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Get a year of Live Gold for thirty bucks at Amazon

Want to save a little bit of money this year on an Xbox Live Gold subscription? Amazon has temporarily marked down their supply of one-year cards to 60% of the MSRP. That's an entire year of onli...
Discountoid: Exercise games, murder and driving

It's Sunday, and that means it's time once again to see what is on sale this week.Which is to say, not very much. If you were thinking about grabbing Wheelman, Best Buy has you covered at thirty ...
Discountoid: Cheap handhelds and Buy 2 Get 1 games!

Sometimes I like to fantasize about being John F. Kennedy. Except that I'd be smarter than to sic my brother on the Mafia after they helped ensure my presidential victory. And I wouldn't have aba...
Discountoid: Guitar Hero kits, House of the Dead and more

Okay, not a ton of deals this week but there are some significant ones. Best Buy has House of the Dead: Overkill marked down by twenty dollars. GameStop is blowing out their inventory on Guitar H...
Discountoid: Big sales on Wii and DS, plus other bargains!

My patriotism is not limited to merely one day. And it looks like I'm not alone. Acting in the American spirit of consumerism, there are some really good promotions this week. Finally, a little b...
Discountoid: Xbox Live, HAWX, Lego Indy and more!

Happy Father's Day, everybody. I come bearing bargains.Not that there's a lot to speak of. Amazon has some decent prices, with F.E.A.R. 2 on the verge of being a buy for me. Best Buy has HAWX on ...
Ubisoft games on today's Woot offer

I frequently check Woot in the wee hours of the night on the off-chance that I can score a sweet deal on something that I actually want. Sadly, it's usually only sprinkler heads. Today, however, ...
Discount alert: FLOCK! is half price on Steam this weekend

If you’ve been thinking about buying FLOCK!, today would be the perfect day to put down the coin. For the remainder of the weekend Capcom’s quirky sheep herding simulation is 50 perce...
Discountoid: EndWar, Call of Duty, other cheap stuff

If you can't be bothered to appreciate your mother, somebody else is bound to pick up the slack. Fairly slim week, since I guess videogames aren't considered hot items on Mother's Day. That said,...
Discountoid: Monster sales, Grand Theft Auto and more!

Feels like a really long time since there's been a Discountoid post, doesn't it? Well, it has and I apologize for that. Travel and other priorities have taken up a lot of my time lately but that'...
Today's Amazon Gold Box deals are gaming bargains

Amazon's daily assortment of time-sensitive bargains goes with videogames today. For starters, the Deal of the Day is for Shaun White Snowboarding on every available platform. The PS3, PSP, Wii a...
Discountoid: Buy 1 Get 1 half, Game Days, more sales!

Okay, so, I've spent my weekend reconfiguring the layout of my office. What this means for me is having a space which is more like a living room and I'm now watching Hulu all the time. That's whe...
Discountoid: Sports games, Guitar Hero and more!

Time again to round up some of the week's better bargains. Things have been a little slow as of late, but they appear to be picking up again. Amazon has several of the 2K sports games at strong s...
Grab LittleBigPlanet cheap at GoGamer in the next 72 hours

Honestly, I only put the dollar signs there because I can't bear to stare into a Sackboy's soulless, dead eyes.But hey, if you're down with LBP, then do I have a deal for you. GoGamer.com has the...
Discountoid: F.E.A.R. 2, Overlord, Spongebob and more

It's Sunday morning at Dtoid HQ and we're all a little worse for wear. Just because I'm bleary-eyed does not mean I can't still sniff out a bargain, though.So what are the deals this week? Gamest...
Discountoid: Little Big Planet, Call of Duty 4 and more

Little Big Planet is on sale at Amazon. Let's move on, shall we?It's that period in the week where we realize that we're broke after a weekend of partying but will still need to get our gaming fi...
Discountoid: Too Human, Mirror's Edge, EndWar and more

Time for deals? Okay, in all seriousness, I found this image attached to a blog and spent twenty minutes scrolling through years of updates trying to discern what the context for it was. I was di...
Discountoid: MK vs DCU, Dead Space and more deals

Nothing like a lazy sunday that gets turned into a rush to get things done because you've procrastinated. Lucky for me (less lucky for gamers), the deals are a little slim this week.Target has so...
Discountoid: Moon, Wario Land: Shake It! and more great deals

I was going to justify this image with a convoluted comment on how President's Day is on Monday and without the Great Emancipator, we would not have a word like "badonkadonk" in the pop...
Discountoid: DS games galore, Persona 3 and so much more!

It's a good week to be a DS fan.I do believe it is time for another edition of Discountoid. GameStop and Best Buy both have a truckload of DS games on sale this week. The former has placed their ...
Discountoid: Snowboarding, cheap Xbox Live and more

Something tells me they aren't as pure as the driven snow.Time again for Discountoid. The deals are slim this week, but there are a couple that you should probably be paying attention to. First, ...
Discountoid: Cheerleaders, coaches and Wario, plus more great deals

I have spent several hours combing through the internet to find just the right image for Discountoid today. It was very taxing work. Thank you, kind retailers, for putting All-Star Cheer Squad on...
Discountoid: Only a few shopping days left!

There's a little something for you to enjoy this holiday.We're in the last week before Santa comes down chimneys everywhere, which means we're looking at the last of the bargains before the world...
Destructoid crossbones shirt - on sale for FOUR BUCKS until they're gone!

The good news: Nerdyshirts just informed us that they found a long-lost box of Topher's bot and crossbones shirt and are offering it up on their site just five dollars. You can't even buy a bacon...
You might want to check Circuit City again

We told you early last month that electronics retailer Circuit City was closing over 150 stores. That's big news, as they held up about 10% of the US games market. Damn this economy!We saw their ...
Discountoid: MGS4 under 10% of 360 and other amazing bargains

See what I did there?Time again for Discountoid. Generally, as the holiday season accelerates towards its inevitable climax, videogame deals hover right around where they are the rest of the year...
Discountoid: Cyber Monday 2008

Just in case you didn’t max out all your credit cards on Black Friday, online retailers have fabricated a new bastion of American consumerism in recent years: “Cyber Monday.” It...
Discountoid: Black Friday 2008

I love the smell of commerce in the morning. Ever since I first started working in retail all those years ago, Black Friday has been my favorite day of the year. The lines of people banging at th...
Discountoid: We'll call this the "pre-game show"

Just because the biggest shopping day of the year is right around the corner, doesn't mean that the retailers aren't fighting for your dollars during the rest of the week.Target, in particular, h...
Discountoid: Atlus gets pimped out!

I'd like to thank Amazon for giving me the opportunity (read: excuse) to post that image.That's not the only reason to praise the online retailer this week, however. They've slashed prices on ove...
Discountoid: Valkyria Chronicles, Brothers in Arms, other cheap crap!

He's gonna love her 'till the money comes.And speaking of the money coming, it's time once again to collect this week's gaming deals in Discountoid. Valkyria Chronicles is seeing a nice little pr...
Discountoid: Another Buy 2 Get 1, bundled accessories and more

Target stores have their sights set on getting you to spend this week, with a buy 2 get 1 free promotion in their Sunday ad. The bad news? It's only on Wii games. Still, if there are a few first-...
Discountoid: Gift Cards Galore

I hope you like Gift Cards, because an exceptionally large chunk of this week's deals are giving them away. Circuit City currently has ten titles with $10 Gift Card offers. Gamefly has dropped pr...
Discountoid: Cheap Rock Band bundles, buy 2 get 1 free and other deals!

GameStop has dropped $30 off the price of Rock Band bundles, what with the bundles for Rock Band 2 coming out this week. If you don't care about the improved instruments, it's not a bad deal. Als...
Discountoid: Buy 2 get 1 free, cheap Wii accessories and more massive savings!

The giraffe has lost its mind.Toys R Us is having a HUGE video game sale this week. All games are "Buy 2 get 1 free," including new releases! This includes titles from the website, so y...
Discountoid: The Frugal Boys of Boston, protecting bewbs and more bargains!

That's how I always visualize Steven Tyler.Time again for Discountoid! It's hard to muster up a whole lot of excitement this week, but we do have a few deals worth mentioning. First up, it's not ...
Discountoid: Ninja Gaiden 2 price-drop, Rock Band clearance, more cheap stuff!

Another week, another edition of Discountoid. This time around, Ninja Gaiden 2 is seeing a permanent $20 reduction at a few retailers. Circuit City has put their Rock Band bundles on sale to make...
Discountoid: Week of 9/21/2008

You know what is better than videogames? Cheap videogames. We have an expensive hobby and it helps to be able to save a few bucks here and there. And each week, retailers vie for our attention wi...




 

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