Sony is having a PlayStation Store sale on select games from now until December 2. Here are the following titles and prices:
$4.99
$7.49
If you haven’t played Flower, I highly recommend it. It’s one of those rare games that deserves to be called beautiful (Ico and Okami also come to mind, but they’re more traditional). Any of these titles interest you?
Insomniac’s James Stevenson turned me onto this. It’s pretty awesome. Lemme know wucha think!
Alleged drug trafficker and former WWE Superstar Jeff Hardy has a new look and new DVDs to sell. Check it out!
What do you think of Hardy’s new hair? He kind of reminds me of Austin Aries now…but with less talent. Ha!
As expected, Nintendo’s DSi LL (XL in North America) has sold like Spam musubi in Japan. According to Enterbrain, the DSi LL sold 103,524 units in its first two days. Andriasang put the figures in context:
As a comparison, DSi sold over 170,000 units in the two days following its release late last year. PSP go, released earlier this month, sold just over 28,000 in its first day. Its weekly totals have since dropped to four figures.
I should know better by now, but I didn’t think the DSi would do well in North America…but it did. I have my doubts about the DSi XL, which (probably) means it will also sell well. I should stop second guessing Nintendo.
How do you think the DSi XL will do in America? Any of you planning to buy one?
Microsoft claims that its new Xbox Live features of Facebook, Twitter, and Last.fm integration have been immensely successful. Facebook is leading the way with more than two-million log-ins. CNet has reported:
According to Microsoft spokesman David Dennis, the first-week figures show that at least 2 million Xbox Live users have logged into Facebook, and that half a million Last.fm accounts were created in the first 24 hours of availability. Dennis didn’t address how many Xbox Live users have used the service’s Twitter feature, except to say that there have been “tweets from nearly every market where we have Xbox Live.”
I know that most of you aren’t high on these features, but it’s clear that they’re popular and an important value-add for the Xbox 360. While many enthusiast gamers might scoff at their consoles being used for anything that doesn’t involve a game, millions of general consumers are happy that their gaming systems have broad capabilities. This generation has really changed the idea of what a console is and I can’t wait to see how they’ll continue to evolve.
Do you think social networking on consoles is a fad? Or is part of an evolution (not the one with Ric Flair and Triple H)?
Here are the remaining Amazon videogame lightning deals
The revamped Atari.com lets you play several classic games for free. A recent press release stated:
In the Atari Arcade fans can play free games such as Asteroids, Adventure, Battlezone, Crystal Castles, Lunar Lander and Yars Revenge. The classics, often replicated but never improved upon, appear in their complete original forms. The Arcade includes worldwide leader boards where gamers can see how they stack up and compete against others.
In addition to these offerings, the site will sell clothing featuring the iconic Atari logo and offer special discounts on current games. Yeah, that’s nice, but I just want to play some Crystal Castles!
Any of your old favorites up on the site?
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Today’s Amazon.com deal of the day is DJ Hero Renegade Edition
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I love my mabari war hound, Cisco, in Dragon Age: Origins
As Cisco was dispatching baddie after baddie in DA, I started thinking about other dogs in gaming. Cisco would beat the crap out of that lame-ass dog in Dead to Rights. I don’t care if that dog had its own button to activate his attacks. He sucks compared to Cisco. Having said that (Curb reference!), there are plenty of dogs that would give my Cisco a run for his money.
The dog from Duck Hunt is one of the oldest and best in the business. Dogmeat from Fallout 3
Who are some of your favorite videogame dogs? (And no, Amaterasu from Okami doesn’t count. She’s a Shinto sun goddess!)
