s phone signal went dead, he reported some were carrying guns. They’re back and now they are hunting us.
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