Man I miss the good old days of just walking into a store and buying whatever I wanted. Videogames, candy corn, Gerber Graduate meat sticks… nothing could stand against my reckless spending and care-free attitude. But times have changed, and now that Nex’s girlfriend is spawning my offspring, I need to be a little more responsible with the cash flow.

Recently my umpteenth 360 red-ringed on me, and instead of rushing out to the nearest Target and just throwing my wallet at the first stoned teenager in a red shirt I see, I’ve instead been scouring the Internet looking for discounts, deals, and coupons. Coupons! Next I will be paying with pennies at the grocery store! I even went so far as to register on Cheap Ass Gamer, and that’s like Peter Pan growing up. I HATE registering on forums.

Finally though, my epic journey ended at Amazon.com, where this lovely Xbox 360 High-Def Bundle gives you the 120GB HDMI-equipped Elite, an HD-DVD drive, 300 and King Kong on HD-DVD, as well as the 5 free HD-DVD’s included in the ongoing promotion for buying the HD player, all for $599, minus a 30 note if you get the Amazon platinum, business, or student credit card. What all those H's and D’s equate to is a pretty good deal, as the Elite and HD combo alone would run you $630 plus tax otherwise.

This is not quite the steal that Sony has going on for the PSTriple, but it’s nice nonetheless with the benefit of not requiring you to have a 6 million FICO score. And look, you didn't even have to register anywhere to see it. Hit the jump for more details on this offer and the ever-elusive Amazon.com customer support number should you need it. I'm going to go wait on my porch and imagine that the truck carrying my PS3 and the truck carrying my new 360 are battling it out on the way to my house like in that scene from Days of Thunder, only, you know... with trucks.

The Destructoid community blog contest which will allow one lucky reader, or more appropriately, "writer",  to join Dtoid at PAX as an honorary member of the staff is at an end. If you would like to be considered for this contest, please say so in the comments. If you only have one or two clogs you'd like to use an entries, then please provide direct links to those instead. If any of you have been saving your post on the corrolation between videogame music and infantile pseudopsychosis, now's the time to set it live. 

Remember, currently only your hotel and ticket are covered so if you need to do unthinkable acts for airfare or other transportation, you might want to slap on those kneepads and get crackin'. To help us screen finalists, please be prepared to make a short video of yourself explaining why you want to go to PAX or what you like about videogames and waffles or whatever, preferably sans the frontal nudity and Q Lazzarus. These videos will be shown only to Dtoid editors and not the public at large, unless you state otherwise. No weirdies!

See one of you lucky bastards in a couple of weeks...

Despite a sequel for the 360 being hinted at recently, it seems all eyes are on the Wii version of the smash XBLA hit, Geometry Wars. And why shouldn't they be? With brilliant marketing like the above video, I involuntarily rushed out to the store to buy the game only to realize it's 2:30 am and the game doesn't even come out for another three months.

Still, I triple-dog dare you to watch the whole commercial and not want to buy something and / or slit your wrists.

[Thanks to TheGoldenDonut for being called TheGoldenDonut.]

Above is just one of the many new areas to explore in Wrath of the Lich King, the upcoming expansion to World of Warcraft. One of the things the art team is promising to do with Wrath is create immersive, jaw-dropping environments that will make anything the Burning Crusade had to offer look archaic in comparison. What do you think? Are they on the right track?

Hit the jump for additional videos unveiling Grizzly Hills,  Howling Fjord, and Dragonblight.  

This is usually where I would write a couple of words and maybe draw some boobs, but why do something crazy like that when I can have someone else do it for me? That's why I'm letting last weeks winner, Blufire, take over for me temporarily. For those of you who are still wondering...

What is a portmanteau?
A portmanteau is basically an educated (and at times, not-so-educated) guessing game where you ask yes or no questions to figure out the solution. The solution is always a game title and a movie title that share a word, such as Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World of Warcraft. 

"OMGTHATISSOSTUPID!!!!" First of all, your birth was an accident, and second of all, once you get your hands dirty with a port it's actually pretty addictive. It does take a bit of time and some brain functionality though, which is why I gotta sit this one out. You have no idea how hard it was to not turn this into a rant about Death Knights...

The single-player aspect of StarCraft II was honestly one of the more intriguing elements shown off at this year's Blizzcon. Thanks to Gamevideos you can watch the entire live demonstration by Blizzard's VP of Game Design Rob Pardo for yourself. Since the Zerg have yet to be unveiled, this video is unfortunately sans Kerrigan. Instead you will see how the mission briefings, open-ended storyline and game progression will work for the Terrans. 

Hit the jump for the second half of the demonstration.

Wow, does that headline read like an infomercial or what? Act now and also receive this set of Ginsu knives valued at over five-hundred dollars completely FREE!!!

Anyway, people are always telling me "Haley, don't mess up your credit" and "Dude, if she was still unconscious I think you may have broken the law", and for once all their wisdom has paid off (or at least the part about good credit, that chick totally wanted me). Thanks to an offer on SonyStyle.com where getting approved for a Sony credit card will net you a $150 rebate in the mail, you can get a 60GB PSTriple for approximately $350, plus tax and shipping.

Considering the PS3 is almost worth having and how incredibly kick-ass Happy Feet looks on Blu-ray, that's not a bad deal at all. Throw the five free BR movies on top of that and all you will have to do is sit around for a couple years until Final Fantasy XIII finally comes out.

Hit the jump for complete details on the offer and more on these awesome Ginsu knives!

Although it would be virtually impossible to outdo our exhaustive Comic-Con '07 coverage, we must soldier on and cover frivolous media events like PAX and this weekend's Blizzcon, despite the knowledge that we have already peaked in our journalistic aptitude.

Personally, I'm just attending to prove to myself that all those half-naked, dancing Blood Elves I gave gold to were really dudes, and that I should cancel my account and kill myself for being even slightly aroused by the way "Pallychick" looks bouncing up and down on his/her epic Hawkstrider. 

Stay tuned for a contest or two to win the mystery contents from my swag bags, plus pictures of all the cosplay and sweaty Fatty McFat Fats you can handle. If you will also be at the Con, drop a comment and keep an eye out for myself and the always-amiable Amy from Butternut Jelly.

I'll be the white guy in jeans, wearing a shirt. See you there!

I hate Gamespot. When I run a multi-million dollar Web site that's one of the most visited locations on the net, I'm pretty sure I'm going to think of a better question to ask the greatest developers of our generation than "What's your blood type?" or "What's your favorite swear word?"

Beyond the jump is just one of many said features where Cliffy B reveals his softer side. I'm assuming the interviewer is a smoking hot Swedish model, as no straight man without an ulterior motive would ever admit to liking Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and especially not Maggie Gyllenhaal. Jesus Christ Cliffy, Maggie Gyllenhaal? There comes a point when you need to just stop drinking.

If this is your type of thing, venture yonder for more interviews with several other respectable developers. F*cking Maggie Gyllenhaal … come on dude.

Um, so anyway, Jenna Jameson was at Comic-Con last week pimping out her new comic book. The AIDS aura emanating from her booth kept me at a distance, and seeing several of her fans run in that general direction and then abruptly disintegrate like in Mars Attacks! didn't help either. The best I can do is this intelligence-soaked video where Ms. Jameson describes feminism as a "fun, mythological story". You go girl!

Now that she has decided to hang up the vagina and reap the rewards of her many years of hard, throbbing labor, it's inevitable that things like a book, a movie based on that book, a comic book, a clothing line, a toy line, a Best of Jenna soundtrack, an extremely ironic Tito and Jenna sex tape, and eventually a video game, will all make their way to store shelves. 

After all, they made a game based on VIP, and that show could have had Pamela Andersen reading "Green Eggs and Ham" to a bunch of retarded burn victims and it still would have been awesome. Personally, Jenna's looking a bit dried up lately. I'm gonna hold out for a Jesse Jane comic / videogame / pillow case.

So, what kind of game do you think Jenna should have? Have you seen her ping pong trick? It should definitely be included as a mini-game.