While brick-and-mortar retailers have a sad showing for video games this year’s Black Friday, the online world is just revving up. So far, Steam, NewEgg, and Amazon have deals already going on. 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.

Amazon has deals going on throughout the day on video games (plus tons of other stuff). Amazon’s Black Friday Video Game Deals

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Plants vs. Zombies
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Men of War
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LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures
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LEGO Star Wars
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LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
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Flower
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The Last Guy
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Comet Crash
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Bomberman Ultra
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PC Games

Plants vs. Zombies (PC, 2009) – 89%, Rank #83
$4.99
Genre: Action, Strategy
ESRB: RP (Rating Pending)

Men of War (PC, 2009) – 79%, Rank #550
$4.99
Genre: Real-Time Strategy
ESRB: M (Mature)

Wii Games

LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures (Wii, 2008) – 77%, Rank #690
$14.98
Genre: Adventure
ESRB: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older)

LEGO Star Wars Saga (Wii)
LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (Wii, 2006) – 86%, Rank #172
LEGO Star Wars (Wii, 2005) – 69%, Rank #1181 (modified/improved in “Saga”)
$14.99
Genre: Third-Person Action, Adventure, Action, Adventure
ESRB: E (Everyone), E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older)

Playstation Network (PS3/PSP)

Flower (2009) – 87%
$4.99
Genre: Action
ESRB: E (Everyone)

The Last Guy (2008) – 77%
$4.99
Genre: Action, Adventure
ESRB: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older)

Comet Crash (2009) – 85%
$4.99
Genre: Real-Time Strategy
ESRB: E (Everyone)

Bomberman Ultra (2009) – 81%
$4.99
Genre: Action
ESRB: E (Everyone)

Percentages and ranks come from Metacritic.com game scores. It isn’t a perfect system, but it is better than nothing.

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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Star Wars: Republic Commando
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Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
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Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
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Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
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The Sims 2
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The Sims 2 Nightlife
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The Sims 2: Celebration Stuff
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Halo
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LEGO Star Wars
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LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
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Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway
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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.

Get ready because here is your first weekend dose of ‘gamez’. Gamez is dedicated to those weekend gaming deals that occasionally show up. This weekend, Steam and Newegg are the center of attention with games at reasonable-ish prices. No opinions are made on these games but they must have a 75% or higher Metacritic rating to show up here – so, at the very least, game critics think these games are decent.

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Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway
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F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky
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Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II
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Star Wars game “packs” (older games) seem to be on sale lately:

Star Wars Jedi Knight Collection (PC)
$19.99 for 5 games ($4 each, Steam content delivery)

Star Wars: The Best of PC
$36.99 w/ Free Shipping for 4(?) games
(Jedi Outcast not listed but supposedly included, $7.40 or $9.25 each depending on how you count)

Brother’s In Arms: Hell’s Highway (PC, 2008) – 79%, Rank #551
$7.99 w/ Free Shipping
Genre: First Person Shooter
ESRB: M (Mature)

F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin (PC, 2009) – 79%, Rank #599
$24.99 (Steam content delivery)
$4.99 for additional downloadable content (DLC)
Genre: First Person Shooter
ESRB: M (Mature)

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky (PC, 2008) – 75%, Rank #791
$9.99 w/ Free Shipping
Genre: First Person Shooter
ESRB: M (Mature)

If you were to buy all 12 1/2 games today (the FEAR 2 DLC is getting counted as the “1/2″), it would cost $104.94 or roughly $8.75 each.

Percentages and ranks come from Metacritic.com game scores. It isn’t a perfect system, but it is better than nothing.